Assistant
Central Intelligence Officer ACIO
Examination- At a Glance
Ministry of Home
Affairs has conducted the Assistant Central Intelligence Officer Grade B
Examination on 15th September 2013 on various centers across the
India. The examination countdown has been started. So here we are writing the
article which focuses on the pattern of the exam.
The examination
consists of two papers:-
·
Paper I (Objective type)
·
Paper II (Descriptive Type only in
English)
- Paper I
This paper consists of
1)
General Awareness
2) Quantitative Aptitude
3)
Verbal and Non verbal Reasoning
4)
Comprehension
The number of questions
and the marking to these questions varies every year.
- Paper II
This paper has been designed
so as to check the writing skill of the candidate. The writing skill can be
checked through Essay writing, letter writing, Précis writing, Paragraph
writing etc. So it’s not compulsory that only essay can be asked. So it is
recommended that the candidate should be ready to write any one of the above.
Note:
- Both the papers have to be completed in 1:40 minutes. So now its the skill of
the candidate to cover the papers in given time.
General awareness- This
section consists of questions from General Geography, Indian and World
geography, History- India and World, Indian polity and Constitution, Indian
Economy, General Science (Physics, Chemistry, Zoology and Botany) and current
affairs (Current affairs will be asked from Jan 2012 up till date. The current
affairs include sports section with higher priority).
Quantitative Aptitude:-
This section consists
especially of word problems from the sections like, Speed Distance Time, Average,
Ratio proportion, Age, LCM HCF, Statistics and data interpretations and metal
ability questions.
Reasoning:-
The section consists of
the questions from sitting arrangement, Blood relations, and principle of
series, coding and decoding, syllogism. A wide arena which checks the logical
power of the candidate is this section.
Comprehension- It
consists of the questions based on the Basic English grammar. For this please
refer Wren and Martin book.
Expected Essays this
year:-
1)
Value of Indian Rupee and Indian Economy
2)
Food Security Bill and Procurement.
3)
Women Depredation (Women assaults )
4)
Cricket- India and World
5)
Corruption in sports
6)
Environmental issues.
As explained above, the
pattern of the paper is not rigid. It cannot be predicted correctly about the
questions that will be asked in the paper and their weightage. So it is highly
recommended to revise all the things at once.
VAIBHAV PRAMOD RAJDEEP
Editor, Author of Know Your State Maharashtra (Arihant Publications) (rajdeepvaibhav706@gmail.com)
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