Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) will conduct a three-stage recruitment process -Prelims, Mains & Skill Test to recruit eligible candidates for Upper Division Clerk. The prelims exam & skill test will be of qualifying nature and the final selection will be based on the marks scored by the candidates in ESIC UDC Phase-II (Mains) Exam. The candidate must prepare according to the exam pattern and ESIC UDC Syllabus 2024 as mentioned in the notification. To begin with, your preparation for ESIC UDC Exam 2024, go through the complete article that indicates ESIC UDC Syllabus for all phases. 

ESIC UDC Syllabus 2024 and Exam Pattern

The selection for ESIC Recruitment 2024 for Upper Division Clerk vacancies will be done through three stages- Prelims, Mains & Skill Test. The interested candidates must not take the examination lightly and start their preparation now onwards with the detailed ESIC UDC Syllabus as discussed here. 

ESIC UDC Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2024
Recruitment BodyEmployees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC)
Post NameUpper Division Clerk
CategorySyllabus
Exam LevelNational
Mode of ExamOnline
Marking SchemePrelims- 2 mark for each
Mains & Skill Test- 1 mark for each
Negative Marking0.25 marks or ¼th marks
Selection ProcessPrelims- Mains- Skill Test
Official Websitehttps://www.esic.nic.in/

ESIC UDC Exam Pattern 2024

The ESIC UDC Exam Pattern for Phase-I, II, and III has been discussed in this section with complete details. The candidates should prepare as per the pattern released by ESIC in the notification which is as follows-

Phase-1 Prelims Exam

  1. This stage will be of qualifying nature only & marks will not be included in the final selection.
  2. There will be 4 sections- General Intelligence and Reasoning, General Awareness, Quantitative Aptitude, and English Comprehension.
  3. There will be 100 Objective Type Questions with 2 marks each for the correct answer.
  4. There will be a negative marking of one-fourth mark for each incorrect answer.
  5. The duration of the test will be 60 minutes (1 hour).
ESIC UDC Prelims Exam Pattern 2024
S. No.Name of the Test No. of QuestionsMax. MarksDuration
1General Intelligence and Reasoning25501 hour
(60 minutes)
2General Awareness2550
3Quantitative Aptitude2550
4English Comprehension2550
Total100200

Phase-2 Mains Exam

  1. This stage will be of a scoring nature & marks will be considered in the final selection
  2. There will be 4 sections- General Intelligence and Reasoning, General Awareness, Quantitative Aptitude, and English Comprehension.
  3. There will be 200 Objective Type Questions with 1 mark each for the correct answer.
  4. There will be a negative marking of one-fourth mark for each incorrect answer.
  5. The duration of the test will be 120 minutes (2 hours).
ESIC UDC Mains Exam Pattern 2024
S. No.Name of the Test No. of questions.Max.MarksDuration
1General Intelligence and Reasoning5050 2 hours
2General Awareness5050
3Quantitative Aptitude5050
4English Comprehension5050
Total200200

Phase-3 Computer Skill Test

There will be no negative marking for this phase & the marks scored by the candidates will not be considered for the final merit list.

S.No.Description of TestMarksTotalMarksDuration
1Preparation of 02 PowerPoints Slides1050 marks30 minutes
2Typing matter on MS Word with formatting20
3Preparation of Table on MS Excel with use of formulae20

ESIC UDC Syllabus 

Here we have provided the section-wise syllabus for ESIC UDC Written Examination 2024. Check the topics which will be covered for the exam and start preparing now. Though the subjects are common in Phase-I & Phase-II, however, the difference lies in their difficulty level & the number of questions. The candidates must clear their basics for each subject to score good marks in both stages. 

ESIC UDC Syllabus 2024 For Reasoning

Verbal Reasoning

  1. Analogy
  2. Series Completion
  3. Verification of truth of the Statement
  4. Situation Reaction Test
  5. Direction Sense Test
  6. Classification
  7. Data Sufficiency
  8. Alpha-Numeric Sequence Puzzle
  9. Puzzle Test
  10. Blood Relations
  11. Coding-Decoding
  12. Assertion and Reasoning
  13. Arithmetical Reasoning
  14. Operations of Mathematics
  15. Venn Diagrams
  16. Word Sequence
  17. Missing Characters
  18. Sequential Output training
  19. Directions
  20. Test on Alphabets
  21. Eligibility Test

Non-Verbal Reasoning

  1. Dot Situation
  2. Identical figure groupings
  3. Forming figures and analysis
  4. Construction of Squares and Triangles
  5. Series
  6. Analytical Reasoning
  7. Paper Folding
  8. Paper Cutting
  9. Cubes and Dice
  10. Water Images
  11. Mirror Images
  12. Figure Matrix
  13. Completion Incomplete Pattern
  14. Spotting embedded figures
  15. Classification
  16. Rules Detection
ESIC UDC Syllabus 2024 For General Awareness
  1. Finance Commissions
  2. Taxes on Income and Expenditure
  3. Financial and Railway Budget
  4. Revenue of Central Government
  5. Economic Planning
  6. Inflation
  7. National Income
  8. Public Finance
  9. Bills
  10. Concept of Budget
  11. Schemes and Policies implemented by Government
  12. Indian Banking Industry History
  13. Functions of Banks
  14. Types of Banks
  15. RBI and its Monetary Policy
  16. Capital market in India
  17. Money Market in India
  18. Role of Banking.
ESIC UDC Syllabus 2024 For General Intelligence
  1. Number Ranking
  2. Figurative Classification
  3. Classification
  4. Blood Relations
  5. Arrangements
  6. Arithmetical Reasoning
  7. Mathematical Operations
  8. Venn diagrams
  9. Number Series
  10. Figural Pattern
  11. Cubes and Dice
  12. Analogies
  13. Non-Verbal Series
  14. Coding-Decoding
  15. Logical Venn Diagrams
  16. Directions
  17. Number, Ranking & Time Sequence
ESIC UDC Syllabus 2024 For Quantitative Aptitude
  1. Simple Equations
  2. Quadratic Equations
  3. Indices and Surds
  4. Mensuration
  5. Percentages
  6. Areas
  7. Time and Distance
  8. Problems on Trains
  9. Odd Man Out
  10. Numbers and Ages
  11. Pipes and Cisterns
  12. Time and Work Partnership
  13. Ratio and Proportion
  14. Simple Interest
  15. Probability
  16. Averages
  17. Problems on L.C.M and H.C.F
  18. Problems on Numbers
  19. Compound Interest
  20. Volumes Profit and Loss
  21. Races and Games
  22. Mixtures and Allegations
  23. Boats and Streams
  24. Permutations and Combinations
  25. Simplification and Approximation
ESIC UDC Syllabus 2024 For English Language
  1. Spellings/Detecting Mis-spelt words
  2. Common Error
  3. Active/Passive Voice of Verbs
  4. Comprehension Passage
  5. Cloze Passage
  6. Fill in the Blanks
  7. Shuffling of Sentence parts
  8. Conversions
  9. Sentence Rearrangement
  10. Grammar
  11. Shuffling of Sentences in a passage
  12. Improvement of Sentences
  13. Synonyms/Homonyms
  14. Antonyms
  15. Vocabulary
  16. Idioms & Phrases

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ESIC UDC Qualifying Marks

The candidates must score minimum qualifying marks as decided by ESIC for both Prelims & Mains Exam. The candidates scoring less than these minimum qualifying marks will not be considered for next stage of selection process. 

PhasesCategories
UROBCSC, ST, ESMPWD
Phase-I  & II (Prelims & Mains)45%40%35%30%

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ESIC UDC Syllabus 2024: FAQs

Ans. Yes, there will be a negative marking for Prelims & Mains Exam for ESIC UDC 2024.

Ans. The ESIC UDC Minimum Qualifying marks for UR is 45%, OBC is 40%, SC, ST, ESM is 35% and PWD is 30%

Ans. Yes, ESIC UDC Prelims Exam is of qualifying in nature.

Ans. Yes, ESIC UDC Prelims Exam is of qualifying in nature.

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