West Bengal Staff Selection Commission L.D.C. / L.D.A. Recruitment
Examination, 2013
Examination will be held on 15th December,
2013 (Part – I :
From 12 Noon to 1.30 PM, Part – II : From 2 PM to 3 PM)
Admit cards despatched. Duplicate Admit Cards may be downloaded
from the website from 6th December, 2013, if not received by that date
Scheme & Syllabus
Scheme Of Examination :- The Examination shall consist of two parts
viz. Part-I and Part-II and shall be held on a single day. The Part-I will
carry 100 marks having 100 questions of 1 (one) mark each, comprising of
multiple choice objective type questions on English (30 marks), General Studies
(40 marks) and Arithmetic (30 marks),
Part-II shall consist of conventional type questions on
(a) Group -A - English, and
(b) Group-B – Bengali/ Hindi/ Urdu/ Nepali carrying 50 marks each
for Group –‘A’ and Group ‘B’. The duration of Part-I Examination shall be 1
hour and 30 minutes and the duration of Part-II Examination shall be 1 hour.
Note -I
The Candidates who will take Hindi or Urdu or Nepali, as the case
may be, in lieu of Bengali of the Group – B of Part-II Examination shall,
before confirmation, have to pass a Departmental Examination in Bengali during
the period of probation.
Note-II
The Commission Shall Assess The Answer Scripts On Part-I First.
Answer Scripts Of Part-Ii Shall Be Evaluated In Respect Of Only Those
Candidates Who Will Obtain The Qualifying Marks As Would Be Fixed By The
Commission In Part-I And The Final Merit Lists Shall Be Prepared On The Basis
Of Total Marks Obtained In The Two Parts.
Note –III
The standard of Examination shall be similar to that of Madhyamik
Examination of
the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education.
Syllabus For Examination
The syllabus for Examination shall be as be as detailed below:-
Part – I
English: Fundamentals of the English such as Vocabulary, Grammar, Sentence
Structure, Synonyms, Antonyms and its correct usage, etc.
General Studies: Matters of everyday
observation including everyday science, current events and problems with
special reference to India, Elementary knowledge of Indian History and Indian
Geography.
Arithmetic: Divisibility, Fractions,
Decimals, Recurring Decimals, Simplification, H.C.F., L.C.M., Partnership,
Average, Ratio and Proportion, Percentage, Simple Interest, Profit and Loss,
Time and Distance, Area of Rectangle & Squares.
Part –II
Group – A : English :
(a) Drafting of a report in English from points or materials supplied;
(b) Condensing of a prose passage (summary or précis);
(c) Translation from Bengali/ Hindi/ Urdu/ Nepali, as the case may
be, into English.
Group – B : Bengali/ Hindi/ Urdu/ Nepali :
(a) Drafting of a report from points or materials supplied;
(b) Condensing of a prose passage (summary or précis);
(c) Translation from English into Bengali or Hindi or Urdu or
Nepali, as the case may be.