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The West Bengal Public Service Commission conduct the WBCS interviews at the designated places only in Kolkata. Some of the venues where the interviews held includes Women's College, Calcutta, Maharaja Cossimbazar Polytechnic Institution, Adarsh Shiksha Niketan, and many others in Kolkata.

The West Bengal Public Service Commission have a discretion to fix the minimum qualifying marks in all or any paper/subject and in the aggregate. The Commission will not mention it in the official notification. The Commission is expected to release the WBCS 2025 (2024 session) notification soon on i
What is the marking scheme for the WBCS exam, and how are the questions weighted?

The WBCS prelims exam pattern is expected to be changed and there will be two multiple choice objective type question papers in the WBPSC 2025 prelims exam. There is a provision of negative marking in the prelims exam as well. The quantum of negative marking will be mentioned in the question paper.
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How many papers are there in the WBCS exam, and what are they on?

In the WBPSC WBCS exam, there are 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

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 any confirmation about the exam.

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.
Is WBCS Mains a descriptive or a MCQ based exam?

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
How many marks are assigned to each subject under the old WBCS prelims exam pattern?

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 | |
Is there any negative marking in WBCS Prelims exam?

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 answe
What will be the expected cut off for WBCS 2023 Prelims Exam?

The West Bengal Public Service Commission conducted the WBCS 2023 prelims exam on December 16, 2023 across the state. The Commission is yet to release the WBCS prelims result 2023. The WBCS cutoff for prelims exam will be released with the result pdf. The Commission releases the category-wise cutof