Hello and welcome to exampundit. Today we are sharing the ESIC SSO 2018 Exam Syllabus and Pattern. The ESIC SSO 2018 Exam Syllabus and Pattern of both Prelims and Mains exams are similar to Banking.
ESIC SSO 2018 Exam Pattern
Phase I – Preliminary Examination
| S. No. | Name of the Test (Objective Tests) | No. of Qs. | Max. Marks | Duration | Version |
| 1 | English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes | English |
| 2 | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes | Bilingual |
| 3 | Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes | Bilingual |
| 100 | 100 | 60 |
Phase II – Main Examination
| S. No. | Name of the Test (Objective Tests) | No. of Qs. | Max. Marks | Duration | Version |
| 1 | Reasoning/ Intelligence | 40 | 60 | 35 minutes | Bilingual |
| 2 | General/ Economy/ Financial/ Insurance Awareness | 40 | 40 | 20 minutes | Bilingual |
| 3 | Quantitative Aptitude | 40 | 60 | 35 minutes | Bilingual |
| 4 | English Language | 30 | 40 | 30 minutes | English |
| 150 | 200 | 120 minutes |
Phase III – Computer Skill Test & Descriptive Test
(a) Computer Skill Test (CST) – 50 Marks (30 Minutes Duration) comprising of following three parts: –
(i) Preparation of 02 Power Points Slides – 10 Marks
(ii) Typing matter on MS Word with formatting – 20 Marks
(iii) Preparation of Table on MS Excel with use of formulae – 20 Marks
(b) Descriptive Paper – English Language (Letter Writing & Essay)
| No. of qs. | Max Marks | Duration | Language |
| 2 | 50 | 30 minutes | English |
Important things to remember about ESIC Social Security Officer 2018 Exam
- Phase –I is qualifying in nature and marks will not be reckoned for final merit.
- For each wrong answer, there will be a negative marking of one fourth of the mark assigned to that question.
- The candidates will be shortlisted for Phase-II in the ratio of 1:10 i.e. about 10 times the number of vacancies in each category on the basis of their performance in Phase – I.
- If the examination is held in more than one session, the scores across various sessions will be equated following standard practice to adjust for slight differences in difficulty level of different test batteries used across sessions.
- The marks obtained in Phase – II will be considered for final selection.
- For each wrong answer, there will be a negative marking of one fourth of the mark assigned to that question.
- The candidates will be shortlisted for Phase-III in the ratio of 1:5 i.e. about 5 times the number of vacancies in each category on the basis of their performance in Phase – II.
- Computer Skill Test and Descriptive paper will be qualifying in nature. Marks obtained will not be reckoned for merit ranking.
- Descriptive Test will be conducted online.
- Test wise scores and scores on total is reported with decimal point upto two digits.
- Cutoffs are applied in two stages: 1. on scores in individual tests; 2.on Total Score
ESIC SSO 2018 Exam Syllabus
ESIC SSO 2018 Exam Syllabus – General/ Economy/ Financial/ Insurance Awareness
- Current Affairs – National & International
- Budget
- Awards and Honours
- Important Financial & Economic News
- Important Days
- International & National Organizations
- Sports
- Books and Authors
- Science – Inventions & Discoveries
- Countries & Capitals etc
- Banking Terms
- Banking Products & Definitions
- Insurance Terms & Definitions
- Banking & Insurance Organisations related
ESIC SSO 2018 Exam Syllabus – English Language
- Error Spotting – New and old Pattern
- Sentence Rearrangement – New and Old Pattern
- Reading Comprehension – New Pattern (To the point & short)
- Fill in the Blanks – New and old pattern
- Passage Completion
- Synonyms & Antonyms
- Idioms & Phrases etc.
ESIC SSO 2018 Exam Syllabus – Quantitative Aptitude
- Data Interpretation
- Number Series
- Approximation and Simplification
- Data Sufficiency
- HCF and LCM
- Profit and Loss
- SI & CI
- Problem on Ages
- Work and Time
- Speed Distance and Time
- Quadratic Equations
- Inequalities
- Probability, Permutation and Combination
- Mensuration
- Average, Ratio and Proportion etc.
ESIC SSO 2018 Exam Syllabus – Reasoning
- Puzzles
- Seating Arrangements
- Inequalities
- Alpha-Numeric-Symbol Series
- Data Sufficiency
- Direction Sense
- Blood Relations
- Syllogisms
- Order and Ranking
- Coding-Decoding – New and Old
- Machine Input-Output – New and Old
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