WBPSC Clerkship Syllabus 2023

WBPSC Clerkship Syllabus 2023: The West Bengal Public Service Commission has published the notification to start receiving online applications for the post of WBPSC Clerkship 2023 on the last week of October 2023. Candidates applying for WBPSC Clerkship Recruitment 2023 should be familiar with the detailed WBPSC Clerk Syllabus and Exam Pattern. This will help them prepare well for the upcoming examination, which is tentatively scheduled for June 2024.

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The WBPSC Clerkship examination will be held in two successive stages – i) Part I (Objective Type) and (ii) Part II (Conventional Type – Written). The West Bengal Public Service Commission shall hold the Part-I examination at the first instance. A limited number of candidates obtaining qualifying marks in the Part I examination will be allowed to appear in the Part II examination on a subsequent date to be notified by the Commission. With the elementary knowledge of Computer operation and the ability to type on the Computer, the candidates shall be judged only after they are found qualified in Part I and Part II.

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WBPSC Clerkship Syllabus – Part I

Part I
English	Vocabulary, Grammar, Sentence structure, Synonyms, Antonyms and their correct usage
General Studies	Everyday science, Current events, Problems with special reference to India Elementary knowledge of Indian History Indian Geography
Arithmetic	Divisibility, Fractions, Decimals, Recurring decimals, Simplification, HCF, LCM, Partnership, Average, Ratio and proportions, Percentage, Simple interest, Profit & loss, Time & distance, Area of rectangles and squares

WBPSC Clerkship Syllabus – Part II

Part II
Group-A: English	a) Drafting of a report in English from points or materials supplied ; b) Condensing of a prose passage (Summary/Precis) ; c) Translation from Bengali/Hindi/Urdu/Nepali/Santali, as the case may be, into English ;
Group-B: Bengali / Hindi / Urdu / Nepali / Santali	a) Drafting of a report from points or materials supplied ; b) Condensing of a prose passage (summary or précis) ; c) Translation from English into Bengali/Hindi/Urdu/Nepali/Santali, as the case may be ;

WBPSC Clerkship Exam Pattern 2023

The WBPSC Clerkship examination 2023 shall consist of two parts – i) Part-I (Objective Type) and (ii) Part-II (Conventional Type – Written).

With the elementary knowledge of Computer operation and the ability to type on the Computer, the candidates shall be judged only after they are found qualified in Part I and Part II.

Part I Exam Pattern

Part I will carry 100 marks having 100 questions of 1 (one) mark each, comprising multiple choice, objective type questions 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 Exam Pattern

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 Part II examination shall be 1 hour.

Paper	Section	Type	Marks	Duration
Part I	English	Objective	30	90 minutes
	General Studies	Objective	40
	Arithmetic	Objective	30
		Total	100

Paper	Section	Type	Marks	Duration
Part II	English	Written	50	60 minutes
	Bengali / Hindi / Urdu / Nepali / Santali	Written	50	60 minutes
		Total	100

Note: The standard of examination shall be similar to that of the Madhyamik Examination of the West Bengal Board
of Secondary Education.