I) Preliminary Examination (Multiple Choice) -
Sr. No. - Name of Tests (Objective) - No. of Questions - Maximum Marks - Total Time -
1 English Language - 30 Qs - 30 marks - 20 minutes
2 Numerical Ability - 35 Qs - 35 marks - 20 minutes
3 Reasoning Ability - 35 Qs - 35 marks - 20 minutes
Total - 100 Qs - 100 marks - 60 minutes
II) Main Examination (Multiple Choice) -
Sr. No. - Name of Tests (Objective) - No of Questions - Maximum Marks - Duration -
1 Test of Reasoning - 40 Qs - 40 marks - 30 minutes
2 Test of English Language - 40 Qs - 40 marks - 30 minutes
3 Test of Numerical Ability - 40 Qs - 40 marks - 30 minutes
4 Test of General Awareness - 40 Qs - 40 marks - 25 minutes
5 Test of Computer Knowledge - 40 Qs - 40 marks - 20 minutes
Total - 200 Qs - 200 marks - 135 minutes
Language Proficiency Test (LPT) - The candidates provisionally shortlisted from the main on-line examination will have to undergo a language proficiency test (LPT). The language proficiency test will be conducted in the Official / Local Language of the State concerned as detailed below). Candidate not proficient in the Official / Local Language shall be disqualified.
The Office wise local language/s is/are as follows:
Ahmedabad – Gujarati
Bengaluru – Kannada
Bhopal – Hindi
Bhubaneswar - Oriya
Chandigarh – Punjabi / Hindi
Chennai – Tamil
Guwahati – Assamese / Bengali / Khasi / Manipuri / Bodo / Mizo
Hyderabad – Telugu
Jaipur – Hindi
Jammu – Urdu / Hindi / Kashmiri
Kanpur & Lucknow – Hindi
Kolkata – Bengali / Nepali
Mumbai – Marathi / Konkani
Nagpur – Marathi / Hindi
New Delhi – Hindi
Patna – Hindi / Maithili
Thiruvananthapuram – Malayalam
The above online test/s except the Test of English Language will be available bilingually, i.e. English and Hindi.
Candidates will have to pass in each of the objective tests of the online examinations
A candidate has to qualify in Preliminary Examination for appearing in Main Examination.
There will be negative marks for wrong answers in the Objective tests (Preliminary and Main examination). 1/4th marks will be deducted for each wrong answer.