Staff Selection Commission (SSC) organizes an open competitive examination for recruitment to the post of Tax Assistant (a Group ‘C’ Non-Gazetted, Ministerial post) for filling up vacancies in various Commissionerates of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) as well as Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC).

Age Limit: 20-27 years

Educational Qualification: Graduation

Fee: Rupees One Hundred Only (Rs.100/-)

SSC Tax Assistant Examination Examination Scheme

(A) Scheme of Examination :

The examination will be conducted in two stages / parts :

Part I :

Written Exam (300 marks)

Part II :

Skill Test ( Qualifying )

Part I :

Written Examination.

The written examination will be conducted on _____ and will consist of two papers as under :

Paper I
Subject
Maximum marks
Duration & Timings for General candidates
Duration & Timings for VH candidates

Objective type, Multiple Choice (OMR Answer Sheets will be provided for this paper)
Part A General English
100
Part B General Awareness
100
2 Hours [10.00 A.M. to 10.00 AM to 12.00 Noon]
2 Hours 20 Minits 10.00 AM to 12.20 PM

Paper II
Conventional type
Arithmetic
100
2 Hours [2.00 P.M. to 2.00 PM to 4.00 P.M.]
2 Hours 40 Min. 4.40 PM

(B) Part II - Skill Test :
Data Entry Speed of 8,000 (eight thousand) Key Depression per hour on Computer.
The ‘Speed of 8000 key depressions per hour on Computer’ will be adjudged on the basis of the correct entry of all the key depressions in computer as per the given text passage and the duration of the said Test will be 15 (Fifteen) minutes and printed passage of running text matter in English containing about 2000-2200 strokes / key-depressions would be given to each candidate who would enter the same in the Computer. This “Data Entry Speed” Skill Test would be of qualifying nature. Computer will be provided by the Commission at the Centre / venue notified for the purpose.

Staff Selection Commission - Tax Assistant Examination

Syllabus of Examination

PAPER I -(OBJECTIVE TYPE)

Part A: General English: Questions in this component will be designed to test the candidate’s understanding and knowledge of English Language and will be based on error recognition, fill in the blanks (using verbs, preposition, articles etc), Vocabulary, Spellings, Grammar, Sentence Structure, Synonyms, Antonyms, Sentence Completion, Phrases and Idiomatic use of Words, etc. There will be a question on passages and comprehension of passages also. The standard of the questions will be only of 10+2 level.

Part B: General Awareness: Questions in this component will be aimed at testing the candidate's General Awareness of the environment around him and its application to society. Questions will also be designed to test knowledge of current events and of such matters of everyday observation and experience in their scientific aspect as may be expected of an educated person. The test will also include questions pertaining to History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General Polity, Indian Constitution, Sports, Literature, Scientific Research, Basics/fundamentals of Computer, etc. These questions will be such that they do not require a special study of any discipline.

Paper-II -(Conventional):

Arithmetic: This paper will include questions on problems relating to Number Systems, Computation of Whole Numbers, Decimals and Fractions and relationship between Numbers, Fundamental arithmetical operations, Percentages, Ratio and Proportion, Averages, Interest, Profit and Loss, Discount, use of Tables and Graphs, Mensuration, Time and Distance, Time and Work, etc.