PSC CLERKSHIP EXAMINATION.

The Public Service Commission, West Bengal will hold the Clerkship Examination on the results of which recruitment will be made to the posts of lower division assistant or lower division clerk and posts similar to that of lower division assistant or lower division clerk in the Secretariat, Directorates, District offices and similar posts in regional offices (including Kolkata) under the rule making power of the Govt. of West Bengal. The examination will be held in two successive stages, viz., i) Part-I (Objective Type) and (ii) Part-II (Conventional Type – Written). The Commission shall hold Part-I examination at the first instance. A limited number of candidates obtaining qualifying marks in the Part-I examination will be allowed to appear in the Part-II examination on a subsequent date to be notified by the Commission. The elementary knowledge in Computer operation and ability of typing on Computer of the candidates shall be judged only after they are found qualified in Part-I and Part-II.

SCALE OF PAY :-

Level 6- Rs.22, 700/- to 58,500/- besides D.A., M.A. and H.R.A. admissible as per ROPA, 2019.

QUALIFICATIONS:-

 The qualification for direct recruitment shall be as follows: a. Pass in Madhyamik examination of the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education or its equivalent. b. Acquisition of elementary knowledge in Computer operation with ability of typing on computer at the speed of 20 (twenty) words per minute in English or 10 (ten) words per minute in Bengali.

AGE:-

Not below 18 years but not more than 40 years as on 01.01.2023 (i.e. born not earlier than 2nd January, 1983 and not later than 1st January, 2005). N.B: Age as recorded only in the Madhyamik or equivalent certificate will be accepted. The age limits apply to all the candidates whether in Govt. service or not.

1. The upper age limit is relaxable by 5 years for S.C. & S.T. candidates and by 3 years for O.B.C. (non-creamy layer) candidates of West Bengal. In the case of Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD), the upper age limit is relaxable upto 45 years. No relaxation is applicable to S.C./S.T./O.B.C. candidates of other States as they shall be treated as general candidates. 2. Upper age limit is also relaxable for Ex-Servicemen who have put in not less than six months’ continuous service in any rank (whether as a Combatant or as a Non-Combatant ) in the Armed Forces of the Union. Such Ex- Servicemen shall be allowed to deduct the period of such service from his actual age and if the resultant age does not exceed the maximum age limit prescribed for the post for which he seeks appointment by more than 3(three) years, he/she shall be deemed to have satisfied the condition regarding age limit.

 
OTHER REQUIREMENTS:-

1. The candidate must be (a) A citizen of India (either natural or by registration), or (b) Such other nationals as declared eligible by the Govt. of India. Provided that a candidate belonging to category (b) shall be a person in whose favor a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government. A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to the examination but the offer of appointment may be given only after the necessary eligibility certificate has been issued to him by the Government. 2. (a) Ability to read, write and speak in Bengali (not required for those candidates whose mother tongue is Nepali) – vide Finance Department’s Notification No.1243-F(P) dated 02.03.2016. (b) Knowledge of Bengali will be tested for candidates, whose mother tongue is other than Bengali/Nepali at the time of test, judging elementary knowledge in Computer operation & ability of typing on Computer. Candidature of the candidates with average/poor performance in the said knowledge of Bengali test shall be liable to be cancelled.

DEDUCTION OF MARKS:-

 There shall be negative marking of 0.25 mark for each wrong answer to multiple choice questions (MCQ Type) which will also be printed on the top of Question Booklet.

CLERKSHIP EXAMINATION, 2023 SCHEME & SYLLABUS

SCHEME & SYLLABUS

Scheme of Examination : 

1. The examination shall consists of two parts, , i) Part-I (Objective Type) (ii) Part-II (Conventional Type – Written).

Part-I Examination : 

Part-I will carry 100 marks having 100 questions of 1 (one) mark each, comprising of multiple choice, objective type question on English (30 marks), General Studies (40 marks) and Arithmetic (30 marks). The duration of Part-I examination shall be 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Part-II Examination : 

Part-II shall consist of conventional type questions on a) Group-A : English b) Group-B : Bengali/Hindi/Urdu/Nepali/Santali carrying 50 marks each for Group-A and Group-B. The duration of Part-II examination shall be 1 hour.

2. The elementary knowledge in Computer operation and ability of typing on Computer of the candidates shall be judged only after they are found qualified in Part-I and Part-II.

Syllabus for the Examination:

Part -I : 

English: Fundamentals of the English language such as vocabulary, grammar, sentence structure, synonyms, antonyms and its correct usage etc.

General Studies:

Matters of everyday observation including everyday science, current events and problems with special reference to India and elementary knowledge of Indian History and Indian Geography.

Arithmetic:

Divisibility, fractions, decimals, recurring decimals, simplification, HCF, LCM, Partnership, Average, Ratio and proportions, percentage, simple interest, profit & loss, time & distance, area of rectangles and squares.

Part-II : 

Group-A : English

1. Drafting of a report in English from points or materials supplied ;
2. Condensing of a prose passage (Summary/Precis) ;
3. Translation from Bengali/Hindi/Urdu/Nepali/Santali, as the case may be, into English ;

Group-B : Bengali/Hindi/Urdu/Nepali/Santali :

1. Drafting of a report from points or materials supplied ;
2. Condensing of a prose passage (summary or précis) ;
3. Translation from English into Bengali/Hindi/Urdu/Nepali/Santali, as the case may be ;

The standard of examination shall be similar to that of Madhyamik Examination of the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education.

Bengali/Hindi/Urdu/Nepali/Santali : a) Drafting of a report from points or materials supplied ; b) Condensing of a prose passage (summary or précis) ; c) Translation from English into Bengali/Hindi/Urdu/Nepali/Santali, as the case may be ; The standard of examination shall be similar to that of Madhyamik Examination of the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education.