Tax Assistant (Income Tax & Central Excise Depts.) Examination

Scheme of Examination
The examination will be conducted in two parts:

A. Part I Written Examination: 300 marks
B. Part II Skill Test.

A. Part I: Written Examination: The Examination will consist of two Papers I and II. Paper I will be Objective Type Multiple Choice whereas Paper II will be of Conventional Type.

Paper I
Subject :  Part A – General English, Part B – General Awareness
Marks :  100, 100
Duration : 2 Hours
Time : 9.30 AM to 11.30 AM

Paper I
Subject :  Arithmetic
Marks :  100
Duration : 2 Hours
Time : 2.00 PM to 04.00 PM

NOTE I:

Question Paper (Test Booklets ) for part B of Paper I (General Awareness) and Paper II (Arithmetic) will be set both in English and Hindi.

NOTE II:

Paper II (Conventional Paper) will be evaluated in respect of only those candidates who qualify in Paper I at the minimum standard which may be decided by the Commission at its discretion.

B. Part II: SKILL TEST

Data Entry Speed of 8000 Key Depressions per hour (appropriate to the text) on computer. This Data Entry Speed/Skill Test would be of qualifying nature. Candidates allowed to take this test will have to qualify the test at the prescribed speed on Computer, to be provided by the Commission or agency authorized by the Commission to conduct such skill test at the Centre/venue so notified.

NOTE I:

The Skill Test will be conducted by an agency duly authorized by the Commission for the purpose, under the supervision and control of Commission.

NOTE II:

Only those candidates who secure in the written examination the minimum qualifying marks as may be fixed by the Commission at its discretion, will only be eligible to appear in the SKILL TEST. The SKILL TEST will be held at the Commission’s Regional Offices or other Centres as may be decided by the Commission.

Syallabus:

Paper I (Objective Type)

Part A: English Language:

Questions in this component will be designed to test the candidate’s understanding and knowledge of English Language and will be based on error recognition, fill in the blanks (using verbs, preposition, articles etc), vocabulary, spellings, Grammar, sentence-structure, Synonyms, Antonyms, sentence completion, phrases and idiomatic use of words, etc. There will be a question on passages and comprehension of passages also. The standard of the questions will be only of 10+2 level.

Part B: General Awareness:
Questions in this component will be aimed at testing the candidate’s general awareness of the environment around him and its application to society. Questions will also be designed to test knowledge of current events and of such matters of everyday observations and experience in their scientific aspect as may be expected of any educated person. The test will also include questions relating to India and its neighbouring countries especially pertaining to History, Geography, Economic, General policy, Scientific Research etc. These Questions will be such that they do not require a special study of any discipline.

Paper II (Conventional): Arithmetic:

This part will include questions on problems relating to number systems, Computation of whole numbers, decimals and fractions, relationships between numbers, fundamental arithmetical operations, percentages, ratio and proportions, averages, interest, profit & loss, discount, use of tables and graphs, mensuration, time & distance, ratio and time etc.