The Phase – 2 Exam was held on September 16, 2023 after around 2 months of the Phase-1 Exam. The number of vacancies was 13 for both kinds of candidates – English/Hindi Stream Interpreters and Regional Language/Stream Interpreters as shown below:
Phase – II Written Test Marks distribution:
For English/Hindi Interpreters:
Paper – 1 (English/Hindi Interpreters)
SECTIONS | NO. OF QUESTIONS | MARKS | TIME |
GK & CURRENT AFFAIRS | 50 | 50 | 75 Min. |
ENGLISH | 50 | 50 | |
HINDI | 50 | 50 |
- Questions asked in Current Affairs (Memory-based): –
- What was the launch date of the Chandrayan-3 Mission?
- Who is the new Railway Head?
- Which state does Mary Kom belong to?
Questions asked in General Knowledge (Memory-based): –
- Bhopal Gas Tragedy
- Section 21A
- All about Westerlies
Sections in English (Memory-based): –
- Common Errors
- Idioms and Phrases like ‘take a rain check’ etc.
- Synonyms
- Antonyms
- Spellings like ‘elocution’ etc.
- One-word Substitutions
- Cloze Test
- Passages
हिंदी खण्ड
- सामान्य त्रुटियाँ
- पर्यायवाची शब्द
- विलोम शब्द
- मुहावरें जैसे दाँत खट्टे करना ईत्यादि
- अलंकार
- वर्णमाला
- समास
- संधि
- अनुच्छेद……
Paper – II
SECTIONS | NO. OF QUESTIONS | MARKS | TIME |
English to Hindi Translation | 1 Long Passage on Philosophy | 100 | 120 Min. |
Hindi to English Translation | Two Passages on Gandhian Philosophy and the other | 80 | |
Technical Terms (From Hindi to English) | 20 | 20 |
20 पारिभाषिक शब्द पूछे गए थे, जिनमें कुछ है- (स्मृति पर आधारित)
1. लेखापाल
2. अनुमोदन
3. निमित्त
4. अनुस्मारक
5. आरोप पात्र
6. गोपनीय
7. नौकरशाही….
Likely Cut-offs-
As mentioned in the notification, the candidates need to secure minimum qualifying marks in each component of Paper-I (GK & Current Affairs, English and Hindi). On the basis of it, the second Paper will be evaluated. As per the feedback from the examinees, the paper was moderate while a majority said that the papers were easily.
Considering these, the likely cut-off of the Paper – I would be between 85 and 95 out of 150. The cut-off for the Paper-II is likely to be between 100 and 110 out of 200.