WBCS Exam Pattern 2019

Aklanta Chetia Wanniang, 07 Jan 2019, #WBPCS

WBCS Exam Pattern 2019 – West Bengal Public Service Commission (WBPSC) has prescribed the exam pattern of WBCS to recruit candidates for executive post under Group A. As per WBCS exam pattern 2019, the exam will be conducted in three stages – Prelims, Mains and personality test. WBCS Prelims which is scheduled to be conducted on February 9, 2019 will be a screening test which will contain one paper on General Studies. The exam comprises eight sections and is held for 200 marks. Candidates qualifying prelims will be called for Mains exam containing 8 papers of which 6 papers are compulsory and one optional subject divided into two papers. Candidates who secures the qualifying marks in Mains exam will be called for personality test. For complete WBCS exam pattern 2019, check below.

WBCS Exam Pattern 2019 - Prelims

The prelims exam will consist of one paper which is divided into 8 sections. The paper will comprise questions from General Studies. WBCS Prelims exam will contain 200 objective type questions. Prelims exam is a screening test conducted to shortlist candidates for WBCS Mains. The difficulty of questions asked in the exam will be similar to graduation level. The complete exam pattern of WBCS Prelims exam has been provided in the table below:

WBCS Prelims Exam Pattern

Subject	Marks	No. of questions	Duration
English Composition	25	25	150 minutes
General Science	25	25
Current Events of National and International Importance	25	25
History of India	25	25
Geography of India with special reference to West Bengal	25	25
Indian Polity and Economy	25	25
Indian National Movement	25	25
General Mental Ability	25	25
Total	200	200

WBCS Exam Pattern 2019 – Mains

Candidates will be selected for Mains exam on the basis of marks secured in Prelims exam. According to WBCS exam pattern 2019, the exam will comprise a total of eight papers - six compulsory papers and one optional subject divided into two papers. All the papers will contain 200 marks each. Candidates will be allotted 3 hours to complete each paper. The standard of questions asked in Arithmetic part of the paper titled, Arithmetic and Test of Reasoning will be similar to that of Maths paper at Madhyamik Examination of the Board of Secondary Education, West Bengal while the difficulty of all other papers will be of graduation level. Candidates can check the table below to know the type of questions asked in Mains exam.

WBCS Mains Exam Pattern

Paper	Subject	Type of Questions	Marks	Duration
Paper 1	Bengali/ Hindi/ Urdu/ Nepali/ Santali	Conventional type	200	3 hours
Paper 2	English	Conventional type	200	3 hours
Paper 3	General Studies 1	Objective type	200	3 hours
Paper 4	General Studies 2	Objective type	200	3 hours
Paper 5	The Constitution of India and Indian Economy including role and functions of the Reserve Bank of India	Objective type	200	3 hours
Paper 6	Arithmetic and Test of Reasoning	Objective type	200	3 hours
Paper 7	Optional Paper	Conventional type	200	3 hours
Paper 8	Optional Paper	Conventional type	200	3 hours
Total			1600

WBCS 2019 Exam Pattern – Personality Test

For the personality test, candidates will be selected based on their performance in the Mains examination. Questions in the test will be on matter of general interest. The aim of the test is to evaluate alertness of candidate’s mind, logical exposition, intellectual and moral integrity, leadership qualities and range of interests of candidates. The test will be conducted for total 200 marks.

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