Jammu Kashmir Service Selection Board – Statistical Assistant Examination Syllabus & Exam Pattern

Jammu Kashmir Service Selection Board Statistical Assistant Examination syllabus

Exam Pattern : The examination for Statistical Assistant in Jammu Kashmir Service Selection Board. Examination Comprises One Written Test from different subjects which discussed below :

• General Knowledge & Current Affairs
• General Knowledge With Special Reference To J & K
• Statistical Methods
• Applied Statistics
• General Economics
• Computer Application
• Principles Of Business Management
• Mathematics

Marks : 150

Duration : 2 Hours 30 Minutes

Syllabus For the written test for Statistical Assistant Examination :

General Knowledge & Current Affairs :

• Important dates in Indian History / Freedom struggle, different dates and events.
• First in world (Adventure, Sports, Discoveries).
• First in India (Adventure, Sports, Discoveries).
• Popular names of Personalities (Religion, Politics, Scientific discoveries,
• Geographical, Sports, History)
• The Newspaper world – (Current Dailies & Weeklies of India).
• Books & Authors – General
• Languages.
• Capitals & Currencies.
• United Nations Organisations – Veto Powers
• No. of Countries as its Members.
• Principal organs and their functions.
• SAARC, ASEAN.
• Everyday Science
• The world of Sports
• Climate & Crops in India.
• Democratic institutions
• Forms of Government
• Political & Physical divisiions of world & India
• Important rivers & Lakes in India.
• Current Events of Natioal and International Level.
• Role of Mathematics in Economics
• Indian Foreign Trade
• New economic reforms and growth of foreign trade.
• Inflation – Concept and types; Causes and consequences

General Knowledge With Special Reference To Jammu & Kashmir :

• Abbrevations, Important dates, popular names of personalities and their achievements/Contribution (National and International).
• Constitution of J&K – Formation, Fundamental rights, Directive Principles.
• Weather, Climate, Crops, Means of Transport.
• Important power projects and their impact on State Economy.
• Rivers and Lakes.
• Important Tourist Destinations.
• History of J&K State.
• Historical places of the State and their importance.
• RTI Act.
• Indus Water Treaty and its impact on State economy.

Statistical Methods :

• Classification and Tabulation of Data
• Measures of central Tendency and Dispersion their relative merits and demerits. Theory of Probability
• Elementary Knowledge of Theoretical Distributions (Binomial, Poisson and
• Normal).
• Correlation and regression- Concept and definition and simple applications.
• Theory of Attributes- Basic concepts and their applications,
• Co-efficient and Association and Coefficient of Contingency.
• Hypothesis Testing- Chi Square Test & T-Test.

Applied Statistics :

• Sampling Techniques- Simple Radom Sampling with and without replacement,
• Stratified Sampling,
• Ratio and Regression estimates,
• Cluster Sampling and Systematic Sampling,
• Sampling and Non- Sampling errors
• Analysis of Time Series components,
• Measurement of Trend and Seasonal variation.
• Theory of Index Numbers: Tests of Index numbers- Wholesale and consumer
• price Index numbers.
• Interpolation and Extrapolation.
• Demography-Census, its features and functions.
• Methods of Census taking.
• Vital Statistics- Measures of fertility ,Crude fertility rates, specific fertility rates, gross and net reproduction rates., Measures of Mortality

General Economics :

• Meaning, Scope and Methodology,
• Theory of consumers demand using indifference curve technique.
• Consumer Surplus-Basic concept & measurement.
• Theory of distribution:- Marginal productivity Theory, Ricardian Theory of Rent,
• Kenysian Theory of Interest.
• Pricing under various forms of Market.
• Theory of production:- Returns to Scale & Returns to Factor
• Factors of production& Production functions.
• Concept of Economic Growth and its measurement
• Characteristics and problems of developing economy- Demography and
• economic development.
• Rationale of Planning in Developing Countries.
• Poverty Concepts & Measurement.
• Unemployment- Concept & Measurement.
• Objectives & Strategies of Indian Planning.
• Problems of resource mobilization- Successes & Failures.
• Decentralization & Role of PRIs.
• Planning for Inclusive Growth & Development Schemes.
• Fiscal and Monetary Policy.
• Inflation & Deflation.
• Concepts of National Income.
• RBI and Developmental Banks.
• SEBI, Foreign Trade, Balance of Payments
• Deficit Financing.

Computer Application :

• Fundamentals of computer sciences,
• Hardware & Software, Concept of Open Source Technologies
• Input & Output Devices,
• Flow Charts and Algorithms
• Operating System:- MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, MS Power-Pont ,PDF
• Internet &E-mail
• Concept of Computer Virus & latest Anti-Virus.
• Terms and Abbreviations used in IT

Principles Of Business Management :

• Nature Scope and Significance of Management and Administration.
• The modern concept of Management.

• The process of Management
• Process of Control: Production Planning & Control, Quality Control, Inventory
• Control, Budgetary Control and Cost Control. PERT, CPM and GNATT Charts.
• Personnel Management : Definition, meaning and Scope, Performance appraisal,
• Evaluation and Monitoring, Human Resource Planning.
• Marketing Management : Definition, Meaning and Scope, Marketing Environment
• in India, Consumer Behavior, Marketing Strategies, Challenges of Marketing In
• India, Social Responsibilities & Marketing Ethics.
• Financial Management : Definition, meaning and Scope, , Financial Statement
• Analysis:, Income & Expenditure Statement, Profit & Loss Account, Balance Sheet, Ratio Analysis, Working Capital Analysis, Fund Flow Statement.
• Income Tax : Calculation of Income Tax-Salary
• Public Finance: Nature Scope and Importance of Public Finance.
• Registration of Companies- Memorandum of Associations, Articles of
• Associations, Mergers, Acquisition, Diversification, Expansion.
• Zero Based Budgeting & Performance Budgeting.
• Indian Financial System.

Mathematics :

• Set Theory – Basic Concepts & Applications.
• Matrices & Determinants, Simultaneous Linear Equations- Cramer’s Rule.
• Analytical Geometry.
• Differentiation- Basic Concepts (Addition, Product & Chain rule)
• Optimization using Differential techniques.
• Integration-Reduction & Substitution Method.
• Linear Differential Equations.
• Differential Equations Existence theorem for the solution of dy/dx = f(x,y).
• Interpolation, Extrapolation & Inverse interpolation.