Paper I: General Studies

a. General Intelligence and Reasoning

b. General Knowledge and General Awareness

c. Numerical Ability / Quantitative Aptitude

It would include questions of both verbal and non-verbal types.

Questions will be aimed to test the candidate's general awareness of the environment around him and its application to society.

The questions will be designed to test the ability of appropriate use of numbers and number sense of the candidate.

The test will include questions on analogies, similarities, and differences, space visualization problem-solving analysis judgment, decision making visual memory discriminating observation, relationship concepts, arithmetical reasoning verbal and figure classification arithmetical number series non-verbal series, etc.

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 any educated person.

The scope of the test will be the computation of whole numbers, decimals and fractions, and the relationship between numbers, decimals and fractions, and relationships between numbers.

The test will also include questions designed to test the candidates' ability to deal with abstract ideas and symbols and their relationships, arithmetical computations, and other analytical functions.

The test will also include questions relating to India and its neighbouring countries especially pertaining to History, Culture, Geography, Economic scene, General polity, and scientific research.

It will test the sense of the order of magnitude, estimation, or prediction for the solution to real-life problems and knowledge of alternative computation procedures to find answers.

d. English Comprehension

Reading Comprehension, Grammar, Vocabulary, Verbal Ability, Synonyms-Antonyms, Active and Passive Voice, Para Jumbles, Fill in the Blanks, Error Correction