Staff Selection Commission (SSC) conducts an open competitive examination for recruitment to the post of Scientific Assistant in India Meteorological Department (IMD), Group ‘B' Non-Gazetted, Non-Ministerial post, in the Level 6 of the Pay Matrix as per the MoU signed between IMD and SSC. SSC has released the official SSC Scientific Assistant IMD Notification 2022 on its official website on 30th September 2022. Application process ends on 18th October 2022.
SSC Scientific Assistant IMD Notification - Important Dates
| Events | Dates |
|---|
| Notification Release | 30th September 2022 |
| Application Begin | 30th September 2022 |
| Application Ends | 18th October 2022 |
| Last Date of Payment of fees online | 20 October 2022 (11 pm) |
| Last Date of Payment of fees offline | Working hours of SBI up to 20 October 2022 provided the challan has been generated by them before 19 October 2022 (11 pm). |
| Date of ‘Window for Application Form Correction' including online payment | 25 October 2022 (11 pm) |
| Admit Card | To be Notified Soon |
| Exam Date | December 2022 (Tentative) |
| Result | To be Notified Soon |
SSC Scientific Assistant Notification
SSC has released the SSC Scientific Assistant Notification in the IMD on 30th September 2022. Download the official notification below.
SSC Scientific Assistant Notification
SSC Scientific Assistant Eligibility
Various Eligibility Criteria for SSC Scientific Assistant is given below :
Age Limit
Age Limit not exceeding 30 years as on 18 October 2022. Candidate must have been born not earlier than 19 October 1992 and not later than 17 October 2004.
Age Relaxation
| Category | Age Relaxation |
|---|
| SC/ST | 5 years |
| OBC | 3 years |
| PH | 3 years |
| PH + OBC | 13 years |
| PH + SC/ST | 15 years |
| Ex-Servicemen (Gen) | 3 years after the deduction of military service rendered from the actual age, from the closing date of application |
| Ex-Servicemen (OBC) | 6 (3+3)Years after the deduction of military service rendered from the actual age, from the closing date of application |
| Ex-Servicemen (SC/ST) | 8 (5+3)Years after the deduction of military service rendered from the actual age, from the closing date of application |
| Central Govt. Civil Employees with at least 3 years of service (Gen) | 5 years |
| Central Govt. Civil Employees with at least 3 years of service (OBC) | 8 years(5+3) |
| Central Govt. Civil Employees with at least 3 years of service (SC/ST) | 10 years(5+5) |
| Domiciled Residents of Jammu and Kashmir (Gen) | 5 years |
| Domiciled Residents of Jammu and Kashmir (OBC) | 8 years |
| Domiciled Residents of Jammu and Kashmir (SC/ST) | 10 years |
| Defense Personnel disabled during hostilities (Gen) | 5years |
| Defense Personnel disabled during hostilities (OBC) | 8 years |
| Defense Personnel disabled during hostilities (SC/ST) | 10years |
Educational Criteria
- Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree in Science with Physics as one of the key subjects/ Computer Science/ Information Technology/ Computer Applications or a Diploma in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from a Recognised Institute.
- Candidates must be completed their full-time 3 years diploma course after the 10+2 examination.
- Candidate must be passed 10+2 from a recognized institute with Physics and Mathematics as core subjects.
SSC Scientific Assistant Application Form
Steps to Apply for SSC Scientific Assistant are as follows :
- Applications must be submitted only in online mode at the website of SSC Headquarter i.e. https://ssc.nic.in.
- In the online Application Form, candidates are required to upload the scanned colour passport size photograph in JPEG format (20 KB to 50 KB). The photograph should not be more than three months old from the date of publication of the Notice of Examination.
- Image dimension of the photograph should be about 3.5 cm (width) x 4.5 cm (height). The photograph should be without cap, spectacles and the frontal view of the face should be clearly visible. If the proper photograph is not uploaded by a candidate, his candidature will be cancelled.
- Candidates are advised in their own interest to submit the online application much before the closing date and not to wait till the last date to avoid the possibility of disconnection/ inability or failure to login to the SSC website on account of heavy load on the website during the closing days. The Commission will not be responsible for the candidates not being able to submit their applications within the last date on account of the aforesaid reasons or for any other reason beyond the control of the Commission.
- Before submission of the online application, candidates must check through Preview/ Print option that they have filled correct details in each field of the form.
Important dates for Application Form
Important Dates for SSC Scientific Assistant Application Form are as follows :
| Events | Dates |
|---|
| Application Begin | 30th September 2022 |
| Application Ends | 18th October 2022 |
| Last Date of Payment of fees online | 20 October 2022 (11 pm) |
| Last Date of Payment of fees offline | Working hours of SBI up to 20 October 2022 provided the challan has been generated by them before 19 October 2022 (11 pm). |
| Date of ‘Window for Application Form Correction' including online payment | 25 October 2022 (11 pm) |
SSC Scientific Assistant Application Fee
Fee can be paid online through BHIM UPI, Net Banking or by using Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, RuPay Credit or Debit cards or in cash at SBI Branches by generating SBI Challan. Application Fee for SSC Scientific Assistant are as follows :
| Category | Fee |
|---|
| General Merit and OBC | Rs.100 |
Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) and Ex-servicemen (ESM), Women candidates | Nil |
SSC Scientific Assistant Vacancies
Total Vacancies: About 990.
- The number of vacancies is tentative and subject to variation.
- Reservation for Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC), Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) and Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) candidates is available as per extant Government Orders.
- The posts carry All India Service Liability (AISL) i.e. the candidate, on selection, may be asked to serve anywhere in the country.
SSC Scientific Assistant Syllabus
SSC Scientific Assistant Syllabus is as follows :
| Subject | Topics |
|---|
| General Intelligence & Reasoning | Includes verbal and non-verbal type : - Analogies, Similarities, Differences, Space visualization
- Problem solving, Analysis, Judgement, Decision making, Visual memory
- Discrimination, Observation, Relationship concepts, Arithmetical reasoning
- Verbal and Figure classification, Arithmetical number series
|
| General Awareness | - General, physical, geographical, topographical, economic and climatic features of India.
- Current events. Matters of everyday observation and experience on scientific aspects and reasoning.
- Basic topics of Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics.
- History of India, its cultural heritage, freedom movement, salient feature of the Constitution of India.
- Economic and social aspect of the country and its people.
|
| Quantitative Aptitude | - Computation of whole numbers, decimals, fractions and relationships between numbers
- Percentage, Ratio & Proportion, Square roots, Averages, Interest
- Profit and Loss, Discount, Partnership Business
- Mixture and Alligation, Time and Distance, Time & Work, Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra & Elementary Surds
- Graphs of Linear Equations
- Triangle and its various kinds of center, Congruence and similarity of triangles
- Circle and its chords, tangents, angles subtended by chords of a circle, common tangents to two or more circles
- Quadrilaterals, Regular Polygons, Right Prism, Right Circular Cone,
- Right Circular Cylinder, Sphere, Hemispheres, Rectangular Parallelepiped,
- Regular Right Pyramid with triangular or square base
- Trigonometric ratio, Degree and Radian Measures, Standard Identities, Complementary angle, Heights and Distances
- Histogram, Frequency polygon, Bar diagram & Pie chart.
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| English Language and Comprehension | - English Language and Comprehension
- English grammar
- Vocabulary and Spellings
- Synonyms and Antonyms
- Comprehension, Correct and incorrect usages, etc.
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SSC Scientific Assistant Exam Pattern
SSC Scientific Assistant Exam Pattern for Paper I and II are :
SSC Scientific Assistant Paper I
| Subjects for Part I | No. of Questions |
|---|
| Reasoning | 25 |
| Quantitative aptitude | 25 |
| English Language & Comprehension | 25 |
| General Awareness | 25 |
| | 100 |
SSC Scientific Assistant Paper II
| Subjects for Part II | No. of Questions |
|---|
| Physics, Computer Science & IT, Electronics, and Telecommunications | 100 |
- Part I & Part II consist of a total of 200 Questions.
- The Total Time allocated for both parts of the Exam is 2 hours.
- Each question carries 1 mark.
- There is a negative marking also, 0.25 marks will be deducted for every wrong answer.
SSC Scientific Assistant Salary
Pay Scale for Scientific Assistant posts under SSC IMD Recruitment 2022 is given below.
| Salary | Pay Scale |
|---|
| Earlier Pay Band | Rs.9,300- Rs.34,800 |
| Revised Pay Band | Rs.35,400 |
| Allowances | Travel Allowance, House Rent Allowance, Dearness Allowance |
| Gross Salary | Rs.48,912/- |
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