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MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES
EXAM NAME: MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES
ABOUT EXAM:
In accordance with the State Services Recruitment Rules, the Public Service Commission, West Bengal will Hold the Miscellaneous Services Recruitment Examination on the results of which recruitment is made to the posts of
(1) Assistant Child Development Project Officer,
(2) Disaster Management Officer/Block Disaster Management Officer,
(3) Block Youth Officer/Municipal Youth Officer/Borough Youth Officer,
(4) Block Welfare Officer/Welfare Officer,
(5) Inspector, Backward Classes Welfare,
(6) Assistant Agricultural Marketing Officer,
(7) Assistant Programme Officer,
(8) Controller of Correctional Services,
(9) Inspector of Agricultural Income Tax,
(10) Consumer Welfare Officer,
(11) Saving Development Officer,
(12) Posts in West Bengal Subordinate Labour Service,
(13) Auditor of Co-operative Societies,
(14) Assistant Auditor, Board of Revenue,
(15) Extension Officer, Mass Education Extension,
(16) Lady Extension Officer, Mass Education Extension,
(17) Assistant Controller of Correctional Services,
(18) Investigating Inspector,
(19) Revenue Inspector and certain other posts may be notified Subsequently.
REGION: WEST BENGAL
MODE:
Applications can be submitted online only through the Commission’s website -
Before applying for the post, candidates are required to enroll themselves as per the “ONE TIME ENROLLMENT” scheme through the same Website.
HOW MANY TIMES IN A YEAR: Exam will be conducted as per requirement. Please follow the official site for current notification.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: A degree from a recognized University or its equivalent.
AGE: Not below 20 years but not more than 39 years.
Concession in age: 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. In the case of Persons with Disabilities (PWD), the upper age limit is relaxable up to 45 years.
No relaxation is applicable to S.C./S.T./B.C. candidates of other States as they shall be treated as general candidates.
No claim for being a member of S.C./S.T./O.B.C. (Non-creamy Layer) or a person with a disability or a meritorious sportsperson will be entertained after submission of the application.
NATIONALITY: 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.
LANGUAGE: 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.
SELECTION PROCEDURE
Exam pattern: The examination will be held in three successive stages viz.
(1) Preliminary Examination (Objective Type),
(2) Final Examination (Conventional Type – Written) and
(3) Personality Test, as detailed below.
# The Preliminary Examination will be held at various centers in Kolkata and in certain other districts in West Bengal.
# Only scheduled tribe candidates of Darjeeling district and other candidates of the three hill sub-divisions, namely Darjeeling Sadar, Mirik, and Kurseong will be allowed to appear at the DARJEELING center.
# The Final Examination will be held in Kolkata.
# The Personality Test will be held thereafter in the Office of the Public Service Commission, West Bengal, in Kolkata.
SCHEME & SYLLABUS:
Preliminary Examination: 200 marks.
# The examination will consist of only one paper containing 100 Multiple choice objective type questions carrying 2 marks each on General Studies (150 marks) and Arithmetic (50 marks) and having 1 hour and 30 minutes duration.
# The Preliminary examination will be a screening test for the selection of candidates for admission to the Final Examination.
# The marks obtained by candidates in Preliminary Examination will not be counted for the purpose of determining the final merit list.
Final Examination: 450 marks
The examination will consist of three papers of Conventional type questions, namely,
Paper-I: English,
Paper-II: Bengali/Hindi/Urdu/Nepali/Santhali and
Paper-III: General Studies and Arithmetic.
Full Marks and time for each of Papers - I & II will be 150 having a duration of 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Full Marks for Paper-III will be 150 [100 marks for General Studies (Group A) and 50 marks for Arithmetic (Group B)], the total time being 2 hours and 30 minutes.
Answers for Group-A (General Studies) portion should be given in English or in Bengali or in Nepali and Answers for Group-B (Arithmetic) in English or in Bengali but all the answers for the individual group must be in one and the same language.
The examination of all the three papers (Paper-I, II & III) will be held on the same day.
Personality Test: 100 marks
A limited number of candidates selected merit-wise on the results of the Final Examination (Written) will be called to the Personality Test.
The final Merit List will be prepared on the basis of the total marks obtained in all the three papers of the Final Examination and that obtained in the Personality Test taken together.
Syllabus for the Examination:
(a) General Studies (Preliminary and Final Examination): Questions will be set to test the General Knowledge of a candidate in different spheres.
(b) Arithmetic (Preliminary and Final Examination): Questions will be set on the basis of the syllabus of the Madhyamik Examination of the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education.
Paper – I: English (Final Examination):
Questions may be asked on all or any of the following items:
a) Drafting of a report from points or materials supplied;
b) Translation from Bengali/Hindi/Urdu/Nepali/Santhali, as the case may be, to English;
c) Condensing of a prose passage (Summary/Precis) ;
d) Correct use of words, correction of sentences, use of common phrases, synonyms, and antonyms, etc.
Paper – II: Bengali/Hindi/Urdu/Nepali / Santhali (Final Examination):
Questions may be asked on all or any of the following items:
a) Drafting of a report from points or materials supplied;
b) Translation from English to Bengali/Hindi/Urdu/Nepali/Santhali, as the case may be ;
c) Condensing of a prose passage;
d) Grammar
Papers – I & II of the Final Examination will be of Higher Secondary (10 + 2) Examination standard of the West Bengal Council for Higher Secondary Education.
The Commission shall have the discretion to fix qualifying marks in any or all of the papers of written examination and personality test.
APPLICATION FEES:
Rs. 160/- (Rupees one hundred sixty only) + Service Charge 1% of Examination Fee subject to a minimum of Rs. 5/- (Rupees Five only) for online payment through debit/credit card plus service charge as applicable as Govt. Duty or Service Charge of Rs. 5/- (Rupees Five only) for Net Banking or Service Charge of Rs. 20/- (Rupees Twenty only) for payment through Bank Counter (off-line payment).
SC/ST candidates of West Bengal and Persons with disabilities (PWD) having physical disabilities of 40% and above are not required to pay any fee.
OFFICIAL WEBSITE: https://pscwbonline.gov.in
JOB POST FOR THIS EXAM:
(1) ASSISTANT CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROJECT OFFICER,
(2) DISASTER MANAGEMENT OFFICER/BLOCK DISASTER MANAGEMENT OFFICER,
(3) BLOCK YOUTH OFFICER/MUNICIPAL YOUTH OFFICER/BOROUGH YOUTH OFFICER,
(4) BLOCK WELFARE OFFICER/WELFARE OFFICER,
(5) INSPECTOR, BACKWARD CLASSES WELFARE,
(6) ASSISTANT AGRICULTURAL MARKETING OFFICER,
(7) ASSISTANT PROGRAMME OFFICER,
(8) CONTROLLER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES,
(9) INSPECTOR OF AGRICULTURAL INCOME TAX,
(10) CONSUMER WELFARE OFFICER,
(11) SAVING DEVELOPMENT OFFICER,
(12) POSTS IN WEST BENGAL SUBORDINATE LABOUR SERVICE,
(13) AUDITOR OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES,
(14) ASSISTANT AUDITOR, BOARD OF REVENUE,
(15) EXTENSION OFFICER, MASS EDUCATION EXTENSION,
(16) LADY EXTENSION OFFICER, MASS EDUCATION EXTENSION,
(17) ASSISTANT CONTROLLER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES,
(18) INVESTIGATING INSPECTOR,
(19) REVENUE INSPECTOR and certain other posts as may be notified Subsequently.
INFORMATION
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