RIE ASSISTANTS EXAM PATTERN

REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION : BHUBANESWAR

(National Council of Educational Research & Training)

SYLLABUS FOR THE EXAMINATION OF “ASSISTANT”

Scheme of Selection:-

            The Selection Process will consist of two stages, i.e. Preliminary Examination and Main Examination. 
Preliminary Examination will be a screening test and only those who qualify in the Preliminary Examination 
will be admitted to the Main Examination. The marks of the Preliminary Examination will not be 
considered for final selection which will be based on the performance in the Main Examination. 
Main Examination will have two parts i.e. Written Examination and Personality Test. 
The name of the papers for Preliminary as well as Main Examination are as under:

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

Paper              Name of the Test           Max. Marks           No. of Questions              Duration

A                     General Intelligence               100                           100                            02 Hours

                        and General Awareness

B                     Arithmetic                               100                            100                           02 Hours

            Note:-              i)          Both papers A & B will be objective type (Multiple choice type)

ii)         Question papers (Test Booklets) for both the parts in Preliminary
              Examination will be set in English.

MAIN EXAMINATION

            The Main Examination will consist of two parts:  Part-I, Written Examination & Part-II, 
Personality Test.

Part-1	Name of Test	Max. Marks	Duration
Paper
I	General Studies (English)	200	03 Hours
II	English	100	02 Hours
III	Arithmetic (English)	200	03 Hours
IV	Communication Skill and Writing ability (English)	200	02 Hours

1.         All the Question papers for the Main Examination will be of conventional type.

2.         All the Question papers except that of Paper-II, will be printed both in English & Hindi.

3.         The RIE, Bhubaneswar will have the full discretion to fix separate minimum qualifying marks in 
each of the papers and in the aggregate of all the papers separately for each category of candidates 
(viz. SC/ST/OBC/PH/EXM/UR). Only those candidates who qualify in all the papers as well as the 
aggregate would be eligible to be considered for being called for the personality test.

4.         Paper-II will be of qualifying nature only. (The marks secured in this paper will not be 
counted for preparation of the final select list.) The RIE, Bhubaneswar shall have the discretion 
to fix the qualifying standard in this paper.

            Scripts of the remaining papers will be evaluated only of those candidates who 
secure the minimum qualifying standard in Paper-II of the Main Examination.

Part-II:                        The Personality Test will carry a maximum of 100 marks for the Posts/Service.