Appendix3 Exam - New pattern - RBA 71 dated 15.12.2021

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Appendix3 Exam - New pattern - Railway Board RBA 71 dated 15.12.2021  

Salient features of New pattern of Appendix3 Exam 

vide RBA 71 dated 15.12.2021

• Introduction of Objective type questions / MCQs 

 

• Merger of 3 cadres i.e., Sr.SO(A), Sr.TIA &Sr. ISA with prospective date. The Objective is to acquire knowledge and experience of the Accounts Dept as a whole.

 

• Conducted by Railway Board  

• All papers - Without Books  

 

• Examination will be on bilingual (at the option of the Candidate)

• Objective type & Descriptive type - Both conducted through online i.e., CBT - Computer Based Test 

 

• 3 Objective Question Papers - Each 100 marks - Time - 2 hours for each Paper. Negative marks 0.25 for each wrong answer. 

 

Candidates	Passing Marks
	Individual Paper	Aggregate of 3 Papers
General	40 Marks	45 %
SC/ST	30 Marks	35 %

 

  

• One Subjective/Descriptive Question paper - 300 marks - Time - 3 Hours  - Valuation of Subjective paper.  Passing marks - 40 % for General Candidates and 30 % for SC/ST Candidates.   Subjective paper will be corrected subject to qualifying the minimum marks in Objective type tests. 

•  Combined marks of Objective & Descriptive  - Determine the position of the candidates in the Merit list. 

• Unlimited attempts    

•  Exemption marks  - 60 %.  The Exemption will be applicable for 5 years. 

• Syllabus as detailed below is indicative only. That means suggestive only. Detailed syllabus will be spelt out in Notification of the examination.  

 

• Syllabus of 3 Objective type papers: 

1.    GRP, Establishment, PF, NPS, Pension, Labour Laws and Associated Finance, Expenditure, Budget & Bookkeeping 

 

2.            Stores, COS Procedures, Workshops, Workshop Costing & associated finance, Expenditure, Budget & Bookkeeping 

 

3.            Traffic Accounts, Traffic Statistics / Costing, Station Accounts and associated finance, Accounting & Bookkeeping  

• Syllabus of 1 Descriptive paper:  

 

A.            General Essay, Letter writing & Precis  - English medium and Hindi Medium

 

B.   Rajbhasha  (Question on Official Language Policy) - English or Hindi 

 

C.   Practical aspect of Finance & Accounts, Approaching Finance, Comprehend/understand the issue and conclusions arrived thereby 

 

D.   Advanced Bookkeeping - Numerical Questions - Calculator allowed.      

 

• Negative marking - 0.25 marks for each wrong answer in Objective type tests.  Different possibilities are as follows.  (for an idea to the Candidates)  

 

 

Probability	Total Questions  (Guessed randomly, if not sure of correct answer)	Correct	Wrong	Marks secured	Probability Percentage
First probability	5	5	Nil	5	16 %
Second probability	5	4	1	3.75	16 %
Third probability	5	3	2	2.5	17 %
Fourth probability	5	2	3	1.25	17 %
Fifth probability	5	1	4	Nil	17 %
Sixth probability	5	Nil	5	Minus 1.25	17 %

  

•  83 %  Positive or Nil effect   

•  17 % - Negative

•  It is better for the Candidates to go to a random guessing subject to be confident of Correct answers for at least 55 objective questions out of 100 questions. 

• Overall, the above Railway Board letter is indicative only.  Detailed policy guidelines / instructions on implementation of new pattern of Appendix III IREM examination and merger supervisory cadre of Accounts Dept will follow.