MPPSC Mining Officer

Hello sir, I’m preparing for Mining officer post in Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission. Will you please provide me syllabus for Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission mining officer?

[Rajkumar Agarwal]

The Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission is going to conduct a written exam named Assistant Geologist and Mining Officer Examination.

Exam Pattern:
The written test will be multiple choice objective type.
There will be two composite papers in written exam.
Each question will carry 02 marks.
The time duration for each paper will be 02:00 hours (120 minutes).
Paper-I will be set in both Hindi & English whereas Paper-II will be set only in English Language.

Paper Subject No of Questions Max Marks
Paper-I Section-A General Studies 50 100
Section-B General Aptitude Test 50 100
Paper-II Geology 150 300
TOTAL 500

Exam Syllabus:

PAPER-I
Section-A [GENERAL STUDIES]
General Introduction of Madhya Pradesh :
Geography
Natural Resources of Madhya Pradesh
Human Resources
Energy Resources
Industries
Environment
Planning and Evaluation
Administrative Structure of Madhya Pradesh
Rural and Urban Administrative Structure
Games and Sports
Indian constitution
Different Plans and administration of M.P. Govt.
Culture of MP.
Literature
Folk Literature
Music & Dance Tradition
Arts
Major Schedule Tribes
Programmes of State Government in the field of Culture
Archaeological Heritage

Section-B [GENERAL APTITUDE TEST]
Comprehension
Interpersonal skill including communication skill
Logical reasoning and analytical ability
Decision making and problem solving
General Mental Ability
Basic Numeracy (numbers and their relations, order of magnitude etc.-Class X Level). Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. Class X Level).
Hindi Language Comprehension Skill (Class X Level)

PAPER-II [GEOLOGY]
Geodynamics and Geomorphology
Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
Sedimetology and Sedimentary Petrology
Physical Mineralogy and Geochemistry
Optical Mineralogy and Crystallography
Indian Stratigraphy (Archean to Proterozoic)
Indian Stratigraphy (Cambrian to Recent)
Invertebrate Paleontology
Vertebrate Paleontology, Micropaleontology and Palaeobotany
Structural Geology
Economic Geology
Hydrogeology
Photogeology and Remote Sensing
Applied Geology