Syllabus for Data Entry Operator & Lower Division Clerk [Combined Higher Secondary Level (10+2) Examination, 2012]

Ssheme of Examination for Data Entry Operator & Lower Division Clerk:-
The examination will consist of a written examination and skill test for the post of Data Entry Operator and Typing Test for the post of Lower Division Clerk on Computer.

The written examination will consist of one objective type paper as shown below :

Date of Exam:- 21/10/2012 & 28/10/2012 (Sundays)
Timing for General candidates:-  2 Hours 10.00 am to 12.00  Noon
Timing for Visually Handicapped  candidates:- 2 Hours 20 mins 10.00 am to 12.20 pm
Syllabus
No. of Question for each paper:-  50 questions
No. of Marks for each paper:-  50 maximum marks
  Papers:-

• General  Intelligence
• English Language (Basic Knowledge)
• Quantitative Aptitude (Basic Arithmetic Skill)
• General Awareness

Topics for Syllabus
General Intelligence:-
1. Semantic Analogy
2. Symbolic/Number Analogy
3. Figural Analogy
4. Semantic Classification
5. Symbolic/Number Classification
6. Figural Classification
7. Semantic Series
8. Number Series
9. Figural Series
10. Problem Solving
11. Word Building
12. Coding and de-coding
13 Numerical operations
14. Symbolic operations
15 Trends
16. Space Orientation 
17. Venn Diagrams
18. Drawing inferences
19. Punched hole/pattern-folding & unfolding
20. Figural Pattern – folding and completion 
21. Embedded figures
22. Critical Thinking
23 Emotional Intelligence
24. Social Intelligence
 25. Other sub-topics, if any

English Language :    
1. Spot the Error
2. Fill in the Blanks
3. Synonyms/Homonyms
4. Antonyms
5. Spellings/Detecting Mis-spelt words
6. Idioms & Phrases
7. One word substitution
8. Improvement of Sentences
9. Active/Passive Voice of Verbs
10. Conversion into Direct/Indirect narration
11. Shuffling of Sentence parts
12. Shuffling of Sentences in a passage
13. Cloze Passage
14. Comprehension Passage

Quantitative Aptitude:
ARITHMETIC
  Number Systems:

• Computation of Whole Number
• Decimal and Fractions
• Relationship between numbers

  Fundamental arithmetical operations:

• Percentages
• Ratio and Proportion 
• Square roots
• Averages
• Interest (Simple and Compound)
• Profit and Loss
• Discount
• Partnership Business
• Mixture and Alligation
• Time and distance
• Time and work

ALGEBRA:

• Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra (and their simple applications) e.g. Formulas for (a+b)2,(a-b)2, (a+b)3(a-b)3, a3-b3, a3+b3, a2-b2;  if a+b+c=0, then a3+b3+c3=3 abc etc. and Elementary surds (simple problems)
• Graphs of Linear Equations.

GEOMETRY:
   Familiarity with elementary geometric figures and facts:

• Triangle and its various kinds of centres viz. Centroid, In-centre, Orthocentre,  Circumcentre
• Congruence and similarity of triangles
• Circle and its chords, tangents, angles subtended by chords of a circle, common tangents to two or
  more circles.

MENSURATION:

• Triangle, Quadrilaterals
• Regular Polygons (sum of the internal angles of a polygon)
• Circle
• Right Prism
• Right Circular Cone
• Right Circular Cylinder
• Sphere, Hemispheres
• Rectangular Parallelepiped
• Regular Right Pyramid with triangular or square Base

TRIGONOMETRY:

• Trigonometry (for acute angles 0 with 0≤0≤90), Trigonometric ratios, Degree and Radian Measures,                           Standard Identities like sin 20 + Cos20=1 etc.
• Complementary Angles, Heights and Distances (simple problems only)

STATISTICAL CHARTS :

   Use of Tables and Graphs:

• Histogram
• Frequency polygen
• Bar-diagram
• Pic-chart

General Awareness:  Questions are designed to test the  candidate’s general awareness of the environment around him and its application to society. Questions are also 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 relating to India and its neighboring countries  especially pertaining to History, Culture Geography, Economic Scene, General policy and scientific research

About Paper Questions:-

• The Paper will consist of Objective Type- Multiple choice questions only.  The questions will be set both in English & Hindi for Part-I, III & IV. The Commission may also at its discretion, set questions in Part-I,III and IV in Mizo, Manipuri, Assamese, Sindhi, Oriya, Telgu, Tamil, Malayalam,Kannada, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi and Kashmiri  subject to approval from the Department of Personnel & Training and subject to availability of experts/printing facilities.
• There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer.  Candidates are, therefore, advised to keep this in mind while answering the questions.

SKILL TEST  for DATA ENTRY OPERATOR:
Data Entry Speed of 8,000 (eight thousand) Key Depressions per hour on Computer.



Typing Test for LDCs:
35 w.p.m. and 30 w.p.m. corresponds to 10500 key depressions per  hour/9000 key depressions per hour respectively.


More Details:
http://ssc.nic.in/notice/examnotice/CHSLE-2012%20NoticeAfter%20Proof%20reading.pdf