NSSB General Paper Syllabus
NSSB General Paper Syllabus
[The syllabus mentioned below shall be followed unless anything contrary is provided in
the Recruitment Rules/Service Rules/Examination Regulations for the relevant
service/post(s)]
Total 200
Technical paper Technical/Specialized 200 3 hours with
(Only for technical subject compensatory time
/specialized posts and (100 questions) of 20 minutes per
such other posts hour for persons
wherein the with benchmarked
Recruitment Rules/ disabilities
Service Rules
prescribed
technical/special
qualifications which
merits conduct of
examination in the
knowledge of
concerned technical/
specialized
subject)
Total 200
Notes:
Questions shall be set in Objective Type Multiple Choice pattern only with all
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questions carrying equal marks and answers for each of the questions shall be
marked using blue or black ball point pen. In other words, there shall be multiple
probable answers (atleast four) where in the candidate has to choose the correct
answer for every objective type question.
Every wrong answer will carry a negative marking of one third(1/3) of the total
marks allotted to that question.
1) Questions will be set in tune with the level of educational qualifications
prescribed in the corresponding Recruitment Rules/Service Rules for the
post(s).
2) A brief description of the common syllabus for direct recruitment to Group
‘B’ posts is as follows:
General Paper
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General Intelligence & Reasoning: It would include questions of both verbal
and non-verbal type. This component may include questions on analogies,
similarities and differences, spatial visualization, spatial orientation, problem
solving, analysis, judgement, decision making, visual memory, discrimination,
observation, relationship concepts, arithmetical reasoning and figural
classification, arithmetic number series, non-verbal series, coding and decoding,
statement conclusion, syllogistic reasoning etc
Technical Paper
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