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STAFF OFFICER – CUM – INSTRUCTOR IN CIVIL DEFENSE ORGANISATION
EXAM NAME:
STAFF OFFICER - CUM - INSTRUCTOR IN CIVIL DEFENSE ORGANISATION.
ABOUT EXAM: The selection process by the West Bengal Police Recruitment Board is transparent and purely merit-based. Hence, the applicants are advised to beware of the unscrupulous elements, racketeers, touts who may misguide the candidates with false promises of getting them selected on illegal consideration.
REGION: WEST BENGAL.
MODE: Application Forms may be submitted through online or offline modes. The website is www.wbpolice.gov.in.
HOW MANY TIMES IN A YEAR: Exam will be conducted as per requirement. Please follow the official site for current notification.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: The applicant must have a bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized university or its equivalent.
LANGUAGE: The applicant must be able to speak, read and write the Bengali Language. However, this provision will not be applicable to persons who are permanent residents of hill sub-divisions of Darjeeling and Kalimpong Districts. For applicants from hill sub-divisions of Darjeeling and Kalimpong District, the provisions laid down in the West Bengal Official Language Act, 1961 will be applicable.
AGE: The applicant must not be less than 20 (twenty) years old and must not be more than 39 (thirty-nine) years old.
The Upper-age limit shall be relaxed by 05 (five) years for the candidates belonging to the categories of Scheduled Castes (SC) & Scheduled Tribes (ST) and by 03 (three) years for the candidates belonging to the category of Other Backward Classes (OBC).
The upper age limit for the Govt. employees shall be relaxable by 02 (two) years.
NATIONALITY: Must be a citizen of India.
MINIMUM PHYSICAL STANDARD:
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The Height-Weight ratio chart for Physical Measurement Test (PMT) is furnished below:
Height (bare foot) (cms.) | Desirable Weight Range (in kgs.) | |
For Male SOI | For Female SOI | |
152 | - | 44-57 |
154 | - | 44-58 |
156 | - | 45-58 |
158 | - | 46-59 |
160 | 52-65 | 48-61 |
162 | 53-66 | 49-62 |
164 | 54-67 | 50-64 |
166 | 55-69 | 51-65 |
168 | 56-71 | 52-66 |
170 | 58-73 | 53-67 |
172 | 59-74 | 55-69 |
174 | 60-75 | 56-70 |
176 | 62-77 | 58-72 |
178 | 64-79 | 59-74 |
180 | 65-80 | 60-77 |
182 | 66-82 | 61-78 |
184 | 67-84 | 63-80 |
186 | 69-86 | 64-82 |
188 | 71-88 | 66-84 |
190 | 73-90 | - |
192 | 75-93 | - |
Must qualify the following Physical Efficiency Tests:
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Physically Handicapped candidates shall not be eligible to apply.
SELECTION PROCEDURE
The posts of Staff Officer-cum-Instructor in Civil Defense Organisation, West Bengal under the Department of Disaster Management & Civil Defense, Govt. of West Bengal shall be filled up through open competitive examination comprising of Four (04) stages.
A candidate is eligible to appear in the next stage only if he/ she passes through the previous one.
The stages are:
a. Preliminary Examination,
b. Physical Measurement Test (PMT) & Physical Efficiency Test (PET),
c. Final Competitive Examination
d. Personality Test.
Preliminary Examination (Full Marks - 200):
> Candidates provisionally considered as eligible will be called for a Preliminary Examination.
> Syllabus of Preliminary Examination shall include General Studies, Logical & Analytical reasoning, and Arithmetic with full marks of 200 (100 marks in General Studies having 50 questions, 50 marks in Logical & Analytical reasoning having 25 questions, and 50 marks in Arithmetic having 25 questions).
> Duration of examination is 90 minutes.
> The preliminary examination will be a screening test for shortlisting candidates for the Physical Measurement Test and Physical Efficiency Test.
> The West Bengal Police Recruitment Board shall be the competent agency to prescribe minimum cut-off marks for each social category and post taking into account the number of vacancies proposed to be filled up in each category and post.
> The preliminary examination will either be an OMR-based MCQ type written examination or a Computer Based online test (CBT) depending on the number of applicants and other administrative factors.
> In the case of OMR-based examination the question paper will be set in two languages (English and Bengali) and in the case of Computer Based Online Test (CBT) there will be a 15 (fifteen) day window preceding the date of examination for mock test/ practice.
> The marks obtained by the candidate in the preliminary examination shall not be counted for the purpose of determining the final merit list.
NOTE: There will be NEGATIVE marking for each incorrect answer in the preliminary examination. ¼th of the allotted marks for a particular question will be deducted for each incorrect answer.
Physical Measurement Test (PMT) & Physical Efficiency Test (PET):
The Physical Measurement Test (PMT), shall include measurement of height, weight, and chest of the candidates qualified in the preliminary examination. It will be followed by the Physical Efficiency Test (PET) of the eligible candidates.
Qualified candidates in the PMT only will be eligible to appear in the PET.
The PMT & PET shall be conducted by the West Bengal Police Recruitment Board at the venues selected by the Board for the purpose. Only qualified candidates of both PMT & PET shall be eligible to appear in the Final Competitive Examination.
Final Competitive Examination : (Full Marks – 350): The final Competitive Examination will consist of three papers. Candidates need to give descriptive answers to questions asked.
Paper - I: General Studies and Arithmetic for 150 marks (100 marks for General Studies and 25 marks for Logical & Analytical reasoning and 25 marks for Arithmetic) of 2(two) hours duration.
Paper - II: English of 100 marks of one and a half (1½) hour duration.
Paper - III: Bengali/Hindi/Urdu/Nepali of 100 marks of one and a half (1½) hour duration.
The written examination for all the above three papers of the Final Competitive Examination shall be held on the same day at selected canters to be decided by the West Bengal Police Recruitment Board.
The question paper for Paper - I (General Studies and Arithmetic) of the Final Competitive Examination will be set in three languages (English, Bengali, and Nepali). The candidate may answer in any of these languages but all the answers must be in one and the same language. The syllabus for the final combined competitive examination shall be as mentioned hereinafter.
The West Bengal Police Recruitment Board shall have the discretion to fix qualifying marks in all or any of the three papers and also in the aggregate of three papers in the Final Competitive Examination.
Personality Test (Full Marks – 50): A limited number of the candidates selected merit-wise on the results of the Final Competitive Examination will be called to appear for the Personality Test. Final merit shall be prepared on the basis of the total marks obtained in the three papers of the Final Competitive Examination and the marks obtained in the Personality Test.
SYLLABUS FOR EXAMINATION
Preliminary examination and Paper I of the Final Competitive Examination:
General Studies and Arithmetic:
> General Studies:
Questions will be set to test the General Knowledge of candidates in different spheres.
> Logical & Analytical Reasoning:
Questions will be set to test the logical and analytical ability of the candidate.
> Arithmetic:
Questions will be set on the basis of the syllabus of Madhyamik Examination of the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education.
Paper II and Paper III of the Final Competitive Examination:
Paper II – English: Questions may be asked on all or any of the following items:
> Drafting of a report from the points or material supplied or Letter Writing;
> Translation from Bengali/Hindi/Urdu/Nepali, as the case may be to English,
> Condensing of a prose passage (summary/precis writing)
> Comprehension, correction of sentences, use of common phrases and idioms, use of appropriate prepositions, synonyms and antonyms, etc.
Paper III – Bengali/Hindi/Urdu/Nepali:
Questions may be asked on all or any of the following items:
> Drafting of a report from the points or material supplied;
> Translation from English to Bengali and English to Nepali for the candidates who have opted for ‘Bengali’ or ‘Nepali’ respectively and translation from Hindi/Urdu to Bengali for the candidates who have opted for Hindi or Urdu.
> The translation shall be of 40 (forty) marks.
> Comprehension and precis writing.
APPLICATION FEE:
Sl. No. | Category | Application Fee | Processing Fee | Total Amount Payable |
1 | All categories except Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (of West Bengal only) |
Rs. 250 |
Rs. 20 |
Rs. 270 |
2 | Scheduled Caste (West Bengal only) | Nil | Rs. 20 | Rs. 20 |
3 | Scheduled Tribe (West Bengal only) | Nil | Rs. 20 | Rs. 20 |
Candidates belonging to the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (of West Bengal only) shall pay processing fees of Rs. 20/- (Rupees Twenty) only as they are exempted from paying any application fees.
However, shortlisted candidates are required to produce their SC/ST certificates issued by the competent authority at the time of verification during the personality test.
A candidate who claims to belong to either the SC/ST category and does not pay the Application Fee of Rs. 250/- will not be allowed to change his /her social group to OBC (A/B) or UR at a subsequent stage and his /her candidature shall ab initio stand canceled.
HOW TO APPLY:
West Bengal Police Recruitment Board extends the facilities of both the online and offline submission of applications.
OFF-LINE SUBMISSION:
The off-line Application Form must be downloaded using the website www.wbpolice.gov.in and http://wbdmd.gov.in/Civil_Defence/CD_Default.aspx through any available Cyber Café or Personal Computer with internet connectivity
OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.wbpolice.gov.in, http://wbdmd.gov.in
JOB POST FOR THIS EXAM: STAFF OFFICER CUM INSTRUCTOR IN CIVIL DEFENSE ORGANISATION WEST BENGAL UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT & CIVIL DEFENSE, GOVT. OF WEST BENGAL
