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PUNJAB STATE CIVIL SERVICES COMBINED COMPETITIVE PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION Exam Pattern 

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The PPSC Punjab State Civil Services Combined Competitive Examination comprises following successive stages :
i) Preliminary Competitive Examination; and ii) Main Competitive Examination (written and Interview).   

PPSC Preliminary Examination - (Objective Type)
The preliminary competitive examination will consist of two papers of 200 marks each and shall comprise of objective type (multiple choice) questions. The detail is as follows :-

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PPSC Paper I - General Studies

Total Marks : 200 Marks

Number of Questions: 100

Duration: Two Hours

02 Marks will be awarded for each right answer.

PPSC Paper II - Civil Services Aptitude Test(CSAT)

Total Marks : 200 Marks

Number of Questions: 80

Duration: Two Hours

2.5 Marks will be awarded for each right answer.

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1} Both the papers will be of objective type multiple choice questions.
2) Duration of each paper for preliminary examination will be two hours.  However, Persons with disability candidates will be given additional 40 minutes.    
3)There will be no negative marking in the written preliminary examination test, however there may be negative marking for any objections to the Answer Key found false/frivolous/not supported by authentic evidence.
4)The question paper shall be bilingual and shall be printed in English (Roman script) and Punjabi  (Gurumukhi  script)  except  for  questions  where  candidates proficiency in language is to be tested.
6)The standard of questions would be to test the knowledge as is expected of a person who has attained education at least up to graduation level.  
7)Preliminary Examination is only a screening test for selecting candidates who would be eligible to take the Main Examination and the marks obtained in this Examination shall not be counted towards the merit of the candidates arrived at after the Written Main Examination.
8)Candidates equal to 13 times of the vacancies advertised in each category would qualify from amongst those appearing in the Preliminary Examination for the Main Examination, provided that, such number of candidates are available and, are otherwise eligible for admission to the Main Examination.


A brief on PPSC Preliminary exam pattern is as under

 

Exam Type Objective Type
Question Type

Multiple Choice

Subjects  No. of Questions  Marks
General Studies 100 200
Civil Services Aptitude Test(CSAT) 80 200
Total Questions 180
Maximum Marks 400
Marks for each Correct Answer 2(paper-I), 2.5(paper-II)
Negative Marks for Incorrect Answer Nil
Marks for questions not attempted NIL
Total Time for Exam (in minutes) 120 Minutes for each Paper

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