Patna High Court Personal Assistant Syllabus 2023
The Personal Assistant Recruitment Examination, 2023 shall be conducted in 03 (three) stages i.e. Preliminary Test (Objective Type), Shorthand Computer Typing Test Test and Interview. The Scheme of Examination shall be as follows:
General Awareness:- Questions in this component will be aimed at testing the candidates’ general awareness. Questions will be designed to test knowledge of current events and of such matters of every day observations and experience as may be expected from any educated person. The test will include questions relating to Current Affairs of National & State importance.
Patna High Court Personal Assistant Syllabus 2023General English:- The questions will be designed to test the candidates’ understanding of the languages and literature, correct use of words, phrases and idioms and ability to write the languages correctly, precisely and effectively. The questions will ordinarily cover vocabulary, grammar, sentence structure, synonyms, antonyms and their correct usage, spot the error, fill in the blanks, spellings/ detecting mis-spelt words, idioms & phrases, one word substitution, improvement of sentences, active/ passive voice of verbs, conversion into direct/ indirect narration, shuffling of sentence parts, shuffling of sentences in a passage, cloze passage, comprehension passage etc.
.General Computer awareness that is expected from a candidate for dispensing day to day official work as well as usage of MS Office.
Note:– All the question shall essentially be only in the English Language only.
SHORTHAND COMPUTER TYPING TEST (MAIN)
The Candidate will be subjected to listen to an audio passage or dictated passage of 400 words at the speed of 100 words per minute for 4 minutes. He is supposed to take dictation of said passage in shorthand. Then, he will have 10 minutes to revise the passage which he has taken in shorthand format. Thereafter, using the said shorthand passage he will have to transcribe the said passage in English on Computer. He will be granted 20 minutes for transcription.
The accuracy of transcribed passage in comparison to original dictated passage in percentage shall be equivalent to the marks obtained out of 100.