WBCS Previous Year Question Papers PDF Download
West Bengal Civil Service 2025 ( WBCS )
The WBCS previous question paper help the candidate practice time management. Through the WBPSC WBCS question papers, the candidates can understand and analyse the format of questions and prepare accordingly. The Commission releases the WBCS prelims question paper PDF on its official website after the exam. The WBCS exam will be conducted as per the exam calendar which is expected soon.
WBCS Question Papers 2025 will be released online on the official website - psc.wb.gov.in. The West Bengal Public Service Commission will release one set of question papers on the official website. The WBCS question papers help the candidates in the WBCS preparation.The Commission conducted the exam based on the WBCS Syllabus and exam pattern as notified in the official notification. The Commission releases the WBCS Question Paper 2025 PDF on its official website. The Commission will also release the WBCS 2025 Answer Key after the exam.
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The candidates should compare the question papers and corresponding WBCS cutoff so that they can understand the real competition involved in the exam. WBCS's previous year question paper also indirectly informs about the most important topics for the prelims and main exam. The candidates should prepare these topics on priority so that they can score better in the exam. WBCS question paper is the only source to know the distribution of marks among the subject topics given in the WBCS syllabus. The candidates can plan their WBCS preparation by analysing the WBCS question papers of previous years and the WBCS syllabus. The Commission has not provided any distribution of the weightage of marks.
WBCS 2025 Question Paper PDF will be available here after its official release
Commonly asked questions
The West Bengal Public Service Commission released a notice that the WBCS 2025 exam will be conducted based on the new syllabus and exam pattern. The WBPSC released a notice on its official website mentioning the new syllabus and exam pattern. The Commission will now follow the UPSC exam pattern with some changes.
The West Bengal Public Service Commission (WBPSC) releases the marks pattern for the prelims exam. The Commission has assigned a set quota of marks to each of the topic. The candidates can see here the WBCS prelims marks pattern..
Sl. No | Subject | Marks |
1 | English Composition | 25 |
2 | General Science | 25 |
3 | Current events of National & International Importance | 25 |
4 | History of India | 25 |
5 | Geography of India with special reference to West Bengal | 25 |
6 | Indian Polity and Economy | 25 |
7 | Indian National Movement | 25 |
8 | General Mental Ability | 25 |
Total | 200 | |
Yes, there is negative marking in the WBCS preliminary and main exams.
In the WBCS prelims exam, the quantum of negative marking is one by third. The negative marking makes the exam difficult. For each incorrect answer, the Commission will deduct 1/3 of the marks assigned for correct answer.
In the main exam, the quantum of the negative marking is 10% of the marks assigned to the question.
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Commonly asked questions
In the WBPSC WBCS exam, there are a total of eight papers. These papers include:
- Bengali/Hindi/Urdu/Nepali/Santali
- English
- General Studies - I
- General Studies - II
- The Constitution of India and Indian Economy including the role and functions of the Reserve Bank of India
- Arithmetic and Test of Reasoning
- Optional Subject - 1 subject to be chosen; 2 papers of 200 marks each
- Personality Test
The West Bengal Public Service Commission notify the languages in which the candidates can answer in the WBCS main exam. The prelims exam is an objective type exam and the candidates are required to select correct answer from the given options.
In the WBCS main exam, the candidates can answer in Bengali, English and Nepali. The candidates can write the answers in Nepali for the following two subjects
1. Political Science
2. Botany
WBCS exam has the following stages. Each stage has uncommon exam pattern. The three stages of the exam are as follows.
- Prelims
- Mains
- Personality Test
The candidates need to qualify in each of the stage to get finally select.
WBCS Exam
Student Forum
Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 4 days ago
The candidates should note that the West Bengal Public Service Commission will invite the WBCS applications in online mode only. The candidates will get around 30 days to fill their applications online.
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Answered 4 days ago
The West Bengal Public Service Commission is expected to start the soon. The Commission will release the official notification on its website to notify the exam process.
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Answered a month ago
The West Bengal Public Service Commission is expected to release the notification for the WBPSC exam soon on its official website - psc.wb.gov.in. The Commission will conduct the WBCS 2025 exam in November/December.
The WBPSC WBCS application dates will be mentioned in the notification. The candidat
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The candidates should note that the WBCS answer key is released twice. Firstly, the Commission releases the tentative answer key and asks the candidates to send their objections. After considering the valid objections, the Commission releases the final answer key.
The tentative answer key remains val
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The West Bengal Public Service Commission is expected to release the WBCS 2025 exam dates soon on its official website - psc.wb.gov.in. The Commission is expected to conduct the WBCS prelims exam 2025 in November/December 2025. The Commission is expected to release the WBCS answer key 2025 (tentativ
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Upcoming Sarkari Exam Dates
CSIR NET 2025 Dec Application 25 Sep '25 - 24 Oct '25
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