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.
There are following parts of the PMS Exam with 1400 marks in total:
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:
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.