Syllabus Of PNRD Assam Recruitment 2020: Selection Process, Syllabus, Guide Books & Full Details

PNRD Assam Syllabus 2020: The Syllabus, Selection Process, Guide Books & Full Details of 1004 Posts of Panchayat and Rural Development (PNRD) Assam has been released along with the PNRD Advertisement 2020. Here we have discussed the PNRD syllabus of written examination, exam pattern, marks distribution, and selection process.

PNRD, Assam Recruitment 2020 Full Details:

Total Posts: 1004 Posts 

1. Asstt. Block Development Officer (Panchayat)
No of posts: 39 

2. Asstt. Block Development Officer (W&C)
No of posts: 46 

3. Asstt. Block Development Officer (Senior Gram Sevak)
No of posts: 88 

4. Gaon Panchayat Secretary
No of posts: 578 

5. Junior Assistant (For 5 newly created ZPs)
No of posts: 10 

6. Tax Collector Cum Road Mohrar
No of posts: 243

PNRD Assam Age Details: 

Candidate should not be more than 38 years and less than 18 years of age as on lst January, 2020 (Candidate must be born on or before 01-01-2002 and on or after 01-01-1982).

Relaxation: Upper age limit is relaxable as under:
i) 05 (five) years in case of candidates belonging to SC, ST(P), ST(H).
ii) 03 (three:) years in case of candidates belonging to OBC/MOBC.
iii) In case of Ex-Serviceman, age limit is relaxable by two years.
iv) In case of Physically Handicapped, age limit is relaxable by ten years.
v) In case of contractual/ casual employees of the Panchayat & Rural Development Department, relaxation of age as per point No 7 (B) of the advertisement.

PNRD Assam Eligibility Criteria: 

(i) Candidates must be a Indian Citizen, ordinarily resident of Assam.
(ii He/ She must have registered his/her name in any Employment Exchange of Assam.
(iii) In case of contractual/casual employees of the Panchayat & Rural Development Department, relaxation of age as per point No 7 (B) of the advertisement.



PNRD Assam Educational Qualification:

a) For all category, the candidates must be a Graduate in any discipline from a recognized University, except for the post of Gaon Panchayat Secretary, the Candidate must be a Commerce Graduate.

b) Candidates must possess fair knowledge of any Local Languages either in Assamese or Bengali or Bodo in addition to English Language for maintenance of office administration.

PNRD Assam Physical Fitness: 

i) Candidates should be of sound health, both mentally and physically and free from organic defect bodily infirmity likely to interfere with efficient performance of his duties and

ii) Required to undergo medical examination before appointment to the service.

Application Fee: NIL.

Now let's discuss about the selection procedure as well as syllabus for these posts.

PNRD, Assam Selection Process:

● The candidates whose applications are accepted will be required to appear in a written test which will be conducted in different centres of the State.

● There will be a common written examination except for the post of Gaon Panchayat Secretary.

● The Commissioner, P&RD reserves the right to change the examination venues of the test and no representation etc. will be entertained in this regard.

● The written test will be of 100 marks and will be completely OMR based.

● There will be 100 questions and each question will be of 1 (one) mark.

● There will be negative marking of 1/2 mark for each wrong answer.

● Duration of the test will be of 2 (two) hours.

● Candidates will use black ball pen to answer the OMR based answer sheet.

● As there will be one written test for all the categories except Gaon Panchayat Secretary, candidates will have to indicate in order of preference of the advertised posts, the final merit list will be prepared.

● On the basis of mark obtained and in order of preference and selection will be made on merit and roster point of SC/ST/OBC(ST(H)/EWS and PH candidates.

● For the post of Gaon Panchayat Secretary, separate written test will be conducted and selection will be made on merit and roster point of SC/STP/ST(H)/OBC/EWS and PH candidates.



● Based on the aggregate performance of the candidates in the written Examination, merit list will be prepared.

● No waiting list will be maintained.

● In case of a tie in marks, the candidate older in age will be placed higher in the merit list.

● Further, candidates having same date of birth and have obtained equal marks, will be placed in the merit list according to higher education.

● Preferential treatment to the contractual employees/casual employees of the Panchayat & Rural Development Department. (Certificate from the CEO,ZP/PD, DRDA, MD, ASRLM & Director, SIRD is compulsory)

Weightage of Work Experience:

● A Maximum 10 Marks will be awarded to deserving and eligible candidates as per the criteria mentioned below herewith.
● The trained contractual/casual workers of the Panchayat & Rural Development Department have been provided 10 years of age relaxation or Relaxation should commensurate with the years of service put in the Panchayat & Rural Development Department as contractual/casual employees, whichever is higher.
● In such cases, preferential treatment will be made to the contractual employees/casual employees of the Panchayat & Rural Development Department. (Certificate from the CEO, ZP/PD, DRDA, MD, ASRLM & Director, SIRD is compulsory)

The following modalities have been adopted for giving preferential treatment to the trained contractual/casual employees of Panchayat & Rural Development Department in the recruitment process of the P&RD Department:

(i) Five Percent (5%) additional mark up to 2 years Experience of contractual/ casual workers out of the total marks.
(ii) Six Percent (6%) additional mark above 2 to 4 years Experience of contractual/ /casual workers out of the total marks.
(iii) Seven Percent (7%) additional mark above 4 to 5 years Experience of contractual/casual workers out of the total marks.
(iv) Eight Percent (8%) additional mark above 5 to 7 years Experience of contractual/casual workers out of the total marks.
(v) Ten Percent (10%) additional mark for more than 7 years and above Experience of contractual /casual workers out of the total marks.

PNRD Assam Syllabus 2020:

The questions will be set in three parts

(i) Logical reasoning and aptitude.
(ii) General knowledge with special emphasis on Assam .
(iii) General English.

- However, for the post of Gaon Panchayat Secretary, there will be additional part on Accountancy.



Topic-wise Syllabus for PNRD Exam 2020:

Being a competitive exam, you may be asked anything under the sun in the exam from that particular subject/s. So it is completely a baseless idea to limit your study to a certain syllabus as decided by a person or a website.

Intelligent selection of topics fueled by analyzing pas years' question papers and expert examiners opinion may help in this case.

Quantitative Aptitude:

Partnerships 
Averages 
LCM and HCF
Percentages 
Speed, Time and Distance 
Time and Work
Compound Interest 
Simple Interest 
Progressions and Series
Trigonometry 
Permutation and Combination 
Algebra
Number Systems 
Probability 
Mixtures and Alligations
Ratio, Proportion and Variation 
Profit, Loss and Discount 
Geometry
Set Theory & Function 
Logarithm & Surds and Indices 
Complex Numbers
Mensuration 
Quadratic and Linear Equations

Logical Reasoning:

Alphanumeric series
Reasoning Analogies
Artificial Language
Blood Relations
Calendars
Cause and Effect
Clocks
Coding-Decoding
Critical path
Cubes and cuboids
Data Sufficiency
Decision Making
Deductive Reasoning/Statement Analysis
Dices
Directions
Embedded Images
Figure Matrix
Input-Output
Mirror and Water Images
Odd One Out
Picture Series and Sequences
Paper Folding
Puzzles
Pattern Series and Sequences
Order & Ranking
Seating Arrangements
Shape Construction
Statement and Assumptions
Statement and Conclusions
Syllogism

General knowledge:

History: Harappa Civilization, Vedic culture, Medieval India and their important systems; India’s freedom movement and their leaders
Geography: about countries and their geographical details, Famous Seaport and Airport and their location.
Computes: Abbreviations, important terms, etc
Polity: Administrative, Legislative and judiciary of our Country, Election, Important constitution bodies like CAG, Symbols of political parties, duties & responsibilities of the major persons in the Parliament
Economy: Budget related information and terminologies, Important persons involved in Economy of the Country and monetary institutions
Physics: Laws, major Inventions and Discoveries.
Chemistry: Characteristics of gases, atoms, molecules, Chemistry in everyday life.
Biology: Important discoveries, Interesting facts about human body parts, Vitamins & Nutrition in Animals and Plants, Diseases and their causes.
Static GK: General Knowledge, Current affairs
Assam History: Ancient history, Ahom kings, Ahom history, Role of Assam during Freedom Struggle
Assam Related Facts & Updates: Assam Geography, Literature, Budget, Assam Government Scheme, etc

General English:

Rules For Tenses
Rules For Prepositions
List of Prepositions
Rules and List of Conjunctions
Active And Passive Voice Rules
List of One Word Substitutions
List of Homophones/Homonyms
List of Synonyms and Antonyms
Idioms And Phrases
Spotting the Error
Reading Comprehension
Cloze Test
Letter Writing Format
Precis Writing
Sentence Correction Questions
Adjective Degree Of Comparison Rules
Article Rules
Direct & Indirect Speech Rules
Sentence Rearrangement & Para jumbles

Guide Books for PNRD Assam Recruitment 2020:

We here enlist a few books for the preparation of PNRD Assam Recruitment 2020 subject wise. Although you can go for any guide books available in the market, but this will never help you in clearing your concepts to crack future examinations.

So, it is advisable to buy text books, carefully understand the concepts, and then solve question papers from previous years. One can buy these texts online or from any local shop.


1. Fast Track Objective Arithmetic

2. Logical Reasoning 

3. Lucent's General Knowledge

4. Objective General English

5. History of Assam

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