SSC Combined Graduate Level Exam 2008 - Eduacational Qualification
1. Essential Qualification for all posts as on 01.01.2009 (Ist January, 2009):
Graduation Degree or equivalent from a recognized University as on 01.01.2009.
Note ? I:
Candidates who have not acquired/will not acquire the educational
qualification as on the stipulated date will not be eligible and need
not apply.
Note- II:
All candidates who are declared qualified by the Commission for
appearing at the Interview will be required to produce the relevant
Certificate in Original such as Marksheets for all the three years of
Graduation/ Provisional Certificate/ Certificate of Graduation as proof
of acquiring the minimum educational qualification as laid down in the
Notice as a result of which the candidate has claimed to be
educationally qualified on the date mentioned above, failing which the
candidature of such candidate will be cancelled by the Commission.
Note-III: A matriculate
Ex-Serviceman (which term includes an Ex-Serviceman, who has obtained
the Indian Army Special Certificate of education or corresponding
certificate in the Navy or the Air Force), who has put in not less than
15 years of service as on 01.01.2009
With
Armed Forces of the Union shall be considered eligible for appointment
to the posts being advertised through this examination ( For Group ?C?
posts).
2. No person:
who has entered into or contracted a marriage with a person having aspouse living; or
who,
having a spouse living, has entered into or contracted a marriage with
any person, shall be eligible for appointment to the service, Provided
that Central government may, if satisfied that such marriage is
permissible under the personal law applicable to such person and the
other party to the marriage and there are other grounds for so doing,
exempt any person from the operation of this rule.
3.
A candidate must be in good mental and bodily health and free from any
physical defect likely to interfere with the efficient discharge of
his/her duties as an Officer of the service.
A
candidate who, after such medical examination as may be prescribed by
the competent authority, is found not to satisfy these requirements,
will not be appointed.
Only such candidates as are likely to be considered for appointment will be medically examined.
Note:
In the case of the disabled Ex-Defence Services personnel, a
certificate of fitness granted by the Demobilisation Medical Board of
the Defence Services will be considered adequate for the purpose of
appointment.
4. The decision of the
Commission as to the eligibility or otherwise of a candidate for
admission to the examination shall be final.
5.
No candid candidate ate will be admitted to the examination unless
he/she holds a certificate of admission (AC) from the Commission.
6.
Candidates (except ex-servicemen released from the Armed Forces and
those who are granted remission of fee vide Commission's advertisement)
must pay the fee prescribed therein.
7.
Any attempt on the part of a candidate to obtain support for or canvass
his candidature by any means may disqualify him for admission.
8. Fee Payable: Rs.100/ : 100/- (Rupees One Hundred only). No fee for Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes/Physically Handicapped/Ex- Servicemen.
Fee
concession is not admissible to sons and daughters of ExS or to persons
belonging to Other Backward Classes. Service clerks in the last year of
their colour service are also not exempted from payment of fee.
Ex-Servicemen
who have already taken up a Government job shall be considered against
General vacancies and, hence, shall not be entitled for fee concession
[Note-I of Para 5(C) of Age Limit Page].
SSC Combined Graduate Level Exam 2008 Exam Scheme
(I) Scheme of the Examination for Combined Graduate Level Examination
The Scheme of the Examination will be conducted in three tiers as indicated below:
A. Combined Graduate Level (Preliminary) Examination:
This Examination, as a part of 1st Tier, would be common for all the categories of posts as under.
There will be one paper having two parts ? General
Intelligence & General Awareness (Part A) and Arithmetic (Part B),
each having 100 questions Scheme of Preliminary Examination for all
candidates (excluding Visually isually Handicapped candidates including
blind and partially blind persons with visual disability of forty
percent and above and opting for availing the assistance of scribe
scribe).
| Part | Subject / Questions | No of Questions | Maximum Marks | Total Duration/ Timing |
| A | Part I- General Intelligence & General Awareness | 100 | 100 | 2 Hours 10.00 A.M. to 12.00 Noon OR 2.00 P.M. to 4.00 P.M. |
| B | Part II- Arithmetic | 100 | 100 |
Questions will be of Objective Multiple Type Choice. The questions will be set in Hindi/English.
Scheme
of Combined Graduate Lev Scheme Level (Preliminary) Examination, 2008
for Visually Handicapped candidates (including blind and partially
blind persons) with visualdisability of forty percent and above and
opting for availing the assistance of scribe scribe.
| Part | Subject/Quest Question | Maximum Marks | No. of Question | Total Duration and Timings for VH candidates |
| A | General Studies | 100 | 100 | 3.10 hours 10.00 AM to 01.10 PM OR 02.00 PM to 05.10 PM |
| B | Arithmetic | 100 | 100 |
The
above examination may be condu conducted in two cted shifts fo for
different r batches of candidates by the Commission, wherever necessary
necessary.
- There will be one session of two hours duration ( 3 Hrs. 10 Minutes for VH candidate).
The
questions in both the parts will be Objective Multiple Choice
Choice-Type and will be set both in English and in Hindi. (For Visually
Handicapped candidates Part ? A will comprise General Studies Studies).
Visually
Handicapped candidates, on prior request, will be allowed to avail the
facility of Scribes for indicating the replies on his/her beh behalf
alf either in Hindi or in English.
(B) Scheme of Examination for Combined Graduate Level (Main) Examination:
This examination, as part of 2nd tier, will be a descriptive (conventional) type written examination.
It will consist of different papers/subjects, depending upon the category of post the candidate is appearing for.
The
category-wise (i.e. nature of post applied for) details of
papers/subjects, maximum marks for each paper and duration for each
paper are indicated below:
Scheme of Written (main) Examination
Scheme ? A
For
the post of assistants, inspector of income-tax/inspector (central
Excise etc.,) sub inspector in cbi, inspector of posts, assistant
Enforcement officer.
Part ? I
The main examination will consists of two parts - Part- I : Written Examination and Part ?II: Personality Test.
| Paper | Subject | Time & Duration | Time & Duration for VH candidates | Date of Examination |
| I | G. Studies | 9.30 AM ? 12.30 PM (3 Hrs.) | 9.30 AM ? 1 PM (3 Hrs. 30 mnts.) | 22.02.2009 (Sunday) |
| II | English | 2 PM - 4 PM( 2 Hrs) | 2 PM ? 4.20 PM( 2 Hrs. 20 Mints) | 22.02.2209 (Sunday) |
| III | Arithmetic | 9.30 AM ? 12.30 PM 3 Hrs.) | 9.30 AM ? 1.30 PM (4 Hrs.) | 28.02.2009 Saturday |
| IV | Language Comprehension (English) | 2 PM ? 4 PM (2Hrs) | Not Applicable | 28.02.2008 Saturday |
| V | Communication Skill & Writing(Hindi/English) | 10 AM ? 12 Noon(2 Hrs.) | 10 AM ? 12.20 PM (2 Hrs. 20 mnts. | 01.03.2009 (Sunday) |
Note:
All the Question Papers for the Main Examination will be of conventional type.
Candidates
will have the option to answer Paper ?I (General Studies), Paper?III
(Arithmetic) and Paper?V (Communication Skill and Writing Ability)
either in Hindi or English. Accordingly, these Question Papers will be
both in Hindi and English languages.
The
Commission will have the full discretion to fix separate minimum
qualifying marks in each of the papers and in the aggregate of all the
papers separately for each category of candidates (viz.
SC/ST/OBC/PH/ExS/General (UR) ). Only those candidates who qualify in
all the papers as well as in the aggregate would be eligible to be
considered for being called for the Personality Test/ Interview.
Paper
I, II and III will be compulsory for all the candidates The Commission
will have the discretion to fix the qualifying standard in Paper II.
However, Paper ? II will be of qualifying nature only for the
candidates who are opting for the post of Assistant (i.e., for the
candidates who are opting for the post of Assistant, the marks secured
in this paper will not be counted for preparation of the final select
list).
Scripts of the remaining papers
will be evaluated only of those candidates who secure the minimum
qualifying standard in Paper II of the Combined Graduate Level (Main)
Examination, 2008. For other categories of posts under the said Scheme,
the marks obtained by the candidates in Paper II will be counted for
preparation of the Select List .
Paper IV will be compulsory for all the candidates except those opting for the post of Assistant.
Paper V will be compulsory for candidates opting for the post of Assistant only.
There
will be different set of Questions for the papers on Arithmetic &
General Studies for Visually Handicapped (VH) candidates which shall
not have any component of Map/Graphs/Statistical Data/
Diagrams/Figures/Geometrical problems/Pie-chart etc. However,
components of other papers under Scheme ? A of the examination for VH
candidates will be the same as that for general candidates.
VH candidates will be allowed to bring their own Tailor Frame and Braille Slate With Paper for solving arithmetical problems.
VH candidates are eligible for the post of Assistant only under Scheme ?A?.
VH
candidates are not required to appear in Paper IV i.e. Language
Comprehension, as Paper IV is meant for the posts of Inspector of
Income Tax, Sub Inspector in CBI, Inspector of Post etc. for which VH
candidates are not eligible.
Scheme B
Scheme for Recruitment to the Post of Divisional Accountant/ Auditor/Udc, Etc. (Conventional Type)
The main Examination will consist of the following papers :
| Paper | Subject | Time & Duration | Time & Duration for VH candidates | Date of Examination |
Paper?I Part ?A? | G. English | 10 AM ? 12 Noon (2 Hrs.) | 10 AM ? 12.20 PM (2 hrs. 20 mins.) | 21.02.2009 (Saturday) |
| Part ?B? | G. Studies |
| Paper-II | Arithmetic | 2 PM ? 4 PM (2 Hrs.) | 2 PM ? 4.40 PM (2 hrs. 40 mins.) | 21.02.2009 (Saturday) |
Note
The question papers for the main examination will be of Conventional type.
Candidates will have the option to Answer Paper?I Part (B), and Paper-II, either in Hindi or in English.
There
will be different set of Questions for the papers on Arithmetic &
General Studies for Visually Handicapped (VH) candidates which shall
not have any component of Map/Graphs/Statistical
Data/Diagrams/Figures/Geometrical problems/Pie-chart etc. However,
components of English Paper under Scheme B of the examination for VH
candidates will be the same as that for VH candidates will be the same
as that for general candidates.
VH candidates shall be allowed to bring their own Tailor Frame And Braille Slate With Paper for solving arithmetical problems.
VH candidates are eligible for the post of UDC only under Scheme B.
The
Commission will have full discretion to fix separate qualifying marks
in each of the papers and in the aggregate of all the papers separately
for each category of candidates (viz. UR/SC/ST/OBC/PH/EXS). Only those
candidates who qualify in all the papers as well as in the aggregate
would be eligible to be considered for selection.