Staff Selection Commission invites application from eligible candidates for recruitment to the post of Junior Grade of Indian Information Service Examination (Group ‘B' Non Gazetted). The commission will hold a Combined All India Open Examination for the recruitment.
Name of the Post for SSC Junior Grade of Indian Information Service Examination 2012
Junior Grade of Indian Information Service Examination (Group ‘B' Non Gazetted): 134 vacancies
Important Dates for SSC Junior Grade of Indian Information Service Examination 2012
- Opening date for online registration: 28 April 2012
- Closing date for Part I registration: 23 May 2012 upto 5 pm
- Closing date for Part II registration: 25 May 2012 upto 5 pm
- Date of Exam: 22 July 2012
Eligibility Criteria for SSC Junior Grade of Indian Information Service Examination 2012
- Educational Qualification
- a) Degree of a recognized University or equivalent
- b) Diploma in Journalism from a recognized University or equivalent
•c) Direct recruitment to posts in Junior Grade of IIS, Group'B' shall be made language wise. The candidates must have studied the concerned Indian language upto the Secondary school
- Desirable Qualification: Three years experience of Journalistic, Publicity or Public relations work in a Government Department or any Newspaper/ News agency.
- Age Limit (as on 1 August 2012): Maximum 30 years
Selection Procedure for SSC Junior Grade of Indian Information Service Examination 2012
The examination will consist of a written examination (300 marks) and interview (100 marks).
Written Examination: The papers will be of 150 marks each of 90 minutes duration. The paper-I will consist of 150 questions of objective multiple choice. Paper-II will be descriptive type carrying maximum marks of 150.
| Papers | Subject | Maximum Marks | Total Duration/ Timing for General candidates |
| Paper I Objective Type (OMR Answer Sheets will be provided for this Paper) | General Intelligence & Reasoning (50 questions) | 50 | One hour and thirty minutes 10 am to 11.30 am. 2 Hours for VH Candidates (10.00 am to 12.00 pm) |
| General English (50 questions) | 50 | ||
| General Awareness (50 questions) | 50 | ||
| Paper II (Descriptive) |
| 150 | One hour and thirty minutes 10 am to 11.30 am. 2 Hours for VH Candidates (1.30 pm to 3 pm) |
Note: There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer in Paper-I of written examination. Candidates are, therefore, advised to keep this in mind while answering the questions.
Interview: Only those candidates who secure at least the minimum qualifying marks in the written examination as may be fixed by the Commission at its discretion, will be eligible to appear at the Interview. The interview will be held at places as may be decided by the Commission.
How to Apply for SSC Junior Grade of Indian Information Service Examination 2012: Applications must be submitted ON LINE only in the format available on SSC website http://ssc.nic.in/SSC.html A candidate must select only one of the centres given below for the examination and must submit his/ her online application. Entire work relating to this recruitment will be handled on behalf of the Commission by the Kerala- Karnataka (KKR) Regional Office situated at Bangalore. Therefore, all correspondence relating to the examination clearly mentioning the Registration id should be addressed to:-
The Regional Director (KKR),
Staff Selection Commission,
1st Floor,'E' Wing, Kendriya Sadan,
Koramangala, Bangalore,
Karnataka-560034
Helpline Numbers of the Regional Office are: 09483862010 and 09483862020
Examination Centres
| 1 | Delhi - 2201 |
| 2 | Chennai - 8201 |
| 3 | Kolkata - 4410 |
| 4 | Mumbai - 7204 |
| 5 | Allahabad - 3003 |
| 6 | Guwahati (Dispur) - 5105 |
| 7 | Bangalore - 9001 |
| 8 | Raipur - 6204 |
| 9 | Chandigarh - 1601 |
Application Fee: No application fee will be charged from Women candidates, SC, ST, Physically handicapped and Ex-servicemen and fee for General Category candidate is Rs 100.
The candidates submitting their applications on-line should pay the requisite fee only through State Bank of India challan or using on-line payment facility of State Bank of India.
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Scheme and Syllabus for Junior Grade of Indian Information Service Examination 2012
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