Railway Accounts Department Examinations

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Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Appendix3 Examination - New Pattern - ACS

 Salient features of New pattern of Appendix III IREM Volume I Revised Edition, 1989 - ACS 282 dated 21.08.2023 




Appendix3 Examination

Item

Topic

Details



Merger



Merger of 3 streams i.e., SSO(A), Sr.TIA & Sr.ISA



New 

Designation

SSO/Accounts 

Or

SSO/Traffic Inspection

Or

SSO/Stores Inspection 


SSO stands for Seniro Section Officer


Effective Date


Prospective effect (From 21st August, 2023)



Conducted by 



Railway Board





When




Regular intervals  (The interval is not specified)






With or Without




Examination will be conducted - without Books 



CBT



Computer Based Test 


(for Objective/MCQ Question papers and Descriptive Question paper) 


Paper I 


MCQ


100 Marks


2 hours 


Pass: 40% 

  1. Books & Budget 

  2. Expenditure 

  3. Establishment (incl: PF, NPS, Pension, Labour Laws & Finance Establishment)  

  4. Bookkeeping

Paper 2 


MCQ


100 Marks


2 hours 


Pass: 40% 

  1. Stores Accounts incl: COS Procedure, Associated Finance

  2. Workshop Accounts incl: WMS, Costing, Associated Finance


Paper 3 


MCQ


100 Marks


2 hours 


Pass: 40% 

  1. Traffic Accounts incl: Traffic Costing/Statistics, Traffic Finance, Station Accounts & Inspection. 

The aggregate of all 3 Objective Papers- 45 % 


For Reserved candidates - 35 % (May be) 




Exemption for subsequent attempts will be 60%. 


Applicable for 5 years 


(Here clarification is required from Railway Board, whether it is 5 years or 5 attempts)



Relaxation in Passing marks for Reserved candidates


Individual Paper - 30 % (Maybe)  


Aggregate of 3 Objective Papers - 35 % (Maybe)




Negative Marks




Negative mark of 0.25 for each of the wrong answer in Objective type Question Paper 

Subjective Paper - 200 Marks - 3 Hours - Typing on Computer


Syllabus: General Essay, Rajbasha, Practical aspect of Finance & Accounts, Numerical question on Advanced Bookkeeping 


Permitted: Calculator  


Pass Marks - 40 (For Reserved Candidates, it maybe 30) 


Descriptive Paper will be corrected subject to the qualifying of Objective Papers. 






Hindi or English






Examination will be Bilingual as per the option of the Candidate, 

Candidates who qualify both Optional Papers (Individual & Aggregate) and Subjective paper will be declared successful to have passed the Appendix3 Exam. 

Eligibility conditions: 


  1. Passed Appendix 2 Examination

  2. 5 Years of Service or

  3. 3 Years of Service, if Graduate

Answer papers will be destroyed after 6 months from the date of declaration of the final result after obtaining vigilance clearance. 

No provision for Re-evaluation or Re-assessment of Answer sheets 



Permitted for Rechecks of Totals of Marks and Arithmetic mistakes

There will be no cap on the maximum number of attempts to appear in Appendix 3 Exam.

1 % of the posts of SSO/Accounts as on 01.01.2022 - earmarked for promotion of Non-Appendix3 exam qualified Accounts Assistants. The remaining 99% of SSO(A) posts should be filled from Appendix 3 qualified candidates.  


Not applicable for Sr.TIA and Sr.ISA posts


 




Candidates

Passing Marks 

Individual Paper

Aggregate of 3 Papers

General

40 Marks

45 %

SC/ST

30 Marks (Maybe)

35 % (Maybe)



Disclaimer: The author expressly disclaims all liability with respect to actions taken or not taken based on the contents of the following information. 


Probability

Total Questions 

(Guessed randomly, if not sure of the 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 60 objective questions out of 100 questions.