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The document outlines the scheme of examination for a computer based test, including that it will have two papers, details of the subjects covered in each paper and their structure, and policies around scoring and normalization when there are multiple exam shifts or streams with different difficulty levels.

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SSC - Scheme of Examination

The document outlines the scheme of examination for a computer based test, including that it will have two papers, details of the subjects covered in each paper and their structure, and policies around scoring and normalization when there are multiple exam shifts or streams with different difficulty levels.

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13.

Scheme of Examination:
13.1 The Computer Based Examination will be conducted in two papers as indicated
below:
13.1.1 Paper-I
13.1.2 Paper-II

Papers Mode of Subject Number of Questions Duration


Examination /Maximum Marks
Paper-I Computer (i) General 50/ 50 2 Hours
Based Intelligence and (2 hours and
Examination Reasoning 40 minutes for
(ii) General Awareness 50/ 50 the candidates
(iii) Part-A: General who are
Engineering (Civil & eligible for
Structural) 100/ 100 scribe as per
or Para-9.1, 9.2
Part-B: General and 9.3)
Engineering (Electrical)
or
Part-C: General
Engineering
(Mechanical)
Paper-II Computer Part-A: General 2 Hours
Based Engineering (Civil & (2 hours and
Examination Structural) 40 minutes for
or 100/ 300 the candidates
Part-B: General who are
Engineering (Electrical) eligible for
or scribe as per
Part-C: General Para 9.1, 9.2
Engineering (Mechanical) and 9.3)
13.2 The candidates will be required to attempt the General Engineering part (i.e.,
Part-A, Part-B or Part-C) in Paper-I and Paper-II, which has been selected by
them, on the basis of their Stream/ Subject of Educational Qualification, in the
online application form. In other words, the candidates appearing from Civil
Stream are required to attempt Part-A (Civil & Structural) of Paper-I andPaper-
II and the candidates appearing from Electrical are required to attempt Part-B
(Electrical) and the candidates appearing from Mechanical Stream are required
to attempt Part-C (Mechanical) of Paper-I and Paper-II failing which their
candidature will be rejected.
13.3 Paper-I & Paper-II will consist of Objective Type, Multiple-choice questions
only. The questions will be set both in Hindi & English.
13.4 There will be a negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer in
Paper-I and one (01) mark for each wrong answer in Paper-II. Candidates are,
therefore, advised to keep this in mind while answering the questions.
13.5 Candidates are allowed to bring their own Slide–Rule, Logarithm Table and
Steam Table for Paper-II only. The facility of Scientific Calculator will be
available in CBE Software. They are not allowed to use such aids for Paper-I.
13.6 Tentative Answer Keys of Paper-I and Paper-II will be placed on the website of
the Commission after the Examination. Candidates may go through the Answer
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Keys and submit online representations, if any, within the time limit given
by the Commission, on payment of Rs. 100/- per question which is non-
refundable. Representations on the matter received through any other
modalities; i.e., letter, application, email, etc. will not be entertained.
Representation regarding the Answer Keys will be scrutinized before
finalization of the Answer Keys and the decision of the Commission in this
regard will be final.
13.7 Marks scored by candidates in Computer Based Examination, if conducted in
multiple shifts, will be normalized by using the formula published by the
Commission through Notice No: 1-1/2018-P&P-I dated 07-02-2019 and such
normalized scores will be used to determine final merit and cut-off marks.
13.8 In this Examination, a few posts are common for Mechanical and Electrical
Engineering. Since the engineering branches are different, different question
papers are served to the candidates of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.
Because of altogether different disciplines/question papers, difficulty levels between
the two question papers may vary. Accordingly, scores of Mechanical and Electrical
Engineering in Paper-II of this Examination shall also be normalized with each other for
determining the final merit and cut-off marks.
13.9 The dates of examinations indicated in the Notice are tentative. Any change in
the schedule of examinations will be informed to candidates only through the
website of the Commission.
13.10 There shall be no provision for re-evaluation/ re-checking of scores of any
stage/ paper(s) of the Examination. No correspondence in this regard shall be
entertained.

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