Guidlines Misc 170822
Guidlines Misc 170822
AGARTALA
The posts of various Departments included in the Combined Competitive Examination, their
corresponding Scales of Pay, Educational Qualifications, Experience, Age limit etc. are given in the
Annexed Schedule. TPSC will notify posts along with no. of vacancies available at a given point of time
while inviting applications from the candidates.
2. Submission of Application :
3. Preference :
A candidate may apply for a particular post or a group of posts. He/ She shall, however, clearly
indicate his/her preference(s) in the appropriate place of the application form. The Commission will allot
the seats to the successful candidates, according to their preferences as far as practicable.
The Examination will comprise of three successive stages viz. (i) Preliminary Examination (Multiple
Choice Type Test), (ii) Main Examination (Conventional Type Test) and (iii) Personality Test, details as
mentioned below:
The Preliminary Examination will consist of one paper containing Multiple Choice Type Questions on
General Studies and Arithmetic with one hour thirty minutes duration. The Preliminary Examination will
be a Screening Test for selection of candidates for admission to the Main Examination.
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A limited no. of candidates, maximum 5(five) times of total posts(in category wise) will be selected
merit wise on the basis of the result of the Preliminary Examination, subject to securing minimum
qualifying marks (35% for UR candidates and 30% for reserved category candidates ) or otherwise as
fixed by Commission. The marks obtained by the candidates in the Preliminary Examination will not
be taken into account for the purpose of determining the final merit list.
The Main Examination will consist of two papers of Conventional Type Questions namely: Paper-
1: English and Paper-II: General Studies and Arithmetic: Full Marks for each paper will be 100
and time allotted will be 2 hours 30 minutes for each paper. The examinations for both the papers will
be held preferably on the same day at Agartala. In no case a candidate will be called for Personality
Test unless he/she appears in all the papers of the Examination.
A limited no. of candidates, maximum 3(three) times of total posts(in category wise), will be called
for the Personality Test in order of merit on the basis of the result of Main Examination , subject to
securing minimum qualifying marks (35% for UR candidates and 30% for reserved category candidates)
or otherwise as fixed by Commission.
The total marks for the Personality Test will be 50. If a candidate remains absent in the personality
Test, his/her candidature will be treated as cancelled.
Final Merit List will be prepared on the basis of the total marks obtained in the Main Examination
and marks obtained in the Personality Test.
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(B) Main Examination :
Paper- I : English
Full Marks-100
Duration : 2 hours 30 minutes.
4. Paragraph Writing 15
5. Letter Writing 15
Correct use of words, correction of sentences, use of common
6. 20
preposition, phrase & idioms, synonyms & antonyms etc.
6. Evaluation :
Assessment and evaluation of answer scripts done by the Commission shall be final and
shall not be open to scrutiny by any external authority. The Commission shall have the discretion to fix
qualifying marks in any or all of the papers and /or in the aggregate.
A deduction of 10% of the full marks may be made from the total marks secured by a candidate
in a particular paper if he/she discloses his/her identity by writing his/her name, roll number, ticket
no. etc. or putting any identifying marks inside the answer script of that paper.
7. Other Conditions :
(i) Candidates must abide by instructions as may be given by the Supervisor / Invigilator
of the examination centre. The candidate will render himself/herself liable to expulsion from the
examination hall and / or such other punishments as the Commission may deem fit to impose if he/
she fails to abide by instruction given by the Supervisor/Invigilator or indulges in disorderly or improper
conduct.