i) Stage I - Combined Geo-Scientist (Preliminary) Examination (Computer Based Objective Type Papers) for the selection of candidates for the Stage-II - 400 Marks
ii) Stage II - Combined Geo-Scientist (Main) Examination (Conventional Type Papers) - 600 Marks
iii) Stage III - Personality Test/Interview - 200 Marks
Stream I - Scientist B (Hydrogeology) -
Subject - Duration - Maximum Marks -
Paper-I : General Studies - 2 Hours - 100 Marks
Paper-II : Geology/Hydrogeology - 2 Hours - 300 Marks
Total - 400 Marks
Stream II - Scientist ‘B’(Geophysics) -
Subject - Duration - Maximum Marks -
Paper I - General Studies - 2 Hours - 100 Marks
Paper II - Geophysics - 2 Hours - 300 Marks
Total - 400 Marks
Stream III - Chemist and Scientist ‘B’(Chemical) -
Subject - Duration - Maximum Marks -
Paper I - General Studies - 2 Hours - 100 Marks
Paper II - Chemistry - 2 Hours - 300 Marks
Total - 400 Marks
There will be penalty (Negative Marking) for wrong answers marked by a candidate in the objective type question papers.
Only those candidates who are declared by the Commission to have qualified in the Preliminary/Stage-I Examination in the year will be eligible for admission to the Main/Stage-II Examination of that year provided they are otherwise eligible for admission to the Main/Stage-II Examination. The marks obtained in Preliminary/Stage-I Examination by the candidates who are declared qualified for admission to the Main/Stage-II Examination will be counted for determining their final order of merit. The number of candidates to be admitted to the Main/Stage-II Examination will be about six to seven times of the total approximate number of vacancies to be filled in the year through this Examination.
The Commission will draw a list of candidates to be qualified for Combined Geo-Scientist (Main) Examination based on the criterion of minimum qualifying marks in General Studies Paper (Paper-I) and Geo-Scientist Stream specific paper (Paper-II) of Preliminary Examination.
The Combined Geo-Scientist (Main) Examination will consist of three conventional type papers for each stream. Conventional Type papers must be answered in English only. Question paper will be set in English only. The detailed scheme of Stage-II is as follows:-
Stage II : Combined Geo-Scientist (Main) Examination -
Stream I - Scientist ‘B’(Hydrogeology) -
Subject - Duration - Maximum Marks-
Paper-I : Geology 3 Hours 200 Marks
Paper-II : Geology 3 Hours 200 Marks
Paper-III : Hydrogeology 3 Hours 200 Marks
Total 600 Marks
Stream II - Scientist ‘B’ (Geophysics) -
Subject - Duration - Maximum Marks-
Paper-I : Geophysics 3 Hours 200 Marks
Paper-II : Geophysics 3 Hours 200 Marks
Paper-III : Geophysics 3 Hours 200 Marks
Total - 600 Marks
Stream III - Chemist & Scientist ‘B’ (Chemical) -
Subject - Duration - Maximum Marks-
Paper I - Chemistry 3 Hours 200 Marks
Paper II - Chemistry 3 Hours 200 Marks
Paper III - Chemistry 3 Hours 200 Marks
Total - 600 Marks.