Syllubus Staff Selection Commission Western Region Clerical Grade Examination Group D Post

Staff Selection Commission (WR) - Clerical Grade Exam

Staff Selection Commission (Western Region) - Clerical Grade Examination

Syllabus of Examination: Paper-1 Essay One essay of 400-500 words to be written on any of the several specified subjects.

Paper-II

(a) Language (General English or General Hindi) and

(b)General Knoweldge: Candidate will be tested in simple composition, Applied Grammar and Elementary Tabulation to test the art of compiling, arranging and presenting data in tabular form. Knowledge of current events and of such matters of every day observation and experience in their scientific aspects as may be expected of an educated person who has not made a special study of any scientific subject. The paper will include questions on Geography of India also.

6. Candidates are allowed the option to answer both the question papers either in English or in Hindi (in Devanagri script). The option will be for both the papers viz, Short Essay (Paper-l) and Language and General Knowledge (Paper-ll). The question papers for both the Papers will be in bilingual form i e these will be printed both in English and Hindi.

Note-I Candidates desirous of exercising the option to answer the paper either in English or in Hindi (in Devanagiri Script) MUST indicate their Preference / Option to do so clearly in Coiumn-10 of the Application Form, otherwise, it would be presumed by the Commission that they would answer the paper in English.

Note-II: The option once exercised will be final and no request for change of option will ordinarily be entertained.

Note-III: Zero marks will be given for answer written in a language other than the one opted by the candidates.

Note-IV:

1. The Commission has discretion to fix qualifying marks in any or all subjects of the examination.

2. Marks will not be allotted for mere superficial knowledge.

3. Deduction upto 5% of the maximum marks will be made for illegible handwriting.

4. Credit will be given for orderly, effective and exact expressions combined with due economy of words in all subjects of examination.

7. Provision for Visually Handicapped (VH)candidates:

All the visually handicapped(VH) candidates with visual disabilities not less than forty(40) percent including Blind and partially blind persons who have applied for the examination can avail the assistance of a SCRIBE for indicating / writing the replies on their behalf as the question papers for the examination will be set both in Hindi and in English. A SCRIBE will be provided by the Commission on request made by such visually handicapped (including blind and partially blind) candidates. Candidates will not be allowed to bring their own scribe. No Attendant will be allowed with such VH candidates inside the examination premises.
Such visually handicapped candidates, opting for availing the assistance of SCRIBE will have to make a request, in writing, in the prescribed format given at Annexure-Ill to the concerned Regional / Sub Regional Offices of the Commission for appearing in the said examination, at least 10 days before the date of the examination for engaging a Scribe and the medium in which the Scribe is required to write / indicate the replies of the questions set in the examination on his / her behalf.
VH candidates will be allowed EXTRA TIME of 15 minutes for Paper- (Short Essay) and of 20 minutes for Paper-ll (Language and General Knowledge).
The Visually Handicapped candidates including Blind and partially blind persons with disabilities not less than 40 percent who have applied for the examination and who intends to engage a SCRIBE on their behalf for writing indicating the replies in the examination will have to appear only from any of the nine Examination Centres viz, New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Guwahati, Chandigarh, Raipur and Allahabad at their own risk and expense. They must also furnish the details of the degree of visual disability to authenticate their position / status as VH candidate at Serial No. 7 of the Application form. Provision of Magnifying Glass

Candidates who are able to read the Question Paper and to write / indicate the answer with the help of Magnifying Glass shall be allowed to use the Magnifying Glass in the Examination Hail. Such candidates will not be treated as Visually Handicapped candidates for the purpose of availing the assistance of Scribe or the Question Papers meant for VH candidates. However, such candidates will have to bring their own Magnifying Glass in the Examination Hail and shall not be provided with a scribe.

All one eyed candidates and visually handicapped candidates whose degree of visual disability is less than forty percent shall not be provided a SCRIBE.

8. Selection of Candidates: The Commission has the discretion to fix different qualifying standard in different mediums. After the examination, the Commission will recommend separately to each Cadre Authority concerned participating in the examination, the names of candidates who have attained the qualifying standard which will be determined at the discretion of the Commission. The name of the candidates who are considered by the Staff Selection Commission to be suitable for appointment on the basis of results of the examination shall be arranged in a single list on the basis of their seniority in the parent Group 'D' post.

The employees holding posts in higher grade will rank senior to those in the lower grade. The cadre authority shall take steps to appoint them against vacancies decided to be filled in accordance with the rules / regulations framed by them in this regard.

9. Typewriting Test: Appointment, on the basis of result of this examination shall be subject to the condition that unless a candidate has already passed one of the periodical typewriting tests in English or Hindi held by the Secretariat Training School or the ISTM or Subordinate Service Commission or Staff Selection Commission or by Department of Official Language under Hindi teaching scheme, the candidate will have to pass the type test at minimum speed of 30 words in English or 25 words in Hindi per minute to be held by the Authority designated by the Government for the purpose within a period of one year from the date of appointment failing which, no annual increment(s) will be allowed to him / her until he / she has passed / cleared the Typing Test prescribed by the Commission.

The Visually Handicapped candidates with visual disability of forty percent and above will be given 30 minutes time to type 300 words in English and 250 words in Hindi.

The Commission will engage Passage Dictators for each of such Visually Handicapped candidates who will read out the given text material to the candidate during the Type test.

10. Submission Of Application:

Application in prescribed format as given in Annexure-I of the Notice or on Plain Paper (foolscap" size) duly typed on one side and in double space, in the format and manner as given in the Application Form (Annexure-I) of the instant Notice and dulysigned in candidate's own handwriting in running script and Not In Bold Capital Letters, giving the necessary information together with candidate's two recent, good quality and identical photographs (passport size) out of which one should be pasted on the Application Form and the other attached with the application, and one self-addressed Post Card with postage stamps worth Rs.6.00 affixed on it must reach the
Staff Selection Commission,
Block No. 12, CGO Complex,
Lodhi Road,
New Delhi-110003, l
Latest by 08..11.2007 (5.00 PM) and by 16.11.2007 (5.00 PM) in the case of candidates residing in Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir, Lahaul and Spiti District and Pangi Sub-Division of Chamba District of Himachal Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakashadweep and for candidates residing abroad.
Candidates must write their Name & Year of Examination on Post Card. The Forwarding Authority should put his/her signatures and Office Seal on Photograph of the candidate pasted on the Application Form so that half portion of seal appears on application form & half thereof on the photograph without defacing the candidate's photograph.
Application received after the Closing Date or not accompanied by photograph in the manner prescribed in Para-10 (I) above shall be rejected summarily. A candidate must submit his/her application through the Head of his / her Department or Office concerned who will complete the endorsement at the end of the application form and forward it to the Commission.
It will be the responsibility of the Department or Offices concerned to ensure eligibility of the candidates as laid down in Para- 3 and all application received through the Department or Office by the Closing Date(08.11.2007 & 16.11.2007(for candidates from far flung and remote areas respectively) will only be considered as eligible by the Commission. Applications received by the Commission after the Closing Date will be rejected forthwith without any correspondence with the candidate and no subsequent request for reconsideration will be entertained by the Commission under any circumstances.

11. Acknowledgement of Application: The Commission will acknowledge receipt of every application. Candidates are advised to send further correspondence if any, only after they have received this acknowledgement, quoting the reference number of the acknowledgement card.

12. Admission Certificates for Examination: All candidates who apply in response to this advertisement before the closing date are assigned index number / roll numbers.

These will be communicated to them on the self-addressed Post Card (sent by the candidates with their applications) within two-three weeks from the Closing Date. The candidate must write his/her Index Number / Roll Number alongwith his / her name, Date

Date of Birth and name of the examination while addressing any communication to the Commission. Communications from candidates not furnishing these particulars will not be entertained.

If the Admission Card is not received by any candidate within one week from the date of examination, they must immediately contact Under with documentary evidence of applying for the examination. While appearing in the examination, candidates are required to put their signatures on the Admission Certificate in the same manner as signed by them on the application form.

Secretary (EHQ)
Staff Selection Commission,
Block No.12, CGO Complex,
Lodhi Road,
New Delhi-110003

Candidates are not entitled to receive any Traveling Allowance from the Staff Selection Commission for taking the examination.

Any change in address must immediately be communicated to the Commission's office, giving details of roll-number, name and new address in block capitals as also indicating the name, month and year of examination.