Syllabus For the Post of Clerk

Preliminary Screening Examination: The questions in the Preliminary Screening Examination will be ‘Objective Multiple Choice Type’ on (i) General Knowledge and Current Affairs (20 marks) (ii) General Intelligence and Simple Arithmetic (10 marks). Each question will carry 1/2 (Half) mark and the paper will be of 01 (One) Hour’s duration. Candidates will be required to qualify in each of the tests separately. The Commission will have full discretion to fix the minimum qualifying marks in each test separately or cumulatively. The Questions will be set in Bengali and English versions.

General Knowledge & Current Affairs: Questions will be designed to test the candidate’s general knowledge 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 every day 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 other Countries, especially pertaining to Sports, History, Literature, Culture, and Geography, Economic Scene, Polity, Indian Constitution and Scientific Research etc.

General Intelligence & Simple Arithmetic: The syllabus for General Intelligence would include questions of both verbal and non verbal type. The test may include questions on analogies, similarities, differences, space visualization, problem solving, analysis, judgment, decision making, visual memory, discrimination observation, relationship, concepts, arithmetical reasoning, verbal and figure classification, arithmetical number series etc. The test will also include questions designed to test the candidates' abilities to deal with abstract ideas, any symbols and their relationships, arithmetical computations and other analytical functions.
    
Written Examination: The questions in the Written Examination will be on (i) General English (15 marks) and (ii) Arithmetic (15 marks). The Test will be of 01 (One) Hour’s duration. Candidates will be required to qualify in each of the tests separately. The Commission will have full discretion to fix the minimum qualifying marks in each test separately or cumulatively. The Questions will be set in Bengali and English versions.

General English: Candidates’ understanding of the fundamentals of the English Language such as Vocabulary, Grammar, Sentence Structure, Synonyms, Antonyms and its correct usage etc. would be tested. Questions on paragraph/ writing, report writing/ letter writing, Translation into English from the Language of Medium of Instruction applied for may be included.

Arithmetic: Questions of this component will cover number system including questions on simplification, decimals, Recurring Decimals, Divisibility, fractions, LCM, HCF, Partnership, Average, Ratio and proportion, percentage, profit and loss, discount, simple and compound interest, time and work, time and distance.

Typing skill using Computer and Computer Proficiency: It will be tested during Personality Test, for the persons those who will qualify in the Written Examination and qualify for the Personality Test. The desired minimum typing speed for qualifying the Typing skill using computer is 20 words per minutes (in English). The typewriting test will consist of one paper of running matter of 05 minutes duration.

Syllabus For the Post of Group-D Staff

Preliminary Screening Examination: The questions in Preliminary Screening Examination will be of a ‘Multiple choice Objective type’ Paper comprising questions on (i) General Knowledge & Current Affairs (20 marks), (ii) General Intelligence and Simple Arithmetic (10 marks). Each question will carry 01 (one) mark and the paper will be of 01(one) hour’s duration. Candidates will be required to qualify the test cumulatively. The Questions will be set in Bengali and English versions.

General Knowledge & Current Affairs: Questions will be designed to test the candidate’s general knowledge 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 every day observation and experience. The test will also include questions relating mainly to the State of West Bengal and other States of India especially pertaining to Sports, History, Literature, Culture and Geography, Economic Scene, Polity etc.

General Intelligence & Simple Arithmetic: The syllabus for General Intelligence would include questions of both verbal and non verbal type. The test may include questions on analogies, similarities, differences, space visualization, problem solving, analysis, judgment, decision making, visual memory, discrimination observation, relationship, concepts, arithmetical reasoning, verbal and figure classification, arithmetical number series etc. The test will also include questions designed to test the candidates' abilities to deal with abstract ideas, any symbols and their relationships, arithmetical computations and other analytical functions.

Written Examination: The questions in the Written Examination will be on (i) General English (08 marks) and (ii) Arithmetic (07 marks). The Test will be of 01 (One) Hour’s duration. Candidates will be required to qualify in each of the tests separately. The Commission will have full discretion to fix the minimum qualifying marks cumulatively. The Questions will be set in Bengali and English versions.

General English: Candidates’ understanding of the fundamentals of the English Language such as Vocabulary, Grammar, Sentence Structure, Synonyms, Antonyms and its correct usage etc.

Arithmetic: Questions of this component will cover number system including questions on simplification, decimals, fractions, LCM, HCF, Average, Ratio and proportion, percentage, profit and loss, discount, simple interest, time and work, time and distance.

Syllabus For the Post of Librarian

Written Examination: Library & Information Science

Unit I: Library, Information & Society

Library as a Social Institution, Library movement, Role of Libraries in formal and informal Education; Types of Libraries: National, Public, Academic & Special; Laws of Library Science; Information Society: Its evolution and implications; Freedom of access to information: Intellectual property rights, copyright, censorship; Extension & Community Information Services; Library Legislation in India; Professional Associations: Roles and Activities

Unit II: Library Management

Library Planning; Collection Management: Document Selection, Ordering, Processing & Weeding
Library Committee: Library Rules and Regulations; Human Resource Management; Office Management; Financial Management: Budget and Budgetary Control; Library Statistics and Annual Report; Library Standards; Library Maintenances: Shelving, Stock Verification & Conservation.

Unit III: Knowledge Organization and Information Processing: Library Classification Library Cataloguing

Classification: Its Nature, Purpose and Function; Knowledge Classification and Document Classification; Subjects and their formation: Universe of Subjects, Modes of formation of Subjects etc.; General Theory of Classification: Normative Principles and their Application, Standard Schemes of Library Classification; Trends in Library Classification; Library Cataloguing: Canons, and Principles- Types, Purpose and their Physical forms; Different Kinds of Entries and rules for Filling Entries; Principles of Subject Cataloguing: Assigning Subjects Headings using Library of Congress Subject- Headings & Sear’s List of Subject Headings etc.; Cataloguing Standards: ISBD, ISBN, ISSN, Computerized Cataloguing- MARC, UNIMARC, CCF; Recent trends in Cataloguing.

Unit IV: Information Sources, Services and Systems

Reference and Information Sources: Documentary, non- documentary sources-Evaluation of reference sources; Users of Information: Types, Character tics, need and study of users; Organization of Information: Abstracting and Abstracts Indexing Languages; Information Centers: Different levels of Information Centers (International, National, Regional & Local); Information Systems: Structure and Services of Information Systems; Library as an Information System; Information Services: Need and Types of Reference, Documentation & Information Services.

Unit V: Basics of Computers Application in Libraries

Components of Computer System; Generation and Types of Computers; Hardware and Software; Deta Storage Media; Operating System and their Types; DOS and Windows; File Creation; Application Software; Computer Networking; Library and Information Networks.