UPSC Recruitment Test (RT) for Personal Assistant : Scheme and Syllabus

Scheme and syllabus for UPSC Recruitment Test (RT) for posts of Personal Assistant

Scheme

• The test will be of two hours duration
  • All questions will carry equal marks.
  • The test will be objective type questions with multiple choices of answer.
  • The medium of the test will be English.
  • There will be penalty for wrong answers. Every wrong answer will carry a deduction of one-third of the marks assigned to that question. If no answer is marked for a question, there will be no penalty for that question.

Syllabus¹

Weightage

• 300 marks (100% weightage) will be accorded for the Recruitment Test.

• Based on the marks scored in the Recruitment test, candidates will be shortlisted, category-wise to appear in the Skill Test(s) for the post(s) they have applied for.

• Skill Test is mandatory but qualifying in nature. The candidates who qualify the Skill Test will be considered for final selection on the basis of merit in the recruitment test.

• In the Online Applications Form, candidate will have to indicate the language (English/Hindi) for the purpose of Stenography [dictation and respective transcription for the dictation taken (only in Computer)].

• The qualifying standard in the Skill Test(s) are relaxable at the discretion of the Union Public Service Commission, for reasons to be recorded in writing, in the case of candidates otherwise well qualified.

1. https://upsc.gov.in/sites/default/files/AdvtNo-51-2024-Spcl-PrsnAsst-engl-070324_0.pdf ↩︎