DSP Punjab Selection Process Punjab Civil Service Exam 2018 DSP Physical Test, EXAM ,Age Limit, Syllabus and Dates Full detail

PUNJAB CIVIL SERVICE EXAM 2018

PPSC Recruitment 2018 Punjab Public Service Commission invites applications to recruit new staff for vacant posts in various departments through Punjab Civil Service Exam 2018. All eligible candidates should apply Last Date 23.04.2018. Check the eligibility criteria, selection procedure, job description & other details of PPSC recruitment vacancies given below.

Category- Punjab Govt Jobs
Organisation- Punjab Public Service Commission

Educational Qualifications- The candidate should possess a bachelor degree in any discipline from a recognised university or institution; Provided that the candidate may be permitted to take preliminary examination while studying for the qualifying degree. However, the candidate shall be required to produce proof of qualifying the degree course for being eligible to take the Main Competitive Examination (As per Punjab State Civil Services (Appointment by Combined Competitive Examination) Rules, 2009) Candidate must possess Graduation in any field. Candidate must possess degree & all other required documents before the date of apply. Must passed Punjabi up to 10th Standard.

Age Limit- 21 – 37 years as on 01.01.2018. Age relaxation will be provide for various categories as per govt rules. As mandated by Punjab State Civil Services (Appointment by Combined Competitive Examination) Rules, 2009 read with  Punjab Civil Services (Executive Branch) Rules 1976, and Govt. instructions issued from time to time, the candidate should have attained the minimum age of  21 years and should not have attained the age of  37 years on the first day of January of the year  in which the last day falls for submission of application to the Commission.  In other words, the candidate should have attained the age of 21 years but should not be older than 37 years on 1 st January 2018.

Selection Procedure- Candidates will be selected on the basis of their performance in Competitive Examination and Interview. Final merit list will based on candidate’s performance in the following rounds.

Preliminary Examination

Mains Examination

Personal Interview

Post Name                                 Vacancies
Punjab Civil Service                       10
DSP                                                      20
Tehsildar                                            03
Food Supply Officer                         02
Block Development Officer             15
Labour cum Conciliation Officer   01
Employment Generation Officer   06
DSP Jails/ Dist. Probation Officer 10
Total                                                     67

How To Apply- Eligible candidates should have to apply online through the official website www.ppsc.gov.in before last date 23.04.2018. Please ensure your eligibility before apply.

Application Fee-  for Gen/OBC – Rs.3000 and Others Rs.1125,  Pwd-1750,  Ex-servicemen –  500
    

GENERAL INFORMATION- Punjab State Civil Services Combined Competitive Examination 2018 Introduction

1   The Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) has been established under Article 315 of the Constitution of India, with the basic purpose of recruiting officials in various departments of the Government as per the requisitions sent by the Government in this regard from time to time. 

2  The Punjab State Civil Services Combined Competitive Examination-2018 (PSCSCCE-2018) is being conducted by the PPSC for recruitment of officers in the Punjab Civil Service

(Executive Branch), Deputy Superintendent of Police,  Tehsildar, Food Supply and Consumer Affairs Officer, Block Development & Panchayat Officers, Labour-Cum-Conciliation Officer, Employment Generation and Training Officer and Deputy Superintendent of Jails (Grade-II)/ District Probation Officer (Jails). On successful culmination of PSCSCCE-2018, the merit wise  names of qualified candidates will be sent by the commission, to the Government for making appointment to these services. All these services are governed by the Service Rules of the respective service and the Government after counseling and allocation of the candidates to the respective departments may consider the names sent by the PPSC for appointment against these posts as per respective Service Rules. 

3  The Punjab State Civil Services Combined Competitive Preliminary Examination-2018 shall be tentatively conducted on in July, 2018.

Note-  PPSC  will be giving out the date at the earliest after coordination with examination 

centres and reserves the right to alter the date of examination if situation warrants the same.

Vacancies- The number of vacancies to be filled on the basis of PSCSCCE-2018 is given in the table below: 
PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION 
BARADARI GARDEN, PATIALA- 147001
WEBSITE : http://ppsc.gov.in 

Physical Test
Minimum Height  & Chest Measurement -
Men For Women    Chest Applicable for men only     Unexpanded Expanded   
5 feet 7 inches               33 inches                                                    34.5 inches 
5 feet 3 inches
Besides the above requirement, the candidates have to qualify the Physical Test for the post of Deputy Superintendent Police and Deputy Superintendent of Jails (Grade-II)/ District 

Physical test events of the three physical test events-
Events for Male Candidates-
1. 1600 meters race: To be completed within 07 minutes 30 seconds (only one attempt)  
2. Long Jump : Minimum 
3.60 meters (Three attempts only) 
3. High Jump : Minimum 
1.15 meters (Three attempts only) 
4. Vertical Rope: 2.0 Meters climb from the ground (Three attempts only) 

Events for Female Candidates- 
800 meters race: To be completed within 04 minutes 45 seconds  (only one attempt) 
Long Jump: Minimum 3.00 meters  (Three attempts only)
High Jump : Minimum 
1.00 meter (Three attempts only) 
Shuttle : Running between two parallel lines 10 meter apart, five times in 20 seconds (one attempt only) 

Exam pattern & syllabus- Essential steps involved in the selection process are: 

i) Preliminary Competitive Examination; and

ii) Main Competitive Examination (written and Interview). 

A) Procedure and scheme for the Preliminary Examination: 

The preliminary competitive examination will consist of two papers of 200 marks each and shall comprise of  objective type (multiple choice) questions. The detail is as follows:-

Note- 1)  Both the papers will be of objective type multiple choice questions.

 2) Duration of each paper for preliminary examination will be two hours. However, visually impaired candidates will be given additional 20 minutes.  

3) There will be no negative marking in the written preliminary examination test, however  there may be negative marking for any objections to the Answer Key found false/frivolous/not supported by authentic evidence..  

4) The question paper shall be bilingual and shall be printed in English (Roman script) and Punjabi (Gurumukhi script) except for questions where candidates’ proficiency in language is to be tested.  

5) Details of syllabi are indicated in Appendix-I. (Attached)  

6) The standard of questions would be to test the knowledge as is expected of a person who has attained education at least up to graduation level.  

7) Preliminary Examination is only a screening test for selecting candidates who would be eligible to take the Main Examination and the marks obtained in this Examination shall not be counted towards the merit of the candidates arrived at after the Main Examination.

8) Candidates equal to 13 times of the vacancies advertised in each category would qualify from amongst those appearing in the Preliminary Examination for the Main Examination, provided that, such number of candidates are available and, are otherwise eligible for admission to the Main Examination. 

Paper                                                                  Maximum Marks
1 Punjabi  Compulsory (of 10+2 Standard)     100 
2 English Compulsory (of 10+2 standard)      100
3 Essay (Three Essays of 50 marks each)        150
4 General Studies  Paper-I (History,
Geography and Society)                                      250 
5 General Studies Paper-II (Indian Constitution & Polity, Governance and International Relations) 
6 General Studies  Paper-III (Economy, Statistics and Security issues)  
7 General Studies Paper-IV (Science & Technology, Environment,  Problem Solving and Decision Making) 
Interview                                                              150
Grand Total                                                   1500 

Punjabi or English medium- Candidates exercising the option to answer Papers in Punjabi language may, if they so desire, give English version within brackets of only the description of the technical terms, if any, in addition to the version in Punjabi language.  

The question papers other than language papers will be set in English. However, when any candidate opts for attempting any paper(s) in Punjabi medium, the question papers shall be printed in Punjabi accordingly.  

Interview- shall be conducted for only those candidates who qualify on the basis of their performance in the main competitive examination and who fulfil the criteria of eligibility. 

No candidate shall be eligible to appear in the interview unless he/she obtains 45% marks in the aggregate of all the papers (read 40 % for the candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) including at least 25% marks in each paper provided that if in main competitive examination, a sufficient number of candidates do not obtain 45% marks in the aggregate (read 40 % for the candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes), the Commission may at their discretion lower this percentage to not below 40% (read 35 % for the candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes), however, the minimum percentage for each paper shall remain unchanged.  

AGGREGATE OF GENERAL STUDIES PAPER MEANS AGGREGATE OF GENERAL STUDY PAPER-I, PAPER-II, PAPER-III AND PAPER-IV
The candidate after making himself/herself well acquainted with the General Information and Guidelines for filling  Online Application Form  may apply for PSCSCCE-2018 using Online Application Form link.

SYLLABUS OF PUNJAB STATE CIVIL SERVICES COMBINED COMPETITIVE  PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 

Paper –I (General Studies)

1. Everyday Science- States of matter, structure of atom, versatile nature of carbon. Acids, bases, salts, corrosion in metals, action of soaps. Life on Earth – evolution, marine & terrestrial life. Human body and life processes,  nutrition, disease - its causes & prevention, infectious diseases, lifestyle diseases.  Public health initiatives, mother and child health, immunisation & vaccination, HIVAIDS, TB, polio etc.

Force-laws of motion & gravitation, Archimedes principle. Energy

Light – reflection & refraction – concepts and applications. Sound – propagation &

reflection- concepts and applications. Electric current – concepts and applications.

2. Environmental studies- Composition and structure of the atmosphere. Solar system – heat balance & temperature.  Atmospheric circulation & weather system, water cycle. Climate change – fossil fuels, greenhouse gases, renewable energy, clean development mechanism, carbon credits.  Water – oceans, rivers, glaciers, lakes, groundwater etc. Biodiversity & conservation.  Soil – types, crops, food chain etc. Pollution and toxicity etc. 

3. Political theory & international order-  Basic concept of freedom, equality, social justice, rights & duties, citizenship, nationalism, secularism etc. 

4. Indian polity- Basic features, provisions, schedules of the Indian Constitution, key amendments. Panchayati Raj. Elections – People’s Representation Act, electoral reforms. Rise of regionalism and coalition politics. Armed challenges to the Indian state since independence.

5. History of India- The Indus valley civilisation.   The Aryan and the Vedic age. Jainism and Buddhism. The Maurya Gupta periods.Advent of Islam and Sultanate period (political, social & cultural). The Bhakti Movement. The Mughals (political, social & cultural till Aurangzeb). The coming of the European Powers and the advent of the British rule. The Mutiny of 1857. The British rule and the Indian National Movement (1857-1947)  World History- The Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution in Europe. The American Revolution 1776. The French Revolution 1789. The Russian Revolution 1917. World Wars I & II. 

6. Indian Economy- Indian economic development (1950-1991) – key economic policies, public sector dominance, bank nationalisation etc.

Five year plans– key goals and main achievements.  Liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation era since 1991 – key policies, decisions and results. Performance of Indian economy since 1991 – Growth, fiscal & revenue  deficits, trade, commerce & balance of payments, inflation, growth of service sector. Key challenges and responses – agriculture and food security, industrialisation, poverty alleviation & employment, rural & urban infrastructure, social sector – health, education etc.

7. Geography- Population – distribution, density, growth and comparison. Migration – types, causes and consequences.  Human development. Human settlements. Land resources and agriculture.  Water resources. Mineral and energy resources. Manufacturing industries. Planning and sustainable development in India. Transport and communication.

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