PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION,
WEST BENGAL
CLERKSHIP EXAMINATION, 2024 

The Public Service Commission, West Bengal will hold the Clerkship Examination on the results of which recruitment will be made to the posts of lower division assistant or lower division clerk and posts similar to that of lower division assistant or lower division clerk in the Secretariat, Directorates, District offices and similar posts in regional offices (including Kolkata) under the rule making power of the Govt. of West Bengal.
The examination will be held in two successive stages, viz.,
(i) Part-1 (Objective Type) and
(ii) Part-II (Conventional Type Written).

The Commission shall hold Part-I examination at the first instance. A limited number of candidates obtaining qualifying marks in the Part-I examination will be allowed to appear in the Part-II examination on a subsequent date to be notified by the Commission.

The elementary knowledge in Computer operation and ability of typing on Computer of the candidates shall be judged only after they are found qualified in Part-I and Part-II.

The Direct Recruitment Examination (Part-1) will be held at various centres in Kolkata and in certain other districts in West Bengal tentatively in the month of June 2024.

Scheme of Examination:

SCHEME & SYLLABUS

1. The examination shall consists of two parts, viz.,

(i) Part-1 (Objective Type)

(ii) Part-II (Conventional Type - Written).

Part-I Examination:

Part-I will carry 100 marks having 100 questions of 1 (one) mark each, comprising of multiple choice, objective type question on English (30 marks), General Studies (40 marks) and Arithmetic (30 marks).

The duration of Part-1 examination shall be 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Part-II Examination:

Part-II shall consist of conventional type questions on

a) Group-A: English

b) Group-B: Bengali/Hindi/Urdu/Nepali/Santali

carrying 50 marks each for Group-A and Group-B. The duration of Part-Il examination shall be 1 hour. The elementary knowledge in Computer operation and ability of typing on Computer of the candidates shall be judged only after they are found qualified in Part-I and Part-II.

Syllabus for the Examination:

Part-I

English:

·       Fundamentals of the English language 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 and elementary knowledge of Indian History and Indian Geography.

Arithmetic:

·       Divisibility,

·       fractions,

·       decimals,

·       recurring decimals,

·       simplification,

·       HCF,

·       LCM,

·       Partnership,

·       Average,

·       Ratio and proportions,

·       percentage,

·       simple interest,

·       profit & loss,

·       time & distance,

·       area of rectangles and 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/Precis);

c) Translation from Bengali/Hindi/Urdu/Nepali/Santali, as the case may be, into English;

Group-B: Bengali/Hindi/Urdu/Nepali/Santali:

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/Hindi/Urdu/Nepali/Santali, as the case may be;

The standard of examination shall be similar to that of Madhyamik Examination of the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education.