Eligibility criteria for the Civil Services exam of Karnataka Public Service Commissi

I want to give the Civil Services exam of Karnataka Public Service Commission and for that I want to get the details of eligibility criteria for the Civil Services exam of Karnataka Public Service Commission so can you provide me that?

[Kiran Chandar]

As you want to get the details of eligibility criteria for the Civil Services exam of Karnataka Public Service Commission so here it is for you:

Age Limit and Relaxation

Age limit – Minimum --- 18 years
Maximum --- 33 years

Relaxation of age for different categories is as follows:-

(i) SC/ST/Cat.I ---- 5 years

(ii) 2A/2B/3A/3B ---- 3 years

(iii) EX-MP ---- Number of years served by them plus 3 years.

(iv) Physically Handicapped ---- 10 years

(v) Widows ---- 10 years

(vi) In-service ---- No. of years of actual service rendered by them in any of the Departments of Karnataka State or any Dept. owned or controlled by the Government of Karnataka or 10 years whichever is less.

(vii) No. of years of service rendered by a candidate who has been released from National cadet Corps.( N.C.C) after service as a whole-time Cadet Instructor.

(viii) No. of years of service rendered by the candidate as Village Group Inspector appointed in a Rural Industrialisation Scheme sponsored by the State Government.

(ix) No. of years of service rendered by the candidate who is or was a Member or a Staff of the former Maharaja of Mysore.

(x) No. of years of service rendered by the candidate who is/was holding a post under the Census Organisation of Government of India or five years whichever is less.

(xi) A candidate who is a bonded laborer by 10 years.

Educational Qualifications:
Candidates must have passed graduation

Scheme of Examination

Preliminary Examination: (Objective Type) for the selection of candidates to the main examination
Main Examination: (Essay Type) for selection of candidates to the personality test
Personality Test / Interview: For final selection of candidates to various posts/cadres

Preliminary Examination

The Preliminary Examination consists of 2 (two) papers with objective type questions (multiple choice)

Paper Subject Marks
Paper –I General Studies 150
Paper –II One Subject selected from the list of optional subjects 300
Total 450

The question paper would be set both in Kannada and English.
The standard of Preliminary Examination is that of degree level.
Each paper will be of two hours duration.
The number of candidates to be admitted to the Main Examination would be 20 times the vacancies notified for recruitment in the order of merit on the basis of the performance in the Preliminary Examination.
There will also be provision for reservation for SC, ST and OBC.

Main Examination

The Main Examination consists of 8 (eight) papers with essay type questions.

Paper Subject Marks
Paper –I Kannada 150
Paper –II English 150
Paper – III & IV General Studies 300 each
Paper – V, VI, VII & VIII Two subjects to be selected from the list of optional subjects. Each subject will have two papers 300 each
Total 1800

The Examination is of conventional (essay) type.
The question papers are set both in Kannada and in English.
The marks obtained in compulsory papers (Kannada and English) are of qualifying nature. For qualifying in these papers, a minimum of 30% in each paper and 35% aggregate is required. The marks obtained in these two papers are not considered for determining the merit for selection. Candidates who do not secure the prescribed marks in these papers namely, Kannada and English, will not be eligible for personality test and selection.
The standard of Kannada and English paper are that of First Language Kannada and First Language English respectively at SSLC Level.
The standard of the main examination except (Kannada and English) are that of degree level.

List of Optional subjects for Preliminary/Main Examination

Agriculture
Agricultural Marketing
Co-operation and Sericulture
Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences and Fisheries
Anthropology
Botany
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Commerce
10. Criminology
11. Economics
12. Electrical Engineering
13. Geography
14. Geology
15. History
16. Law
17. Management
18. Mathematics
19. Mechanical Engineering
20. Philosophy
21. Physics
22. Political Science and International Relations
23. Psychology
24. Public Administration
25. Rural Development
26. Sociology
27. Statistics
28. Zoology

One of the following Languages
Kannada
English
Hindi
Urdu