Exam Pattern of GPSC Class 1 & 2 Main Exam
GPSC official website : www.gpsc.gujarat.gov.in.
The GPSC Class 1 & 2 Exam consists of 3 Phases:
- Preliminary Test.
- Main Exam.
- Personal Interview.
The GPSC Class 1 & 2 Main Exam consists of the following features:
- The Exam consists of 5 papers.
- Papers 1, 2 & 3 are conventional type i.e. descriptive questions.
- Papers 4 & 5 are objective type i.e. Multiple Choice Questions.
- Paper 1 & 2 consists of languages and are of 3 Hours duration each.
- Paper 3 consists of optional chosen by the candidate and is of 200 marks.
- Paper 4 & 5 consists of General Studies and each is of 200 marks.
- The exam is conducted for a total of 900 marks.
- There will be negative marking for each wrong answer for papers 4 & 5.
Pattern of GPSC Class 1-2 Main Exam:
Exam | Paper | Subject | Number of Marks | Total Marks | Duration of the Exam |
Written Test (Main) | PAPER I | Gujarati | 200 | Conventional | 3 Hours |
PAPER II | English | 100 | Conventional | 3 Hours | |
PAPER III | Optional | 200 | Conventional | 3 Hours | |
PAPER IV | General Studies 1 | 200 | Objective | 100 Minutes | |
Paper V | General Studies 2 | 200 | Objective | 100 Minutes | |
Interview | 100 | ||||
Total Marks | 1000 |
Candidates will be selected based upon their performance in the Written Test and Personal Interview