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WB Excise Constable Recruitment 2023: Notification

WB Excise Constable Recruitment 2023 notification will be released soon on the official website of the WBPRB. Candidates should be between 18 and 27 years of age and have qualified the Madyamik Examination from the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education or equivalent in order to sit for the WB Excise Constable examination. Additionally, he or she must have Bengali or Nepali as a language in their 10th standard examination.

Note: The WB Excise Constable Recruitment 2024 notification has not been published yet. Keep an eye on the official website for updates and announcements.

Particulars

Details

Recruiting Body

West Bengal Police

Post

Excise Constable

Official Website

Official website of West Bengal Police

Number of vacancies as per 2019

3,000 (Tentative)

Mode of the examination

Offline

Selection Process
  • Preliminary Written Test
  • Physical Measurement Test
  • Physical Efficiency Test
  • Final Written Exam
  • Interview
  • Document Verification
  • Medical Test.

Official Website

WB Police

Category

Number of Vacancies

Unreserved (UR)

1,170

Unreserved (EC)

480

Scheduled Caste

450

Scheduled Caste (EC)

210

Scheduled Tribe

120

Scheduled Tribe (EC)

60

OBC – A

210

OBC – A (EC)

90

OBC – B

150

OBC – B (EC)

60

WB Excise Constable Recruitment Examination 2023: Eligibility Criteria

The board may alter the eligibility requirements for 2023. Below we have shared the eligibility criteria as published in the official notification for the 2019 exam.

  • Age Criteria
  • Minimum Age Limit: 18 years
  • Maximum Age Limit: 27 years

Here we have provided the age relaxation table for WB Excise Constable 2023 exam:

Category Relaxation of Upper Age
Candidates of West Bengal who belong to the OBC category 3 years
Candidates of West Bengal who belong to the SC/ST category 5 years

b) Educational Qualification:

A candidate must have qualified the Madhyamik Examination from the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education or its equivalent and should have Bengali or Nepali as a language in their Madhyamik Examination.

C) Physical Standards:

Class Height (in cm.) Chest (in cm.) Weight (in kg.)
Candidates of all categories (apart from Gorkhas, Rajbanshis and Scheduled Tribes) 167 78 cm with a minimum expansion of 05 cm (78cm – 83cm) Has to correspond with the as per medical standards
Gorkhas, Rajbanshis and Scheduled Tribes 160 76 cm with a minimum expansion of 05 cm (76 cm – 81 cm) Has to correspond with the as per medical standards
Class Height (in cm.) Weight (in kg.)
Candidates of all categories (apart from Gorkhas, Rajbanshis and Scheduled Tribes) 160 Has to correspond with the as per medical standards
Gorkhas, Rajbanshis and Scheduled Tribes 152 Has to correspond with the as per medical standards
Height (Barefoot) (In cm)Desirable weight of Male Excise Constable in kgDesirable weight of Female Excise Constable in kg
152 – 44-57
154 – 44-58
156 – 45-58
158 – 46-59
160 52-65 48-61
162 53-66 49-62
164 54-67 50-64
166 55-69 51-65
168 56-71 52-66
170 58-73 53-67
172 59-74 55-69
174 60-75 56-70
176 62-77 58-72
178 64-79 59-74
180 65-80 60-77
182 66-82 61-78
184 67-84 63-80
186 69-86 64-82
188 71-88 66-84
190 73-90 –
192 75-93 –

WB Excise Constable Recruitment 2023: Apply Online

Candidates can apply when the application dates will be announced by the authorities. They can follow these simple steps to complete the application process:

  • Go to the WB Excise official website.
  • Register yourself by entering information such as your name, email address, phone number, and so on.
  • Sign in and provide information such as your category, date of birth, educational background, and so on.
  • Upload the documents required as well as a recent passport-size image.
  • Pay the application fee and then click the ‘Submit’ button.
  • Download and print the application form for future reference.

The candidates need to pay an application fee for completing the application process.

Category Fee for Application Fee for Processing Total Amount Payable
All categories apart from Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe (of West Bengal only) INR 200/- INR 20/- INR 220/-
Scheduled Caste (West Bengal only) – INR 20/- INR 20/-
Scheduled Tribe (West Bengal only) – INR 20/- INR 20/-
Subject Syllabus for the examination
Bengali Language
  • History of Bengali Literature
  • Chronological track from Proto-European to Bengali
  • Historical stages of Bengali and their linguistic features
  • Dialects of Bengali
  • Women and Bengali Literature
  • Tagore and Post Tagoreans
  • Bengali Dramatic Literature
  • Elements of Bengali Vocabulary
  • Forms of Bengali Literary Prose – Sadhu and Chalit
Nepali Language
  • History of the origin and development of Nepali
  • Grammar and phonology
  • Fundamentals
  • Standardization and Modernization
  • Major literary trends and movements
  • Theories of literature
  • Nepali folklores
Subject Syllabus for Examination
General Knowledge National Dance
  Music and Literature
  Indian Culture
  Scientific Observations
  Political Science
  World organizations
  Countries and Capitals
  Famous Places in India
  Books and Authors
  Important Dates
  About India and its neighboring countries
  Science and innovations
  New Inventions
  Economic problems in India
  Geography of India
  National and International Current Affairs
English Language Spelling Test
  Substitution
  Completion of passage
  Phrases and Idioms
  Sentence
  Completion
  Comection of Errors
  Transformation
  Antonyms
  Active and Passive Voice
  Substitution
  Completion of paragraphs
  Joining sentences
  Correction of Sentences
  Improvement of Sentences
  Synonyms
  Prepositions
  Arrangement of Sentences
  Fill in the blanks
  Spotting emons
Elementary Mathematics Sense of numbers and numeration
  Measurement
  Equations and formulas
  Compact and straight-edge
  Similarity and congruence
  Three-dimensional geometry
  Rational numbers
  Analytic geometry
  Negative numbers
  Exponents and radicals
  Patterns, nelations and functions
  Slopes and trigonometry
  United States
  Analysis and the representation of data
  Basic two-dimensional geometry
  Proportions
Reasoning Venn diagram
  Blood relations
  Coding and decoding
  Ranking of numbers
  Arithmetical reasoning
  Mirror Images
  Grouping of identical figures
  Figure matrix questions
  The problem of calculation of age
  Making of decisions
  Inference
  Analogy
  Non-Verbal series
  Test of Direction Sense
  Number Series
  Series of alphabets
  Arguments

WB Excise Constable Recruitment 2023: Exam Pattern

The West Bengal Excise Constable Recruitment Exam consists of two stages. The specifics of each stages are detailed below.

Subject Questions Marks
Test of Language (Bengali/Nepali) 50 50
General Awareness and Reasoning 50 50

Final Written Exam

The final step will be a written exam after passing the PMT/PET. This exam will put candidate’s one step closer to getting hired. A total of 90 questions will be asked during the exam, which will last an hour and thirty minutes. Each incorrect answer will result in a negative marking.The specifics are as follows:

Subject No. of Questions Marks
General Knowledge and General Awareness 30 30
English 30 30
Elementary Mathematics (Standard of Madhyamik) 20 20
Reasoning 10 10

WB Excise Constable Recruitment Examination 2023: Selection Process

The board will shortlist the best applicants through a selection process. Candidates must clear all the stages for getting the job.The selection process is divided into the following parts, as defined by the committee for the year 2019. The same stages are expected to be followed for the 2023 cycle. The stages are as follows:

  • Preliminary Written Test
  • Physical Measurement Test
  • Physical Efficiency Test
  • Final Written Test
  • Interview
  • Verification of Document
  • Medical Test

WB Excise Constable Recruitment Examination 2023: Admit Card

Candidates should download their admit card prior to the exam. They can get their admit cards by visiting the official website of the WBPRB. The following are the processes for downloading the admit card:

  • Visit the official website.
  • On the webpage, click the ‘Recruitment’ button.
  • Look for the announcement titled ‘WB Excise Admit Card’ and click on it.
  • Enter your legitimate login information, such as your registration number and password.
  • When your admit card displays on the screen, take a print out of it.

WB Excise Constable Recruitment Examination 2023: Result

WBPRB will publish the results on its official website. The cut-off marks will be given together with the candidates’ scores. The process to get the result are as follows:

  • Visit the official website.
  • Click on the “Recruitment” button.
  • Search and select the “WB Excise Result” message.
  • The result will come out in a PDF format. You can fast access your result by hitting CTRL+F.
Category Cutoff
For Unreserved Candidate 72% to 80%
For Unreserved (EC) 66% to 75%
For Scheduled Caste 53% to 59%
For Scheduled Caste (EC) 49% to 54%
For Scheduled Tribe 50% to 55%
For Scheduled Tribe (EC) 48% to 54%
For OBC – A 65% to 72%
For OBC – A (EC) 61% to 66%
For OBC- B 58% to 65%
For OBC – B (EC) 56% to 62%

WB Excise Constable Recruitment 2023: Salary and Benefits

WB Excise Constable receive a handsome monthly salary in exchange for their service. Here is the breakdown of their salary:

Name of the postPay ScalePay-Band/Level of payGrade PayWB Excise ConstableINR 5,400 – INR 25,200/-Level 2INR 2,600/-

Candidates can earn a higher position after 5-8 years of work based on internal assessments in addition to promotions and salary increments.

FAQs

Yes, negative marking will be used in West Bengal excise constable exams. If an answer is incorrect, a quarter of a score will be deducted both in the preliminary and main exams.

A personal interview along with document verification is conducted for candidates who clear the preliminary and main examination in the WB Excise Constable Exam.

The duration of WB Excise Constable Written Exam is 1 hour 30 minutes.

There will be 85 Questions in the WB Excise Constable Written Exam.

The reasoning topics that a candidate should concentrate for the WB Excise Constable Exam are:

  • Venn diagram
  • Blood relations
  • Coding and decoding
  • Ranking of numbers
  • Arithmetical reasoning
  • Mirror images
  • Grouping of identical figures
  • Figure matrix questions
  • The problem of calculation of age
  • Making of decisions
  • Inference
  • Analogy
  • Non-Verbal series
  • Test of Direction Sense
  • Number Series
  • Series of alphabets
  • Arguments

A candidate can get the WB Excise Constable Exam previous year question papers on their official website.

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