CSIR CMC Technical Officer Syllabus 2021 ~ Check TO Exam Pattern

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CSIR CMC Technical Officer Syllabus 2021 PDF – Download Madras TO Exam Pattern. Aspirants who want to crack the upcoming CSIR CMC Technical Officer Exam shall go through this article fully and get excellent guidance from our experts. As the exam date will be announced, Aspirants should start the preparation from now to crack the Exam. Here exclusively we had provided the CSIR CMC Technical Officer syllabus 2021. The complete updated CSIR CMC Technical Officer syllabuses 2021 are given below.

CSIR CMC Technical Officer Syllabus 2021 PDF

Name of the BoardCSIR Madras Complex (CMC)
Post NameTechnical Officer
Vacancy01
Selection ProcessCompetitive Exam & Interview
Exam DateAnnounced Soon
StatusNotification Released

CSIR CMC Technical Officer Syllabus 2021:


Mental Ability

  • Analogy
  • Classification
  • Series
  • Coding-Decoding
  • Blood Relations
  • Direction Sense Test
  • Logical Venn Diagrams
  • Alphabet Test
  • Sitting Arrangements
  • Mathematical Operations
  • Arithmetical Reasoning
  • Inserting the Missing Character
  • Number, Ranking and Time Sequence Test
  • Eligibility Test

General Intelligence

  • Classification
  • Analogy
  • Coding and Decoding
  • Matrix
  • Word Formation
  • Venn Diagrams
  • Direction and Distance
  • Blood Relations
  • Series
  • Verbal reasoning
  • Non-Verbal Reasoning

Quantitative Aptitude:

  • Age problems
  • Algebra
  • Alligation or Mixture
  • Area
  • Averages
  • Banker’s Discount
  • Boats and Streams
  • Case Studies
  • Charts and Graphs
  • Compound Interest
  • Data Interpretation
  • Decimal Fraction
  • HCF and LCM
  • Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere
  • Mixture and Allegations
  • Number Systems
  • Partnership
  • Percentages
  • Permutation, Combination and Probability
  • Pipes and Cisterns
  • Probability
  • Problems on Trains
  • Profit and Loss
  • Quadratic Equations
  • Ratio & Proportion, Percentage
  • Ratio and Proportion
  • Sequence and Series
  • Set Theory
  • Simple Interest & Compound Interest
  • Simplification
  • Speed, Distance and Time
  • Square Root and Cube Root
  • Stocks and Shares
  • Surds and Indices
  • Time and Distance
  • Time and Work
  • Trigonometry
  • Volume and Surface Area
  • Work and Time.

CSIR CMC Technical Officer Exam Pattern 2021:

  • The written exam is the initial stage of the selection process. This is a qualifying exam for which candidates have to qualify for this exam for the next stage of the selection process.
  • The marks obtained in the written exam will not be considered for the final selection.
  • Candidates who have not qualified for the written exam will be allowed to attend the trade test OR interview.

Exam Pattern:


  • There will be three papers. Paper II and Paper III will be evaluated only for those candidates who secure the minimum threshold marks (to be determined by the Selection Committee) in Paper I.
  • OMR or Computer based Objective Type Multiple Choice Examination.
  • The question will be set both in English and Hindi except the questions on English language.

Paper I (Time allotted — 1 hour)

SubjectNo. of QuestionsMaximum MarksNegative MarksTotal MarksDurations
Mental Ability Test50100 (two marks for every correct answer)There will be no negative marks in this paper2003 hours

Mental Ability Test will be so devised so as to include General Intelligence, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning, Problem Solving, Situational Judgment etc.


Paper II (Time allotted — 30 minutes)

Subject      No. of QuestionsMaximum MarksNegative Marks
General Awareness2575 (three marks for every correct answer)One negative mark for very wrong answer.
English language2575 (three marks for every correct answer)One negative mark for very wrong answer.

Paper III (Time allotted — 90 minutes)

Subject      No. of QuestionsMaximum MarksNegative Marks
Concerned Subject100300 (three marks for every correct answer)One negative mark for very wrong answer.

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