Description

Punjab State Services Exam Recruitment 2020

Punjab state recruitment for the post of PCS Cadre 2020

No of Vacancy - 77

Eligibility Criteria

1. The candidate should possess a bachelor degree in any discipline from a recognised

university or institution; Provided that the candidate may be permitted to take

preliminary examination while studying for the qualifying degree. However, the

candidate shall be required to produce proof of qualifying the degree course for being

eligible to take the Main Competitive Examination (As per Punjab State Civil Services

(Appointment by Combined Competitive Examination) Rules, 2009) during that year.

2 No candidate shall be eligible for appearing in the Preliminary Competitive

Examination, unless he/she 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.’

3 For the purpose of eligibility for PSCSCCE-2020 , the expression "recognised

university" or "institution" shall have the same meaning, as assigned to it in the Punjab

Civil Services (General and Common Conditions of Service) Rules, 1994.

Age Limit

As on 1st January,2020

As mandated by Punjab State Civil Services (Appointment by Combined Competitive

Examination) Rules, 2009 read with Punjab Civil Services (Executive Branch) Rules 1976,

and Govt. instructions issued from time to time, the candidate should have attained

the minimum age of 21 years and should not have attained the age of 37 years on

the first day of January of the year in which the last day falls for submission of application

to the Commission. In other words, the candidate should have attained the age of 21

years but should not be older than 37 years on 1st January 2020.

Provided that in the case of the post of Deputy Superintendent Police and Deputy

Superintendent Jails/District Probation Officer (Grade-II) in Punjab Police Service

and Punjab Prisons 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, as referred to above.

The upper age limit for a Punjab Government, Other State Government or the

Government of India, including Board/Corporations/Public Sector Undertaking

employees may be relaxed up to 45 years. However no age relaxation is permissible for

Punjab Police Service.

The Upper age limit may be relaxed up to 33 years for Scheduled Castes and Backward

Classes of Punjab only in case of Punjab Police Service and Punjab Prisons Service.

The Upper age limit may be relaxed up to 42 years for Scheduled Castes and Backward

Classes of Punjab only in case of other services except Punjab Police Service and Punjab

Prisons Service.

Ex-servicemen of Punjab Domicile shall be allowed to deduct the period of his service in

the Armed Forces of 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.

Upper age limit may be relaxed up to 42 years for Widows, Divorced women and certain

other Categories of women. However no age relaxation is permissible for women in case

of Punjab Police Service and Punjab Prisons Service.

Upper age limit may be relaxed up to 47 years for Physically Handicapped of

Punjab only. However no age

Important Dates 

Exam Pattern

The examination pattern for the post of PPSC PCS Recruitment

i) Preliminary Competitive Examination; and

ii) Main Competitive Examination (written and viva voce/

Interview).

Procedure and scheme for the Preliminary Examination:

Multiple Choice Question with no negative marking

Note :- Prelims test is of screening nature only

B) Procedure and scheme for the Main Examination:

All papers shall be descriptive in nature and duration of each paper will be three

hours.

EXAMINATION FEE

Number of Attempts

Prelims Syllabus

For General Studies paper

• • General and a basic understanding of science concepts
• • Indian history
• • Geography of India and the world.
• • Environmental studies.
• • Indian polity and administration.
• • Governance and bureaucracy.
• • Economics and financial studies.
• • Sports and IT field. 

For CSAT paper

• • General and logical reasoning.
• • Data interpretation.
• • Data analysis.
• • Numerical problems.
• • Statistics and related problems.
• • Problems on heights and measurements