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Exam pattern MPPSC Exam MPPSC Syllabus with the Latest Exam Pattern for 2021-2022

State Civil services is the body of government officials who are employed inciviloccupations that are neither political nor judicial.

  • Permanent ,Paid ,Skilled.
  • Selected on the basis of merit , promoted on the basis of a merit and seniority system.

Stage 1: Preliminary Exam Pattern

How many Papers (Marks /Pattern) are in Pre exam Pattern for Civil Services ?
There are following 2 papers in pre exam
  • Paper I (General Studies)
  • Paper II (Aptitude)

Paper I (General Studies)

  • 200 Marks
  • Duration: Two Hours
  • Number of Questions: 100,
  • MPSC
  • GS BREAK UP
  • • HISTORY- 10 q
  • • GEOGRAPHY 18
  • • ECONOMICS 8
  • • POLITY 5
  • • SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 6
  • • INFORMATIONAL TECHNOLOGY 10
  • • SPORTS 13
  • • MPGK- 25-30
  • Minimum qualifying:
  • • Mini. CUT OFF Minimum 40% in each, paper , Sc/St- Min. Cut off is 30 %
  • • Each paper will have 100 questions, and each right attempt will be awarded 2 marks.
  • • There is no negative marking in the prelims exam of MPPSC state services.

Paper II (Aptitude)

  • 200 Marks
  • Duration: Two Hours
  • Number of Questions: 100,
  • MPPSC
  • CSAT BREAK UP
  • • DATA INTERPRETATION 2q
  • • DECISION MAKING AND PROBLEM- SOLVING 14q
  • • COMPREHENSION 30 q
  • • GENERAL MENTAL ABILITY 22q
  • • LOGICAL REASONING 8q
  • • INTERPERSONAL SKILL 11q
  • • QUANTETIVE APPTITUTE 13q
  • Minimum cut off:
  • • Minimum 40% in each Paper , Sc/St- Min 30 %
  • • Nature of paper I & II - Only Qualifying in nature

  • Cut off in the year 2018 for Gen category was 138/200.

Stage - 2 Written Exam Pattern

The Written examination will consist of 6 papers of conventional essay type questions.

Candidate has to write answer in the sheet of following Exam pattern -

MPPSC Mains exam pattern for General Studies I, II & III (Paper I, II & III) can be checked below, Each paper will have:

  • Part A (150)Marks -Divided in 05 units(30 marks)
  • Each unit has 03 very short (10 words /3 Marks),02 short (50 words/05 Marks) and 01 essay type(200 words /11 Marks) answer.
  • Part B(150)Marks Divided in 05 units(30 marks)
  • Each unit has 03 very short (10 words /3 Marks),02 short (50 words/05 Marks) and 01 essay type(200 words /11 Marks) answer.

  • GS-4 will be divided into 5 units-
  • Each unit from 1 to 4 has 05 very short (10 words /2 Marks), 02 short (50 words/05 Marks) and 01 essay type(200 words /20 Marks) answer.
  • Thus each unit will be of 40 marks each(from 1 to 4)
  • 5 th Unit-
  • 2 Case studies, each 20 marks (word limit each 500 words)
  • What is the Cut Off For MPPSC Civil services mains?
  • In MPPSC the Cutoff in 2017 Gen category was 741/1400 (53%) for OBC it was 720/1400 (51%).

Stage - 3 Personality Test (Interviews)

The Interview or Personality Test carries 175 marks, and the candidates will be assessed in multiple aspects. There is no cutoff for Interview.

  • The main aim of taking personality test is to know the overall personality of the candidate and traits of the candidate like their confidence, honesty, intellectual, integrity, understanding ground realities and depth of understanding of various concepts.

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