Multi Tasking (Non-Technical) Staff, and Havaldar (CBIC & CBN) Examination, 2022

 Multi Tasking (Non-Technical) Staff, and Havaldar (CBIC & CBN)
Examination, 2021


                           

                             Notice

                      


“GOVERNMENT STRIVES TO HAVE A WORKFORCE WHICH REFLECTS GENDER
BALANCE AND WOMEN CANDIDATES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY”


F.No.3/2/2021-P&P-I (Vol-I). The Staff Selection Commission will hold a
competitive examination for recruitment of Multi Tasking (Non-Technical)
Staff (in Pay Level-1 as per Pay Matrix of 7th Pay Commission), a General
Central Service Group ‘C’ Non-Gazetted, Non-Ministerial post in various
Ministries/ Departments/ Offices of the Government of India and various
Constitutional Bodies/ Statutory Bodies/ Tribunals, etc., in different States
Union Territories and Havaldar (in Pay Level-1 as per Pay Matrix of 7th Pay
Commission), a General Central Service Group ‘C’ Non-Gazetted, NonMinisterial
post in Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) and
Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN) under Department of Revenue, Ministry of
Finance.

2 Vacancies:
2.1 Tentative vacancies for the posts are as under:
MTS : Will be intimated later
Havaldar in CBIC and CBN : 3603
Details of vacancies are given at Annexure-XVIII. Updated vacancies, if
any, will be made available on the website of the Commission
(https://ssc.nic.in->Candidate’s Corner-> Tentative Vacancy)

3 Reservation:
3.1 Reservation will be provided for the Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled
Tribes (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC), Economically Weaker
Sections (EWS), Ex-servicemen (ESM) and Persons with Disabilities
(PwD), etc. as per extant Govt. Orders.
3.2 The Commission makes the selection of candidates in accordance with
the vacancies reported by the User Departments for various posts. The
Commission does not have any role in deciding the number of
vacancies of any User Department. Implementation of reservation
policy, maintaining reservation roster and earmarking of vacancies for
different categories are under the domain of the User Departments.
4 Permissible disabilities for Persons with Disabilities (PwD) candidates:
4.1 The post of ‘Multi Tasking Staff (Non Technical)’ has been identified
suitable for following benchmark disabilities:
Name of Post Functional
Requirement
Suitable
Category of Benchmark
Disability
Multi Tasking (NonTechnical)
Staff
S, ST, W, BN,
RW, SE, H, C
(a) B, LV
(b) D, HH
(c) OA, BA, OL, BL, OAL, CP, LC, Dw,
AAV, MDy
(d) ASD (M, MoD), ID, SLD, MI
(e) Multiple disabilities involving (a) to (d)
above.
4.2 The details of disabilities, functional classification and Physical
requirement for the post of Havaldar in CBIC and CBN are as follows:

Name of Post Functional
Requirement
Suitable
Category of Benchmark
Disability
Havaldar S, ST, W, BN,
KC, L, SE,
MF, RW, H, C
(a) HH
(b) OA, OL, OAL, LC, AAV
(c) Multiple disabilities involving (a) and
(b) above.

Abbreviation used:
Nature of Physical Disabilities: B=Blind, LV=Low Vision, D=Deaf,
HH=Hard of Hearing, OA=One Arm Affected, OL=One Leg Affected, BA=Both
Arms Affected, BL=Both Leg Affected, OAL=One Arm and One Leg Affected,
CP=Cerebral Palsy, LC=Leprosy Cured, Dw=Dwarfism, AAV=Acid Attack
Victims, MDy=Muscular Dystrophy, ASD=Autism Spectrum Disorder
(M=Mild, MoD=Moderate), ID=Intellectual Disability, SLD=Specific Learning
Disability, MI= Mental Illness.
Physical Requirements: S=Sitting, ST=Standing, W=Walking, BN=Bending,
MF=Manipulation with Fingers, RW=Reading & Writing, SE=Seeing,
H=Hearing, C=Communication.

Physical Requirements: S=Sitting, ST=Standing, W=Walking, BN=Bending,
MF=Manipulation with Fingers, RW=Reading & Writing, SE=Seeing,
H=Hearing, C=Communicatio

5 Nationality/ Citizenship:
5.1 A candidate must be either:
(a) a citizen of India, or
(b) a subject of Nepal, or
(c) a subject of Bhutan, or
(d) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India, before the 1st
January,1962, with the intention of permanently settling in India,
or
(e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma,
Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United
Republic of Tanzania (Formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia,
Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of
permanently settling in India.
5.2 Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e)
above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has
been issued by the Government of India.
5.3 A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be
admitted to the Examination but the offer of appointment will be given
only after, the necessary eligibility certificate has been issued to him/
her by the Government of India.

6 Age Limit (As on 01-01-2022):
6.1 The age limits for the posts as per the Recruitment Rules of various
User Departments are:
6.1.1 18-25 years (i.e. candidates born not before 02-01-1997 and not
later than 01-01-2004) for MTS and Havaldar in CBN
(Department of Revenue).
6.1.2 18-27 years (i.e. candidates born not before 02-01-1995 and not
later than 01-01-2004) for Havaldar in CBIC (Department of
Revenue) and few posts of MTS.
6.2 Permissible relaxation in Upper age limit for different categories are as
under:
Code
No.
Category Age-relaxation permissible
beyond the upper age limit
01 SC/ ST 5 years
02 OBC 3 years
03 PwD (Unreserved) 10 years
04 PwD (OBC) 13 years
05 PwD (SC/ ST) 15 years
06 Ex-Servicemen (ESM) 03 years after deduction of
the military service
rendered from the actual
age as on closing date of
receipt of online
application.
08 Defence Personnel disabled in operation
during hostilities with any foreign country or
in a disturbed area and released as a
consequence thereof.
03 years
09 Defence Personnel disabled in operation
during hostilities with any foreign country or
in a disturbed area and released as a
consequence thereof (SC/ ST)
08 years
10 Central Government Civilian Employees:
Who have rendered not less than 3 years
regular and continuous service as on closing
date for receipt of online applications.
Up to 40 years of age.
11 Central Government Civilian Employees:
Who have rendered not less than 3 years
regular and continuous service as on closing
date for receipt of online applications.
(SC/ ST)
Up to 45 years of age.
12 Widows/ Divorced Women/ Women
judicially separated and who are not
remarried.
   
          
6.3 Date of Birth filled by the candidate in the online application form and
the same recorded in the Matriculation/ Secondary Examination
Certificate will be accepted by the Commission for determining the age
and no subsequent request for change will be considered or granted
and mismatch of date of birth will be a ground for rejection of
candidature.
6.4 Ex-servicemen who have already secured employment in civil side
under Government in Group ‘C’ & ‘D’ posts on regular basis after
availing of the benefits of reservation given to ex-servicemen for their
re-employment are not eligible for reservation in ESM category and fee
concession. However, such candidates can avail of the benefit of
reservation as ex-serviceman for subsequent employment if he
(hereinafter may be read as ‘he/ she’) immediately after joining civil
employment, gives self-declaration/ undertaking to the employer
concerned about the date-wise details of application for various
vacancies for which he had applied for before joining the initial civil
employment as mentioned in the OM No: 36034/1/2014-Estt (Res)
dated 14.08.2014 issued by DoP&T.
6.5 The period of "Call up Service" of an Ex-Serviceman in the Armed
Forces shall also be treated as service rendered in the Armed Forces for
the purpose of age relaxation as per rules.
6.6 For any serviceman of the three Armed Forces of the Union to be
treated as Ex-Serviceman for the purpose of securing the benefits of
reservation, he must have already acquired, at the relevant time of
submitting his (hereinafter may be read as his/ her) application for the
Post/ Service, the status of ex-servicemen or is in a position to
establish his acquired entitlement by documentary evidence from the
competent authority that he would complete specified term of
engagement from the Armed Forces within the stipulated period of one
year from the closing date for receipt of applications. Such candidates
must also acquire the status of an ex-serviceman within the stipulated
period of one year from the closing date of receipt of application.
6.7 Explanation: An ‘ex-serviceman’ means a person:
6.7.1 Who has served in any rank whether as a combatant or non
combatant in the Regular Army, Navy or Air Force of the Indian
Union, and
6.7.1.1 who either has been retired or relieved or discharged
from such service whether at his own request
being relieved by the employer after earning his or
her pension; or
6.7.1.2 who has been relieved from such service on medical
grounds attributable to military service or
circumstances beyond his control and awarded
medical or other disability pension; or
6.7.1.3 who has been released from such service as a result
of reduction in establishment;
or
6.7.2 who has been released from such service after completing the
specific period of engagement, otherwise than at his own request,
or by way of dismissal, or discharge on account of misconduct or
inefficiency and has been given a gratuity, and includes personnel
of the Territorial Army namely, pension holders for continuous
embodies service or broken spells of qualifying service;
or
6.7.3 personnel of the Army Postal Service who are part of Regular
Army and retired from the Army Postal Service without reversion
to their parent service with pension, or are released from the
Army Postal service on medical grounds attributable to or
aggravated by military service or circumstance beyond their
control and awarded medical or other disability pension;
or
6.7.4 Personnel, who were on deputation in Army Postal Service for
more than six months prior to the 14th April, 1987;
or
6.7.5 Gallantry award winners of the Armed forces including personnel
of Territorial Army;
or
6.7.6 Ex-recruits boarded out or relieved on medical ground and
granted medical disability pension.

6.8 Age relaxation/ ESM reservation is not admissible to sons,
daughters and dependents of Ex-Servicemen. Therefore, such
candidates should not indicate their category as ex-servicemen
  
Process of certification and format of certificates:
7.1 Candidates who wish to be considered against reserved vacancies or
seek age-relaxation must submit requisite certificate from the
competent authority, in the prescribed format when such certificates
are sought by Regional Offices concerned at the time of Document

Verification. Otherwise, their claim for SC/ ST/ OBC/ EWS/ PwD/
ESM category will not be entertained and their candidature/
application will be considered under Unreserved (UR)/ relevant
category. The formats of the certificates are annexed with the Notice of
this Examination. The certificate of disability issued under the Persons
with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full
Participation) Act, 1995 (1 of 1996) will also be valid. Certificates in
any other format are liable to be rejected.
7.2 Crucial date for claim of SC/ ST/ OBC/ EWS/ PwD status or any
other benefit viz. fee concession, reservation, age-relaxation, etc.,
where not specified otherwise, will be the closing date for receipt of
online applications.
7.3 A person seeking appointment on the basis of reservation to OBCs
must ensure that he possesses the caste/ community certificate and
does not fall in creamy layer on the crucial date.
7.4 Candidates may also note that in respect of the above, their
candidature will remain provisional till the veracity of the relevant
documents is verified by the Appointing Authority. Candidates are
cautioned that they will be debarred from the examinations conducted
by the Commission in case they fraudulently claim SC/ ST/ OBC/
EWS/ PwD/ ESM status or avail any other benefit.
8 Provision of Compensatory Time and assistance of scribe:
8.1 In case of persons with benchmark disabilities in the category of
blindness, locomotor disability (both arms affected-BA) and cerebral
palsy, the facility of scribe is provided, if desired by the candidate.
8.2 In case of remaining categories of persons with benchmark disabilities,
the provision of scribe will be available only on production of a
certificate at the time of examination to the effect that the person
concerned has physical limitation to write, and scribe is essential to
write examination on his behalf, from the Chief Medical Officer/ Civil
Surgeon/ Medical Superintendent of a Government health care
institution as per proforma at Annexure-I.
8.3 The facility of scribe/ passage reader will be provided to the PwD
candidates only if they have opted for the same in the online
application form.
8.4 The candidate will have the discretion of opting for his own scribe or to
avail the facility of scribe provided by the Commission. Appropriate
choice in this regard will have to be given by the candidate in the
online app

8.5 In case the candidate opts for his own scribe, the qualification of the
scribe should be one step below the qualification of the candidate
taking the examination. The candidates with benchmark disabilities
opting for own scribe shall be required to submit details of the own
scribe at the time of examination as per proforma at Annexure-II. In
addition, the scribe has to produce a valid ID proof [as per list given at
para-15.7] in original at the time of examination. A photocopy of the ID
proof of the scribe signed by the candidate as well as the scribe will be
submitted along with proforma at Annexure-II. If subsequently it is
found that the qualification of the scribe is not as declared by the
candidate, then the candidate shall forfeit his right to the post and
claims relating thereto.
8.6 Own scribe should not be a candidate of this examination. If a
candidate is detected as assisting another PwD candidate as scribe in
this examination, then the candidatures of both the candidates will be
cancelled.
8.7 A compensatory time of 20 minutes per hour of examination will be
provided to the candidates who are allowed use of scribe as described
at Para 8.1 and 8.2 above.
8.8 The candidates referred at Para 8.1 and 8.2 above who are eligible for
scribe but do not avail the facility of scribe will also be given
compensatory time of 20 minutes per hour of examination.
8.9 No attendant other than the scribe for eligible candidates will be
allowed inside the Examination Hall.
8.10 One eyed candidates and partially blind candidates who are able to
read the normal Question Paper set with or without magnifying glass
and who wish to write/ indicate the answer with the help of
magnifying glass will be allowed to use the same in the Examination
Hall and will not be entitled to a scribe. Such candidates will have to
bring their own magnifying glass to the Examination Hall.
8.11 The PwD candidates who have availed the facility of scribes/ passage
reader and/ or compensatory time must produce relevant documents
for the eligibility of scribe/ compensatory time at the time of
Document Verification. Failure to produce such supporting documents
will lead to cancellation of their candidature for the examination.

Essential Educational Qualifications (As on 30.04.2022):
9.1 The candidates must have passed Matriculation Examination or
equivalent from a recognized Board.
9.2 As per Ministry of Human Resource Development Notification dated
10-06-2015 published in the Gazette of India, all the degrees


   diplomas/ certificates awarded through Open and Distance Learning
mode of education by the Universities established by an Act of
Parliament or State Legislature, Institutions Deemed to be Universities
under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 and
Institutions of National Importance declared under an Act of
Parliament stand automatically recognized for the purpose of
employment to posts and services under the Central Government
provided they have been approved by the Distance Education Bureau,
University Grants Commission. Accordingly, unless such degrees are
recognized for the relevant period when the candidates acquired the
qualification, they will not be accepted for the purpose of Educational
Qualification.
9.3 All the candidates who are called for Document Verification will be
required to produce the relevant Certificates such as Mark sheets,
Provisional Certificates etc. for completion of Matriculation or
equivalent in original as proof of having acquired the minimum
educational qualification on or before the cut-off date, failing which
the candidature of such candidates will be cancelled by the
Commission. The candidates who are able to prove, by documentary
evidence, that the result of the qualifying examination was declared on
or before the cut-off date and he has been declared passed, will also be
considered to meet the educational qualification. It is reiterated that
the result of requisite educational qualification must have been
declared by the Board/ Institute/ University by the specified date.
Mere processing of the result by the Board/ University/ Institute
by the cut-off date does not fulfill the EQ requirement.
9.4 Candidates possessing equivalent educational qualification shall also
produce relevant Equivalence Certificate from the authorities
concerned at the time of Document Verification. However, final
decision regarding selection of such candidates will be taken by the
User Departments/ Appointing Authorities concerned.
10 How to apply:
10.1 Applications must be submitted in online mode at the website of the
Commission i.e. https://ssc.nic.in. For detailed instructions, please
refer to Annexure-III and Annexure-IV of this Notice. Sample
proforma of One-time Registration and online Application Form are
attached as Annexure-IIIA and Annexure-IVA respectively.
10.2 In the online Application Form, candidates are required to upload the
scanned colour passport size photograph in JPEG format (20 KB to 50
KB). The photograph should not be more than three months old
from the date of publication of the Notice of Examination. Image
dimension of the photograph should be about 3.5 cm (width) x 4.5 c

   (height). The photograph should be without cap, spectacles and the
frontal view of the face should be clearly visible.
10.3 If the proper photograph is not uploaded by a candidate, his
candidature will be cancelled. Specimen of photographs which are
acceptable/ not acceptable is given at Annexure-V.
10.4 Last date and time for submission of online applications is 30-04-2022
(23:00).
10.5 Candidates are advised in their own interest to submit online
applications much before the closing date and not to wait till the
last date to avoid the possibility of disconnection/ inability or
failure to login to the SSC website on account of heavy load on
the website during the closing days.
10.6 The Commission will not be responsible for the candidates not being
able to submit their applications within the last date on account of the
aforesaid reasons or for any other reason beyond the control of the
Commission.
10.7 Before submission of the online application, candidates must
check through Preview/ Print option that they have filled correct
details in each field of the form.
11 Application Fee:
11.1 Fee payable: Rs. 100/- (Rupees one hundred only).
11.2 Women candidates and candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes
(SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Persons with Disabilities (PwD) and Exservicemen
(ESM) eligible for reservation are exempted from payment
of fee.
11.3 Fee can be paid online through BHIM UPI, Net Banking, by using Visa,
Mastercard, Maestro, RuPay Credit or Debit cards or through cash in
SBI Branches by generating SBI Challan.
11.4 Online fee can be paid by the candidates up to 02.05.2022 (23.00
hours). However, candidates who wish to make cash payment through
Challan of SBI, may make the payment in cash at the Branches of SBI
within the working hours of bank up to 04.05.2022 provided the
Challan has been generated by them before 03.05.2022 (23.00
hours).
11.5 Candidates who are not exempted from the fee payment must ensure
that their fee has been deposited with SSC. If the fee is not received by
SSC, status of Application Form is shown as ‘Incomplete’ and this
information is printed on the top of the Application Form printout.
Further, status of fee payment can be verified at the ‘Payment Status”
link provided in the candidate’s login screen. Such applications w

            
remain incomplete due to non-receipt of fee will be SUMMARILY
REJECTED and no request for consideration of such applications and
fee payment after the period specified in the Notice of Examination
shall be entertained.
11.6 Fee once paid shall not be refunded under any circumstances nor will
it be adjusted against any other examination or selection.
12 Window for Application Form Correction [05-05-2022 to 09-05-2022
(23:00 hours)]:
12.1 After the closing date for receipt of online applications, the
Commission will provide a period of 5 days to enable candidates to
correct/ modify online application parameters, wherein candidates will
be allowed to re-submit applications after making requisite
corrections/ changes in the one-time registration/ online application
data as per their requirement.
12.2 A candidate will be allowed to correct and re-submit his modified/
corrected application two times during the ‘Window for Application
Form Correction’ i.e. if he has made mistake in his updated
application also, he will be allowed to re-submit one more modified/
corrected application after making requisite corrections/
modifications. No more corrections in the application form will be
allowed under any circumstances.
12.3 Only those candidates will be allowed to make corrections in the
application form, whose completed online applications along-with
payment of requisite fee, have been received by the Commission within
the specified period.
12.4 The Commission will levy a uniform correction charges of ₹ 200/- for
making correction(s) and re-submitting modified/ corrected
application for the first time and ₹ 500/- for making correction(s) and
re-submitting modified/ corrected application for the second time. The
correction charges will be applicable to all candidates irrespective of
their gender/ category.
12.5 The correction charges can be paid only by online mode through BHIM
UPI, Net Banking or by using Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, RuPay Credit
or Debit cards.
12.6 The correction charges once paid shall not be refunded under any
circumstances nor will it be adjusted against any other examination or
selection.
12.7 Subject to the receipt of applicable correction charges, the latest
modified/ corrected application will be treated as the valid one and the
previous application(s) submitted by such candidates will be cancelled

12.8 If the applicable correction charges are not received by the SSC, status
of Application Form is shown as ‘Incomplete’ and this information is
printed on the top of the Application Form printout. Such application
shall not be accepted and the previously submitted application will
remain valid.
12.9 Before submission of the corrected application, candidates must check
that they have filled correct details in each field of the form. After
expiry of ‘Window for Application Form Correction’, no change/
correction/ modification will be allowed under any circumstances.
Requests received in this regard in any form like Post, Fax, Email, by
hand, etc. shall not be entertained by the Commission and will be
summarily rejected.
13 Centres of Examination:
13.1 A candidate must indicate the Centre(s) in the online Application Form
in which he desires to take the examination. Details about the
Examination Centres and Regional Offices under whose jurisdiction
these Examination Centres are located are as follow




should select the centres, carefully and indicate the same correctly in
their applications.
13.3 The Commission will endeavour to accommodate the candidates in
centres opted by them. However, the Commission reserves the right to
cancel any Centre and ask the candidates of that centre to appear
from another centre. Commission also reserves the right to divert
candidates of any centre to some other Centre to take the
examination.
13.4 The Regional Office, having jurisdiction over the Examination Centres
opted by the candidate, will issue Admission Certificate to the
candidate for the examinations. All other activities related to this
recruitment will be handled by the said Regional Office.
14 Scheme of Examination:
14.1 The examination will consist of a Computer Based Examination
(Paper-I), Physical Efficiency Test (PET)/ Physical Standard Test (PST)
(only for the post of Havaldar) and a Descriptive Paper (Paper-II).
14.2 The schedule of examinations indicated in the Notice is tentative. Any
change in the schedule of examinations will be informed to candidates
only through the website of the Commission.
14.3 There shall be no provision for re-evaluation/ re-checking of the
scores. No correspondence in this regard shall be entertained.
14.4 Paper-I (Computer Based Examination):
14.4.1 Paper-I will consist of Objective Type, Multiple choice
questions. The questions will be set both in English & Hindi
for Part-II, III & IV.
14.4.2 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.
14.4.3 Marks scored by candidates in Paper-I (Computer Based
Examination), if conducted in multiple shifts, wil

14.5 Paper-II (Descriptive):
14.5.1 Paper-II will be of descriptive type in ‘Pen and Paper’ Mode in
which the candidates will be required to write a short essay
and a letter in English or any language included in the
Schedule-VIII of the Constitution.
14.5.2 Paper-II will only be of qualifying nature and is intended to
test elementary language skills in view of categorization of
the post as Group-C and in view of job requirements.
However, marks scored by the candidates in Paper-II will be
used to decide merit in case more than one candidate score
equal normalized marks in Paper-I.
14.5.3 Paper-II will be held only for those candidates who meet the
cut-off prescribed by the Commission in Paper-I for different
categories.
14.5.4 In Paper-II, candidates must write their correct Roll Number
at the prescribed places on the cover page of the Answer
Book. Candidates must also affix signature and Left-hand
Thumb Impression in the relevant columns in the Answer
Book. Answer Books not bearing Roll Number, Signature and
Left-hand Thumb Impression shall be awarded zero marks.
14.5.5 Candidates must not write any personal identity e.g. name,
roll number, mobile number, address, etc. inside the Answer
Book (Paper-II). Failure to adhere to these instructions will
be treated as Unfair Means (UFM) and such candidates will
be awarded zero marks and their candidature will be
rejected.

14.6 Indicative Syllabus for Computer Based Examination (Paper-I):
14.6.1 Questions on ‘General Intelligence and Reasoning’ will be nonverbal
considering the functions attached to the post.
Questions on Numerical Aptitude and General English will be
simple, of a level that an average matriculate will be in a
position to answer comfortably. Questions on General
Awareness will also be of similar standard.
14.6.2 English Language: Candidates' understanding of the basics of
English Language, its vocabulary, grammar, sentence
structure, synonyms, antonyms and its correct usage, etc. and
writing ability would be tested.
14.6.3 General Intelligence and Reasoning: It will include questions
of non-verbal type. The test will include questions on
similarities and differences, space visualization, problem
solving, analysis, judgment, decision making, visual memory,
discriminating observation, relationship concepts, figure
classification, arithmetical number series, non-verbal series
etc. The test will also include questions designed to test the
candidate’s abilities to deal with abstract ideas and symbols
and their relationship, arithmetical computation and other
analytical functions.
14.6.4 Numerical Aptitude: It will include questions on problems
relating to Number Systems, Computation of Whole Numbers,
Decimals and Fractions and relationship between Numbers,
Fundamental arithmetical operations, Percentages, Ratio and
Proportion, Averages, Interest, Profit and Loss, Discount, use of
Tables and Graphs, Mensuration, Time and Distance, Ratio
and Time, Time and Work, etc.
14.6.5 General Awareness: Questions will be designed to test the
ability of the candidate’s general awareness of the environment
around him and its application to society. Questions will also
be designed to test knowledge of current events and of such
matters of everyday observation and experience in their
scientific aspects as may be expected of an educated person.
The test will also include questions relating to India and its
neighbouring countries especially pertaining to Sports, History,
Culture, Geography, Economic scene, General Polity including
Indian Constitution, and Scientific Research etc. These
questions will be such that they do not require a special study
of any discipline.
14.6.6 For VH candidates of 40% and above visual disability, there will
be no component of Maps/Graphs/Diagrams/Statistical Data
in the Paper.
14.7 Paper-II: The Paper will be set in Hindi, English and in other
languages mentioned in the Schedule-VIII of the Constitution as
given at Annexure-XV, to test basic language skills commensurate
with the educational qualification prescribed for the post.
Candidates will be required to write one short essay/ letter.

15 Admission to the Examination:
15.1 All candidates who register themselves in response to this
advertisement by the closing date and time and whose applications
are found to be in order and are provisionally accepted by the
Commission as per the terms and conditions of this Notice of
Examination, will be assigned Roll numbers and issued Admission
Certificate (AC) for appearing in the Computer Based Examination
(Paper-I). Subsequently, qualified candidates will be issued
Admission Certificates for the next stages of the Examination.
15.2 The Commission will not undertake detailed scrutiny of applications
for the eligibility and other aspects at the time of examination(s)
and, therefore, candidature will be accepted only provisionally. The
candidates must go through the requirements of educational
qualification, age, physical and medical standards etc. and satisfy
themselves that they are eligible for the post. Copies of supporting
documents will be sought at the time of Document Verification.
When scrutiny is undertaken, if any claim made in the application
is not found substantiated, the candidature will be cancelled and
the decision of the Commission in this regard shall be final.
15.3 Admission Certificates for all stages of examination will be issued
online on the websites of Regional Office concerned of the
Commission. Candidates are therefore advised to regularly visit the
websites of the SSC-HQ (i.e. https://ssc.nic.in) and Regional Office
concerned of the Commission under whose jurisdiction the
examination centres opted by the candidate are located (detail at
para-13.1).
15.4 Information about the Examination indicating the time table and
City/ Centre of examination for the candidates will be uploaded on
the websites of the Regional Office concerned of the Commission
about two weeks before the date of examination. If any candidate
does not find his detail on the website of the Commission, one week
before the date of examination, he must immediately contact the
Regional Office concerned of the Commission with proof of having
submitted his application. Failure to do so will deprive him of any
claim for consideration.
15.5 Candidates must write Registration-ID, registered Email-ID and
Mobile Number along with name, date of birth and name of the
examination, while addressing any communication to the
Commission. Communication from the candidate not furnishing

15.6 Facility for downloading of Admission Certificates will be available
about 3-7 days before the examination on the website of Regional
Office concerned. Candidate must bring printout of the Admission
Certificate to the Examination Hall.
15.7 In addition to the Admission Certificate, it is mandatory to carry at
least two passport size recent colour photographs, Original valid
Photo-ID proof having the full Date of Birth as printed on the
Admission Certificate, such as:
15.7.1 Aadhaar Card/ Printout of E-Aadhaar,
15.7.2 Voter’s ID Card,
15.7.3 Driving License,
15.7.4 PAN Card,
15.7.5 Passport,
15.7.6 ID Card issued by University/ College/ School,
15.7.7 Employer ID Card (Govt./ PSU),
15.7.8 Ex-Serviceman Discharge Book issued by Ministry of
Defence,
15.7.9 Any other photo bearing ID Card issued by the Central/
State Government.
15.8 If Photo Identity Card does not have the date of birth printed on it
then the candidate must carry an additional original document (e.g.
Matriculation Certificate, Marks Sheet issued only by CBSE/ ICSE/
State Boards; Birth Certificate, Category Certificate) as proof of their
date of birth. In case of mismatch in the date of birth mentioned in
the Admission Certificate and photo ID/ Certificate brought in
support of date of birth, the candidate will not be allowed to appear
in the examination.
15.9 PwD candidates availing the facility of scribes as per Para 8.1 and
8.2 shall also be required to carry requisite Medical Certificate/
Undertaking/ Photocopy of the Scribe’s Photo ID Proof, as specified
therein. Candidates without these documents will not be allowed to
appear in the examination.
15.10 Any other document mentioned in the Admission Certificate shall
also be carried by the candidates while appearing in the
Examination.
15.11 Applications with blurred photograph and/or signature will be
rejected.
16 Document Verification (DV):
16.1 All the candidates qualified for Document Verification are required
to appear for Document Verification along with the photocopies and
original documents as mentioned at Para no. 16.3.
16.2 Candidates have to bring two passport size recent colou
20 Action against candidates found guilty of misconduct:
20.1 If candidates are found to indulge at any stage in any of the
malpractices listed below during the conduct of examination or
thereafter, their candidature for this examination will be cancelled
and they will be debarred from the examinations of the Commission
for the period mentioned below:
S
No
Type of Malpractice Debarment
period
1 Taking away any Examination related material such as Rough
Sheets, Commission Copy of Admission Certificate, Answer Sheet
etc. from the examination hall or passing it on to unauthorized
persons during the conduct of examination.
2 Years
2 Leaving the Examination Venue uninformed during the
Examination.
2 Years
3 Misbehaving, intimidating or threatening in any manner with the
examination functionaries’ i.e. Supervisor, Invigilator, Security
Guard or Commission’s representatives etc.
3 Years
4 Obstruct the conduct of examination/ instigate other candidates
not to take the examination.
3 Years
5 Making statements which are incorrect or false, suppressing
material information, submitting fabricated documents, etc.
3 Years
6 Obtaining support/ influence for his candidature by any
irregular or improper means in connection with his candidature.
3 Years
7 Possession of Mobile Phone either in ‘switched on’ or ‘switched
off’ mode.
3 Years
8 Appearing in the same examination more than once in
contravention of the rules.
3 Years
9 A candidate who is also working on examination related matters
in the same examination.
3 Years
10 Damaging examination related infrastructure/ equipments. 5 Years
11 Appearing in the Exam with forged Admit Card, identity proof,
etc.
5 Years
12 Possession of fire arms/ weapons during the examination. 5 Years
13 Assault, use of force, causing bodily harm in any manner to the
examination functionaries’ i.e. Supervisor, Invigilator, Security
Guard or Commission’s representatives etc.
7 Years
14 Threatening/ intimidating examination functionaries with
weapons/ fire arms.
7 Years
15 Using unfair means in the examination hall like copying from
unauthorized sources such as written material on any paper or
body parts, etc.
7 Years
16 Possession of Bluetooth Devices, spy cameras, or any other
electronic gadgets in the examination hall.
7 Years
17 Impersonate/ Procuring impersonation by any person. 7 Years
18 Taking snapshots, making videos of question papers or
examination material, labs, etc.
7 Years
19 Sharing examination terminal through remote desktop
softwares/ Apps/ LAN/ VAN, etc.
7 Years
20 Attempt to hack or manipulate examination servers, data and 7 Y


21 Commission’s Decision Final: The decision of the Commission in all
matters relating to eligibility, acceptance or rejection of the applications,
penalty for false information, mode of selection, conduct of examination(s),
allotment of examination centres, selection and allotment of posts/
organizations to selected candidates will be final and binding on the
candidates and no enquiry/ correspondence will be entertained in this
regard.
22 Courts’ Jurisdiction: Any dispute in regard to this recruitment will be
subject to courts/tribunals having jurisdiction over the place of Regional
Office concerned of SSC where the candidate has appeared in the
examination(s).
23 In accordance with the directions issued by DOPT vide its O.M.
No.39020/1/2016-Estt. (B) dated 21.06.2016 for increasing access of the
unemployed candidates to job opportunities it has been decided that after
declaration of final result the Commission will make the scores and rankings
in the said open Competitive Examinations conducted by the Commission
available on its website in descending order of ranking. Accordingly, it has
been decided that the following details of the candidates will be made
available on its website: (i) Name of candidate. (ii) Father/Husband’s name
(iii) Date of Birth (iv) Category (Gen/SC/ST/OBC/EWS/PH/Minority) (v)
Gender of the candidate. (vi) Educational Qualifications. (vii) Total Marks
obtained in the qualifying examination (viii) Ranking by which the merit is
decided. (ix) Complete address (x) E-mail address However, the candidate
will have the option, at the time of filling up of his application form, from
opting out of disclosing the above details publicly. Accordingly, the scores
and rankings in respect of only those candidates who have opted for
disclosing the above details or else have inadvertently not exercised their
option will be made available on the website of the Commission.
24 Disqualifications: No person, (a) who has entered into, or contracted a
marriage with a person having a spouse living, or (b) who, having a spouse
living has entered into, or contracted a marriage with any person shall be
eligible for appointment to the service provided that the Central Government
may, if satisfied that such marriage is permissible under the personal law
applicable to such person and the other party to the marriage and there are
other grounds for so doing, exempt any person from the operation of this
rule.

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