Plan of Examination

The examination shall be conducted according to the following Plan:
Part I - Written examination 
Part II - Interview 

Written examination: Subjects of written examination and marks allotted to each is as follows

Candidates competing for posts under both category I and category II have to appear in all the five subjects mentioned above. Candidates competing for posts under category I only need to appear in subjects at (1) to (4) above and candidates competing for posts under category II only will be required to appear in  subject (1), (2), (3) and (5) above.

The Examination in all the subjects will be of conventional (Essay) type. The Question Papers will be set in English only.

Interview: The object of the interview is to assess his suitability for the posts for which he has competed. Special attention will be paid in the Personality Test to assess the candidate's capacity for leadership, initiative and intellectual curiosity, tact and other social qualities, mental and physical energy, powers of practical application, integrity of character and aptitude for adapting themselves to the field life.

Standard of papers

The standard of the paper in General English will be such as may be expected of a science graduate. The papers on geological subjects will be approximately of the M.Sc. degree standard of an Indian University and questions will generally be set to test the candidate's grasp of the fundamentals in each subject.