National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Scheme of Written Examination and Syllabus for LDC & Skilled Supporting Staff & Field Assistant

National Bureau of Soil Survey Exam Details
National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning is going to conduct the Written examination for the post of Lower Division Clerk(LDC), Skilled Supporting Staff & Field Assistant. Th details of the written examination is given below.



Exam Scheme
Scheme of Examination/Written Test

S l. No. 1 – Lower Division Clerk - Scheme of Written Examination and Syllabus
The written examination will consist one objective type papers as shown below
Part Subject Maximum
Exam Duration: 2 hours
Paper Language: English / Hindi

I General Intelligence (50 questions) 50 Marks
Ques: If TAP is coded as SZO, then how is FREEZE coded?
a) EQDFYG, B) ESDFYF, C)GQFDYF, D) EQDDYN
Ans: here you need to find relation between SZO & TAP
Like here T is followed by S T->S, P->O
then in FREEZE, F->E, R->Q, E->D, Z->Y
so answer is EQDDYN

Series: 6, 15, 33, 39 , ___

a) 137, b) 141, c) 143, d) 147

II English Language (Basic Knowledge) (50 questions) 50 marks
Here your basic English grammar skills will be tested, candidates having reading skills or who have read/found of reading novels will have a plus point in this section
Knowledge of: Verbs: past, present, future tense, nouns, participial, adjectives & all other basics

Ques: He quickly glanced .............................. the book to find what it said about the Indian economy.
(1) at (2) through (3) in (4) to (5) over
The correct answer is “through” which is answer No. 2.

Ques:  The counsel urged the court to ........................... down the obnoxious law.
(1) enact (2) enforce (3) cancel (4) strike (5) declare

Ques: The local official ........................... the Minister of the situation.
(1) explained (2) warned (3) apprised (4) told (5) intimated
Ans is 5

III Numerical Aptitude (Basic Arithmetic Skill) (50 questions) 50 marks 
Here it will be pure mathematics, candidates having strong basic maths can make it easily
It will contain
Topics to be covered

1. Profit loss: CP, SP, Loss%, Profit %
2. Numbers
3. Surds & indices
4. Percentage
5. Set theory
6. Ratio & Proportion
7. Probability
8. Progressions: AP, GP
9. Linear, Quadratic Equations
10. Functions
11. Simple & Compound Interest etc..

Ques: The HCF of 2 numbers is 9 & LCM is 630. If the sum of numbers is 153, the difference is ?
(a) 17 (b) 23 (c) 27 (d) 33

Ques: Sum of first n even numbers is ____?
(a) n(n+1)/2 (b) n(n+1) (c) n(n+2)/2 (d) n^2

Ques: a, ,b c are positive numbers in AP, what will be minimum value of b such that their product is 64?
a) -4 b) -8 c) 8 d) 4

Ques: Express 16 m/s into Km/hr
(a) 57.6  (b) 5.76 (c) 576 (d) 24.5

Ques: In right angled triangle if 2 sides are 3 & 4 then length of hypotenuse is ?
(a) 5  (b) 6 (c) 6.5 (d) 4

Ques: 15% of 300 =
(a)20 (b) 45 (c) 40 (d) 35
Ans is 45
In such questions just break the percentage, like it is easy to find 10% of something
So 15% = 10% + 5%
So 10% is 30 & 5% is 15 So total is 45%

IV General Awareness (50 questions) 50 marks

This section will test your General Awareness, candidates who keep themselves updates by reading newspaper, books will feel comfortable in this section

The questions will be designed to test knowledge of Current Events and of such matter of everyday observation as may be expected of an educated person. The test will also include questions relating to History,Polity, Constitution, Sports, Art & Culture, Geography, Economics, Everyday Science, Scientific 

Research, National/International Organizations /Institutions etc

Few Sample Current Affair topics are as follows

• ‘Oass’ is the Best Film at Ladakh Film Festival
• President confers National Communal Harmony Award
• Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskars presented
• U.S. award to Aamir for ‘Satyamev Jayate’
• President presented International Literacy Day awards on 8th September 2013
• IIT Delhi ranked top in Indian Institutes in "QS World University Ranking"
• Saakshar Bharat helping India to improve its literacy rate
• Ex-Foreign Secretory Romesh Bhandari Departs
• Monsoon Session, 8 bills passed by both lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha
• Agni-V test fired successfully, this is the second successful launch after nuclear-weapon capable missile

Useful Books for Exam Preparation We recommend you to purchase these books for your preparation besides these sample questions as these sample questions won't be enough to qualify these exams.


Sl.No. 2 & 3 – Skilled Supporting Staff & Field Assistant (T-1) - Written Test - Time - 1 hour, Maximum Marks - 100
Type of Exam: MCQ
Paper Language: English / Hindi
Syllabus Questions will be of 10th Standard. The test will include questions relating to India and its neighboring countries especially pertaining to sports, history, culture, geography, economic scene, general polity, Indian Constitution, scientific research etc.

Sl.No. 3 – Field Assistant (T-1) - Written Test - Time - 1 hour, Maximum Marks - 100
Question will be ‘OBJECTIVE TYPE WITH MULTIPLE CHOICE’ and also all questions will
be bilingually i.e. in Hindi (Devnagri) and English. Questions will be of 10th Standard of
Science. The test will include questions relating to India and its neighboring countries
especially pertaining to sports, history, culture, geography, economic scene, general polity,
Indian Constitution, scientific research etc.