WBPSC Exam

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 its official website - psc.wb.gov.in.

The Commission is expected to conduct the WBCS 2025 exam in November/December.

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.

The WBCS 2025 notification is expected to be released soon by the West Bengal Public Service Commission.

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 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. 

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.

The candidates can clear the WBCS exam in first attempt if they prepare for the exam in a planned way. The candidates need to prepare for the exam. The candidates should prepare all the topics mentioned in the syllabus to ensure their selection in the exam. 

The candidates should have a study plan in place with the standard reference books. The most important part is the execution of the study plan. The candidates should follow their study plan for atleast six months.

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.

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.

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.