Attempts allowed in West Bengal Civil Services Exams

Can you tell me how many times I can attempt for the West Bengal Civil Services Exams? Give me the information soon.

[Kiran Chandar]

For West Bengal Civil Services Exams there is no announcement on the official web site of Bengal Public service commissions. But still for your help here I am giving you the information according to my knowledge:

4 attempts for General Candidates
7 attempts for OBC Candidates
Unlimited attempts for SC/ST/PD

Syllabus:
Here I am uploading a file which contains the Syllabus of the West Bengal Civil Services Exams. For your help here I am giving some content of the attached file. For more details download the attached file:

Scheme of the Preliminary Examination:
English Composition- 25 marks
General Science- 25 marks
Current events of National & International Importance: 25 Marks
History of India: 25 Marks
Geography of India with special reference to West Bengal: 25 Marks
Indian Politics and Economy: 25 Marks
Indian National Movement: 25 Marks
General Mental Ability: 25 Marks

Compulsory Papers:

Paper I : Bengali/Hindi/Urdu/Nepali/Santali - Letter writing (within 1 words) / Drafting of Report (within 200 words), Précis Writing, Composition and Translation from English to Bengali/Hindi/Urdu/Nepali/Santali

Paper II : English - Letter writing (within 1 words) / Drafting of Report (within 200 words), Précis Writing, Composition and Translation from Bengali/Hindi/Urdu/Nepali/Santali to English

Paper III : General Studies-I : (i) Indian History with special emphasis on National Movement and (ii) Geography of India with special reference to West Bengal.

Paper IV : General Studies-II : Science and Scientific & Technological advancement, Environment, General Knowledge and Current Affairs.

Paper V : The Constitution of India and Indian Economy including role and functions of Reserve Bank of India.

Paper VI : Arithmetic and Test of Reasoning.

Personality Test:
Group- A,B,C: 200 Marks
Group- D: 100 Marks

WBCS Syllabus:







Address:
Public Service Commission,West Bengal.
161-A, S. P. Mukherjee Road, Kolkata – 700 026.
Phone No. PBX- 2466-5662 / 2463-5161 (Extn. 400,452)

Will you tell me how many attempts are allowed to appear in West Bengal Civil Services Exams as I want to know about it ?

[Arun Vats]

West Bengal Civil Services (WBCS) Exams are conducted by Public Service Commission of the Government of West Bengal.

I am here telling you about the number attempts to appear in West Bengal Civil Services Exams.

Number of attempt allowed for WBCS Exam:
General category:
4 Attempt

Other Backward category:
7Attempt

SC/ST:
No Restriction for Number of attempt

WBCS Exam Eligibility Criteria:

Candidate must be a citizen of India.

Age Limit:

Not below 21 years but not more than 32 years

Educational Qualification:
Candidate must possess a degree of a recognized University .

Selection process:

Preliminary exam (objective type)
Main exam (Subjective type)
Interview


Exam Pattern:
Scheme of the Preliminary Examination : The Preliminary Examination will consist of only one paper, viz., a paper on “General Studies”. The paper will be of an objective type consisting of 200 multiple-choice questions. The paper will carry 200 marks and will be of 2½ hours duration



II. Scheme of the Main Examination: The Main Examination will consist of six Compulsory papers and one optional subject (Only for candidates applying for group A and / or B) to be chosen by the candidates from the list of optional subjects given below. There will be two papers of the optional subject of 200 marks each. Each paper, Compulsory or Optional, will carry 200 marks and will be of 3 hours duration.

Out of six compulsory papers four papers i.e. (i) General Studies- I, (ii) General Studies- II, (iii) The Constitution of India and Indian Economy including role and functions of Reserve Bank of India and (iv) Arithmetic and Test of Reasoning will be of MCQ Type to be answered in OMR answer sheets. Remaining two compulsory papers i.e. Paper – I and Paper – II will be of conventional type written examination.

III. Compulsory Papers:

Paper I: Bengali/Hindi/Urdu/Nepali/Santali – Letter writing (within 150 words) / Drafting of Report (within 200 words), Précis Writing, Composition and Translation from English to Bengali/Hindi/Urdu/Nepali/Santali

Paper II: English – Letter writing (within 150 words) / Drafting of Report (within 200 words), Précis Writing, Composition and Translation from Bengali/ Hindi/ Urdu/ Nepali/ Santali to English.

Paper III: General Studies-I : (i) Indian History with special emphasis on National Movement and (ii) Geography of India with special reference to West Bengal.

Paper IV: General Studies-II: Science and Scientific & Technological advancement, Environment, General Knowledge and Current Affairs.

Paper V: The Constitution of India and Indian Economy including role and functions of Reserve Bank of India.
Paper VI : Arithmetic and Test of Reasoning.

IV. The standard of Arithmetic part of Compulsory Paper – VI (Arithmetic & Test of Reasoning) will be similar to that of the Compulsory Mathematics paper at the Madhyamik Examination of the Board of Secondary Education, West Bengal. Test of Reasoning will cover Analytical Reasoningata Sufficiency, Logical Reasoning : (i) Logical Deduction (ii) Forcefulness of the Arguments (iii) Implication of sentences (iv) Inferring from diagrams, Series: (i) Letter series, (ii) Number series, Inferring from Data, Analogy tests, Symbol Interpretation, Mathematical puzzles, Odd man out, Perception test, Non-verbal reasoning & Selecting the correct sequence.

The standard of other compulsory papers will be of the level of learning expected from a graduate of any faculty of a recognized University.

The two papers of the optional subjects will be of conventional type and the standard of the examination will be approximately that of an Honours Degree Examination as prescribed by the recognized Indian Universities except Law, Medical Science and Engineering subjects which will be that specified for the LLB, MBBS and BE or equivalent courses respectively by recognized Indian Universities / Institutions.

The Topic -Environment‘ in paper General Studies II will include the following:- Bio diversity and Coastal Regulation Zone, Global Warming, Industrial and Environmental Pollution, Ozone Layer and related issues.

The Topic -Indian Economy including role and functions of Reserve Bank of India‘ of the 5th compulsory paper will consist of the following:-
Central State relation and devolution of central funds to state, Planning process and objectives of five years plan, Functions of RBI and Monetary policy, Central Finance Commission & State Finance Commission and Fiscal Policy of Government of India.

V. Answers in all the papers, Compulsory and Optional, except the language papers may be written either in English or in Bengali (unless otherwise directed in these rules or in the question papers). Answers in the following optional papers may also be written in Nepali:

Optional : (1) Political Science
(2) Botany