Rajya Sabha Secretariat Junior Parliamentary Interpreter(Regional Languages) Scheme of Exam

Examination Scheme for Recruitment to the post

of Junior Parliamentary Interpreter (Regional Language)

The Examination Scheme for recruitment to the post of Junior Parliamentary Interpreter (Regional Language) in the Rajya Sabha Secretariat consists of four stages -

1.Oration Test

2.Written Test

3.Simultaneous Interpretation Test

4.Interview

1. Oration Test

Examination	Paper	Marks	Time
Oration Test	I.English	100	3 minutes

In the Oration Test seven topics will be given to the candidates and a candidate will be required to speak ex-tempore for three minutes in English on any one topic. The objective of the test is to assess fluency, language content; style, pronunciation and accent; material content; and voice of the candidate.

2. Written Test

Candidates qualifying the Oration Test for the post of Junior Parliamentary Interpreter (Regional Language) will have to appear for written test as per the details given below:

Examination	Paper	Marks	Time
[Objective Type- Multiple Choice Answers] [Descriptive Type]	I.i)General Awareness (40 questions) ii)General Intelligence (40 questions) iii) English Language (40 questions) iv) Regional Language(40 questions) II. Translation (Regional Language to English)	40 40 40 40 160 100 100	2 hrs. 2 hrs.

Candidates have to qualify both papers of the Written Test and components thereof at the requisite standards to be determined by Recruitment Cell.Only those candidates who qualify the Written Test will be allowed to appear in the Simultaneous Interpretation test. Prior to that, candidates would be provided short training in Simultaneous Interpretation.

3. Simultaneous Interpretation Test

Examination	Paper	Marks	Time
Simultaneous Interpretation Test	Regional Language to English	100	10 minutes

In the Simultaneous Interpretation Test, the performance of the candidates will be assessed under five specific parameters i.e. Coverage; Accuracy; Style and Diction; Continuity of Interpretation; and Voice, Pronunciation and Accent. Only those candidates who qualify the Simultaneous Interpretation Test will be allowed to appear for the Interview.

 

4. Interview (40 marks)

The interview is structured to evaluate the interests, knowledge, traits, aptitude, skills etc. of the candidates with a view to assess his/her overall personality and to judge his/her suitability for the post.

5. Merit List

Merit List will be prepared based on the overall marks obtained in Oration Test(100 marks), Written Test (260 marks), Simultaneous Interpretation Test (100 marks) and the Interview (40 marks). Candidates eliminated at any stage of recruitment process would not be included in the final merit list.

Syllabus for Recruitment to the post

of Junior Parliamentary Interpreter (Regional Language)

Syllabus:

The syllabus of the Written Test for recruitment to the post of Junior Parliamentary Interpreter (Regional Language) in the Rajya Sabha Secretariat is as under:

Paper I

General Intelligence

Questions shall be both verbal and non-verbal types.Test may include questions on analogies, similarities, differences, space visualization, problem solving, analysis, judgment, decision making, visual memory, discrimination, observation, relationship, concepts, arithmetical reasoning, verbal and figure classification, arithmetical number series, coding & decoding, etc.

General Awareness

Questions shall aim at testing the candidate's awareness of current events and environment around him, besides testing the knowledge of Everyday Science, Scientific Research, Sports, Indian Culture, Indian History, Indian Geography, Economics, Indian Polity, Indian Constitution, etc.

English Language

Questions in this component are designed to test the candidate's understanding, correct usage and knowledge of English Language and will be based on error recognition, fill in the blanks (using Verbs, Prepositions, etc.), vocabulary, spellings, grammar, sentence structure, synonyms, antonyms, sentence completion, phrases and idioms, etc.

Regional Language

Questions in this component are designed to test the candidate's understanding, correct usage and knowledge of the particular regional language based on error recognition, vocabulary, spellings, grammar, sentence structure, synonyms, antonyms, phrases and idioms etc. The paper shall also test the candidate's knowledge of history and classical literature of the regional language.

Paper - II

Translation (Regional Language to English)

This paper will contain passages for translation from Regional Language to English. The other questions in the paper shall test the candidate's translation skills, his/her knowledge of the Regional Language, including familiarity with Parliamentary expressions, language used in Parliamentary debates and discussions and his/her knowledge of the general phrases/terminologies etc. The paper shall also test his/her ability to write the regional language correctly, precisely and effectively.