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About CSIR
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) established in 1942, is an Autonomous body under the aegis of Department of Scientific & Industrial Research, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India.
It is Nation’s premier Scientific Industrial R&D Organization and has a dynamic network of 36 national laboratories, 39 outreach centres, 1 Innovation Complex and three units with a Pan-India presence across the country.
CSIR in pursuit of its mandate to develop and nurture S&T manpower in the country, envisages a transformed work culture with young and dynamic knowledge workforce that would facilitate and support multifarious initiatives that have been taken up in the CSIR.
For more details about CSIR, kindly refer to their website - https://www.csir.res.in/
CSIR CASE SO /ASO Recruitment & Scheme of the Examination
CSIR has released the notification for recruiting Section Officer and Asst. Section Officer in General, Finance and Accounts (F&A), and Store & Purchase (S&P) streams through a comprehensive selection process involving 3 steps including –
o Paper I – General Awareness and English Language and Comprehension
o Paper II – General Intelligence, Reasoning and Mental Ability
o Paper III – English/Hindi – Descriptive Paper
o Interview [for Section Officer only]
OR
o Computer Proficiency Test [for Asst. Section Officer only]
· Paper– I, Paper- II and Paper- III will be common and compulsory for all the posts.
Classification and Pay Level/ Pay Matrix
Age Limit – Not exceeding 33 years for both posts.
Age Relaxation permissible beyond upper age limit
Paper – I – General Awareness and English Language and Comprehension [Total – 150 Marks]
General Awareness [Total – 100 Marks]
Paper – II – General Intelligence, Reasoning and Mental Ability [Total Marks – 200]
Paper – III – English/Hindi – Descriptive Paper [Total Marks – 150]
Paper – I – General Awareness and English Language and Comprehension [Total – 150 Marks]
Sources of Indian History, The Harappan Civilization, The Mauryan, The Vedic, Post Mauryan period (200 BC-300 AD), Gupta & Post - Gupta period: Society, Economy & Polity, Chronology of Events in Medieval India, North India between 750-1200, The Sultans of Delhi, The Mughal Kings, The Marathas, The Saints of Medieval India, Indian in the Eighteenth Century, Rise of the Regional Powers, economic Impact of The British, Indian Renaissance and Reform Movement, Early Uprisings Against The British, The Revolt of 1857, Nature and Causes For The Rise of National Movement, The Rise of Neo-Nationalists or Extremists, The Beginning of the Gandhian Era.
Comprehension, do as directed (Active-Passive; Direct-Indirect etc.), Prepositions, fill in the blanks, synonyms, antonyms, sentence correction, common errors, punctuation, idioms & phrases etc.
General Intelligence & Reasoning: It would include questions of both verbal and non-verbal type. The test will include questions on analogies, similarities and differences, space visualization, problem solving, analysis, judgement, decision making, visual memory, discriminating observation, relationship concepts, arithmetical reasoning, verbal and figure classification, arithmetical number series, non-verbal series etc. The test will also include questions designed to test the candidate’s abilities to deal with abstract ideas and symbols and their relationship, arithmetical computation and other analytical functions.
General Mental Ability: Analogy, Classification, Series, Coding-Decoding, Blood relations, Direction Sense Test, Logical Venn Diagrams, Alphabet Test, Sitting Arrangements, Mathematical Operations, Arithmetical Reasoning, Inserting the Missing Character, Number, Ranking and Time Sequence Test, Eligibility Test.
Simplification, Decimals, Data Interpretation, Fractions, L.C.M., H.C.F., Ratio & Proportion, Percentage, Average, Profit & Loss, Discount, Simple & Compound Interest, Mensuration, Time & Work, Time & Distance, Tables & Graphs etc.
Physics – Mechanics, heat, magnetism, Electricity, Light, sound and modern physics
Chemistry – Nature and composition of substances, atomic structure, radioactivity, isotopic isotope isotronic, chemical bond, Oxidation & Equipment, acid, ash and salt, Valency and Atomic Weight, General properties of gases, Merger, electrochemistry, thermochemistry, chemical kinetics, inducement, fuel, periodic classification of elements, Latin names and chemical symbols of elements, metallurgical treatment, metals and their compounds, non-metals and their compounds, organic chemistry, Various such as alloy, fertilizer, cement etc.
Biology - Plant diseases, plant tissue, plant genetics, cell Biology, ecology, Pollution, health and nutrition, human physiology, classification of animal kingdom, branch of zoology, chief biologist. 4. Computer/IT - Basic knowledge and fundamentals about Computer, Word Processing, Spread sheet, generation of Slides, Email etc.
Economic growth and development – Basic concept and definition of economy and economics, uses and transfer of resources, distributive effects, macro and micro economic policy, micro-macro balance, distributive impact of economic policies, development versus growth, determinant of growth and development, concepts such as HPI/MPI, HDI, PQLI, GEM, GDI/GII, TAI, Green index, sustainable development, India’s ranking in the various indices.
General issues on Environmental Ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change
Essence, determinants and consequences of Ethics in-human actions; dimensions of ethics; ethics - in private and public relationships.
Human Values - lessons from the lives and teachings of great leaders, reformers and administrators; role of family society and educational institutions in inculcating values.
Identify the problem, Identify the possible solutions, Select the best solution, eliminate other solutions, Make the decision.
The Scores of Online Examination are obtained by adopting the following procedure:
Below are the details of 2023 vacancies. No. of posts for
Caegory-wise break up of Vacancies
· Section Officer
· Assistant Section Officer
Preference for Posts/Cadres
Candidates will give their preference for the Posts viz. Section Officer (SO) and Assistant Section Officer (ASO) and Cadres viz. General (Gen), Finance & Accounts (F&A) and Stores & Purchase (S&P) in the Online application. “Allocation of cadre i.e. General, Finance & Accounts and Store & Purchase to the candidates from amongst select panel shall be decided by CSIR on merit cum preference”.
CSIR CASE 2013 Exam
Video Explanation of CSIR CASE 2013 PYQs
CSIR CASE SO /ASO Cut Off [For Interview]
2013
2022
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