Holding of PA/SA Direct Recruitment for 2011&2012 through approved Outsourced Agency

To view Department of Posts letter No. A-34012/5/2011-DE dated 25th September, 2012, please CLICK HERE.  

      The Competent Authority has now ordered to dispense with sale of application forms and also online registration of Applications upto 20:00 Hours on 25-09-2012. However, in order to benefit the candidates who have registered their online applications till 20:00 Hours of 25-09-2012, the Agency will provide the applications to their e-mail IDs. As such candidates may be permitted to pay their application fee and examination fee in the form of ACG-67/UCR upto the last date prescribed for receipt of application i.e. 01-10-2012.

SYLLABUS OF PA EXAM 2012 (DIRECT RECRUITMENT)

 Paper I 

Part 'A'	25 Questions on General Knowledge - Questions on current events, sports, history, geography, basic economics, general polity, Indian Constitution, science environment etc. - 25 Marks
Part 'B'	25  Questions on Mathematics of matriculation standard which may cover number system, simplification, decimals, corrections, simple and compound interest, percentage, average, profit  &  loss, discount, menstruation, time & work and time & distance etc. - 25 Marks
Part "C"	25  Questions on English covering grammar (prepositions, adverbs, conjunction, direct/ indirect speech, singular  &  plural, tenses, antonyms/synonyms etc - 25 Marks
Part “D"	25 Questions on Reasoning and Analytical Ability - 25 Marks.

Paper II  (computer/ Typing Test (Paper-II): 

The Typing Test shall be for a duration of 30 minutes (15 minutes each for Typewriting and data entry) consisting of one passage of 450 words in English or 375 words in Hindi to be typed with a minimum speed of 30/25 words per minute respectively & Data entry of some figures and letters each carrying equal marks on Computers. The typing test and test of data entry operations will be conducted on Computer key board but not on type writer.