CGPSC Entrance Exam Date

Can you give me process to get dates for current recruitment examination organizes by Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission, Raipur

Here I am giving you process to get dates for current recruitment examination organizes by Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission, Raipur

===firstly go on official website of Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission, Raipur
==then click on advertisement option given on Home page of it
===now click on your desired exam option and get detailed information about it …

Here I am attaching an image of that page ..

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You did not mention for which entrance exam of Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission (CGPSC) you are looking for.

Recently CGPSC declared the date of the granthpal(Librarian) exam (higher education dept.) which was held on the 7 dec 2014.

CGPSC Librarian exam Pattern

The exam will be objective type multiple choice questions. The exam has paper I and paper II for 2.30 hour each. The wrong answer deducted by one mark.

Exam Structure:

Paper I
General Studies
General Knowledge of Chhattisgarh
Intelligence Test

Paper II
Library and Information Science

CGPSC Librarian exam syllabus

General Studies;




General Knowledge Of Chhattisgarh



Intelligence Test




Paper II

Library and Information Science

Ranganathan’s five laws of library science and their applications : Role of Libraries in academic & Social Institutions. Library Committee: Types and Functions. Library movement and Library legislation in India. Library Association/ Professional Organization: their objective and functions –UNESCO, IFLA, ALA, ILA, IASLIC.

Information, Information science, Information society : Definition, Scope, Objectives, Genesis and Development. Information as resource. Communication channels and barriers. Role of Information in Planning, Management, Socio Economic development and technology transfer. Information Technology and Library. Intellectual Property Rights, Concept, Copyright, Censorship-print and non print Media. Information needs and Information seeking behaviors. Information Products: Nature, Concept, Type, Development and Marketing. Economics of Information. Information Management and Knowledge Management.

Sources of Information, Primary, Secondary, Tertiary,Documentary and non documentary. Reference Service : Concept, Definitions, Importance, Kinds and Nature Reference sources – scope, Purpose, Type, Importance and Evaluation with suitable examples of Encyclopedias, Dictionary, Year books and Almanacs, Directories, Current Reference, Geographical and Biographical Sources.

Bibliographic Service, Indexing and Abstracting Service : Current Awareness Service and Selective Dissemination on Information. Documentation : Meaning, Definition, Objectives, Scope and Development. Reprographic Service. Translation Service. Databases, Bibliographic and Full text-Evaluation. e-documents, e-books, e-journals.

Organization of Knowledge/Information. Modes of formation of subjects : Library Classification – Canons and Principles. Library Classification Schemes – DDC, UDC and CC. Notations: type, structure and qualities.

Library Cataloguing : Canons and Principles. Library Cataloguing Codes -CCC and AACR-II. Bibliographic Records, International standards ISBDs, MARC and CCF. Indexing, Pre-coordinate, Post-coordinate. Vocabulary Control,Thesaurus, Lists of Subject Heading. Database-Search Strategies, Boolean Operators.

Management : principles, functions, School of thoughts. Collection Development,book, Serial, non book material,Selection, Acquisition and Maintenance. Basic consideration in planning of Library building, furnitures, fittings and equipments. Routine Procedures: Circulation, Serial Control, Stock verification/stock rectification. Public relation and Extension Activities. Maintenance of Library records, statistics and annual reports. Resource Sharing. Library Finance and Budget. Budgeting: concepts, types and methods. Human Resource Management,Manpower Planning, Job analysis, Job description, Selection, Recruitment, Motivation, Training and Development, Staff Manual, Leadership and Performance Evaluation.

Information Technology : Components. Impact of IT on Society. Computers ,Hardware, Software, Storage Devices, Input/Output Devices. Telecommunication, Transmission media, Switching systems, Bandwidth,Multiplexing, Modulation, Protocols, Wireless Communication. Fax, E-mail, Tele-conferencing/ Video-conferencing. Networking – concepts, Topologies, Types, LAN, MAN and WAN. Hypertext, Hypermedia, Multimedia.

Library Automation : Areas of automation, Planning, Hardware and Software Selection, OPAC. Networks, ERNET, NICNET, DELNET, OCLC, INFLIBNET. INTERNET, Components, Service, Browsing – Web Browsers, Search Engines. National and International Information Systems : NISSAT, NASSDOC, NISCAIR, DESIDOC, INIS,AGRIS, MEDLARS, INSPEC.

Types of Research : Basic, Applied and Interdisciplinary. Research Design. Methods of Research. Report Writing. Research Methods in Library and Information Science and Services Bibliometrics, Informetrics, Scientometrics – concepts, definition and their scope.

Types of Libraries : National, Public, Academic and Special- Objectives, Structure and Functions. Digital Libraries – Concepts. Virtual Libraries –Concepts. Types of users. User Education: need, objective, methods and evaluation. Users Study: concepts, objective, scope, types, designing and planning. Role of Raja Rammohan Roy Library Foundation. (RRLF) Management Information System- concept, nature, scope and functions.

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