WBPSC Clerkship Exam Eligibility
Exam on : 2020 - 2020
WBPSC Clerkship Exam Eligibility
Nationality
The candidate must be
(a) A citizen of India (either natural or by registration)
(b) Such other nationals as declared eligible by the Govt. of India.
Age
Not below 18 years but not more than 40 years as of 01.01.2019 (i.e. born not earlier than 2nd January 1979 and not later than 1st January 2001).
Concession in age
(1) The upper age limit is relaxable by 5 years for S.C. & S.T. candidates and by 3 years for B.C. (non-creamy layer) candidates. In the case of Persons with Disabilities (PWD), the upper age limit is relaxable up to 45 years. No relaxation is applicable to S.C./S.T./B.C. candidates of other States as they shall be treated as general candidates. The upper age limit is also relaxable for ExServicemen who have put in not less than six months’ continuous service in any rank (whether as a Combatant or as a NonCombatant ) in the Armed Forces of the Union. Such Ex-Servicemen shall be allowed to deduct the period of such service from his actual age and if the resultant age does not exceed the maximum age limit prescribed for the post/service for which he seeks appointment by more than 3(three) years, he shall be deemed to have satisfied the condition regarding age limit.
(2) Meritorious Sportspersons in the area of International Competition, National Competition, Inter-University Tournament and National Sports/Games for School Education in the following list of Sports:-
(i) Athletics (including Track and Field events)
(ii) Badminton, (iii) Basket Ball
(iv) Cricket, (v) Football
(vi) Hockey
(vii) Swimming
(viii) Table Tennis
(ix) Volley Ball
(x) Tennis
(xi) Weightlifting
(xii) Wrestling
(xiii) Boxing
(xiv) Cycling
(xv) Gymnastics
(xvi) Judo
(xvii) Rifle Shooting
(xviii) Kabaddi
(xix) Kho-Kho. - vide Govt. of West Bengal, Labour Department Notification No. 49-EMP/1M-25/98 dated 1st March 2011.
Education Qualifications
The qualification for direct recruitment shall be as follows :
(a) Pass in Madhyamik Examination of the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education or its equivalent.
(b) Acquisition of elementary knowledge in Computer operation with the ability of typing on a computer at the speed of 20 (twenty) words per minute in English or 10 (ten) words per minute in Bengali.
WBPSC Clerkship Exam Selection Process
The examination will be held in two successive stages, viz., i) Part-I (Objective Type) and (ii) Part-II (Conventional Type – Written). The elementary knowledge in Computer operation and ability of typing on Computer of the candidates shall be judged only after they are found qualified in Part-I and Part-II.
WBPSC Clerkship Exam Exam Pattern
Scheme of Examination- The examination shall consists of two parts, viz., i) Part-I (Objective Type) (ii) Part-II (Conventional Type – Written).
Part-I Examination- Part-I will carry 100 marks having 100 questions of 1 (one) mark each, comprising of multiple-choice, objective type question on English (30 marks), General Studies (40 marks), and Arithmetic (30 marks). The duration of the Part-I Examination shall be 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Part-II Examination- Part-II shall consist of conventional type questions on a) Group-A: English b) Group-B: Bengali/Hindi/Urdu/Nepali/Santali carrying 50 marks each for Group-A and Group-B. The duration of the PartII examination shall be 1 hour.
The elementary knowledge in Computer operation and ability of typing on Computer of the candidates shall be judged only after they are found qualified in Part-I and Part-II.