WBCS Syllabus 2023 & Exam Pattern – Check Here

WBCS Syllabus 2023 for the Prelims and Mains Exam is available here. Aspirants who are planning or have applied to the WBCS Examination need this valuable information. Hence, through this page we share the complete West Bengal Civil Service Exam Syllabus for the aspirants. Thus, go through the section shared below to get the useful information and prepare for the upcoming test.

WB Civil Service Exam Syllabus Overview

Recruitment Authority	West Bengal Public Service Commission (WBPSC).
Advertisement No	01/2023
Exam Name	WBCS 2023
Start Date of Application	28th February 2023
Last Date of Application	21st March 2023
Job Type	State Govt Jobs
Place of Posting	West Bengal
Page Category	Syllabus
Website	wbpsc.gov.in

The toughest of the exam in West Bengal is the WBCS Exam. Thus, the applicants shall leave no stone un-turned to crack this highly competitive exam. To crack this highly competitive exam, a candidate needs a continuous practice and precise study plan. Thus, in this direction this page will provide the required information.

Selection Stages in WBCS 2023 Examination

WBCS Examination consists of three stages as per Official Notification. West Bengal PSC shortlists the candidates in this prestigious examination through the following stages –

• Prelims Examination
• Mains Examination &
• Interview or a Personality Test.

The Prelims Examination is a screening test for the Mains Exam. The WBCS Mains Exam is conventional in nature and the shortlisted candidates in this stage shall qualify for the Interview Stage. Finally, West Bengal PSC allots the candidates to different Services or Groups based on the combined score of Mains and Interview.

WB Civil Service Examination Pattern Overview

Check the WBCS Exam Pattern shared here to prepare for both the Prelims and Mains Exam. The Exam Pattern here shares the Exam Topics, Marks Distribution, test duration and also the negative marking scheme. Thus, refer to these to prepare and score high mark in the exam

WBCS 2023 Preliminary Exam Pattern

The WBCS Preliminary Examination is meant to serve as a Screening Test only for the purpose of selection of candidates for the Main Examination. The marks obtained in this examination by the candidates will not be considered for final selection. Only those candidates who will be declared qualified at the Preliminary Examination in a year shall be eligible for admission to the WBCS (Exe.) etc.(Main) Examination of that year.

Sl. No	Subjects	Marks
I	English Composition	25
II	General Science	25
III	Current Events of National & International Importance	25
IV	History of India	25
V	Geography of India with special reference to West Bengal	25
VI	Indian Polity and Economy	25
VII	Indian National Movement	25
VIII	General Mental Ability	25
	Total	200

• Questions will be MCQ in nature.
• Negative marking for each wrong answer will be applicable and will be printed on the top of Question Booklet.
• The time allotment for this examination is 2hrs and 30 minutes.

WBCS 2023 Mains Examination Pattern

WBCS Main Examination shall consist of six Compulsory papers and one optional subject consisting of two papers (Only for candidates applying for Group A and / or B) chosen by the candidates from the list of optional subjects as given on the WBCS Notification 2023. 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.

SI No	Subjects	Duration	Marks	Group of Services
Paper I	Bengali or Hindi or Urdu or Nepali or Santali	3 Hours	200	For A, B, C & D
Paper II	English	3 Hours	200	For A, B, C & D
Paper III	General Studies-I	3 Hours	200	For A, B, C & D
Paper IV	General Studies –II	3 Hours	200	For A, B, C & D
Paper V	Constitution of India and Indian Economy	3 Hours	200	For A, B, C & D
Paper VI	Arithmetic and Test of Reasoning	3 Hours	200	For A, B, C & D
Paper VII	Optional Subject Paper 1	3 Hours	200	Only for Group A and / or B
Paper VIII	Optional Subject Paper 2	3 Hours	200	Only for group A and / or B

• Candidates qualifying the Preliminary Examination shall have to appear for the Mains Examination.
• The Paper I, Paper-II will be conventional type while the rest of the Compulsory Paper will have MCQ based examination.
• The two papers of the Optional Subjects i.e., Paper VII and VIII shall be a conventional type examination and the syllabus will be of an Honors Degree Examination as prescribed by an Indian Universities.

WBCS 2023 Prelims Exam Syllabus

The Preliminary or Prelims Examination is a test having MCQ on various topics. Students can cover the following topics listed below and also the latest newspaper, magazines etc to prepare for the prelims exam.

• Indian Polity
• History of India
• Indian National Movement
• Indian Geography
• Five-year planning
• General Science
• Persons in News
• Current Events
• Books & Authors
• Prizes & Recipients
• Sports & Events
• Men & Work
• Speed & distance
• Percentage
• Ratio & proportion
• Profit & Loss
• Simple interest
• Average
• Antonyms
• Synonyms
• Verb Agreements
• Active & Passive Voice
• Narration
• Pick the Correct One
• Alphabet Order

WBCS 2023 Mains Exam Syllabus

With regard to the WBCS Mains Examination, the Public Service Commission has already defined the Syllabus and according to that the aspirants should prepare. Since, this is the only authentic source of WBCS Mains Exam Syllabus, we have shared the pdf version for the aspirants. Thus, the intenders can follow the link below and download the WB Civil Service Exam Syllabus PDF.

Click Here to download WBCS Official Syllabus PDF

We hope the information here on WBCS Syllabus and Exam Pattern is useful. Thus, we suggest the aspirants to prepare according to the WBPSC prescribed Syllabus and score higher mark.

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