This test is conducted by Comptroller and Audit General of India for recruiting selected candidates to Section officer post in Civil Accounts Branch

Structure of Section Officer’s Grade Examination for Civil Accounts Branch

There will be two parts for this exam.

Subjects for part 1 with their marks and duration are given below

• Service Regulations (Theory) – 100 marks with duration of 1 ½ hours
• Service Regulations (Practical) – 100 marks with duration of 2 ½ hours
• Financial Rules and Principles of Government Accounts – 100 marks with duration of 2 hours
• Constitution of India – 100 marks with 2 hours

Subjects for part 2 with their marks and duration are given below

• Précis and Draft – 100 marks with duration of 2 ½ hours
• Public Works Accounts (Theory) – 100 marks with duration of 1 ½ hours
• Accountancy – 100 marks with duration of 2 hours
• Government Accounts - 100 marks with duration of 2 hours
• Computer System (Theory) – 50 marks with duration of 1 hour
• Computer System (Practical) – 50 marks with duration of 2 hours
• Statistics– 100 marks with duration of 2 hours

Syllabus of Section Officer’s Grade Examination for Civil Accounts Branch

Service Regulations- Theory & Practical

• Fundamental Rules
• Travelling Allowances Rules as contained in the Supplementary Rules
• Central Civil Services Rules
• Defined Contribution Pension Scheme

Financial Rules and Principles of Government Accounts

• Central Government Accounts Rules
• Central Government Compilation of General Financial Rules
• Comptroller and Auditor General’s Manual of Standing Orders (A&E) Vol.II

Constitution of India

• Parts I, V, VI, VIII, IX, IX A, X, XI, XII, XIV, XVIII, XIX and XX of the Constitution of India together with relevant Schedules appended to it
• Comptroller and Auditor General’s Act1971

Précis and Draft

• Précis of a correspondence or of notes on an official subject which is relevant and interesting to Accounts/Audit Offices in the Department
• Drafting of an official letter or Office Memorandum

Public Works Accounts (Theory)

• Central Public Works Accounts Code with Appendices First Edition 1993 (Revised)
• Account Code Volume-III
• Comptroller and Auditor General’s Manual of Standing Orders (A&E) Volume-I

Accountancy

• Fundamental Principles of Accounting
• Accounting Process
• Depreciation
• Provisions
• Reserves
• Bills of Exchange
• Promissory Notes and Cheques
• Financial Statements
• Accounting Standards issued by ICAI
• International Public Sector Accounting Standards of IFAC

Government Accounts

• Government Accounting Rules, 1990
• Accounting Rules for Treasuries 1992
• Account Code for Accountants General
• List of Major and Minor Heads of Accounts of Receipts and Disbursements of the Central and State Governments
• Comptroller and Auditor General’s Manual of Standing Orders (A&E) Volume-I
• Accounts Code Volume-III
• Central Public Works Accounts Code with appendices First Edition 1993
• Book of forms referred in CPWA code

Computer System-Theory

• Information concepts
• Elements of a Computer, Hardware-Software-Computer Capabilities and Limitations
• Computers and Communication
• Operating System (OS): Concepts, Basic Operations of Windows
• Principles of data security, preventive maintenance and trouble shooting

Computer System – Practical

• Introduction to Windows 98
• An overview of MS Office’97 covering MS-Excel 97, MS Power Point’ 97 and MS-Access’97 and MS-Word 97
• Operating skills in Word Processing Package (MS-Word 97)

Statistics and Statistical sampling

• Introduction to Statistical methods
• Summarization of data
• Measures of Central Tendency
• Measures of Dispersion
• Other statistical Measures
• Elementary Probability Theory
• Statistical Sampling
• Risk Analysis & Audit Sampling

Eligibility Criteria

Candidate applying for this test should need Degree approved by any recognized University.

How to Apply?

Online applications should be submitted by the candidate through CAG’s Website www.cag.gov.in.

How to fill the Form?

Form should be filled correctly using block letters. Name should be specified as exactly as in Degree certificate. Forms without filling mandatory fields will not be accepted.

Important Dates (Tentative)

[Please note that we only provide tentative dates based on previous years dates. For exact dates related information it is always best to check official websites only.]

Date of Examination: Last Week of November, 2012

List of Section Officer’s Grade Examination for Civil Accounts Branch centers

• Bangalore
• Agartala
• Bhopal
• Ahmedabad
• Bhubaneswar
• Allahabad
• Gorakhpur
• Chandigarh
• Gwalior
• Chennai
• Guwahati
• Dehradun
• Hyderabad
• Gantok
• Kolkata
• Imphal
• Kohima
• Jaipur
• Lucknow
• Jammu
• Mumbai
• Kochi
• New Delhi
• Madurai
• Pune
• Nagpur
• Rajkot
• Patna
• Shillong
• Ranchi
• Shimla
• Raipur
• Thrissur
• Srinagar
• Thiruvanathapuram

Contact Address for Section Officer’s Grade Examination for Civil Accounts Branch

• Address: The Comptroller & Auditor General of India, Pocket-9, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg, New Delhi -110124.
• E-mail: [email protected]
• Website: www.cag.gov.in

Reference Books for Section Officer’s Grade Examination for Civil Accounts Branch

• Principles and Practice of Accountancy by R.L.Gupta and V.K.Gupta
• Introduction to Accounting by T.S.Grewal
• Compendium of Accounting Standards by ICAI
• IFAC Hand Book of International Public Sector Accounting Board
• “O” Level, Module-1, Information Technology by V.K. Jain
• Easy Guide to Windows 95″ by Alan Simpson
• The ABCs of Word 97 by Guy Hart-Davis
• Fundamental of Statistics – Vol.I by Goon, Gupta and Das Gupta
• Sampling Techniques by W. G. Cochran
• Audit Sampling – an introduction by D. M. Guy

Coaching Centers for Section Officer’s Grade Examination for Civil Accounts Branch

• Alif Academy
• Centre for coaching & Career Planning
• Coaching and Guidance Centre, AMU
• Crescent career Guidance and Coaching Centre
• Crescent Educational Foundation
• Education and Career Guidance Center (ECGC)
• Noor Jahan Foundation
• The Satisfaction Academy
• The Guide
• Nalanda Centre

Study Plan

There will be many candidates for writing this exam as this is a government exam. Therefore there will be tight competition in this exam. To perform well in this exam students need good preparation. It is better to start preparation three months before the exam. Set up daily plan for studying and execute it effectively. Change that schedule every week and revise topics at the end of each week. Divide the topics into small segments and prioritize it according to the difficulty in each segment. Allocate time according to the difficulty in each segment. It is better to practice with sample questions which resembles the pattern of the exam. Student can collect old question papers or question banks for this. Evaluate the answers and understand any difficulty in answering a question. If there is any difficulty, then it indicates insufficient knowledge of a topic. Study that topic again and improve the knowledge of the concerned topic. Avoid getting strained from studying.

How and Where To Get the Results?

• Results will be available on the website www.cag.gov.in

Score Validity

• Score will be valid until recruitment is complete for all vacancies.