PMS Exam
PMS stands for Provincial Management Services. It’s a competitive Examination conducted by the Commission of respective Province.
It includes written test, psychological test and interview. The candidate who passes these 3 stages is offered a government job as First Class Officer (Grade 17).
Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) conducts PMS for Punjab every year where only Punjab domicile holder candidate can apply.
Eligibility Criteria
- No gender boundaries i.e. male, female and transgender can apply.
- Candidate must have a graduation degree in any discipline with a minimum of 2nd division from a recognized educational institution/university.
- The age limit for a PMS candidate is 21 to 30 years.
- 5 years upper age relaxation for the government officials serving for at least 4 years (subject to the certificates issued by their respective departments)
- 10 years of upper age relaxation for the special persons (subject to the submission of disability certificate).
Parts of PMS Exam
There are following parts of the PMS Exam with 1400 marks in total:
- Written Examination – 1200 marks
- Psychological Test
- Viva voce/Interview – 200 marks
Note: There is a negative marking of 0.25 for each wrong answer in General Knowledge (Objective part) Exams
There are following parts of the PMS Exam with 1400 marks in total:
- Written Examination – 1200 marks
- Psychological Test
- Viva voice/Interview – 200 marks
Note: There is a negative marking of 0.25 for each wrong answer in General Knowledge (Objective part) exam.
Written Exam (Compulsory + optional subjects)
PMS Syllabus for written exam consists of 6 Compulsory Subjects (600 marks) and 3 Optional Subjects to be chosen from 7 groups (600 marks).
Compulsory Subjects (100 x 6= 600 marks)
Sr. | Subject | Marks |
1. | English Essay | 100 |
2. | English (Précis, Comprehension & Translation) | 100 |
3. | Urdu (Essay, Comprehension & Translation) | 100 |
4. | Pakistan Studies | 100 |
5. | General Knowledge | 100 |
6. | Islamic Studies OR Ethics (for Non-Muslims) | 100 |
Optional Subjects
Candidate has to choose three optional subjects with only one subject from each group
Group 1
Sr. | Subject | Marks |
1. | Commerce | 200 |
2. | Economics | 200 |
3. | Business Administration | 200 |
4. | Political Science | 200 |
Group 2
Sr. | Subject | Marks |
5. | Agriculture | 200 |
6. | Veterinary Sciences | 200 |
7. | Botany | 200 |
8. | Zoology | 200 |
Group 3
Sr. | Subject | Marks |
9. | Mathematics | 200 |
10. | Computer Science | 200 |
11. | Statistics | 200 |
12. | Principle of Engineering | 200 |
Group 4
Sr. | Subject | Marks |
13. | Physics | 200 |
14. | Chemistry | 200 |
15. | Geology | 200 |
16. | Geography | 200 |
Group 5
Sr. | Subject | Marks |
17. | Political Science | 200 |
18. | History | 200 |
19. | Law | 200 |
20. | Mass Communication | 200 |
Group 6
Sr. | Subject | Marks |
21. | Philosophy | 200 |
22. | Psychology | 200 |
23. | Sociology | 200 |
24. | Social Work | 200 |
Group 7
Sr. | Subject | Marks |
25. | English Literature | 200 |
26. | Urdu | 200 |
27. | Arabic | 200 |
28. | Education | 200 |
29. | Persian | 200 |
30. | Punjabi | 200 |
Candidates qualifying the written exam will be shortlisted for psychological test and viva voce. The minimum score required to qualify the written part is 600 marks.
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