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INTRODUCTION

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).

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

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

STAGES OF CSS EXAM

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



INTERVIEW + PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST

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.