PPSC Exam: Eligibility, Application Form, Exam Pattern, Syllabus, Admit Card & Result

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PPSC Important Dates

The PPSC has not yet announced the official dates for 2024 and the recruitment procedure for 2020 is still going on. We have provided the dates for the 2020-21 session that is currently active.

PPSC Eligibility Criteria

TThe PPSC has released the eligibility criteria for all the examinations along with the respective official notifications. Here are some of the criteria mentioned for the applicants to check. However, the candidates must go through the detailed eligibility criteria for their respective posts before applying for any of them.

Nationality

To be a qualified successful candidate to appear for the examination a candidate must possess any of the nationality given below.

A applicant must be a

• Citizen of India
• Citizen of Nepal
• Citizen of Bhutan
• A refugee from Tibet, China who arrived in India before January 1962 and is a permanent resident of India.
• An Indian origin person who migrated from Pakistan, Sir Lanka, united republic of Tanzania, African countries and is settled or interested in settling in India.

Age Criteria

The PPSC has mentioned a certain age- limit for the PPCS exam. An aspirant with the age between 21 and 37 years can apply for the examination. However, the age limit and relaxation vary as per the category of a candidate.

A detailed description of age eligibility criteria is given below:

PPSC Application Process

Even though the application forms are not yet available, the applicants must know the steps to fill them. The detailed instructions to apply online for the Punjab Public Service Commission 2024 are given below.

• Go to the official website at https://www.ppsc.gov.in/.
• Find the notification recruitment and click on it.
• Click on the ‘Apply Online’ button
• Enter a valid email-id and a phone number to register successfully.
• After registration, fill the application form.
• Upload scanned passport-sized photograph and a signature with size, not more than 40KB.
• After filling in all the credentials, you’ll be directed to the payment link.
• Payment has to be made via challan.
• Now, print the challan and make payment to your nearest SBI branch for the successful submission of the application.

Application Fees of PPSC 2024 Examination

You have to follow certain steps for the submission of the application fees.

• After the successful filling of the application form, select the mode of payment as offline.
• Generate a fee payment challan for the PPSC 2024 application fee.
• Visit any SBI branch to submit the fees before the final date of submission of the application fees.

PPSC Selection Process

It is a must to have complete knowledge about the examination before proceeding further with its application. So, here is a detailed description of the same.

The organization conducting PPSC selects candidates based on their performance in subsequent rounds of the examination. The PPSC exam is conducted in three rounds- Prelims, Mains, and the final round is the Personality Test. Every test filters out the candidates and only the applicants who make it to the final round get selected for further postings.

PPSC Exam Pattern

As mentioned earlier, the examination includes three stages:

• Prelims
• PPSC Mains
• PPSC interview

The paper patterns for the two exams are different. The candidates must have a thorough knowledge of both.

Paper Pattern for Prelims Examination 2024

The prelims examination is an objective exam that consists of two papers each 200 marks. The duration of Paper-I and Paper-II in the Prelims exam is 2 hours.

Important Note- There is no negative marking for incorrect answer in the Prelim Examination Paper-I and Paper-II.

Paper Pattern of Mains Examination 2024

The PPSC Mains exam is a long exam that is descriptive. An aspirant has to give four General Studies papers for PPSC Mains 2024. To know the sort of questions asked in each exam, aspirants should check out old question papers.

PPSC 2024 Number of Attempts

Punjab Public Service Commission has mentioned a certain number of attempts for the re-taking PPSC exam. The frequency of the attempts differs as per the category of the exam.

PPSC Syllabus

The complete syllabus for PPSC Prelims Exam is given below. The candidates must check the PPSC Mains syllabus too.

PPSC Paper-I Syllabus (General Studies)

PPSC Paper-II Civil Services Aptitude Test

Important Note: Please visit the official website for the complete information about the syllabus of Prelims Paper-I and Paper-II.

PPSC Admit Card

The admit card for the exam is released a few days before the date of the examination. Applicants are required to download the admit card from the official website. Also, they have to carry one ID proof, photograph along with the admit card to the exam center.

PPSC Result

Soon after the PPSC prelims exams are over, the Punjab Public Service Commission announces results on the official website. The result list will have the name of the students who successfully qualify for PPSC Mains.

The final list of the result will contain the name of the students who clear all three rounds successfully.

PPSC Payscale

The applicants who make it to the final round and get successfully recruited in the Punjab Public Service Commission get benefited from various perks.

• The average salary ranges between INR 15,000 to INR 39,000 with additional pay of INR 6000.
• The salary also depends on the post and the area of recruitment.
• The Commission releases details of the salary on the official website with the notification of various posts in PPSC.

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