Four-Paper Comparison — FAA 2022 · FAA 2024 · PAA 2020 (×2 series)
🔬 FOUR-PAPER COMPARISON
That file compared "PAA 2020 · PAA 2022 · FAA 2024" — but two of its three papers were the same Panchayat exam, and the real FAA 2022 paper was missing. Both problems are fixed here. The old file is kept, superseded, per the vault's no-deleting-history rule.
The four papers now in the vault:
| # | Paper | Post | Date | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FAA 2022 ⭐ | Finance Account Assistant | 6 Mar 2022 | FAA-2022-paper |
| 2 | FAA 2024 ⭐ | Finance Account Assistant | 28 Jan 2024 | 2024-paper |
| 3 | PAA 2020 | Accounts Assistant (Panchayat) | 10 Nov 2020 | PAA-2020 |
| 4 | PAA 2020 — series A | Accounts Assistant (Panchayat) | 10 Nov 2020 | 2022-paper (mislabelled "2022") |
⚠️ Papers 3 and 4 are the same recruitment, in different booklets. They are not two separate years. Treat them as one data point.
Method: every question compared as a full block (stem + all options), normalised, by text similarity; near-misses re-read by hand. Answers from each paper's own key.
⚖️ THE VERDICT IN ONE TABLE
| Subject | Best source of repeat questions | Repeat rate |
|---|---|---|
| Accountancy | ⭐⭐ FAA 2022 → FAA 2024 | 7 / 30 = 23 % |
| Accountancy | PAA 2020 → FAA 2024 | 4 / 29 = 14 % |
| Statistics | ❌ nothing repeats — but topics align 8/10 | 0 % |
| Mathematics | ❌ nothing repeats | 0 % |
| Economics | ❌ nothing repeats | 0 % |
| GK · English · Science · Computers | ❌ nothing repeats | 0 % |
The old conclusion was "recycling happens only inside the PAA lineage." With the real FAA 2022 in hand, the truth is sharper:
JKSSB recycles ACCOUNTANCY, and only accountancy — but it recycles it from FAA into FAA at a higher rate (23 %) than it ever did from PAA into FAA (14 %).
Every other subject is written fresh each time. Zero repeats in statistics, maths, economics, GK, English, science or computers — across every pair of papers tested.
📋 1. THE PAPER SHAPES
| Section | FAA 2022 | FAA 2024 | PAA 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Knowledge (J&K) | 30 (Q1–30) | 30 | 30 |
| Accountancy & Book Keeping | 30 (Q31–60) | 30 (Q31–60) | 30 |
| General English | 10 (Q61–70) | 10 | ❌ 0 |
| Statistics | 10 (Q71–80) | 10 (Q71–80) | ⭐ combined |
| Mathematics | 10 (Q81–90) | 10 (Q81–90) | ⭐ combined |
| (PAA's combined Maths/Statistics) | — | — | 10 |
| General Economics | 10 (Q91–100) | 10 | 10 |
| Science | 10 (Q101–110) | 10 | 10 |
| Knowledge of Computers | 10 (Q111–120) | 10 | ⭐ 30 |
| Total | 120 | 120 | 120 |
Accountancy Q31–60 · English Q61–70 · Statistics Q71–80 · Mathematics Q81–90 · Economics Q91–100. Identical in 2022 and 2024. Expect it again in 2026.
PAA differs in three ways: Maths and Statistics are one combined 10-mark block, Computers is 30 marks not 10, and there is no English section at all. That is why PAA's Q31–40 block is not comparable to FAA's Q71–90.
💰 2. ACCOUNTANCY — 30 marks in every paper
⭐⭐ 2a. The seven that repeated FAA 2022 → FAA 2024
This is the most valuable table in the vault.
| # | 2022 | 2024 | Question | Ans | Match quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Q36 | Q35 | Which of the following is correct? (accounting equation) | C | Verbatim — identical options, identical order |
| 2 | Q41 | Q39 | In a bank statement, cash deposited is shown as | B | Verbatim |
| 3 | Q48 | Q47 | Audit to check financial controls & irregularities = which type? | C | Verbatim |
| 4 | Q53 | Q45 | Partners share 3:2, admit a new partner with 1/5 — new ratio? | B (12:8:5) | Verbatim — only the partners' names changed |
| 5 | Q57 | Q50 | Trial balance helps check the accuracy of the | B (ledger) | Verbatim |
| 6 | Q37 | Q41 | Unpresented cheque = ? / cheque issued but not presented | outstanding | Rephrased, same answer |
| 7 | Q59 | Q42 | PFMS was earlier known as | CPSMS | Rephrased, cleaner options |
⭐ Five verbatim + two rephrased = 23 % of the section. Anyone who had worked the 2022 paper walked into 2024 with 5 to 7 marks already banked.
The 2024 paper is the single best predictor of 2026, and the 2022 paper is the second. Work both accountancy sections until every question is automatic. On the evidence, roughly 7 of the 30 accountancy marks in 2026 will come from questions already sitting in these two papers.
2b. The four that crossed from PAA 2020 into FAA 2024
| Question | PAA 2020 | (also its series-A booklet) | FAA 2024 | Answer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Which concept suggests the exclusion of human resource in balance sheet?" | Q93 | Q105 | Q36 | Money Measurement |
| "PFMS was earlier known as…" | Q83 | Q86 | Q42 | CPSMS |
| "A bank pass book is a copy of…" | Q95 | Q93 | Q49 | customer's a/c in the bank's ledger |
| "Statement of financial position from incomplete records…" | Q90 | Q107 | Q43 | Statement of Affairs |
The old file called these "four questions that appear in ALL THREE papers at similarity 1.00." That counted the same Panchayat exam twice (its two booklet series). They appear in two exams: PAA 2020 and FAA 2024. Still a real, valuable cross-post repeat — just not three sittings.
⭐ Note PFMS appears in both repeat tables — PAA 2020, FAA 2022 and FAA 2024. That is the one question confirmed in three genuinely different exams.
2c. The seven-year picture: FAA 2022 shares NOTHING with PAA
| Comparison | Accountancy repeats |
|---|---|
| FAA 2022 → FAA 2024 | ⭐⭐ 7 / 30 = 23 % |
| PAA 2020 → FAA 2024 | 4 / 29 = 14 % |
| FAA 2022 → PAA 2020 | ❌ 0 / 30 = 0 % |
| PAA 2020 ↔ its own series-A booklet | ⭐ 30 / 30 = 100 % (same exam, reordered — corrected 1 Sep 2026) |
Re-checking every question while building Accountancy-Tagged-Answers showed all 30 accountancy questions appear in BOTH booklets, merely reordered. The earlier "69 %" was a transcription artefact — three questions (Q87, Q89, Q108) were OCR-damaged in one source and failed to match. This removes the last doubt: they are two series of ONE exam.
⭐ The real FAA 2022 paper has zero accountancy overlap with the Panchayat paper. So the two FAA papers draw on a question bank the Panchayat exam does not share — except for the four questions FAA 2024 happened to pull across.
2d. Chapter distribution — all four papers
| Chapter | FAA 2022 | FAA 2024 | PAA 2020 | (series A) | FAA total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ch 15 — Bank Reconciliation ⭐⭐ | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 ⭐⭐ |
| Ch 16 — Partnership ⭐⭐ | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 ⭐⭐ |
| Ch 23 — Taxation ⭐⭐ | 3 | 5 | ❌ 0 | ❌ 0 | 8 ⭐⭐⭐ |
| Ch 2 — Basic Terms | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Ch 7 — Ledger | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Ch 19 — Financial Audit | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Ch 10 — Trial Balance | 2 | 1 | (with Ch 7) | 0 | 3 |
| Ch 18 — Financial Management | 1 | 2 | ❌ 0 | ❌ 0 | 3 |
| Ch 6 — Voucher Approach | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Ch 24 — Cost Accounting | 0 | 3 | ❌ 0 | ❌ 0 | 3 |
| Ch 4 — Accounting Equation | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Ch 20 — Social Accounting | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 |
| Ch 13 — Profit & Loss | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Ch 17 — Single Entry | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ch 22 — PFMS ⭐ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ch 26 — Indian Financial System | 1 | 1 | ❌ 0 | ❌ 0 | 2 |
| Ch 3 — Basic Concepts | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ch 5 — Double Entry | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| Ch 8 — Subsidiary Books | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 |
| Ch 1 — Introduction | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ch 12 — Trading A/c | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 30 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 60 |
⭐ What the FAA columns reveal
Ch 4 · 6 · 7 · 10 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 18 · 19 · 22 · 23 · 26. Twelve chapters, 24 of the 60 accountancy marks across the two papers.
| Finding | Evidence |
|---|---|
| ⭐⭐ Ch 23 Taxation is the biggest chapter in FAA, full stop | 3 marks in 2022, 5 in 2024 = 8 — and growing. Zero in PAA. |
| ⭐⭐ Ch 15 BRS is the most reliable | 2 + 4 = 6 marks, and it appears in all four papers. |
| ⭐ Ch 16 Partnership is the third pillar | 2 + 3 = 5 marks, in every paper. |
| ⚠️ Ch 2 Basic Terms swung hard | 4 marks in 2022 → 0 in 2024. Don't assume it is gone; it is cheap to revise. |
| ⚠️ Ch 24 Cost Accounting is new | 0 in 2022, 3 in 2024. A rising chapter like Taxation. |
| 🔴 Ch 12 Trading A/c is a PAA-only chapter | 4 + 3 in the Panchayat papers, 0 in both FAA papers. Deprioritise it. |
| 🔴 Ch 5 Double Entry is over-weighted in PAA | 4 + 7 in Panchayat, 1 in FAA 2022, 0 in 2024. |
The earlier analysis concluded "Taxation, Cost Accounting, Financial Management and IFMS score ZERO in PAA and 11 marks in FAA 2024 — so PAA can never prepare you for them." That conclusion stands and is now stronger: those four chapters score 0 in both Panchayat papers, but 6 marks in FAA 2022 and 11 in FAA 2024 = 17 of 60. Nearly a third of the FAA accountancy section sits in chapters the Panchayat syllabus never reaches.
📊 3. STATISTICS — 10 marks in both FAA papers
3a. Zero repeats, near-total topic overlap
Not one statistics question repeats between FAA 2022 and FAA 2024. But the topics do:
| # | FAA syllabus topic | FAA 2022 | FAA 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| (i) | Primary and Secondary Data | Q71, Q73 | Q71 |
| (ii) | Methods of Collecting Data | — | Q72 |
| (iii) | Preparation of Questionnaires | Q79 | Q73 |
| (iv) | Tabulation and Compilation | — | Q74 |
| (v) | Measures of Central Tendency | Q75, Q80 | Q75 |
| (vi) | Theory of Probability | Q74 | Q76 |
| (vii) | Theory of Attributes | Q77 | Q77 |
| (viii) | Theory of Index Numbers | Q78 | Q78 |
| (ix) | Demography — Census | Q72 | Q79 |
| (x) | Vital Statistics | Q76 | Q80 |
8 of the 10 syllabus topics were tested in BOTH papers. Topics (vii) Attributes and (viii) Index Numbers even landed on the same question numbers, Q77 and Q78, in both years.
2024 was a perfect one question per topic, in syllabus order. 2022 was almost the same — it doubled up on (i) and (v) and skipped (ii) and (iv).
⭐ Conclusion: cover all ten topics shallowly and you cannot lose more than 1–2 marks here. Skip one topic and you are guaranteed to lose a mark. This is the highest marks-per-hour section on the paper.
3b. What each FAA paper actually asked
| Topic | FAA 2022 | FAA 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| (i) Primary/Secondary | Example of primary data (Q71); which is not published data (Q73) | Secondary data is sourced from (Q71) |
| (ii) Collection methods | — | Example of a primary collection method (Q72) |
| (iii) Questionnaires | Which is not a type of questionnaire (Q79) | Correct statements on questionnaire prep (Q73) |
| (iv) Tabulation | — | Which statement on tabulation is FALSE (Q74) |
| (v) Central tendency | Mode from mean & median (Q75); median of 12 values (Q80) | Order mean/median/mode from raw data (Q75) |
| (vi) Probability | 3 coins, at least 2 tails (Q74) | Correct statements about probability (Q76) |
| (vii) Attributes | (AB) < (A)(B)/N → association (Q77) | 100 students, sports, match the counts (Q77) |
| (viii) Index numbers | Which is not a CPI characteristic (Q78) | Fisher Ideal Value Index (Q78) |
| (ix) Demography | Population growth rate 2020→2025 (Q72) | Feature of the census (Q79) |
| (x) Vital statistics | Mortality rate per thousand (Q76) | Match the vital-statistics measures (Q80) |
⚠️ Difficulty note: 2022's statistics was easier — six of ten are one-step calculations. 2024 introduced multi-statement and matching formats. Prepare for 2024's format, not 2022's.
3c. Where the Panchayat block fits
PAA's combined Q31–40 is 7 statistics + 3 mathematics. Its statistics half hits topics (ii), (iv), (vi), (vii), (ix), (x) — six of the ten — plus time series (moving average), which is not on the FAA statistics syllabus at all.
Use it as practice, not as prediction. Zero of its questions ever appeared in an FAA paper.
🔢 4. MATHEMATICS — 10 marks in both FAA papers
4a. FAA 2022's maths block, decoded
| Q | Topic | FAA syllabus topic | Ans |
|---|---|---|---|
| 81 | Sum & reciprocal of two numbers | (ii) Linear/quadratic equations | A |
| 82 | Simultaneous equations with no solution | (ii) Linear equations | Null |
| 83 | Collinear points in 3-D | (ix) Coordinate Geometry | Null |
| 84 | Compound interest, 2 years | (i) Interest | C |
| 85 | X ∪ Y = X ∩ Y | (v) Set Theory | C |
| 86 | Perimeter of a triangle from position vectors | (x) Vectors | C |
| 87 | 3 coins, at most 2 heads | (viii) Probability | C |
| 88 | (A − B) × (A ∩ B) | (v) Set Theory | A |
| 89 | A limit (stem lost — image in source) | (iv) Limits & Derivatives | A |
| 90 | 8 students on 8 chairs | (iii) Permutations & Combinations | C |
4b. Topic coverage across the two FAA papers
| FAA Maths topic | FAA 2022 | FAA 2024 | Tested by PAA? |
|---|---|---|---|
| (i) Interest | ✅ Q84 | ✅ | ❌ |
| (ii) Linear equations | ✅ Q81, Q82 | ✅ | ❌ |
| (iii) Permutations & Combinations | ✅ Q90 | ✅ | ❌ |
| (iv) Limits & Derivatives | ✅ Q89 | ✅ | ❌ |
| (v) Set Theory | ✅ Q85, Q88 | ✅ | ✅ (elementary) |
| (vi) Relations & Functions | — | ✅ | ❌ |
| (vii) Matrices & Determinants | — | ✅ | ❌ |
| (viii) Probability | ✅ Q87 | ✅ | ✅ (elementary) |
| (ix) Coordinate Geometry | ✅ Q83 | ✅ | ✅ (distance formula) |
| (x) Vectors | ✅ Q86 | ✅ | ❌ |
FAA 2022 covered 8 of 10 topics and FAA 2024 covered all ten. Set theory got two questions in 2022 — as it also did in the Panchayat block. Sets and probability are the two topics that appear in BOTH the statistics and the maths sections, making them the highest-value revision in the quantitative half of the paper.
⚠️ PAA reaches only 3 of these 10 topics, all at an elementary level. It gives you nothing for limits, matrices, vectors, P&C, relations or interest. See Maths-Study-Plan.
4c. ⚠️ Two of FAA 2022's ten maths questions were defective
| Q | Defect |
|---|---|
| Q82 | Options C and D are identical ("m ≠ 6"). Dropped. The maths is fine: no solution when m ≠ 6. |
| Q83 | No value of k makes the points collinear — AC = t·AB forces t = 3 from x, but then y demands 5 = −3. Dropped. |
| Q84 | Principal misprinted as ₹11,200; the keyed ₹252 is CI on ₹1,200. |
| Q89 | Stem was an image and is lost — only the answer and "use L'Hôpital" survive. |
⭐ 4 of 10 maths questions in 2022 were flawed. Expect the maths section to be the sloppiest part of the paper — and do not panic if a question looks unanswerable; it may genuinely be.
💹 5. ECONOMICS — 10 marks in every paper
| FAA 2022 (Q91–100) | FAA 2024 (Q91–100) | PAA 2020 (Q41–50) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flavour | Micro theory + policy | Macro + money market | Micro + Panchayat schemes |
| Topics | factors of production · national income (income approach) · equilibrium price · perfect competition · per-capita income · indifference curves · fiscal policy · 1991 devaluation · Ricardo's diminishing returns · budget deficit | microeconomics · mixed economy · law of demand · GDP · WTO/TBT · commercial paper · bank rate · Five Year Plans · factors of production | law of variable proportion · indifference curves · variable cost · derived demand · dumping · GPDP |
| Repeats into FAA 2024 | ❌ 0 / 10 | — | ❌ 0 / 9 |
⭐ Zero economics repeats anywhere. But the two FAA papers do share a shape: factors of production and indifference curves / demand theory in both, plus one national-income aggregate (per-capita income in 2022, GDP in 2024) and one policy instrument (fiscal policy in 2022, bank rate in 2024).
PAA economics is Panchayat-flavoured — it asks about Gram Panchayat Development Plans, which FAA never will.
PAA-2020 economics key: 41 A · 42 A · 43 C · 44 B · 45 D · 46 B · 47 B · 48 D · 49 B · 50 B
🎯 6. WHAT TO ACTUALLY DO
| Priority | Action | Worth |
|---|---|---|
| 1 ⭐⭐ | Learn the seven FAA-2022 → FAA-2024 accountancy repeats cold (§2a) | ~7 marks |
| 2 ⭐⭐ | Master Ch 23 Taxation — 3 marks in 2022, 5 in 2024, rising, and PAA gives you nothing | ~5 marks |
| 3 ⭐⭐ | Cover all 10 statistics topics shallowly — 8/10 repeat across both papers | ~9 marks |
| 4 ⭐ | Ch 15 BRS + Ch 16 Partnership — 11 marks across the two FAA papers | ~5 marks |
| 5 ⭐ | Learn the 4 PAA→FAA-2024 accountancy repeats too (§2b) | ~2 marks |
| 6 | Sets + Probability — the only topics tested in BOTH statistics and maths | ~2 marks |
| 7 | Use PAA 2020 as a 60-question practice bank for Ch 1–22 only | practice |
| 8 ⚠️ | Do NOT rely on PAA for Maths, Economics, English or Statistics questions — 0 % carryover | — |
| 9 ⚠️ | Cover Ch 23–27 entirely outside PAA — 17 of 60 FAA accountancy marks | ~8 marks |
| 10 ⚠️ | Skip PAA's 30-mark computer block — FAA gives Computers 10 marks, and PAA has no English at all | — |
The previous file warned: "We have only ONE true FAA paper (2024). Every cross-post conclusion rests on a single data point." We now have two genuine FAA papers. Every FAA-to-FAA finding above is measured across both — the layout, the one-per-topic quantitative pattern, and the 23 % accountancy repeat rate.
⚠️ Remaining limitation: two papers is still a small sample, and FAA 2022 was cancelled for a paper leak — its questions are genuine JKSSB material, but that sitting was compromised.
🔗 Related
- Papers: FAA-2022-paper · 2024-paper · PAA-2020 · 2022-paper
- Chapter maps: FAA-2022-Accountancy-Chapterwise · 2024-Accountancy-Chapterwise · PAA-2020-Accountancy-Analysis
- Revision: FAA-ACCOUNTANCY-CHEAT-SHEET · FAA-ACCOUNTANCY-ALL-SHORT-NOTES
- Quantitative: Statistics-Tagged-Answers · Statistics-Analysis-and-Mapping · Maths-Tagged-Answers · Maths-Study-Plan
- Superseded: PAA-vs-FAA-Three-Paper-Comparison
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