Tier II: WILL BE Computer Based Examination
Scheme of Tier- II Examinations:
Paper-I: Quantitative Abilities 100questions, 200 marks
Paper-II: English Language and Comprehension 200questions,200 marks
time – 120 Minutes (for each Paper)
Paper-III of Tier-II will be for only those candidates who apply for the posts of Junior Statistical Officer (JSO) in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation and Statistical Investigator Grade-II in the office of Registrar General, India (M/o Home Affairs) and who are shortlisted in Tier-I for these Posts.
In Tier-II, Paper-IV will be for only those candidates who are shortlisted in Tier-I for Paper-IV i.e. for the posts of Assistant Audit Officer/ Assistant Accounts Officer.
In Tier-II, there will be negative marking of 0.25 for each wrong answer in paper 1.Paper-II (English Language and Comprehension) and of 0.50 marks for each wrong answer .
Indicative Syllabus (Tier-II):
Paper-I (Quantitative Abilities):
The questions will be designed to test the ability of appropriate use of numbers and number sense of the candidate.
The scope of the test will be the computation of whole numbers, decimals, fractions and relationships between numbers, Percentage, Ratio & Proportion, Square roots, Averages, Interest, Profit and Loss, Discount, Partnership Business,
Mixture and Alligation, Time and distance, Time & Work, Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra & Elementary surds, Graphs of Linear Equations, Triangle and its various kinds of centres, Congruence and similarity of triangles,
Circle and its chords, tangents, angles subtended by chords of a circle, common tangents to two or more circles, Triangle, Quadrilaterals, Regular Polygons, Circle, Right Prism, Right Circular Cone, Right Circular Cylinder, Sphere, Hemispheres,
Rectangular Parallelepiped, Regular Right Pyramid with triangular or square base, Trigonometric ratio, Degree and Radian Measures, Standard Identities,
Complementary angles, Heights and Distances, Histogram, Frequency polygon, Bar diagram & Pie chart.
Paper-II (English Language and Comprehension):
Questions in this component will be designed to test the candidate‟s understanding and knowledge of English Language and will be based on spot the error, fill in 21 the blanks, synonyms, antonyms, spelling/ detecting misspelled words,
idioms & phrases, one word substitution, improvement of sentences, active/ passive voice of verbs, conversion into direct/ indirect narration, shuffling of sentence parts,
shuffling of sentences in a passage, cloze passage & comprehension passage.
Minimum qualifying marks in Tier-,II each Paper Examination are as follows:
1 UR: 30%
2 OBC/ EWS: 25%
3 Others : 20%
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Merit list will be prepared on the basis of overall performance of candidates in Tier-I, Tier-II and Tier-III Examinations.