Indian Statistical Service exam is held 2 times in a year to recruit candidates in post of grade IV in the department of Statistical Services, planning board or ministry of planning affairs etc. Candidates having a good command in Statistics are able to cope with this paper. After this written paper, candidates have to go through an interview to get the job.

Qualification for appearing in this exam:

Only citizen of India are allowed to sit for the examination. Education requirement for this paper is post-graduation in Statistics/Applied Statistics/Mathematical Statistics from a recognised University or institution. Candidates in final year are also eligible but they have to produce their pass certificate in interview. Age limitation is 21-30 years but there is relaxation for the SC/ST candidates.

Scoring and Negative Marking:

Questions of equal marks are asked in this paper. There is no provision of negative marking in it as it is a subjective paper.

Mode of Exam:

Paper is of conventional type and questions asked are needed to be answered by pen.

Format:

Paper is of theoretical type based questions and these questions are of equal marks.

Paper Pattern:

Paper of Statistics IV is of subjective type questions. These questions asked are divided into 4-5 sub-questions. There are 8 questions in this paper. The whole exam is of 6 papers of different subjects and after clearing these papers, students go through a personal interview before recruited.

Marking:

There are 200 marks to be scored by the students. Paper is a conventional one and these questions are divided into 4-5 sub-questions. Marks are to be given on the accuracy of answers.

Schedule:

Paper given for the students is 3 hours only.

Recommended Books:

Advanced Statistics from an Elementary Point of View -by Elsevier

Advanced Statistics by Marija J

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