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Instructions for the Data Entry Skill Test, SSC CGL 2017 (copy on sscer.org)
Staff Selection Commission, Staff Selection Commission (copy hosted by sscer.org), 2019
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- What it is
- Candidate instructions for the data entry skill test in the 2017 Combined Graduate Level Examination. They state that the test is qualifying only and give the norm for Tax Assistants and the time for Data Entry Operators.
- How much weight it carries
- An official SSC document, but a 2017 copy on a third-party host and not the current notice. The unit of the 8,000 norm is not stated in the text, so check the current notice on the SSC website before relying on it.
Facts taken from this source
- The 2017 SSC instructions allow 15 minutes for the data entry test for Data Entry Operator posts.
“Data Entry Operators (Time Allowed – 15 minutes” (Post skill test norms table)
- The 2017 SSC instructions describe the data entry skill test as a qualifying test only.
“The skill test in Data Entry is a qualifying test only.” (Instructions, point 2)
- The 2017 SSC instructions give a data entry norm of approximately 8,000 key depressions for Tax Assistant posts.
“Data Entry of approx 8000 Key Depressions” (Post skill test norms table)