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(Syllabus) SSC Lower Division Grade Limited Departmental Competitive Examination-2017
(Syllabus) SSC Lower Division Grade Limited Departmental Competitive Examination
Staff Selection Commission will hold a Limited Departmental Competitive Examination on 30-07-2017 (Sunday) for recruitment to vacancies in Lower Division Grade reserved for regularly appointed Group ‘C’ Staff in the Grade Pay of Rs. 1800/- in
(i) Central Secretariat Clerical Service,
(ii) Armed Forces Headquarters Clerical Service,
(iii) Indian Foreign Service (IFS) (B),
(iv) Central Passport Organization under Ministry of External Affairs
(v) Ministry of Railways (Railway Board),
(vi) Department of Legal Affairs (DoLA) and
(vii) O/o Registrar General of India under the Ministry of Home Affairs. Only eligible employees for each of the above cadres will be considered for appointment in respective vacancies in the cadres. The examination will be held at New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Allahabad, Chennai, Bangalore, Guwahati, Chandigarh and Raipur. In case the Commission receives less than ten (10) applications from eligible candidates for appearing in the examination at a particular centre, such candidates may be directed by the Commission to appear from the Delhi Centre at their own expense and risk. There will be no Centre at any Indian Mission abroad. A candidate serving at an Indian Mission abroad will have to appear in this examination from any of the Examination Centres, mentioned above at his/ her own expense.
SYLLABUS OF EXAMINATION:
| PAPER-I | SHORT ESSAY (100 Marks) | One Essay of 400-500 words to be written on any of the several specified subjects. |
| PAPER-II |
(a) LANGUAGE (General English or Samanya Hindi) (50-Questions) - 50 marks. (b) General Knowledge (50-Questions) -50 Marks |
Candidate will be tested in simple composition, and Applied Grammar. Knowledge of current events, matters of every day observation, experience and general information about India. |
Candidates are allowed the option to answer both the question papers either in English or in Hindi (in Devnagri Script). The option will be for both the papers viz. Short Essay (Paper-I) and Language & General Knowledge (Paper-II). The question papers will be in bilingual form. Paper II will be of objective type consisting of multiple choice questions. The Commission has decided that in Paper-II, there will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer. Candidates are therefore, advised to keep this in mind while answering the questions.
