SSC Junior Grade of Indian Information Service Examination Syllabus

Staff Selection Commission (SSC) will conduct Junior Grade of Indian Information Service Examination (Group ‘B' Non Gazetted) for recruitment in various Government Offices on 22 July 2012.

The examination will consist of a written examination (300 marks) and interview (100 marks).

Written Examination: The papers will be of 150 marks each of 90 minutes duration. The paper-I will consist of 150 questions of objective multiple choice.  Paper-II will be descriptive type carrying maximum marks of 150.

Papers	Subject	Maximum Marks	Total Duration/ Timing for General candidates
Paper I Objective Type (OMR Answer Sheets will be provided for this Paper)	General  Intelligence & Reasoning (50 questions)	50	One hour and thirty minutes 10 am to 11.30 am. 2 Hours for VH Candidates (10.00 am to 12.00 pm)
	General English (50 questions)	50
	General Awareness (50 questions)	50
Paper II (Descriptive)		150	One hour and thirty minutes 10 am to 11.30 am. 2 Hours for VH Candidates (1.30 pm to 3 pm)

Note: There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer in Paper-I of written examination. Candidates are, therefore, advised to keep this in mind while answering the questions.

Interview: Only those candidates who secure at least the minimum qualifying marks in the written examination as may be fixed by the Commission at its discretion, will be eligible to appear at the Interview.  The interview will be held at places as may be decided by the Commission.