WBCS 2020-2021 exam dates announced; Read here details
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WBCS exam 2020 - 21 dates announced. Read below for details.
The West Bengal Public Service Commission (WBPSC) has announced the exam dates for the West Bengal Civil Services (WBCS) exam 2020 and 2021. The WBCS prelims 2021 will be conducted on February 7. The WBCS 2021 applications will be invited in October - November 2020.
The candidates who cleared the WBCS prelims 2020, conducted on February 9, will be eligible to appear in the WBCS main exam 2020. The WBCS 2020 main exam will be conducted from December 19 to 26. There will be an enormous gap of ten months between the WBCS 2020 prelims and main exam. This will be a grand opportunity for the candidates to prepare the WBCS 2020 main exam and ensure their selection in the WBCS 2020 result.
See here: WBCS 2020 answer key
The WBCS 2020 main exam will be conducted in December so there are five months left for the WBCS 2020 preparation. The candidates need to plan out to prepare every aspect of the WBCS syllabus 2020. The WBCS main exam comprises of eight papers. The pattern of the WBCS main exam is as follows.
| SL.No |
Paper Name |
Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Paper I |
Bengali/Hindi/Urdu/Nepali/Santali |
200 |
| Paper II |
English |
200 |
| Paper III |
General Studies-I - Indian History with special emphasis on National Movement Geography of India with special reference to West Bengal |
200 |
| Paper IV |
General Studies-II - Science and Scientific & Technological advancement, Environment, General Knowledge and Current Affairs. |
200 |
| Paper V |
Constitution of India and Indian Economy |
200 |
| Paper VI |
Arithmetic and Test of Reasoning |
200 |
| Paper VII |
Optional Subject – Paper I |
200 |
| Paper VIII |
Optional Subject – Paper II |
200 |
| Total |
1600 |
|
The compulsory papers of the WBCS main exam are objective type question papers and the optional subject papers are of conventional type papers.
See here: WBCS exam pattern
The WBCS 2021 prelims exam will be conducted in February 2021. This means there will be a gap of three months only between the main and prelims exam. The candidates need to prepare in an integrated manner to cater to the needs of both the exams.
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Student Forum
Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered Yesterday
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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Beginner-Level 5
Answered Yesterday
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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Beginner-Level 5
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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Answered a month ago
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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Beginner-Level 5
Answered a month ago
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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