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Note: SSC Section Officer (Audit) exam has been discontinued.
Section Officer (Audit) Exam - Section officer (Audit) exam is held by Staff Selection Commission for the requirement of Section Officers (Audit), Group ‘B’ Non Gazetted post in the office of Controller and Auditor General and various central Government departments.
Section Officer (Audit) Exam eligibility
1. Educational Qualification
To appear for Section Officer Exam one must hold a Bachelor's Degree from a recognized University with at least 50% marks.
2. Age
Aspiring candidate should be between 18-25 years of age but relax able in case of Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes, Departmental Candidates and few such other reserved categories of persons as specified by the commission.
Section Officer (Audit) Exam pattern
Section Officer Audit Examination is conducted in two stages as follows:
Part I will consists of two papers as follows
Paper 1 : Objective Type Multiple Choice;
| Subjects | Marks | Duration |
| English language | 100 | |
| General Awareness | 100 | |
|
Total |
200 | 2 Hr. |
Paper 2: Conventional type.
| Subjects | Marks | Duration |
| Arithmetic | 100 Marks | 2 Hr |
important: Candidates have the option to answer Paper II either in Hindi or in English language.
Note: Paper 1 will consist of objective type questions only. The question papers (Test Booklets) for part B of paper (Gen. Awareness) and Paper-2 (Arithmetic) will be set both in English and Hindi.
The Commission have desecration to fix qualifying marks in any or all the subjects of the examination including paper-II. Answer sheets of paper II i.e. Arithmetic, will be evaluated of only those candidates who secure the minimum qualifying standards in paper I.
Part II – it consists of an Interview consisting of 100 marks.
The written examination is followed by an Interview (100 Marks). Only those candidates, who secure in the written examination the minimum qualifying marks, as may be fixed by the Commission at its discretion, will be eligible to appear at the interview. The interview is held at the Commission's regional offices.
Section Officer (Audit) exam syllabus?
Syllabus Paper 1 (Objective Type Multiple Choice):
English Language:
Questions in this section will be based on error recognition, fill in the blanks (using verbs, preposition, articles etc.), vocabulary, spellings, grammer, sentence structure, synonyms, antonyms, sentence completion, phrases and idiomatic use of words, etc. There will be questions on close passage and comprehension of passages also. The standard of questions will be only of the 10+2 level.
General Awareness:
This part of the paper will consists of questiona aimed at testing the candidate’s General Awareness of the environment around him and its application to the society. Questions will also be designed to test knowledge of current events and of such matters of everyday observation and experience in their scientific aspect as may be expected of an educated person. The test will also include questions pertaining to Sports, History, Culture, Geography, Economic scene, General polity, Indian Constitution, Scientific Research etc. These questions will be such that they do not require a special study of any discipline.
Syllabus Paper 2 ( Conventional)
Paper 2 includes questions on problems relating to Number Systems, Computation of Whole Numbers, Decimals and Fractions and relationship between Numbers, percentages, ratio and proportions, averages, estimation, use of table and graphs, mensuration, time and distance, ratio and time, Profit and loss, discount, interest, relations between numbers, fundamentals Arithmetical operations etc.
