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:
S.No. |
Test |
Max. Marks |
Duration |
1. |
General Intelligence and Clerical Aptitude |
50 |
|
2. |
English Language |
50 |
2 hours |
3. |
Numerical Aptitude |
50 |
|
4. |
General Awareness |
50 |
|
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.