The Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) is tasked with the responsibility of organizing a range of civil services examinations for the state of Punjab. These examinations serve as the gateway for recruiting candidates for civil services and various departmental positions. The selection process for the Punjab State Civil Services Combined Competitive Examination involves the following essential steps:
1. Preliminary Competitive Examination.2. Main Competitive Examination, which comprises a written test and an interview.
PPSC Syllabus 2023
The syllabus for the PPSC 2023 Exam is structured as follows:
PPSC Prelims Exam Syllabus
Paper I – General Studies
1. Everyday Science
- States of matter, atomic structure, and the versatility of carbon.- Acids, bases, salts, corrosion in metals, and the action of soaps.- Life on Earth, including evolution, marine and terrestrial life.- Human body and life processes, nutrition, diseases, and their causes and prevention.- Public health initiatives, mother and child health, immunization, HIV-AIDS, TB, polio, etc.- Force, laws of motion and gravitation, Archimedes' principle.- Energy, kinetic and potential.- Light, reflection, refraction, and their applications.- Sound, propagation, reflection, and their applications.- Electric current, concepts, and applications.- Computers, telecommunication, concepts, and applications.
2. Environmental Studies
- Composition and structure of the atmosphere.- Solar system, heat balance, and temperature.- Atmospheric circulation, weather systems, and the water cycle.- Climate change, fossil fuels, greenhouse gases, renewable energy, carbon credits.- Water, including oceans, rivers, glaciers, lakes, and groundwater.- Biodiversity, conservation.- Soil, types, crops, food chain.- Pollution and toxicity.
3. Political Theory & International Order
- Basic concepts of freedom, equality, social justice, rights and duties, citizenship, nationalism, and secularism.- United Nations, international organizations like World Bank, IMF, WTO, EU, G20, BRICS, and their role in world peace, trade, and development.
4. Indian Polity
- Basic features, provisions, and schedules of the Indian Constitution, key amendments.- Panchayati Raj, electoral reforms.- Rise of regionalism and coalition politics.- Armed challenges to the Indian state since independence.
5. History of India
- Indus Valley civilization.- Aryan and Vedic age, Jainism, and Buddhism.- Maurya and Gupta periods.- Advent of Islam, Sultanate period, Bhakti Movement.- Mughals, including Aurangzeb.- Arrival of European Powers, British rule.- Mutiny of 1857.- Indian National Movement (1857-1947).
6. World History
- Renaissance and Industrial Revolution in Europe.- American Revolution (1776).- French Revolution (1789).- Russian Revolution (1917).- World Wars I & II.
7. Indian Economy
- Indian economic development (1950-1991), key policies, public sector dominance, bank nationalization.- Five-year plans, goals, and achievements.- Liberalization, privatization, and globalization era since 1991, key policies, decisions, and results.- Performance of the Indian economy since 1991, growth, fiscal and revenue deficits, trade, commerce, balance of payments, inflation, service sector growth.- Key challenges and responses, agriculture, industrialization, poverty alleviation, employment, infrastructure, social sector.
8. Geography
- Population distribution, density, growth, migration.- Human development, human settlements.- Land resources, agriculture.- Water resources.- Mineral and energy resources, manufacturing industries.- Planning and sustainable development in India.- Transport and communication.- International trade.- Geographical perspective on selected issues and problems.
9. Current events of national and international importance.
10. Punjab
- Geography, geographical and agro-climatic regions, rivers, water resources, demographics, human development indices.- People, society, and culture, major personalities in Punjab's history, religious movements, religions
, literature, folklore, performing arts, fine arts, and crafts.- History, including Sufis, saints, gurus, Lodhis, Mughals, Sikh rulers, the British period, nationalist movement, Punjab in independent India.- Economy, agriculture, animal husbandry, industrial and service sectors, major occupations, development, economic growth, public finance, public sector institutions, cooperatives, etc.
Paper II – Civil Services Aptitude Test
- Reading comprehension, Punjabi and English language comprehension, antonyms, synonyms, grammar, and sentence formation.- Interpersonal skills, including communication skills.- Logical reasoning, analytical and mental ability.- Basic numerical skills, numbers, magnitudes, percentages, numerical relation appreciation.- Data analysis, graphic presentations, charts, tables, spreadsheets.
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