Prasar Bharati Exam Pattern Syllabus Papers & Books

SSC has just announced the date for  Prasar Bharati Combined Recruitment Exam 2013, scheduled to be held on  26th May 2013 and this articl...

SSC has just announced the date for Prasar Bharati Combined Recruitment Exam 2013, scheduled to be held on 26th May 2013 and this article is being posted so as to help you prepare for this exam with prep materials for Prasar Bharati Exam - it at first discusses about the exam pattern & syllabus as given in the notification and than points you to the sample papers & prep books that you can use to prepare for for Prasar Bharati Exam.

If you do not know much about this exciting opportunity to join Prasar Bharati (i.e. read All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan (DD)) as an Engineering Assistant or Technician, please go through my previous blog post titled: SSC Prasar Bharati Recruitment 2013 Engineering Assistant & Technician.

Having said that, let us find the study/prep materials for Prasar Bharati Engineering Assistant & Technician Exam. But at the very outset let me tell you that prep materials available on the net is scarce for Prasar Bharati Exam. 

Prasar Bharati Exam Pattern:

There are two positions in Prasar Bharati for which SSC is conducting this exam: Engineering Assistant & Technician. If you look closely, you would find that lower eligibility (i.e. academic qualification) required for both the positions are almost same - i.e. Diploma in related field of engineering. That is why the pattern of SSC Prasar Bharati Exam is same for both the positions.

You can find the pattern of exam in the table at right. There are two papers:

1.0 Paper-I: 

Objective type (200 question, 200 mark, 2 hour)

2.0 Paper-II: 

Descriptive type (200 mark, 2 hour).

Specialization subject for Engineering Assistants:

Physics, Radio Engineering, Telecommunication Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Information Technology.

Specialization subject for Technicians

Electronics Engineering & Telecommunication Engineering

Thus there are 400 marks in the Prasar Bharati written test for Engineering Assistant & Technicians. Post written test, there is a 100 mark Interview for Engineering Assistant. However, there is no Interview for Technicians.

You can find the sections within the Prasar Bharati exam, number of questions and marks in the table above. As you can find in the above exam format, there is 300 marks for the Technical knowledge - 100 mark Objective & 200 mark Descriptive. So you must go refresh the college days knowledge of your technical discipline.

SSC Prasar Bharati Exam Syllabus:

I am reproducing the Prasar Bharati Exam Syllabus, which was given in page-26 of the SSC official notification.

Syllabus For Paper I of Prasar Bharati Exam:

A. General Intelligence & Reasoning:  

It would include questions of both verbal and non-verbal type. This component may include questions on analogies, similarities and differences, space visualization, spatial orientation, problem solving, analysis, judgement, decision making, visual memory, discrimination, observation, relationship concepts,   arithmetical reasoning and figural classification, arithmetic number series, non-verbal series, coding and decoding, statement conclusion, syllogistic reasoning etc. The topics are, Semantic Analogy, Symbolic/Number Analogy, Figural Analogy, Semantic Classification, symbolic/Number Classification, Figural Classification, Semantic Series, Number Series,  Figural Series, Problem Solving, Word Building, Coding & de-coding, Numerical Operations, symbolic Operations, Trends, Space Orientation, Space Visualization, Venn Diagrams, Drawing inferences, Punched hole/pattern  –folding & un-folding, Figural Pattern  – folding and completion, Indexing, Address matching, Date & city matching, Classification of centre codes/roll numbers, Small & Capital letters/numbers coding, decoding and classification, Embedded Figures, Critical thinking, Emotional Intelligence, Social Intelligence, Other sub-topics, if any.

B. General Awareness: 

Questions in this component will be aimed at testing the candidate‘s general awareness of the environment around him and its application to society.  Questions will also be designed to test knowledge of current events and of  such matters of every day observations and experience in their scientific aspect as may be expected of any educated person.    The test will also include questions relating to India and its neighbouring countries especially pertaining History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General Polity & Scientific Research.

C. Technical Knowledge: The questions will be of degree level in Physics/diploma level in the concerned subject.

Syllabus For Paper II of Prasar Bharati Exam:

The questions will be of Degree level in Physics/Diploma level in concerned subject.

Prasar Bharati Exam Sample Papers:

I had tried hard to locate sample/model/previous year’s paper for subject test section of Prasar Bharati Exam, but failed to locate any. So please take help of your own college days study materials.

Prep books for Prasar Bharati Exam:

I could find only a single book on Radio Engineering which is exclusive to Prasar Bharati Exam. There are no other books. As told above,  please take help of your own college days study materials for the subject test sections. I am also giving below the names of few books which are meant for Diploma level recruitment in other PSU like NTPC etc.

These books are available in most of the bookstores, but you can also order them online by clicking the links below, from Flipkart.com which offers huge discounts, apart from free shipping/postage in India, if the order exceeds Rs. 500/=. You can choose to pay through Credit Card/Debit Card/Internet Banking. You can also choose to pay through “Cash-on-Delivery” i.e. you pay in cash only when the same is delivered at your doorstep:

Prasar Bharati All India Radio—Engg. Asst. Exam Guide by RPH Editorial Board
Cover Price:Rs 410; Offer Price:Rs.328; Discount:Rs. 82 (20%)

Principles of Electronics 11th Edition Author: V.K. Mehta, Rohit Mehta Publisher: S. Chand
Cover Price: Rs. 425 Offer Price:Rs. 353/- Discount:Rs. 72/= (17%)

NTPC Electrical Engineering Diploma Trainees Recruitment Examination by G K P
Cover Price: Rs. 450 Offer Price:Rs. 369/- Discount:Rs.81/= (18%)

As said in the beginning of this blog post, materials for preparation for Prasar Bharati Exam on the net is very few and the same are non-authoritative. Therefore from my own experience on dealing with similar exams I have posted the above sample papers/books for the exam. If you locate any other good resources for Prasar Bharati Exam, kindly post the same as a comment below to help the future examinee.