NIIST Administrative Jobs Syllabus and Exam Pattern

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 Technical Assistant

. Selection Procedure

1. A Screening Committee duly constituted by the Director, CSIR – NIIST will recommend the
   candidates to be called for Trade Test/Skill Test and if needed, Committee may fix/adopt screening
   criteria as deemed fit.
2. Those who qualify in the Trade Test/Skill Test will be invited for a Competitive Written Examination.
3. The Competitive Written Examination consists of three papers – Paper I, II & III.
4. Paper II and Paper III will be evaluated only for those candidates who secure the minimum threshold
   marks (to be determined by the Selection Committee) in Paper I.
5. The final merit list will be prepared only on the basis of marks obtained by the candidate in Paper II
   and Paper III.
6. The centre for Competitive Written Examination & Trade/Skill Test will be Thiruvananthapuram
   only

NIIST Administrative Jobs Syllabus and Exam Pattern

Technician (1)

Selection Procedure

The Screening Committee duly constituted by the Director, CSIR – NIIST will recommend the candidates to be called for Trade Test/Skill Test and if needed, Committee may fix/adopt screening criteria as deemed fit.

Those who qualify in the Trade Test/Skill Test will be invited for a Competitive Written Examination.

For Competitive Written Examination, there will be three papers – Paper I, II & III

The Paper II & Paper III will be evaluated only for those candidates who secure the minimum threshold marks (to be determined by the Selection Committee) in Paper I.

The final merit list will be prepared only on the basis of marks obtained by the candidate in Paper II and Paper III.

The centre for Competitive Written Examination & Trade/Skill Test will be Thiruvananthapuram only. 2. Mode of examination: Mode of Examination OMR Based or Computer Based Objective Type Multiple Choice Examination. Medium of Questions

The questions will be set both in English and Hindi except the questions on English Language. Standard of exam SSC + ITI / XII th Standard Total No. of Questions 150 Total Time Allotted 2 hours 30 minutes

NIIST Administrative Jobs Syllabus and Exam Pattern

Junior Stenographer

Selection Procedure

A duly constituted Screening Committee will recommend the candidates to be called for Competitive Written Examination/Proficiency Test in Stenography.

Selection will be made on the basis of result of an open Competitive Written Examination and Proficiency Test in Stenography.

The Proficiency Test in Stenography will only be qualifying in nature and the final merit list will be prepared on the basis of the performance of the candidates in the Competitive Written Examination.

The merit list will only comprise of those candidates who have qualified the Proficiency Test in Stenography.

 The decision regarding the sequence/order of conducting the Proficiency Test in Stenography followed by a Competitive Written Examination or vice versa may be decided by the Selection Committee.

The centre for Written Examination and Proficiency Test in Stenography will be at Thiruvananthapuram only.

Mode of Competitive Written Examination: Mode of Examination OMR based or Computer Based Objective Type Multiple Choice Examination. Medium of Questions The questions will be set both in English and Hindi except the questions on English Language. Standard of Examination 10+2/XII Total No. of Questions 200 Time Allotted 2 hours

Evaluation of Transcripts of Stenography Test –

Nature of Mistakes:

Full Mistakes – The following mistakes are treated as full mistakes:

a. Every omission of word or figure. In case a group of words is omitted, mark as many mistakes as the actual number of words omitted.

b. Every substitution of a wrong word or figure. The number of mistakes will be equal to the number of words/figures dictated which have been replaced/substituted by other words(s)/figures(s). However, if a figure is written correctly either in numeral or words both will be acceptable and will not be counted as mistakes.

c. Every addition of a word or figure or a group of words or figures not occurring in the dictated passage.

Half Mistakes –

The following are treated as half mistakes: a. Wrong spelling, including transposition of letters in a word and also omission of a letter or letters from a word. Mis-spelling of proper nouns and unfamiliar names are ignored. If the wrongly spelt word occurs more than once in the passage it will be treated as a single half mistake.

 Using singular or plural noun and vice versa.

Use of small letter at the beginning of the sentence.

NOTE: a. More than one error in a single word: All the errors are counted but the total mistakes counted in a single word should not exceed one full mistake.

b. Every passage will be accompanied by a list of words which can be spelt/written in more than one form. All the spellings/forms of words will be acceptable and not counted as errors. For example, the word ‘Honorable’ is written as Hon’ble, Hon., honourable and hon. – all these forms will be treated as correct. c. CANDIDATES ARE NOT PENALISED FOR ANY TYPE OF ERRORS OR MISTAKES OTHER THAN THOSE DESCRIBED ABOVE.

d. The above guidelines will be valid for Hindi Stenography Skill Test also.

e.Method of calculation of mistakes in Stenography Proficiency Test: Percentage of Errors = (Full Mistakes + Half Mistakes/2) X 100 Number of words in the master passage Percentage will be rounded off to two decimal places. For example, 5.009 will be treated as 5.01 and 5.001 will be treated as 5.00.

Percentage of ignorable mistakes allowed for proficiency Test shall be as under: i. 7% – In case of Unreserved ii. 10% – In case of all reserved categories (EWS, SC, ST, OBC, ESM, PwBD etc)

NIIST Administrative Jobs Syllabus and Exam Pattern

Junior Secretariat Assistant (General/F&A/S&P)

 Selection Procedure

The selection will be made on the basis of a Competitive Written Examination and Proficiency Test in Computer Typing Speed which is qualifying in nature.

A Screening Committee, duly constituted by the Director, CSIR- NIIST, will shortlist candidates fulfilling the terms and conditions of this advertisement, for Competitive Written Examination/ Proficiency Test in Computer Typing Speed.

 The sequence of conducting Competitive Written Examination/ Proficiency Test in Computer Typing Speed, will be decided by the duly constituted Selection Committee and it will be notified in the website of NIIST for information of all the concerned.

 Competitive Written Examination has two papers – Paper I and Paper II. The questions will be set both in English and Hindi except the questions on English language.

Paper-II will be evaluated only for those candidates who secure the minimum threshold marks (as determined by the Selection Committee) in Paper-I.

The final merit list will be prepared only on the basis of the marks obtained by the candidate in the Paper II of the Competitive Written Examination.

Proficiency Test in Computer Typing Speed and in using computer is qualifying in nature. Candidates will have an option to choose Hindi or English as language for Typing Test in the application form. Option once exercised will be final and cannot be changed at a later stage.

The merit list will only comprise of those candidates who have qualified the Proficiency Test in Computer Typing Speed.

The centre for Competitive Written Examination/ Proficiency Test in Computer Typing Speed will be Thiruvananthapuram only.

Mode of Competitive Written Examination:

Mode of Examination OMR based or Computer Based Objective Type Multiple Choice Examination.

Medium of Questions-English and Hindi except the questions on English Language.

Standard of Examination Class XII

Total No. of Questions 200

Time Allotted Total 2 hours 30 minutes

Junior Hindi Translator

Selection Procedure

Selection to this positions is to be made on the basis of open written competitive examination.

For the written competitive examination, there will be two papers (Paper-I and Paper-II).

Paper-II will be evaluated only for those candidates who secure the minimum threshold marks (to be determined by the selection committee) in Paper-I.

The Final merit list will be prepared only on the basis of the marks obtained by the candidates in Paper-II.

Paper-I will be OMR Based or Computer Based Objective Type Multiple Choice Examination, while Paper-II will be descriptive type.

The centre for Competitive Written Examination will be Thiruvananthapuram only.

Medium of Questions

The questions for Objective Type Multiple Choice Examination will be set both in English and Hindi

Standard of Questions

Graduation Level

Paper-II (Time Alloted-2 hours) This paper is to assess the writing and translation skills of the candidates which are necessary in this job. The paper would comprise writing of a paragraph in English and Hindi separately; Precis writing in English and Hindi and translation from English to Hindi and Hindi to English. The total marks in the Paper–II exam would be 300 and time allotted for this exam would be 2 hours.