Clerks’ Grade Examination

Clerks Grade Examination is conducted by the Staff Selection Commission for recruitment to the posts of clerks for the following groups of services/offices:

Group X

• Indian foreign Service (B) Grade VI
• Railway Board Secretarial Clerical Service Grade II
• Central Secretariat Clerical Service—Lower division Grade
• Armed Forces Headquarters Clerical Service—Lower Division Grade
• Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
• President’s Secretariat.

Group Y

• Equivalent/comparable posts in Subordinate offices of Government of India located throughout India.
• Offices of the Controller and Auditor General of India, Accountants General (Audit) and Accountants General (Accounts and Estt.) in various States.
• Controller General of Defence Accounts.
• Central Vigilance Commission.
• Equivalent/comparable posts in other Departments and Attached Offices of Government of India not mentioned in group ‘X’.
• Equivalent/comparable posts in the offices of public sector undertakings, autonomous bodies, like Employees State Insurance Corporation.
• Delhi Administration.
• Municipal Corporation of Delhi and New Delhi Municipal Corporation.
• University of Delhi.

Age limit: 18 to 25 years on the 1st August of the year of examination. Upper age limit relaxable for scheduled castes/ scheduled tribes, etc.

Educational Qualification: Matriculation or equivalent.

Examination

Plan of Examination: The examination shall consist of two parts. Part I-written Examination and Part II-Typewriting Test, for those candidates who attain such minimum standards in the written test as may be fixed by the commission in their discretion.

Written examination: The subjects of written examination, the time allowed and the maximum marks for each subject will be as follows:

Notes:
(i) The questions in all the four tests will be Objective-Multiple Choice Type

(ii) Candidates will be required to qualify in each of the tests separately.