PS Group 'B' Exam Pattern

Paper-I: General Knowledge & English

• Type: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

• Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes

• Total Marks: 250

• Number of Questions: 125 (Each question carries 2 marks)

• Subjects:

  • General Knowledge

  • General English

• Qualifying Marks:

  • General Category: Minimum 40% in each paper, with an overall average of 45%

  • SC/ST/PwBD: Minimum 33% in each paper, with an overall average of 38%

Paper-II: Noting & Drafting

• Type: Descriptive (Noting & Drafting)

• Duration: 1 hour

• Total Marks: 50

  • Noting on a given topic: 15 marks

  • Drafting on a given topic: 15 marks

  • Drafting a Major Penalty Charge Sheet: 20 marks

• Qualifying Marks:

  • General Category: Minimum 40% in each paper, with an overall average of 45%

  • SC/ST/PwBD: Minimum 33% in each paper, with an overall average of 38%

Paper-III: General Awareness & Reasoning

• Type: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

• Duration: 3 hours

• Total Marks: 300

• Number of Questions: 150 (Each question carries 2 marks)

• Subjects:

  • Constitution of India (Preamble, Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy, etc.)

  • The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS)

  • Central Administrative Tribunal Act, 1985

  • Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988

  • RTI Act, 2005 and RTI Rules, 2012

  • Manuals on Procurement

  • CCS (GPF) Rules, 1961

  • CCS (Pension) Rules, 2021 and its amendments

  • Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013

  • NPS (National Pension System) Rules

  • Fundamental Rules (FR) and Supplementary Rules (SR)

  • Brochure on casual labourers and instructions on Casual Labourers issued by DoP&T

  • Chapter 2 and 6 of General Financial Rules, 2017

  • Instructions issued by Directorate and DoP&T on maintenance of APAR

  • Service Discharge Benefit Scheme, 2010

  • Schedule of Financial Powers of Divisional Heads, Heads of Circle

  • Welfare measures available to Departmental Employees and Gramin Dak Sevak of DoP

  • P&T FHB Volume I and Postal FHB Volume II

  • Questions on English language

  • Questions on General knowledge & Current Affairs (Indian Economy, Polity, Sports, Culture & Science)

  • Questions on Reasoning, Interpersonal Skills, Mental Aptitude, Quantitative Aptitude, Intelligence and Ethics

Additional Information

• Examination Mode: Offline (Pen and Paper-based)

• No. of Papers: 3

• Total Duration: 6 hours 30 minutes (including breaks)

• Total Marks: 600

• Qualifying Criteria:

  • General Category: Minimum 40% in each paper, with an overall average of 45%

  • SC/ST/PwBD: Minimum 33% in each paper, with an overall average of 38%