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Hi i am interedted in having information about Preliminary Examination Pattern and syllabus which is conducted by Karnataka Public Service Commission for reccruitment in verious government services?

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Karnataka Public Service Commission conducts examination for recruitment for various governments posts in different disciplines and the information pertaining to the examinatio has been mentioned below.

KPSC KAS Exam Pattern

KAS exam is conducted into three parts:

Part I -Preliminary exam
Part II: Main Examination
Part III: Personality Test

Part I: Preliminary exam

In Part I Preliminary exam is conducted. In this exam 100 questions of two marks each are given to solve. This exam will be of 2 hours duration.

Paper
Exam Subjects
No. of questions
Marks

Paper I
General Studies related to National and International importance
40
80

Humanities
60
120

Total
100
200

Paper II

General Studies related to State Importance
40
80

General Science & Tech, Environment & Ecology
30
60

General Mental Ability
30
60

Total
100
200


Prelims Exam Syllabus
Paper I:

Current events of National and International importance.

Humanities – History of India – Emphasis shall be on broad general understanding of the subject in its social, economic, cultural and political aspects with a focus on Indian national movement with special emphasis on Karnataka.

World Geography and Geography of India with a focus on Karnataka.

Indian polity and economy, including the country’s political system, rural development, planning and economic reforms in India-sustainable development, poverty alleviation, demographics, social sector initiatives etc.

Paper II:

Current events of State importance and important State Government programmes.

General Science & Technology, Environment & Ecology-contemporary developments in science and technology and their implications including matters of everyday observations and experience, as may be expected of a well-educated person who has not made a special study of any scientific discipline general issues on Health, environmental ecology, biodiversity and climate change that do not require subject specialization.

General Mental Ability- Comprehension, Logical reasoning and Analytical ability, Decision making, problem solving, Basic innumeracy (numbers and their relations, order of magnitude etc.,) and data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc., (class X/SSLC level).”