Intelligence Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs) will conduct exam on 15th October for 1430 vacancies for
Assistant Central Intelligence Officer (ACIO) Grade-II. Those who have
given SSC CGL Tier-I and are in doubt about their selection in CGL
Tier-I, they should definitely prepare for IB (ACIO) Exam as you are
already prepared for it, you just have to prepare a little more for it.
So, this is an another good opportunity for SSC Aspirants.
If we talk about previous year IB exams, majority of questions were asked from General Awareness section. But from this year onward IB exam pattern has changed and now the pattern is same as SSC CGL Tier-I exam. In this article you will get to know about the exam syllabus and previous year exam topics of IB (ACIO) Exam.
Date of Tier-I Exam: 15th October 2017
If we talk about previous year IB exams, majority of questions were asked from General Awareness section. But from this year onward IB exam pattern has changed and now the pattern is same as SSC CGL Tier-I exam. In this article you will get to know about the exam syllabus and previous year exam topics of IB (ACIO) Exam.
Date of Tier-I Exam: 15th October 2017
Admit Card will be available in September-October 2017
There are total 5 stages in the selection process of Assistant Central Intelligence Officer (ACIO) Grade-II:
- Tier-I Exam
- Tier-II Exam
- Interview
- Document Verification
- Medical Examination
IB ACIO Exam Pattern:
Tier-I
Tier-I exam contains 4 subjects which are similar to SSC Exam, so you
don't have to study anything extra, your preparation of SSC CGL Exam
will come handy. GA section is a bit tricky rest is easy. So focus on
the GA section, you can follow our GA quizzes and Current Affairs
notes.
Date of Tier-I Exam: 15th October 2017
Admit Card will be available in September-October 2017
Subjects
|
No. Of Questions
|
Total Marks
|
Duration
|
|---|---|---|---|
General Awareness
|
25
|
100 Marks
|
60 min
|
Quantitative Aptitude
|
25
| ||
Logical/Analytical Ability
|
25
| ||
English Language
|
25
|
Some important points of Tier-I Exam:
- There will be negative marking of ¼ mark for each wrong answer in Tier-I.
- No marks would be awarded for an un-attempted question.
Descriptive Paper
This Exam will contain Essay and English Comprehension & Precis Writing.
Date of Tier-II Exam: 7th January 2018
| Total Marks | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tier-II | |||
| Essay on one of the given topics | 30 | 60 min | |
| English Comprehension & Precis Writing | 20 | ||
| 50 | - |
- 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%.
IB ACIO Exam Syllabus:
General Intelligence & Reasoning:
The test will include questions designed to test the candidate’s abilities to deal with abstract ideas and symbols and their relationship, arithmetical computation, and other analytical functions.
| S. No. | Topics | No. Of Questions | Total Marks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last year Questions were asked from below Topics | 25 Questions | 25 Marks | |
| 1 | Seating arrangement | ||
| 2 | Blood Relation | ||
| 3 | Statement and Conclusion | ||
| 4 | Ranking | ||
| 5 | Direction Sence Test | ||
| 6 | Calendar | ||
| 7 | Missing term | ||
| 8 | Number & Alphabetical Series | ||
| 9 | Coding Decoding | ||
| 10 | Analogy | ||
| Questions might be asked from below Topics | |||
| 1 | Odd one Out | ||
| 2 | Syllogism | ||
| 3 | Non-verbal: Paper Folding & Cutting, Mirror Image, Embedded or Complete the Image, Counting Figure | ||
| 4 | Matrix | ||
| 5 | Mathematical Calculations | ||
| 6 | Words order according to dictionary |
English Language:
Candidates' understanding of the Basics of English Language, its vocabulary, grammar, sentence structure, synonyms, antonyms and its correct usage, etc. his/her writing ability would be tested.
| S.No. | Topics | Number of Questions | Total Marks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Synonyms | 25 Questions | 25 Marks |
| 2 | Antonyms | ||
| 3 | Spelling/detecting mis-spelt words | ||
| 4 | Idioms & Phrases | ||
| 5 | One word substitution | ||
| 6 | Jumbled Paragraph | ||
| 7 | Active Voice/Passive Voice | ||
| 8 | Spot the error | ||
| 9 | Fill in the blanks | ||
| 10 | RC (Reading Comprehension) | ||
| 11 | Cloze Test |
Numerical Aptitude:
| S.No. | Topic | No. of Questions | Total Marks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last year Questions were asked from below Topics | |||
| 1 | Number System | 25 Questions | 25 Marks |
| 2 | HCF / LCM | ||
| 3 | Percentage | ||
| 4 | Profit & Loss | ||
| 5 | Ratio, Mixture & Alligation | ||
| 6 | Time Speed Distance | ||
| 7 | Time & Work | ||
| 8 | Average | ||
| 9 | Geometry | ||
| 10 | Permutaion & Combination | ||
| 11 | Probability | ||
| 12 | Arithematice Progression (AP) | ||
| Questions might be asked from below Topics | |||
| 1 | Algebra | ||
| 2 | Mensuration | ||
| 3 | CI & SI | ||
| 4 | Trigonometry | ||
| 5 | DI |
General Awareness:
The test will include questions relating to India and its neighbouring countries especially pertaining to current events, Sports, History, Culture, Geography, Economic scene, General Polity including Indian Constitution, and Scientific Research etc. Some important topics which were asked from IB (ACIO) Exam are given below:-
No. Of Questions: 25
Total Marks: 25
History
- Gandhi Era
- Modern History
- Budhism
- Noble Prize and for their respective works
- boundary Lines
- Revolutions
Polity
- Constitution-Ammendments, Parts, Schedule, Article
- Parliament
- Powers of President
Geography
- Drainage System
- Grassland
- Tax System
- GDP
- Gini Cofficient
- Import-Export
- 5 Year Plans
Sports: Olympic Medal
Science
- Scientific names
- Body Organs
- Blood Group
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