PCS - Punjab Civil Services Exam

PCS Exam 2013 Punjab Civil Services Exam acronym as PCS Exam is a combined competitive examination held by the Punjab Public Service Commission for recruitment to the following given services/posts:

Note: The number of vacancies may be  increased or decreased by the government without any prior notice at any stage of selection process.

PCS Exam / Punjab Civil Services Exam Eligibility 

Educational Qualification:

1. A Candidate should possess a degree of bachelor in any discipline from a recognized university or institution. The candidate can take preliminary examination while studying for his degree course. However, the candidate shall be required to produce proof of passing the degree course for being eligible to take the final examination during that year.
   
   
2. No candidate shall be eligible for appearing in the preliminary examination, unless he has passed the Matriculation examination with Punjabi as one of the compulsory or elective subjects or any other equivalent examination in Punjabi language, which may be specified by the Government from time to time.

Age: 

Candidate should no be less than 21 years and more than 37 years of age.

1. Provided that in the case of Punjab Police Service, a candidate should have attained the minimum age of 21 years and should not have attained the age of 28 years on the first day of the year, referred to above.
   
   
2. Provided that in the case of Deputy Superintendent of Police, candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes of Punjab are relaxed in age, up to 5 years as per Punjab Government Instructions.
   
   
3. The upper age limit for a Punjab Government employee, including that of a court, who has not less than four years continuous service under the Government, will be relaxable up to 45 years.
   
   
4. The upper age limit prescribed above will be relaxable up to a maximum of five years for Schedules Castes and Scheduled Tribes of all States and Backward Classes of Punjab.
   
   
5. The upper age limit for widows, divorcees and certain other categories of women of Punjab will be relaxable up to 40 years.
   
   
6. Age relaxation in upper age limit is up to 10 years for the disabled persons of Punjab.
   
   
7. An ex-serviceman of Punjab domicile shall be allowed to deduct the period of his service in Armed Forces of the Union from his actual age and if the resultant age does not exceed the maximum age limit prescribed for direct appointment to such a vacancy in the Service Rules concerned by more than three years, he shall be deemed to satisfy the condition regarding age limit.

Nationality

The candidate should be a:

1. Citizen of India; or
2. Citizen of Nepal; or
3. Subject of Bhutan; or
4. Tibetan refugee who came over to India before the Ist January 1962, with the intention of permanently settling in India; or
5. A person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka and East African countries of Kenya, Uganda and United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganike and Zanzibar) Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India;
6. Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (2), (3), (4) and (5) shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of Punjab in the Department of Home Affairs and Justice.

How to apply for PCS Exam?

 Aspiring candidates can apply for PCS 2012 online by visiting the official website of ppsc. Candidates are requied to deposit requisite examination fee along with the print out of online application form duly signed by the candidate along with a SINGLE Demand Draft in original issued by a branch of State Bank of India or State Bank of Patiala, drawn in favour of the Secretary, Punjab Public Service Commission, and made payable at Patiala. The applications received without a valid Bank Demand Draft or with inadequate examination fee shall be summarily rejected. The examination fee is non-refundable. 

Note: Candidates must write his/her Registration Number, Name and aDdress in Block Letter on the reverse of hte cheques.

PCS Exam Fee

PCS Exam / Punjab Civil Services Exam Pattern

Punjab Public Service Commission Consists of Two Stages ie.

1. PCS Preliminary Exam and
2. PCS Mains Exam 

Pattern of Preliminary Exam

Candidates equal to thirteen times of the total number vacancies requisitioned by the Government under sub-rule (1) of Rule 13-A of Punjab Civil Services (Executive Branch) Rules, 1976  read with Punjab State Civil Services (Appointment by Combined Competitive Examination) Rules, 2009 may qualify for the Main Competitive Examination.

Important: The Preliminary Competitive Examination is designed only to select suitable candidates for the Main Competitive Examination.   Marks obtained in the Preliminary Competitive Examination by the candidates, who may be declared qualified for taking the Main Competitive Examination, shall Not be counted for determining their final order of merit.

The questions shall be answered by candidates on an Optical Marks Reader (OMR) sheet;

All candidates are required to appear in both papers including Ex-servicemen candidates i.e. Paper I and Paper II of the Preliminary Competitive Examination are compulsory. 

Pattern of PCS Mains Exam

The main examination will consist of written examination and an interview test. The written examination will consist of 9 papers of conventional essay type in the subjects as given below:

 

Paper	Subject	Maximum Marks
I	English	100
II	Essay (English or Punjabi)	100
III	Punjabi (Gurmukhi Script)	100
IV-V	General Studies (Two Papers)	200
VI-VII	Optional Subject I (Two Papers)	200
VIII-IX	Optional Subject II(Two Papers)	200
	Interview	100

Important: No candidate shall be eligible to appear in the viva voce test unless he obtains 45 per cent marks in the aggregate of all subject including at least 33 per cent marks in Punjabi (in Gurmukhi Script): provided that if at any main competitive examination a sufficient number of candidates do not obtain 45 per cent marks in the aggregate, the Commission may at their discretion lower this percentage to not below 40 per cent, percentage for the language paper, i.e. Punjabi in Gurmukhi  Script, remaining unchanged.  

PCS Exam /Punjab Civil Services Exam Syllabus

The following will be the subjects for the written examination:

Compulsory:

1. English and English Essay
2. Punjabi and Punjabi Essay
3. General knowledge

Optional Subjects for Preliminary/Main

1.   History
2.   Mathematics
3.   Statistics
4.   Economics
5.   Defence & Strategic Studies
6.   Chemistry
7.   Botany
8.   Zoology
9.   Philosophy
10.   Psychology
11.   Law
12.   Political Science
13.   Geography
14.   Agriculture
15.   Geology
16.   Sociology
17.   Commerce
18.   Physics
19.   English Literature
20.   Sanskrit
21.   Urdu Language & Literature
22.   Hindi Literature
23.   Punjabi Literature
24.   Public Administration

New Optional Subjects

1.  Computer Science
2.  Electronics Engineering
3.  Electrical Engineering
4.  Civil Engineering
5.  Mechanical Engineering
6.  Medical Science
7.  Veterinary Sciences& Animal Husbandry
8.  Management (only for mains)

PCS Exam / Punjab Civil Services Exam Test Centres

PCS Exam is held only in the capital city of Chandigarh.

PCS Exam / Punjab Civil Services Exam Contact Details

Baradari Garden
P.B. No. 39
Patiala
Punjab, India, Pin Code – 147001

Telegram Address - Punsercom
Phone - 0175 - 5014847(O), 0175 - 5014849(O)
Fax - 0175 - 5014831
E-mail - ppscpatiala@yahoo.co.in
Website - http://www.ppscpatiala.org/