An Overview of SSC Constable and MTS Exam

Posted by Supriya Goyal on January 6th, 2016

Staff Selection Commission (SSC), recruits staff for the various Ministries and Departments related to the Government and many Subordinate Offices. The SSC functions under the Department of Personnel & Training and its primary function is to make recruitments for non-technical Group C rank. It mainly conducts examinations and interviews at different centers all across the country. It also looks into the arena that the successful candidates are posted to their home state or region as far as possible. Among many exams conducted by SSC, two most popular exams are SSC Constable Exam and SSC MTS Exam.

A Survey into SSC Constable Exam

Every year, many vacancies are declared by SSC for the post of Ground Duty Constable in the different government departments in the form of eight forces: Assam Rifles, BSF, NIA, CRPF, SSF, CISF, SSB and ITBP. An open competitive exam is conducted both offline and online mode for the convenience of every candidate. The process of selection starts with Physical Standard Test and Physical Efficiency Test and those who are declared qualified are eligible for the next SSC Constable GD Exam. Based on the performance in the written, candidates are called for medical examination. The pattern of the SSC Constable Exam is:

• The time duration is 2 hours only.
• Total 100 Multiple choice questions.
• Total 04 sections and each comprise of 25 questions.
• Total 100 marks.
• The Medium of language is Hindi or English in online mode.

A survey into SSC MTS Exam

SSC Multitasking Staff (Non-Technical) is conducted to recruit Peon, Daftary, Junior Gestetner Operator and mainly Group C posts. A person with matriculation degree and the prescribed age is eligible for the exam. This selection process   is mainly based on the written examination. The written exam consists of two papers. If the candidate qualifies Paper I, he/she is eligible for Paper II. The pattern of Paper I of SSC MTS Exam is:

• It is objective type
• The total duration is 2 hours only.
• Total number of questions are 150
• Total marks 200
• Total 04 sections: Reasoning, Maths, English and General Knowledge.
• 0.25 negative marking is there.

The Paper II is completely descriptive where the candidates have to write 5 short essays or letters in English and one language which is included in the 8^th schedule of the Constitution. The second paper basically tests the elementary language skills of the candidate. The cut off marks in Paper I and qualifying marks of Paper II may vary for vacancies in different states. Once the candidate qualifies the Paper II, document verification is the most important step to cross.