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Examination Scheme for SSC Combined Graduate Level Exam, 2013
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SSC is all set to conduct the ‘Combined Graduate Level Examination, 2013’ for the recruitment to different positions allotted. The minimum educational qualification required for the examination is a graduation degree. Eligible candidates can apply for the posts by 15 February 2013.
Beneath mentioned is the scheme of the examination:
The Examination will be conducted in three tiers as indicated below:
• Tier -I -- Written Examination (Objective Multiple Choice Type)
• Tier -II -- Written Examination (Objective Multiple Choice Type)
• Tier -III -- Personality Test cum Interview/Computer Proficiency Test/ Skill Test (wherever applicable)/ Document Verification & Descriptive/on-line test of qualifying nature.
Tier 1 (Posts for which interview is prescribed other than Statistical Investigator Grade 2)
• General Intelligence and Reasoning – 50 marks
• General Awareness- 50 marks
• Quantitative Aptitude- 50 marks
• English Comprehension- 50 marks
Total marks is 200 marks. Duration will be of two hours.
Tier 2 (Posts for which interview is prescribed other than Statistical Investigator Grade 2)
• Quantitative Abilities – 200 marks (100 questions)
• Duration will be 2 hours
• English Language Comprehension: 200 marks
• Total Marks will be 400.
The Computer Proficiency Test (CPT) will be required for the post of Assistant CSS only, and for the same the total marks will be 700. For posts, where no interview is prescribed the total marks will be 600.
Candidates qualifying in Tier 2 of the examination, for the computer proficiency test and interview for the posts of Assistant in CSS, interview for the other interview posts, Data Entry Skill Test for posts of Tax Assistant and document verification for other non interview posts, will be subjected to a short description paper/online test of not more than one hour’s duration with questions drawn from “English Language and Comprehension”, “Quantitative Abilities “and “General Awareness”
The examination will be qualifying in nature and will not be taken into account for determining the position of the candidates in the merit order.
Students must also note that there will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer in Tier 1, and in Tier 2, there will be negative marking of 0.25 marks in paper 2 and 0.50 marks in paper 1 and paper 3 for each wrong answer.
Syllabus for Combined Graduate Level Tier I Examination 2013
Graduate Level Examination on 14 April 2013 and 21 April 2013 for graduates. The examination will be conducted in two Tiers i.e. Tier I and Tier II followed by personality test or skill test for various posts. Here is a detailed syllabus, which will help the students in preparing for the examination.
General Intelligence & Reasoning
Questions of both verbal and non-verbal type
Questions on analogies, similarities and differences, space visualization, spatial orientation, problem solving, analysis, judgment, decision making, visual memory, discrimination, observation, relationship concepts, arithmetical reasoning and figural classification, arithmetic number series, non-verbal series, coding and decoding, statement conclusion, syllogistic reasoning etc. The topics are, Semantic Analogy, Symbolic/Number Analogy, Fi ural Analogy, Semantic Classification, Symbolic/Number Classification, Figural Classification, Semantic Series, Number Series, Figural Series, Problem Solving, Word Building, Coding 8 de-coding, Numerical Operations, symbolic Operations, Trends, Space Orientation, Space Visualization, Venn Diagrams, Drawing inferences, Punched hole/pattern -folding 8 un-folding, Figural Pattern — folding and completion, Indexing, Address matching, Date & city matching, Classification of centre codes/roll numbers, Small 8 Capital letters/numbers coding, decoding and classification, Embedded Figures, Critical thinking, Emotional Intelligence, Social Intelligence, Other sub-topics, if any.
General Awareness
Questions in this section will be asked for testing the candidate’s general awareness of the environment around him and its application to society. The several questions will specially designed to test knowledge of current events and of such matters of every day observations and experience in their scientific aspect as may be expected of any educated person. The test will also include questions relating to India and its neighboring countries especially pertaining History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General Policy & Scientific Research.
Quantitative Aptitude
The questions in this section will be designed to test the ability of appropriate use of numbers and number sense of the candidate. The main scope of the test will be computation of whole numbers, decimals, fractions and relationships between numbers, Percentage. Ratio 8 Proportion, Square roots, Averages, Interest, Profit and Loss, Discount, Partnership Business, Mixture and Allegation, Time and distance, Time 8 Work, Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra 8 Elementary surds, Graphs of Linear Equations, Triangle and its various kinds of centers, Congruence and similarity of triangles, Circle and its chords, tangents, angles subtended by chords of a circle, common tangents to two or more circles, Triangle, Quadrilaterals, Regular Polygons , Circle, Right Prism, Right Circular Cone, Right Circular Cylinder, Sphere, Hemispheres, Rectangular Parallelepiped, Regular Right Pyramid with triangular or square base, Trigonometric ratio, Degree and Radian Measures, Standard Identities, Complementary angles, Heights and Distances, Histogram, Frequency polygon, Bar diagram and Pie chart