SSC SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANT RECRUITMENT
2022
The Staff Selection Commission has activated the application link for
the post of Scientific Assistant on the 30th of September 2022 on its official
website. The examination for the same is going to be conducted in the month of
December 2022. Through this recruitment drive, approx 990 vacancies are going
to be filled. Candidates can apply from 30th September to 18th October 2022 by
visiting the official website.
SSC SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANT UPDATES 2022
Exam Conducting Body |
Staff Selection Commission |
Post Name |
Scientific Assistant |
Application Dates |
30th September to 18th October 2022 |
Vacancy |
990 |
Application Mode |
Online |
Application Fee |
INR 100/- |
SSC SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANT IMPORTANT DATES 2022
Event |
Date |
Notification released on |
30-09-2022 |
Application starts on |
30-09-2022 |
Last date to apply |
18-10-2022 |
Last date and time for receipt of online applications |
18-10-2022 (23:00) |
Last date and time for generation of offline Challan |
19-10-2022 (23:00) |
Last date and time for making online fee payment |
20-10-2022 (23:00) |
Last date for payment through Challan (during working hours of Bank) |
20-10-2022 |
Date of ‘Window for Application Form Correction’ including online
payment. |
25-10-2022 (up to 23:00 hrs) |
Tentative Schedule of Computer Based Examination (CBE) |
December 2022 |
SSC SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANT IMPORTANT LINKS
Official Website |
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Official Notification |
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Apply Link |
APPLICATION PROCESS
FOR SSC SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANT 2022
1.
First, go to the official website, www.ssc.nic.in, to submit an online application for an IMD
position as a scientific assistant.
2.
Select the Apply tab.
3.
When the application form appears, carefully fill it out
with no spelling mistakes. Upload the required documents in the formats
specified on the form.
4.
Before submitting the form, thoroughly review it and
double-check the details. Now, press the Submit button.
5.
Proceed to the Payment tab and complete your registration
by making a payment. Print the application form and fee receipt for reference.
6.
est will be granted, now download your final submission
for future reference.
SSC Scientific Assistant 2022 Application Fee
The application fee that must be paid to complete the online application
form is listed below:
Category |
Application Fee |
General/OBC |
Rs 100/- |
SC/ST/Ex-Serviceman/Females |
Fee exempted |
Note: Fee can be paid online through BHIM UPI, Net Banking or by using
Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, RuPay Credit or Debit cards or in cash at SBI
Branches by generating SBI Challan.
SSC SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANT ELIGIBILITY
CRITERIA 2022
1. Nationality
A candidate must be either:
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a citizen of India, or
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a subject of Nepal, or
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a subject of Bhutan, or
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a Tibetan refugee who came over to India, before the 1st
January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or
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a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan,
Burma, Sri Lanka, East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic
of Tanzania (Formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia
and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.
2. Age Limit
Candidates must not exceed 30 years as on 18-10-2022. The candidate must
have been born not earlier than 19-10-1992 and not later than 17-10-2004. The
age relaxation for the special categories also applies according to the
government rules. For making a clear understanding of age relaxation, check the
below-mentioned table:-
Category |
Age Relaxation (in upper age) |
SC/ST |
5 years |
OBC |
3 years |
PwBD (Unreserved) |
10 years |
PwBD (OBC) |
13 years |
PwBD (SC/ST) |
15 years |
Ex-Servicemen (ESM) |
3 years after deduction of the military service rendered from the
actual age as on the closing date. |
Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any
foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof |
3 years |
Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any
foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof
(SC/ST) |
8 years |
3. Essential Qualification
Candidates must have a Bachelor’s Degree in Science (with Physics as one
of the subjects)/Computer Science/Information Technology/Computer
Applications.
OR
Candidates have a Diploma in Electronics and Telecommunication
Engineering from a recognized Institution/University or equivalent. .
SSC SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANT 2022
SELECTION PROCESS
The selection for the post of SSC Scientific Assistant will be done on
the basis of CBT and DV rounds.
1) Computer-Based Test (CBT)
The CBT will consists of 2 papers in which paper-1 is similar for all
and paper-2 will be subject specific. To know the detailed format and
instructions about CBT, check exam pattern,
Subject |
Syllabus |
Part-1
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General
Intelligence & Reasoning |
The Syllabus for
General Intelligence would include questions of both verbal and non-verbal
type. The test may include questions on analogies, similarities, differences,
space visualization, problem-solving, analysis, judgement, decision making,
visual memory, discrimination, observation, relationship concepts,
arithmetical reasoning, verbal and figure classification, arithmetical number
series etc. The test will also include questions designed to test the
candidate’s abilities to deal with abstract ideas and symbols and their
relationships, arithmetical computations and other analytical functions. |
Quantitative
Aptitude |
The questions
will be designed to test the ability of appropriate use of numbers and number
sense of the candidate. The scope of the test will be computation of whole
numbers, decimals, fractions and relationships between numbers, Percentage,
Ratio & Proportion, Square roots, Averages, interest, Profit and Loss,
Discount, Partnership Business, Mixture and Alligation, Time and Distance,
Time & Work, Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra &
Elementary Surds, Graphs of Linear Equations, Triangle and its various kinds
of center, Congruence and similarity of triangles, Circle and its chords,
tangents, angles subtended by chords of a circle, common tangents to two or
more circles, Triangle, Quadrilaterals, Regular Polygons, Circle, Right
Prism, Right Circular Cone, Right Circular Cylinder, Sphere, Hemispheres,
Rectangular Parallelepiped, Regular Right Pyramid with triangular or square
base, Trigonometric ratio, Degree and Radian Measures, Standard Identities,
Complementary angle, Heights and Distances, Histogram, Frequency polygon, Bar
diagram & Pie chart. |
English language
& Comprehension |
English grammar,
Vocabulary, Spellings, Synonyms and Antonyms, Comprehension, Correct and
incorrect usages, etc. |
General Awareness |
General,
physical, geographical, topographical, economic and climatic features of
India. Current events. Matters of everyday observation and experience on
scientific aspects and reasoning. Basic topics of Mathematics, Chemistry and
Physics. History of India, its cultural heritage, freedom movement, salient
feature of the Constitution of India. Economic and social aspect of the
country and its people. |
Part-2
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Physics |
Mechanics Units and
dimensions, SI Units, Newton’s Laws of Motion, conservation of linear and
angular momentum, projectiles, rotational motion, moment of inertia, rolling
motion, Newton’s Law of gravitation, Planetary motion, Kepler’s Laws of
Planetary motion, artificial satellites, Fluid motion, Bernoulli’s theorem,
Surface tension, Viscosity, Elastic Constants, bending of beams, torsion of
cylindrical bodies, elementary ideas of special theory of relativity.
Thermal Physics,
Radiation & Sound Equations of
state, Ideal and real gases, Dalton’s law of partial pressure. Thermometry,
Zeroth, first and second laws of thermodynamics, reversible and irreversible
processes, Heat engines, Maxwell’s relation, Heat Capacities, Adiabatic and
Isothermal processes, Clausius-Clapeyron relation, Thermal Conductivity,
Thermodynamic state variables, viz., Internal energy, Entropy, Enthalpy,
Helmholtz’s free energy function, Gibb’s free energy function. Vapour
pressure, evaporation. Kinetic theory of gases, Brownian motion, Maxwell’s
velocity distribution, Equipartition of energy, mean free path Vander walls’
equation of State, Liquefaction of gases. Blackbody radiation, Kirchhoff’s
law, Stephen’s law, Planck’s law. Conduction in solids.
Wave and
Oscillations Simple harmonic
motion, wave motion, superposition principle, Damped oscillations; forced
oscillations and resonance; simple oscillatory systems; vibrations of rods,
strings and air columns. Doppler effect; Ultrasonic; Sabine’s law of
reverberation; Recording and reproduction of sound.
Optics Nature and
propagation of light; Reflection & Refraction. Interference; diffraction;
polarization of light; simple interferometers. Determination of wavelength of
spectral lines, Electromagnetic spectrum. Rayleigh scattering, Raman effect,
Lenses and mirrors, combination of coaxial thin lenses, spherical and
chromatic aberrations, and their corrections, Microscope, Telescope,
Eyepieces and Photometry.
Electricity and
magnetism Electric charges,
fields and potentials, Gauss’s theorem, Electrometers, Dielectrics, Magnetic
properties of matter and their measurement, Elementary theory of dia, para
and ferro-magnetism, Hysteresis, Electric current and their properties, Ohm’s
law, Galvanometers, Whetstone’s bridge and applications, Potentiometers,
Faraday’s law of E.M. induction, self and mutual inductance and their
applications, alternating currents, impedance and resonance, LCR circuit,
Dynamos, motors, transformers, PeltierSeebeck and Thomson effects and
applications, electrolysis, Hall effect, Hertz experiment and
electro-magnetic waves, Particle accelerators and cyclotron.
Atomic structure Electron,
measurement of ‘e’ and ‘e/m’, measurement of Planck Constant, Rutherford-Bohr
Atom, X-rays, Bragg’s law, Moseley’s law, Radioactivity, Alpha-Beta-Gamma
emission, Elementary ideas of nuclear structures, Fission, Fusion and
Reactors, Louis de Broglie waves and Electron Microscope.
Electronics Thermo-ionic
emission, diodes and triodes, p-n diodes and transistors, simple rectifier,
amplifier and oscillator circuits.
Calculus Limits,
Differential calculus (Differentiation), Integral calculus (Integration),
Multivariable calculus (Function theory), basic concepts of differential
equation, viz., types, order, degree of differential equations. Concept of
Laplacian of a function.
Linear algebra Concept of a
Vector Space, Basic concepts of linearly dependent/independent vectors.
Matrix and determinant. Concepts of Eigen Value and Eigen Vectors.
Vector Algebra
& calculus Zero Vector, Unit
Vector, Position Vector, Co-initial Vector, Like and Unlike Vectors,
Co-planar Vector, Collinear Vector, Equal Vector, Displacement Vector,
Negative of a Vector, Vector and Scalar Quantities, Vector Formulas,
Components of a Vector, Vector Addition and its Laws, Multiplication of
Vectors and Scalar Quantity, Vector Algebra, Dot Product of Two Vectors,
Scalar Triple Product. Basic concepts of Vector calculus, viz., Grads,
Divergence, Curl, Stokes theorem, Gauss divergence theorem. |
Computer Science
and Information Technology |
Computer History of
Computers and their classification, Basic Organization, Memory–RAM, ROM,
EPROM, etc., Magnetic-Floppy, Hard disks, CDROM, WORM etc., Concept of
Virtual Memory and Cache Memory, Number systems, binary, octal, Hexadecimal,
Binary Addition, Subtraction and Multiplication, Flotation, point
representation and arithmetic, Arithmetic through stacks.
Operating systems assemblers,
elements of Assembly language programming-Overview of the Assembly process,
assembler for the PC, Process synchronization, Memory Management – address
Binding – dynamic Loading and linking – overlays – logical and Physical
address space – Contiguous Allocation – internal & External
Fragmentation. Non-Contiguous Allocation: Paging and Segmentation Schemes –
Implementation – Hardware Protection – Protection – sharing – Fragmentation
Virtual Memory Demand Paging –
Page Replacement – Page Replacement algorithms – Thrashing.
File System File Concepts –
Assess Methods – Directory Structures – Protection Consistency Semantics –
File system Structures – Allocation Methods – Free Space Management.
I/O System Overview – I/O
hardware – Application I/O Interface – Kernel I/O subsystem, Performance,
Secondary Storage Structures, Protection, Goals, Domain – Access
matrix.
Assemblers Elements of
assembly language programming – Overview of the Assembly process – Design of
a low-pass Assembler – a single pass Assembler for the PC. The security
Problem – Authentication – Threats – Threat Monitoring – Encryption.
Fundamentals of
programming Unix Programming,
Programming in FORTRAN, C, Object Oriented Programming in C++, programming in
Java, Basics of compilers
Database
Management Systems Advantages and
components of a Database Management Systems, Data Types, Data Dictionary,
Query Basics, Forms and Reports, Graphical objects, Error Handing,
Distributing Application, Data Storage Methods, Data Clustering and
Partitioning, Database Administration, Backup and Recovery, Security and
Privacy, Distributed Databases, Client/Server Databases, Object Oriented
Databases, Integrated Applications, SQL, RDBMS.
Internet
Technology Basics,
topologies, layers, switching in the networks, bridges, routers and gateways,
types of networks, WWW. Client/Server Applications, Internet Standards and
specifications, ISP, Broad Band Technologies, Protocols, web-servers,
browsers, and security, fire walls, data security, HTML, dHTML, XML, Web
designing.
Fundamentals of
Geographical Information System (GIS) GIS Data and
Spatial Models, Topology and Spatial Operations, Projections, Scale and
Coordinate Systems, Mapping, GIS Analysis, Cartography. Basics of GIS
application development. |
Electronics &
Telecommunication |
Electronics Conductors,
Semi-conductors, Insulators, Magnetic, Passive components, characteristics of
Resistors, Capacitors and inductors.PN Junction diode, forward and reverse
bias characteristics and equivalent circuits of diode, Zener diode and
applications, clipping, clamping and rectifier circuits using diodes.
Bipolar Junction
Transistors (BJT), Field Effect Transistor (FET) and MOSFET Biasing and
stability, Emitter follower and its applications – Negatives
Feedback-Transistor as a switch, Multistage Amplifiers, Feedback,
Oscillators, Multi vibrators, Voltage regulation, Power amplifiers.
Introduction to
Network Theorems Kirchoff’s laws,
superposition, Thevenin’s , Norton’s and Maximum power theorems.
Voltage and
Current relationship in the resistance, inductance and capacitance. Concept
of reactance, susceptance, conductance, impedance and admittance in series
and parallel RL, RC and RLC circuits – Three phase supply-star and delta
connection diagrams – Relation between line and phase & voltages and
currents, series and parallel resonance circuits – condition of resonance,
resonant frequency, Q factor and bandwidth.
Digital
electronics Logic gates,
Demorgan’s theorem, Boolean algebra, frequency counters, flip-flops, shift
resistors, Basic concepts of Digital to Analog and Analog to Digital
Converters, Timing circuits, Digital logic circuits, systems & codes
Combinational logic design
Telecommunication Basic antenna
principle directive gain, directivity, radiation pattern, broad-side and
end-fire array, Yagi antenna, Parabolic antenna, Ground wave propagation,
space waves, ionosphere propagation and electromagnetic frequency spectrum,
Modulation, types of modulation, Amplitude Modulation (AM), Modulation index,
Power relation in AM, Generation and Demodulation of AM.
Single Side Band
(SSB Power requirement
in comparison with AM, Advantages of SSB over AM. Concept of Balanced
Modulator, Generation of SSB, Pilot Carrier System. Independent Side System,
Vestigial Sideband Transmission.
Frequency
Modulation (FM) Definition of FM,
Bandwidth, Noise triangle, Pre-emphasis and De-emphasis.
Pulse Modulation
(PM) Definition of PM.
Difference between AM and FM. Radio receivers. Sampling Theorem, PAM, PTM,
PWM, PPM, pulse code modulation, Quantization noise, commanding, PCM system,
differential PCM, Delta modulation.
Multiplexing FDM/TDM.
Introduction of
digital Communication PSK, ASK, FSK,
introduction to fiber optics system, Propagation of light in optical fiber
and ray model. Propagation of
signals at HF, VHF, UHF and microwave frequency and satellite communications |
2) Document
Verification (DV)
The IMD would
conduct Document Verification (DV). Candidates will be able to obtain their
Admission Certificates for DV from IMD online. Therefore, candidates are
advised to often examine IMD’s websites. Additionally, a notice about the DV
will be posted on the Commission’s website. All of the candidates who have been
shortlisted for document verification must appear for Document Verification
along with the photocopies and original documents.
SSC SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANT EXAM PATTERN 2022
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The Commission will conduct a two-hour computer-based
test.
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Total of 200 questions will be asked in the examination
for 200 marks.
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Each right answer will be rewarded as 1 mark and there
will be a negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer in the
examination.
·
The candidates will be required to attempt both Part-I
and Part-II of the examination. Part II of the examination will be on the basis
of the subject opted in the online application form.
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The examination will consist of Objective Type, Multiple
choice questions only. The questions will be set both in English & Hindi
languages except for questions on English Language & comprehension.
The exam would be divided into two sections, Part I and Part II, as
described below:
Paper |
Subject |
No. of Question / Maximum Marks |
Duration |
Part-I Computer-based Examination |
General Intelligence & Reasoning |
25 |
120 Minutes (Total) |
Quantitative Aptitude |
25 |
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English language & Comprehension |
25 |
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General Awareness |
25 |
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Part-II Computer based Examination |
Physics / Computer Science & Information Technology / Electronics
& Telecommunication Engineering. |
100 |
SSC SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANT SYLLABUS 2022
SSC SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANT VACANCY 2022
The Staff Selection Commission has tentatively announced 990 vacancies
for the post of Scientific Assistant. Commission will soon announce the
category-wise vacancies for the same.