West Bengal Civil Services Exams Attempts

Can you tell me how many attempts are allowed for West Bengal Civil Services Exams as I have already given it once?

[Arun Vats]

West Bengal Civil Services (WBCS) Exams are conducted for job admissions in a wide number of Administrative Services under Government of West Bengal.

There is two require educational criteria for WBCS Exams:

Candidate should be a graduate from recognized college or University
One should be able to read, write and speak Bengali.
Candidate's age should be 21-32 year for Group A,C and D and for Group B age should 20-32 year.

Number of attempt allowed for WBCS Exam:
General category: Four Attempt
Other Backward category: Seven Attempt
SC/ST: No Restriction for Number of attempt

Selection process:

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

Scheme of the Preliminary Examination:
The Preliminary Examination consists of only 1 paper of 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.
The standard of the paper will be of the level of knowledge as expected of a graduate of any faculty of a recognized University.

Scheme of the Main Examination:
The Main Examination consist of 5 Compulsory papers and two optional subjects (one optional subject for candidates applying only for group C and / or D) to be chosen by the candidates.

If a candidate offers two optional subjects and intends to compete for only Group – ‘C’ and/or ‘D’. There will be two papers on each optional subject.

WBCS 2014 Scheme & Syllabus