WBCS Pattern
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Contributor-Level 9
The West Bengal Civil Service Exam Pattern is yet to be released in the notification. The candidates can check the official notification for any change. The Commission is yet to release the official notification and the exam pattern for the upcoming exam.
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Contributor-Level 9
WBCS exam consists of the following stages of the exam. Each stage has an uncommon exam pattern. The WBCS 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.
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a year ago
Contributor-Level 9
The WBCS main exam is mix of objective and descriptive type papers. The Commission mentions in the official notification that all the compulsory papers will be objective type and the optional subjects are descriptive type papers.
The candidates need to select one optional subject from the given list of optional subjects and prepare according to the syllabus of each paper.
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a year ago
Contributor-Level 9
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 | |
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a year ago
Contributor-Level 9
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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