UPKAR PRAKASHAN, AGRA–2

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Jain & Kishore

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ISBN : 978-93-5013-225-8

Price : 180/-(Rs. One Hundred Eighty Only)

Code No. 1704

Printed at : UPKAR PRAKASHAN (Printing Unit) Bye-pass, AGRA

Contents

● Previous Years’ Solved Papers

● The Police Forces in India

Part-I

● General Knowledge/General Awareness ………………………………………… ⎩⎪⎨⎪⎧1– 48

1–161–16

Part-II

● General Intelligence & Reasoning………………………………………………. 1–64

Part-III

● Elementary Mathematics………………………………………………………… {1–721–8

Part-IV

● English………………………………………………………………………..….. 1–48

General Information About Examination

● AGE LIMITS18–23 years.

Note-I : The upper age limit is relaxable for SC, ST, OBC, Ex-servicemen and other categories ofpersons in accordance with the Governments orders on the subject.

Note-II : Candidates should note that only the Date of Birth as recorded in the Matriculation/Secondary Examination Certificate or an equivalent certificate available on the date of submissionof application will be accepted by the Commission for determining the age and no subsequentrequest for its change will be considered or granted.

● ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS (As on Closing Date)

Matriculation or Xth class pass from recognized Board / University.

● SCHEME OF EXAMINATIONI. Physical Standards Test (Female candidates are eligible for posts earmarked for them

only)(i) All candidates applying for the recruitment and prima-facie eligible will be called to appear in

Physical Standards Test and Physical Efficiency Test at places finalized by the Commission inconsultation with the CAPFs. Detailed scrutiny of their eligibility will not be undertaken bythe Commission before PET/PST. Therefore, it will be the responsibility of the candidate toverify their eligibility as prescribed in the notice before appearing for PST/PET.

(ii) Physical standards laid down for the post of Constable are—

(a) Height : For Males 170 cm

For Females 157 cm

(b) Chest : For Males only Unexpanded 80 cm

Expanded : Min. expansion 5 cm

(c) Weight : For Males and Females : Proportionate to height and age as per medicalstandards.

(iii) Relaxations :(a) Height—(i) Minimum height of candidates falling in the categories of Garhwalis,Kumaonese, Dogras, Marathas and candidates belonging to the states of Assam, HimachalPradesh and Jammu & Kashmir will be 165 cm for males and 155 cm for females. Theminimum height for all candidates belonging to Scheduled Tribes will be 162·5 cm for malesand 150 cm for females.(ii) The minimum height will be 162·5 cm for males and 152·5 cm for females for thecandidates hailing from the North Eastern States of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya,Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim & Tripura and candidates hailing from Gorkha TerritorialAdministration (GTA) comprising of the three Sub-Divisions of Darjeeling District namelyDarjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong and includes the following ‘Mouzas’ Sub-Division ofthese districts :(1) Lohagarh Tea Garden (2) Lohagarh Forest (3) Rangmohan (4) Barachenga (5) Panighata(6) Chota Adalpur (7) Paharu (8) Sukna Forest (9) Sukna Part-I (10) Pantapati Forest-I(11) Mahanadi Forest (12) Champasari Forest (13) Salbari Chhat Part-II (14) Sitong Forest(15) Sivoke Hill Forest (16) Sivoke Forest (17) Chhota Chenga (18) Nipania.

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(iii) The minimum height for all Scheduled Tribes candidates hailing from the North EasternStates of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim & Tripuraand Left Wing Extremism affected districts will be 160 cm for males and 147·5 cm forfemales.

(b) Chest—(i) The minimum chest of male candidates falling in the categories of Garhwalis,Kumaonese, Dogras, Marathas and candidates belonging to the states of Assam, HimachalPradesh and Jammu & Kashmir will be 78 cm (minimum 5 cm expansion). The minimumchest for all male candidates belonging to Scheduled Tribes will be 76 cm (minimum 5 cmexpansion).

(ii) The minimum chest of male candidates hailing from North Eastern States of ArunachalPradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura and Gorkha TerritorialAdministration (GTA) as mentioned above under heading Relaxations, will be 77 cmunexpanded (with minimum 5 cm expansion).

(iv) Physical Standard Test (PST)/Physical Efficiency Test (PET) :(a) Candidates who are found eligible on height parameters will undergo PET (race)

followed by biometric identification & screening of testimonials and thereon chest andweight measurements by a board.

(b) Physical Efficiency Test (PET) :

For Male Candidates For Female Candidates

Race 5 km in 24 minutes.1·6 km in 8

12 minutes.

For candidates of Ladakh Region :

Male Female

Race 1 Mile in 612

minutes.800 metres in 4 minutes.

(c) Pregnancy at the time of PET will be considered a disqualification and pregnant femalecandidates shall be rejected at this stage.

(d) PET will not be held for Ex-Servicemen. However, they will be required to qualify in themedical examination.

Note :1. There shall be no minimum requirement of chest measurement for Female candidates.2. Relaxation in height and chest (as the case may be) as mentioned above will be permissible

only on production of certificate at the time of PST/PET in the proforma as prescribedin the advertisement from the competent authorities of the District where he/she ordinarilyresides.

3. Those candidates who are declared not qualified in Physical Standards, i.e., height and chest,may prefer an appeal, if they so desire, to the appellate authority present on the PET ground.The decision of the appellate authority will be final and no further appeal or representation inthis regard will be entertained.

4. PST/PET in each PST/PET centre will be conducted by the designated CAPFs. TheCommission will not entertain any representation/appeal against the decision of the PST/PETBoard.

II. Written ExaminationThe candidates qualifying in PST/PET will be called for a Written Examination. Though, theCommission will endeavour to accommodate the candidates in centres opted by him/her, it

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may combine the centres or divert the candidates to other centres, depending onadministrative convenience. The Written examination will consist of only one objective typepaper containing 100 questions and carrying 100 marks, with the following composition—

Part Subject No. ofQuestions

MaximumMarks

Duration/TimeAllowed

A General Intelligence and Reasoning 25 25

B General Knowledge and GeneralAwareness

25 25 2 Hours

C Elementary Mathematics 25 25 (10·00 A.M. to

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All questions will be of Objective Multiple Choice Types. Questions will be set bilinguallyin Hindi and English/Trilingually in English and Hindi/Kashmiri (Urdu Script for J&K),Marathi (Maharashtra), Gujarati (Gujarat), Malayalam (Kerala), Kannada (Karnataka), Telugu(Andhra Pradesh), Tamil (Tamil Nadu), Oriya (Odisha), Bengali (West Bengal and Tripura),Punjabi (Gurmukhi script for Punjab), Assamese (Assam & Arunachal Pradesh), Manipuri(Manipur) and Mizo (Mizoram). Accordingly the paper can be answered in any of theselanguages in Parts A, B and C. Candidates are required to attempt either Hindi or Englishsection of Part ‘D’ of the question paper.

The Syllabus for the Written Examination will be :A. General Intelligence and Reasoning : Analytical aptitude and ability to observe and

distinguish patterns will be tested through questions principally of non-verbal type. Thiscomponent may include questions on analogies, similarities and differences, spatialvisualization, spatial orientation, visual memory, discrimination, observation, relationshipconcepts, arithmetical reasoning and figural classification, arithmetic number series, non-verbal series, coding and decoding, etc.

B. General Knowledge and General Awareness : Questions in this component will be aimed attesting the candidates general awareness of the environment around him. Questions will alsobe designed to test knowledge of current events and of such matters of everyday observationsand experience in their scientific aspect as may be expected of any educated person. The testwill also include questions relating to India and its neighbouring countries especiallypertaining to Sports, History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General Polity, IndianConstitution, Scientific Research etc. These Questions will be such that they do not require aspecial study of any discipline.

C. Elementary Mathematics : This paper will include questions on problems relating toNumber Systems, Computation of Whole Numbers, Decimals and Fractions and relationshipbetween Numbers, Fundamental arithmetical operations, Percentages, Ratio and Proportion,Averages, Interest, Profit and Loss, Discount, Mensuration, Time and Distance, Ratio andTime, Time and Work, etc.

D. English/Hindi : Candidates’ ability to understand basic English/Hindi, his basiccomprehension and writing ability would be tested.

The questions in all the above components will be of Matriculation level.Note :1. The Commission will be using a software to detect attempted irregularities in an Examination

Hall/Sub-Centre/Centre/State. The candidates are advised to desist from use of any unfair

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method in the examination hall which will render them ineligible for further consideration forthe examination and also lead to their debarment from Commission's examinations in future.

2. Candidates are not permitted to use Mobile Phone, Calculators or any other electronic/electrical device. Candidates must not, therefore, bring Mobile Phone, Calculators or any otherelectronic / electrical device inside the Examination premises. Possession of these items,whether in use or not, will be considered as “use of unfair means” in the Examination andappropriate action will be taken by the Commission against such candidates, as per extantpolicy of the Commission.

3. The Commission will not take cognizance of representations regarding the Question Paper ofWritten Examination, received later than ten days after placement of answer keys on thewebsite.

4. The date of written examination is subject to change, in which event the new date will benotified through Newspapers, Commission’s websites and Admission Certificates for theexamination.

5. Detailed instructions along with specimen OMR sheet are available on the Commission’swebsite, http://ssc.nic.in about the manner in which OMR answer sheets are to be marked.

III. Medical Examination(a) Eye Sight :

Visual Acuity unaided(Near Vision)

Uncorrected VisualAcuity

(Distant Vision)Refraction

ColorVision Remarks

Better Eye Worse Eye Better Eye Worse Eye

N6 N9 6/6 6/9 Visual correctionof any kind is notpermitted even byglasses.

CP-II BYISIHARA

-In right handedperson, the Righteye is better eyeand vice-versa.

-Binocular visionis required.

(i) The candidates must not have knock knee, flat foot, varicose vein or squint in eyes and theyshould possess high color vision. They must be in good mental and bodily health and freefrom any physical defect likely to interfere with the efficient performance of the duties.

(ii) Only those candidates who have scored above the cut-off marks fixed by the Commission inWritten Examination will be required to appear in the Medical Examination. TheCommission shall have the discretion to fix different qualifying standards for candidatesbelonging to different categories in different States/UTs, taking into consideration vacanciesallotted to each State/UT.

(iii) The selected candidates will be medically examined to assess their physical and medicalfitness as prescribed in the eligibility conditions.

(iv) Medical Test (X-Ray & loboratory) shall be conducted only for such candidates who arefound fit after initial medical examination.

(v) In case of medical examination, ‘temporary unfitness’ will not be allowed. However, anysuch female candidate who during the medical examination is found to be pregnant of twelveweeks standing or above, she shall be declared temporarily unfit and her appointment held inabeyance until the confinement is over.

(vi) Candidates declared unfit may file an appeal/representation within 15 days of rejection bythe medical board.

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(vii) Those candidates who are found fit on appeal by the Appeal Panel (Review Medical Board)and who meet the merit criteria fixed by the Commission for final selection, subject toavailability of vacancies, will be placed in the ‘Reserve List’ and recruited against unfilledvacancies. The candidates in the Reserve List will be en-masse junior to the candidates in the‘Select List’.

(viii) Testimonials of the candidates will be checked at the medical examination stage.(ix) The nodal force will provide the list of medically fit candidates to SSC.

● Mode of Selection(i) The final selection of the candidates will be made in order of merit in each category in each

state.(ii) The minimum cut-off percentage of marks for selection will normally be as under—

General and Ex-servicemen : 35%SC/ST/OBC : 33%The cut-off is relaxable at the discretion of the Commission.Provided that SC, ST and OBC, who are selected on their own merit without relaxedstandards, along with candidates belonging to other communities, will not be adjusted againstthe reserved share of vacancies. Such SC, ST and OBC will be accommodated against thegeneral/unreserved vacancies as per their position in the overall Merit List. The reservedvacancies will be filled up separately from amongst the eligible SCs, STs and OBCs,candidates which will, thus, comprise of SC, ST and OBC candidates who are lower in meritthan the last general candidate on merit list of unreserved category but otherwise foundsuitable for appointment by relaxed standard.An Ex-serviceman candidate who qualifies on the basis of relaxed standards viz., age limit,experience or qualifications, extended zone of consideration, etc., will be counted againstreserved vacancies and not against general vacancies subject to fitness of such candidate forselection. Such candidates will also be recommended at the relaxed standards. Deduction fromthe age of Ex-servicemen is permissible against the reserved or unreserved posts and suchexemption is not termed as relaxed standards in regard to age.

(iii) Allotment of CAPF to the candidates selected from each state will be on merit-cum-optiondepending on availability of vacancies in each CAPF for the State.

(iv) The Commission, with the approval of the Ministry of Home Affairs, shall have the discretionto divert candidates from Surplus States to deficit States, after accommodating all availablecandidates in such deficit states, subject to category-wise reservation being maintained.

(v) Further guidelines from MHA regarding mode of selection issued, if any, during currency ofrecruitment cycle shall be followed.

Note :The candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfil all the eligibilityconditions for admission to the examination. Their admission at all the stages of examinationwill be purely provisional, subject to their satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions. If,on verification, at any time before or after the written examination and interview, it is foundthat they do not fulfil any of the eligibility conditions, their candidature for theexamination will be cancelled by the Commission.

S.S.C.Constable (General Duty)

Recruitment Exam.Solved Paper

Staff Selection Commission CentralArmed Police Forces Constables

Recruitment Exams

Publisher : Upkar Prakashan ISBN : 9789350132258 Author : Jain & Kishore

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