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Physical Research Laboratory PRL has released the advertisement of Assistant and Junior Personal Assistant JPA Post Recruitment Exam Vacancy 2024. Those Candidates Are Interested with PRL Assistant / JPA Vacancy Can Apply Online from 09/03/2024 to 31/03/2024. For other information related to PRL Advt No 05/2024 recruitment like syllabus, age limit, qualification, pay scale and all other information read the advertisement and then apply.
Age Limit as on 31/03/2024
Eligibility –
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Post Name |
Total Post |
PRL Assistant and JPA Eligibility |
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Assistant |
10 |
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Junior Personal Assistant |
06 |
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Apply Online – https://www.prl.res.in/OPAR/
Official Website – https://www.prl.res.in/
Exam District Details –
Pay & Allowances –
Selected candidates will be appointed as ‘Assistant’ / ‘Junior Personal Assistant (JPA)’ in Level-4 (₹25,500 – ₹81,100/-) of Pay Matrix and will be paid minimum basic pay of ₹25,500/- p.m. In addition, Dearness Allowance, House Rent Allowance [HRA] and Transport Allowance at the prescribed rates in force at the place of posting will be paid for those who are not availing Departmental Housing and Transport facility, respectively. The employees will be governed by the National Pension System (NPS). On employment in PRL, other facilities are available such as medical facilities for self and dependents, canteen, Leave Travel Concession, Group Insurance, etc as per Central Government/PRL Rules.
Mode of Selection –
Assistant – Written Exam
Skill Test (Computer Literacy)
Junior Personal Assistant – Written Test
Skill Test (Computer Literacy and Stenography)
Exam Pattern for Assistant –
| Part | Subject | No of question | Marks | Time | Details |
| A | General English | 50 | 50 | 120 Min | Objective type, +1 & – 0.25 pattern of marking. |
| B | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | ||
| C | General Intelligence & Reasoning ability | 50 | 50 | ||
| D | General Knowledge | 50 | 50 | ||
| Total | 200 | ||||
Syllabus for written test –
General English: Questions to test the candidate’s understanding & knowledge of the language and ability to write correctly, precisely & effectively, correct use of words, idioms & phrases, etc.
Quantitative Aptitude : Questions on Number System, Percentages, Profit & Loss, Discount, Ratio & Proportion, Mixer & Allegation, Averages, Simple & Compound interest, Time & distance, Time & Work, Pipe & Cistern, Boat & Stream, Partnership, Surds & Indices, LCM & HCF, Simplification, Geometry (Triangles, Circles, Quadrilateral, Lines & Angles etc.), Mensuration (Area, Perimeter, Volume etc.), Trigonometry (Trigonometric Identities, Trigonometric Ratios, Circular measures of Angles, Heights & distance etc.), Algebra (Factorization, Coordinate Geometry, Polynomials, Sequence & Series, Algebraic identities, Linear equations etc.), Statistics & data interpretation, etc.
General Intelligence & Reasoning ability: Verbal & non-verbal type questions on Missing Number, Repeated Series, Analogy, Venn diagram, Logical arrangement of Words, Coding & decoding, Sitting arrangement, ranking arrangement, Dice, Cube & Cuboid, Calendar, Number Series, Coded equation, Clock, Directions, Counting figures, Problems based on Alphabets, Sequence, Mirror and Water Image etc.
General Knowledge: Questions to test the candidates’ awareness of the environment around him and its applications to the society, current affairs of National & International importance etc. The test will also include questions on History, Culture, Geography, Science, Polity, Economy etc
Skill Test (on Computer) for Assistant
Indicative Syllabus
MS Word ( for 35 marks) : Opening & Saving files, Editing text documents, Inserting, Deleting, Cut, Copy, Paste, Undo, Redo, Find, Search, Replace, Formatting page & setting Margins, Converting files to different formats, Importing & Exporting documents, Using Tool bars, Ruler, Using icons, using help; Formatting documents – Setting font styles, font selection – style, size, color etc, Type face – Bold, Italic, Underline, Case settings, Highlighting, Special symbols, Setting paragraph style, Alignments, Indents, Line Space, Margins, Bullets & Numbering; Setting Page Style – Formatting Page, Page tab, Margins, Layout settings, Border & Shading, Column break and line break; Creating Tables – Table settings, Borders, Alignments, Insertion, Deletion, Merging, Splitting, Sorting and Formula; Drawing – Inserting Clip Arts, Pictures/Files etc., Tools – Spell Checks, Mail Merge, Templates, Tracking changes, Security; Printing documents; Shortcut Keys etc.
MS Excel (for 35 marks) : Spreadsheet & Its applications, Opening Spreadsheet, Menus – Main menu, Formula Editing, Formatting, Toolbars, Using help; Working with Spreadsheets – opening, saving files, setting margins; Spreadsheet addressing – rows, columns & cells, referring cells & selecting cells, Short-cut keys; Entering & Deleting Data – Entering data, cut, copy, paste, undo, redo, filling continuous rows/columns, highlighting values, find, search & replace, inserting data, insert cell, column/row & sheet, symbol, clipart, pictures, files etc., Inserting functions, manual breaks; Setting formula – finding total in a column/row, using other formulae; Formatting spreadsheets – Labelling columns & rows, formatting cell, row, column & sheet, Category – Alignment, font, border & shading, hiding/un-hiding rows/columns, setting row height, column width; Working with sheets –Sorting, Filtering, Validation, consolidation and subtotal, creating charts – Drawing;
Printing, Error checking, spell checks etc.
MS Power Point (for 30 marks) : Opening new presentation, different presentation templates, setting backgrounds, selecting presentation layouts; Creating a presentation -Setting presentation style, adding text to the presentation; Formatting a presentation -Adding style, color, gradient fills, arranging objects, adding header & footer, Slide background, Slide layout; Adding graphics to the presentation — inserting pictures, table etc. into presentation etc.
Duration of test: 60 minutes.
EXAM PATTERN FOR JUNIOR PERSONAL ASSISTANT
Selection Procedure –
-Written Exam
– Skill Test – Computer Literacy Test, Stenography Test
| Part | Subject | No of question | Marks | Time | Details |
| A | English Language & Comprehension |
100 | 100 | 120 Min | Objective type, +1 & – 0.25 pattern of marking. |
| B | Quantitative Aptitude & General Knowledge | 50 | 50 | ||
| C | General Intelligence & Reasoning ability | 50 | 50 |
Syllabus for written test –
English Language & Comprehension: Questions in this component will be designed to test the candidate’s understanding & knowledge of English language such as spot the error, fill in the blanks, synonyms & antonyms, detecting misspelled words, idioms & phrases, one-word substitution,
sentence improvements, active/passive voice, direct/indirect narration, close paragraph, comprehension etc.
General Intelligence & Reasoning ability: Verbal & non-verbal type questions on Missing Number, Repeated Series, Analogy, Venn diagram, Logical arrangement of Words, Coding & decoding, sitting arrangement, ranking arrangement, Dice, Cube & Cuboid, Calendar, Number Series, Coded equation, Clock, Directions, counting figures, Problems based on Alphabets, Sequence, Mirror and Water Image etc.
Quantitative Aptitude : Questions on Number System, Percentages, Profit & Loss, Discount, Ratio & Proportion, Mixer & Allegation, Averages, Simple & Compound interest, Time & distance, Time & Work, Pipe & Cistern, Boat & Stream, Partnership, Surds & Indices, LCM & HCF, Simplification, Geometry (Triangles, Circles, Quadrilateral, Lines & Angles etc.), Mensuration (Area, Perimeter, Volume etc.), Trigonometry (Trigonometric Identities, Trigonometric Ratios, Circular measures of Angles, Heights & distance etc.), Algebra (Factorization, Coordinate Geometry, Polynomials, Sequence & Series, Algebraic identities, Linear equations etc.), Statistics & data interpretation, etc.
General Knowledge: Questions to test the candidates’ awareness of the environment around him and its applications to the society, current affairs of National & International importance etc. The test will also include questions on History, Culture, Geography, Science, Polity, Economy etc.
Skill Test (on Computer) for Junior Personal Assistant –
MS Word ( for 35 marks) : Opening & Saving files, Editing text documents, Inserting, Deleting, Cut, Copy, Paste, Undo, Redo, Find, Search, Replace, Formatting page & setting Margins, Converting files to different formats, Importing & Exporting documents, Using Tool bars, Ruler, Using icons, using help; Formatting documents – Setting font styles, font selection – style, size, color etc., Type face – Bold, Italic, Underline, Case settings, Highlighting, Special symbols, Setting paragraph style, Alignments, Indents, Line Space, Margins, Bullets & Numbering; Setting Page Style – Formatting Page, Page tab, Margins, Layout settings, Border & Shading, Column break and line break; Creating Tables – Table settings, Borders, Alignments, Insertion, Deletion, Merging, Splitting, Sorting and Formula; Drawing – Inserting Clip Arts, Pictures/Files etc., Tools – Spell Checks, Mail Merge, Templates, Tracking changes, Security; Printing documents; Shortcut Keys etc.
MS Excel (for 35 marks) : Spreadsheet & Its applications, Opening Spreadsheet, Menus – Main menu, Formula Editing, Formatting, Toolbars, Using help; Working with Spreadsheets – opening, saving files, setting margins; Spreadsheet addressing – rows, columns & cells, referring cells & selecting cells, Short-cut keys; Entering & Deleting Data – Entering data, cut, copy, paste, undo, redo, filling continuous rows/columns, highlighting values, find, search & replace, inserting data,
insert cell, column/row & sheet, symbol, clipart, pictures, files etc., Inserting functions, manual breaks; Setting formula – finding total in a column/row, using other formulae; Formatting spreadsheets – Labelling columns & rows, formatting cell, row, column & sheet, Category – Alignment, font, border & shading, hiding/un-hiding rows/columns, setting row height, column width; Working with sheets -Sorting, Filtering, Validation, consolidation and subtotal, creating charts – Drawing;
Printing, Error checking, spell checks etc.
MS Power Point (for 30 marks) : Opening new presentation, different presentation templates, setting backgrounds, selecting presentation layouts; Creating a presentation -Setting presentation style, adding text to the presentation; Formatting a presentation -Adding style, color, gradient fills, arranging objects, adding header & footer, Slide background, Slide layout; Adding graphics to the presentation — inserting pictures, table etc. into presentation etc.
Duration of test: 60 minutes
Skill Test (Stenography test) for Junior Personal Assistant –
Shorthand test for 300 words @ 60 words per minutes (Time: 5 Minutes)
The passage is to be transcribed on computer (Time: 30 minutes, with compensation time as applicable to PwBD candidates)
Short-hand dictation work, i.e. strokes etc., need to be as per Pittman’s short-hand (long hand not permitted), failing which the Transcript will not be evaluated.
HOW TO APPLY –
Applications will be received ON-LINE ONLY.
The Candidates should register their application on-line at https://www.prl.res.in/OPAR.Kindly Check and Collect the All Document – Eligibility, ID Proof, Address Details, Basic Details.
Kindly Ready Scan Document Related to Recruitment Form – Photo, Sign, ID Proof, Etc.
Before Submit the Application Form Must Check the Preview and All Column Carefully.
If Candidate Required to Paying the Application Fee Must Submit. If You have Not the Required Application Fees Your Form is Not Completed.
Take A Print Out of Final Submitted Form.