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CSS Exam - Detail of Written Exam
A candidate has to appear in the following four parts of CSS Exam:
- Written Exam
- Medical Test
- Psychological Test
- Viva Voce
Written Exam
- The written exam consists of twelve (12) papers. Out of which six (6) are compulsory papers and the remaining six (6) are optional papers. Each paper has 100 marks.
- The written exam carries 1200 marks in total. Out of which, 600 marks are for compulsory papers and 600 marks are for optional papers.
- Time allowed for each paper is 3 Hours.
- Each paper has Part-I (Objective part) and Part-II (Subjective part). Part-I is attempted on a separate sheet which collected back after 30 minutes.
- Qualifying marks for the compulsory paper is 40% and for the optional paper is 33%.
- Optional papers are to be selected from the groups of subjects in the list according to the rules specified for them by FPSC.
- The list of compulsory and optional paper is as follows:
COMPULSORY SUBJECTS (600 MARKS)
Code No. | Subjects | Marks |
---|---|---|
1. | English Essay | 100 |
2. | English (Precis and Composition) | 100 |
3. | General Science & Ability | 100 |
4. | Current Affairs | 100 |
5. | Pakistan Affairs | 100 |
6. | Islamic Studies OR Comparative Study of | 100 |
Major Religions (For Non Muslims) | ||
Total Marks | 600 |
OPTIONAL SUBJECTS (600 MARKS)
Code No. | Subjects | Marks |
---|---|---|
11. | Accountancy & Auditing | 200 |
12. | Economics | 200 |
13. | Computer Science | 200 |
14. | Political Science | 200 |
15. | International Relations | 200 |
Group-II: (To select subject(s) of 200 marks only)
Code No. | Subjects | Marks |
---|---|---|
16. | Physics | 200 |
17. | Chemistry | 200 |
18. | Applied Mathematics | 100 |
19. | Pure Mathematics | 100 |
20. | Statistics | 100 |
21. | Geology | 100 |
Group-III: (To select one subject of 100 marks only)
Code No. | Subjects | Marks |
---|---|---|
22. | Business Administration | 100 |
23. | Public Administration | 100 |
24. | Governance & Public Policies | 100 |
25. | Town Planning & Urban Management | 100 |
Group-IV: (To select one subject of 100 marks only)
Code No. | Subjects | Marks |
---|---|---|
26. | History of Pakistan & India | 100 |
27. | Islamic History & Culture | 100 |
28. | British History | 100 |
29. | European History | 100 |
30. | History of USA | 100 |
Group-V: (To select one subject of 100 marks only)
Code No. | Subjects | Marks |
---|---|---|
31. | Gender Studies | 100 |
32. | Environmental Sciences | 100 |
33. | Agriculture & Forestry | 100 |
34. | Botany | 100 |
35. | Zoology | 100 |
36. | English Literature | 100 |
37. | Urdu Literature | 100 |
Group-VI: (To select one subject of 100 marks only)
Code No. | Subjects | Marks |
---|---|---|
38. | Law | 100 |
39. | Constitutional Law | 100 |
40. | International Law | 100 |
41. | Muslim Law & Jurisprudence | 100 |
42. | Mercantile Law | 100 |
43. | Criminology | 100 |
44. | Philosophy | 100 |
Group-VII: (To select one subject of 100 marks only)
Code No. | Subjects | Marks |
---|---|---|
45. | Journalism & Mass Communication | 100 |
46. | Psychology | 100 |
47. | Geography | 100 |
48. | Sociology | 100 |
49. | Anthropology | 100 |
50. | Punjabi | 100 |
51. | Sindhi | 100 |
52. | Pashto | 100 |
53. | Balochi | 100 |
54. | Persian | 100 |
55. | Arabic | 100 |
- A subject carrying 100 marks has one paper. On the other hand, a subject carrying 200 marks has two papers.
- Question papers in Urdu or other regional languages (i.e. Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi, or Balochi), Arabic and Persian must be answered in the respective languages. However, translation question (from respective language to English) in the same papers must be answered as directed in the question.
- There will be 20 MCQs in all compulsory papers except the paper of Essay. There will be 20 MCQs in all optional papers except paper of Applied Mathematics and Pure Mathematics.
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