Intelligence Bureau : Recruitment, Syllabus, Exam Dates, Exam Pattern

Dear Candidates, 

Ministry of Home Affairs has recently announced the recruitment for the post of Grade II – Assistant Central Intelligence Officer for the prestigious Intelligence Bureau of India. It is a great opportunity for the aspiring candidates as it has 1430 vacancies.

We are providing you all the information along with Exam Pattern and syllabus. Aspirants are advised to make use of this Intelligence Bureau Syllabus and Exam Pattern to get More marks in the Examination.

Description Of Post

Name  of  the post	ACIO-II/Exe
Classification	General Central Service, Group ‘C’ (Non-gazetted, Non- Ministerial)
Number      of vacancies	UR	OBC	SC	ST	Total
	951	184	109	56	1300
Ex Servicemen	95	19	11	5	130
Pay scale	Rs. 9300-34800 plus Grade Pay Rs. 4200 (PB-2) Plus admissible Central Govt allowances. [Under revision as per the recommendations of 7th C.P.C.]
Qualifications
Essential	Graduation or equivalent from a recognized University.
Desirable	Knowledge of computers.
Age limit	18-27 years  Upper age limit is relaxable by 5 years for SC/ST and by 3 years for OBC candidates.  Upper   age   limit   is   relaxable   for   departmental candidates’ upto 40 years of age who have rendered 3 years of regular and continuous service.  The age limit is relaxable up to age of 35 years for general candidates and up to 40 years for SC/ST in case of widows, divorced women and women judicially separated from their husbands and not remarried.  The age limit is relaxable for ex-servicemen as well as for  candidates  who  were  domiciled  in  J&K  from 1.1.1980 to  31.12.1989  as  well as the  children and dependents of victims of communal riots of 2002 in Gujarat  as  per  the  Govt  instructions  in  this  regard issued from time to time.

NOTE:
The  eligibility  of  the  candidates  in  terms  of  age,  educational qualification, caste/category etc. will be determined on the closing date. The candidate must be Graduate or equivalent from a recognized university on or before the closing date, i.e., the final result must be out on or before the closing date, i.e. 2.9.2017 (till2359 hours) and he/she must have been declared successful in it.

Important Dates:

Start Date Of Application Process : 12 - 08 - 17
End Date Of Application Process : 02 - 09 - 17
Exam Date of Tier- I - 15 - 10 - 2017
Exam Date of Tier- II - 07 - 01 - 2018

Examination Fee: ₹ 100/- (Rupees One Hundred only). Only male candidates belonging to General and OBC category are required to pay the fee. All SC/ST and female candidates are exempted from payment of examination fee.

Mode Of Payment: The examination fee can be paid offline or online.


Intelligence Bureau Exam Pattern :

• There are three stages that a candidate needs to qualify to get recruited as an Assistant Central Intelligence Officer with the Intelligence Bureau of India.
• The 3 stages of Exam will be as follows:
  1. Preliminary Exam (Tier I)
  2. Mains Exam (Tier II)
  3. Interview
• The Preliminary & Mains Exam will be written and the third stage will be the Interview.

IB Tier - I Exam Pattern :

The Tier I Stage will be a written exam of 1 hour. This exam will have four different sections consisting of 100 marks.

Subject	No. of Qs.	Max. Marks	Duration
General Awareness	25	25	1 Hour
Quantitative Aptitude	25	25
Logical/ Analytical Ability	25	25
English Language	25	25
Total	100	100

IB Tier - II Exam Pattern :

The Ter II exam will be of 50 marks and will consist questions from two subjects.

Subject	Max.Marks	Time
Essay (1 Topic)	30	1 Hour
English Comprehension & Precis	20
Total	50

IB Exam Pattern for Interview.

• The Final stage i. e the Interview will consist of 100 marks.
• On the basis of their combined performance in Tier-I and Tier-II, the candidates will be short listed for the Interview.

Selection Of Candidate:

a) The candidate has to appear in Tier-I at one of the test centres mentioned above.
b) There will be negative marking of ¼ mark for each wrong answer in Tier-I.
c) No marks would be awarded for an un-attempted question.
d) Only those candidates would be called for Tier-II exam who come up to a certain standard in Tier-I. For Tier-II examination, there will be a minimum cut off marks of 33%.
e) The date, time and centre of Tier-II would be intimated to the successful candidates through the application portal as well as Email ID provided at the time of online registration.
f) On the basis of their combined performance in Tier-I and Tier-II, the candidates would be short listed for the interview.
g) Tier-II exam and interviews would be conducted at a centre by clubbing the candidates of nearby centres. i) Based on the combined performance in Tier-I, Tier-II and interview, the candidates would be short listed for final selection subject to successful completion of their Character and Antecedent verification followed by medical examination.

Syllabus:

Logical Analytical Ability :

• Number systems and Odd One Out
• Statements and Conclusions
• Matching figures and patterns (Verbal and Non-Verbal)
• Analytical Problems
• Missing Letters
• Blood Relations

General Awareness :

• Current Affairs
• National and International News
• World Events, Science and Sports.
• Indian History and politics
• Banking, Economy and Organizations
• Stats based questions.

English Language :

• Reading Comprehension
• Cloze Test
• Error Spotting
• Sentence Completion
• Para Jumbles
• Sentence Correction

Quantitative Aptitude

• Numbers, LCM, HCF
• Percentage, Profit and Loss
• Ages, Average and interest
• Ratio, Mixture and Allegations
• Time, work, pipe and cistern.
• Distance, Train and Boats
• Probability & Statistics
• Basic questions of Mensuration

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