Assam Rifles Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2024: The Assam Rifles recruitment process for groups B & C was announced in their official notification recently and the Assam Rifles Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2024 for the recruitment was released on their official site. The last date to apply for the Assam Rifles recruitment was in November; The aspirants for the Assam Rifles recruitment should keep the following in mind for the exam and selection process and refer to this article for an overall view of what the syllabus and exam pattern looks like for their benefit:
For the aspirants to have detailed information about what to expect and what to be informed about, they must all download the Assam Rifles Syllabus pdf.
The aspirants will have to go through the various rounds, aka Physical Standards Test (PET)/ Physical Efficiency Test (PET), written test, trade test, and Medical Examination for their final selection for Assam Rifles Group B & C posts.
As per the expected exam pattern, the Assam Rifles written exam will be conducted for a total of 100 marks.
The admit card for the examination will be released on the commission's official site, a few weeks before the examination.
The selection process for Assam Rifles recruitment is expected to include four rounds before final selection. These are Physical Standard Test (PST)/Physical Efficiency Test (PET), Written Test, Trade Test (Skill Test), Medical and Review Medical Test, and Merit List.
Written exam:
Key highlights of the written exam as expected to be seen in Assam Rifles Exam pattern 2024:
The Assam Rifles written exam is to be conducted in offline mode and will be objective type in nature, having 100 multiple-choice questions (MCQs).
The written exam will have 4 different sections - English, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability, and General Awareness; Each section has 25 questions with equal weightage, aka each question being of 1 mark.
Subjects
No. of Questions
Marks
English Language
25
25
Reasoning Ability
25
25
Quantitative Aptitude
25
25
General Awareness
25
25
Total
100
100
There is no mention of negative marking in the Assam Rifles written exam.
The minimum passing mark for General/EWS candidates is 35% and the minimum passing mark for SC/ST/OBC candidates is 33%.
NCC certificate holders are provisionally given incentive marks which are added to the normal scores of candidates; However the benefit to NCC certificate holders is only given on production of the original certificate supporting their claims during document verification.
Trade/Skill Test
Technical and Tradesmen personnel (other than Clerks & PA) have to undergo a trade test after the successful completion of the written test, which is qualifying in nature.
Only after the clearing of the trade test will the candidates go through Detailed Medical Examination (DME) and Review Medical Examination (RME).
It is expected that the Clerks & PA will have to undergo the trade test after the completion of the PET/PST.
Detailed Medical Examination (ME) and Review Medical Examination (RME)
Detailed Medical Examination (DME) and Review Medical Examination (RME) is conducted for recruitment Medical Examination for GOs and NGOs.
Assam Rifles syllabus for 2024
The expected Assam Rifles Syllabus (based on 2023 examination) has been discussed below for each section. The aspirants are advised to familiarize themselves with subject-wise topics from the table below:
Subject
Syllabus/Topics
English (Language)
Prepositions
Substitution
Transformation
Spotting Errors
Passage Completion
Arranging sentences
Active and Passive Voice
Synonyms and Antonyms
Paragraph Completion
Spell Test
Joining Sentences
Completing a sentence
Idioms and Phrases
Improving a sentence
Fill in the blanks
Error Correction (Phrase in Bold)
Error Correction (Underlined Part)
Reasoning Ability
Arithmetical Number Series
Similarities & Differences
Decision-Making
Figural Series
Relationship Concepts
Analogies
Space Visualization
Coding-Decoding
Arithmetical Reasoning
Directions
Analysis & Judgment
Visual Memory
Problem-Solving
Verbal & Figure Classification
Discrimination
Data Sufficiency
Quantitative Aptitude
Boats and Streams
Simple & Compound Interest
Ratio and Proportion
Pipes and Cisterns
H.C.F. and L.C.M
Number Systems
Profit and Loss problems
Percentages
Problems on Ages
Finding Average
Time and Distance
Discounts
Data Interpretation
Mixture and Alligation
Time and Work
General Awareness
History
Geography
Polity
Environment
Current Affairs
Abbreviations
Terminology
Awards & Prizes
International Space Stations and Festivals of India and World
UNO
Indian Armed Forces
Continents and Sub Continents
The Constitution of India
Institutions and Research Stations
Indian News Agencies and Dailies
Indian Towns, States, and Union Territories
The World of Plants and Animals
Inventions and Discoveries
National and International Days
Books and Authors
International Organizations
Environment
Religious Communities and Principal Languages
Tips to prepare for the exam
Aspirants are advised to form a proper schedule and follow it with discipline to clear the Assam Rifles Recruitment.
Identification of one's strengths and weaknesses during the preparation for exams is vital. Depending on this, candidates can allocate time accordingly to prepare different sections coming in the exam.
Having time left for revision is vital to any exam preparation; The timetable must be prepared in a way so that some time is left to revise the syllabus to increase retention capacity.
Attempting mock tests, revision of previous year papers, and following the Assam Rifles syllabus will help the candidates achieve their desired goal in the Assam Rifles recruitment process.
Reference books for the exam
Subject/Topic
Reference books
General Awareness
NCERTS from 6th to 12th standards
Manorama Yearbook
India Yearbook
MCQs on General Awareness subjects
Current Affairs- Disha Publications
General Knowledge Manual 2024- Thorpe and Thorpe
Reasoning Ability
Analytical Reasoning- M K Pandey
New Approach to Reasoning Verbal, Non-Verbal & Analytical- BS Sijwali, Indu Sijwal
Modern Approach to Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning- R.S Aggarwal
Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation for CAT- Nishit K. Sinha
How to Crack Test of Reasoning- Jaikishan and Premkishan
Quantitative Aptitude
Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations- R.S. Aggarwal
