PROCEDURE SYLLABUS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION TO THE COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION

PROCEDURE & REQUIREMENTS



The Examination may be held at Karachi/Hyderabad/Sukkur. However the Commission reserves the right to finally decide the place where the candidate would be examined or interviewed.

Exact date of the Examination will be announced by the Commission in the due course of time.

Application on the prescribed form along with the "General Instruction" and the "Syllabus" should be obtained from the Office of the Sindh Public Service Commission, Hyderabad or Regional Office of the Commission, Block No. 81, Old Pakistan Secretariat Karachi or regional Office of the Commission Near Al-Falah High School, Minara Road, Sukkur on production of Original Treasury receipt of Rs. 1,000/-

Request of application form by post will be entertained by the Head Office only, if accompanied by self-addressed large size envelope bearing Rs.20/- stamps for Registered post and Rs. 10/- for ordinary post. The Commission under no circumstances shall be responsible for non-receipt of any posted letter(s).

a. The fee of Rs. 1,000/- only must be deposited on or before the closing date in a Government Treasury or in a Branch of State/National Bank of Pakistan in Sindh or in a State Treasury authorized by Govt. of Sindh to transact the business on its behalf. On the Challan (a) Name of the Candidate (b) Name of post applied for and (c) Head of Account as "receipt of Sindh Govt. under the Head "1211100" organs of State Examination Fee (P) Sindh Public Service Commission" should be clearly mentioned. The original Challan should necessarily be attached with the application form. If the name of the candidate, the post applied for or the Head of Account is not or incorrectly mentioned on the application form it shall be rejected.

b. No claim for refund of Examination Fee shall be entertained in any circumstances. Neither it shall be held in reserve nor shall be credited for another Examination/selection.

Both Male and Female citizens of Pakistan (unless required otherwise by the Recruitment Rules) having Domicile and permanent residence in Sindh are eligible.

A married Woman must produce her own Domicile and permanent residence certificate on (Form D).
a. No person shall be admitted to the Examination unless He/She:-

A. Is a Graduate from a recognized University (A candidate who obtains a degree after passing B.A. Examination in English only will not be eligible to compete unless He/She has passed the Matriculation Examination in Full).

B. Is not less than 21 years and not more than 28 years on 1st
of September, on the advertisement year.

C. In the case of candidate from schedule castes the upper age limit is 29 years on 1st September, of the advertisement year.
NOTE: Schedule castes means the castes, races and Tribes or parts of groups within castes, races and Tribes declared to be scheduled castes under any low in force in Sindh or so declared by Government for the purpose of the West Pakistan Civil Service (Executive Branch) Rules, 1964

b. In the case of persons whose services with the Government of Sindh have been terminated for want of a vacancy, the period of service already rendered by them shall fro the purpose of the upper age limit under this Rule be excluded from their age.

c. In the case of candidate who are serving in connection with the affairs of the Federation and are Domiciled in Sindh and persons serving in connection with the affairs of the Province of Sindh with a total service of atleast Four years on 1st September, of the advertisement year, the upper age limit shall be 35 years.



NOTE:employee of autonomous bodies like WAPDA, Local Bodies of etc, are not eligible for this concession.




The following Document must be sent alongwith the application form:-


I. A Certificate from the University that the candidate has passed the Degree Examination.

II. Certificate from the Controller of Examinations of the University showing the exact date of the announcement of the result.

III. Matriculation or Secondary School Certificate issued by the concerned Board showing the date of birth.

IV. Domicile Certificate from the concerned DCO/City Govt. of the District to which the candidate belongs.

V. Permanent residence certificate (Form D) of the candidate himself/herself as required under Rule 7 of the Sindh permanent Residence Certificate Rules 1971 for the purpose of recruitment to Public Service in Sindh.

VI. Three Passport size photographs of candidate taken not more than three months before the submission of the application. Each copy should be signed by the candidate on its back and the candidate’s signature on it should be attested by a Government Officer or 1st Class Magistrate who should give his designation and Court/Office Seal.

VII. The following Character Certificate in case the candidate(s) is not a Government Servant:-

a. From the Principal or Academic Officer of his/her University or College or School last attended, and

b. From two responsible persons who are well acquainted with him/her in private life and or not connected with his/her University or College or School.

VIII. In the case of those persons who come in category of para 11(b) a certificate from the Administrative Secretary showing that their services under the Sindh Government were terminated for want of a vacancy and also certifying the period of service rendered as such.

IX. In the case of those Government Servants who come in the category of para 11© a certificate (on the enclosed form) from the Head of Department or Office showing that he has atleast four years Government service at his credit on 1st September, or the advertisement year.


The candidate should carefully read the titles of all compulsory and optional subjects mentioned in this syllabus and must ensure that correct titles of the subject(s) is mentioned on the form enclosed herewith for this purpose. In case the candidates write the titles of the subjects other than those mentioned in this syllabus their applications shall be rejected SUMMARILY and no appeal shall be entertained against this rejection.


The option exercised by the candidate for the selection of subject(s) at the time of submitting the application form shall be treated as final and no request for any change therein shall be entertained.


The application form together with all the required documents and the original treasury challan should reach the Commission Office at Hyderabad on or before the closing date as mentioned in advertisements.


All the documents in Original must be produced on the day of viva-voce before the viva-voce commences, failing which the candidate neither shall be examined nor any other time/date shall be given.


A candidate who knowingly furnishes any particulars which are false or Suppresses material information or deliberately submits forged certificates or tampers with the entries in his/her age or educational certificates, may be disqualified from this and/or subsequent selection(s) examinations to be held by the Commission and shall be recommended to be debarred from further employment under Government.


A candidate who makes false accusation or insinuations against rival candidate(s) shall be disqualified.


A candidate shall not be admitted to the examination hall in case he/she does not posses the certificate of admission from the Commission. The candidates are therefore required to obtain the same from the Commission well in time.


IMPORTANT NOTES:


b. The candidates are warned that if any application is incomplete or wrongly filled in or is not accompanied by any of the required documents(s), shall be rejected summarily and no representation for its re-admission will be entertained unless the deficiencies are made good by the last date notified for the submission of the application forms.

c. Answer papers in all the subject of the examinations are secret documents and therefore shall neither be permitted to be seen by the candidates nor their representative nor re-examination of the answer books/scripts shall be allowed under any circumstances.

d. "General Instruction" attached with this application form shall apply mutatis generally.

e. Canvassing in any form will disqualify a candidate.

f. All communication be addressed to Secretary, Sindh Public Service Commission, Thandi Sarak, Hyderabad.

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You are an eagle, flight is your vocation:
You have other skies stretching out before you.

The written examination shall include compulsory and optional subjects.
Every candidate shall take all the compulsory subjects and three of the optional subjects, subject to the following restrictions:-

a. No more than two subjects shall be taken from each group.

b. Not more than two subjects shall be taken from among subjects at Sr. No. 10, 11, 18, 19 and 34 (Arabic Literature period I and II, Islamic History Period I & II Islamiat.).

A candidate shall answer the papers in English unless otherwise directed.
The details of marks shall be as under:-

i. Compulsory Subjects (Total 05 Subjects) 450 Max: Marks
ii. Optional Subjects (Total 03 Subjects) 450 Max: Marks
iii. Viva-Voce 250 Max: Marks

The compulsory and optional subject(s) and maximum marks fixed for each subject shall be, as shown in the statement below:-


NO SUBJECT MAX:markS
01. English 100
02. English Essay 050
03. Essay in Urdu/Punjabi/Sindh/Pashto/Balochi 050
04. General Paper in Urdu/Punjabi/Sindh/Pashto/Balochi 100
05. General Knowledge including Every day science 150
06. Viva Voce 250

NO CANDIDATE SHALL BE SUMMONED FOR VIVA VOCE TEST UNLESS HE/SHE OBTAINED ATLEAST 33% MARKS IN EACH INDIVIDUAL WRITTEN PAPER AND 50% MARKS IN THE AGGREGATE OF THE WRITTEN PORTION OF THE EXAMINATION NO CANDIDATE SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE QUALIFIED IN THE EXAMINATION UNLESS HE/SHE ALSO OBTAINS ATLEAST 30% MARKS IN VIVA VOCE FAILURE IN OR ABSENCE FROM VIVA VOICE SHALL MEANS THAT THE CANDIDATE HAS FAILED TO QUALIFY FOR APPOINTMENT AND HIS/HER NAME WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE MERIT LIST.

NOTE: NO GRACE MARKS SHALL BE ALLOWED TO ANY CANDIDATE.


GROUP "A"

English Literature Period I, 1780-1832
English Literature Period II, 1832-1901
Arabic
Persian
French
Sanskirt
Latin
German 150 marks each
History of Urdu Literature/History of Sindhi Literature
Arabic Literature Period I
Arabic Literature Period II
Persian Literature Period I up to 1500 AD
Persian Literature Period II after 1500 AD


GROUP "B"

Indian History, Period I
Indian History, Period II
English History, from 1714 AD
European History, from 1789 AD 150 marks each
Islamic History, Period I
Islamic History, Period II

GROUP "C"

Pure Mathematics
Applied Mathematics 150 marks each
Statistics

GROUP "D"

Physics
Chemistry
(a) Geology
Applied Chemistry
Botany
Zoology
Agriculture
(a) Forestry 150 marks each
Astronomy
Human AnatomyPhysiology

GROUP "E"

Ethics and psychology
Logic and Elements of Philosophy
Islamiat
Economics
Political Science 150 marks each
Criminal Law
Civil Law
Geography
International Relations
Commerce Comprising
(a) Industrial and Commercial Organization
(b) Industrial Commercial Law and
(c) Statistics
Public Administration
Sociology.



Note:- All papers except in easy, shall be of three hours duration. The time allowed for the essay shall be two hours in each case.
If a candidate’s handwriting is not easily legible a deduction which may be considerable, may be made on this account from the total marks secured by him/her.
Credit will be given for good English including orderly, effective and exact expression combined with due economy of words in all subjects of the examination and not only in subjects which are specially devoted to English.
Names of candidates who qualify shall be arranged in order of merit according to the aggregate marks obtained at the examination.
Note:- In the event of a tie, the order of merit shall be determined in accordance with the highest marks secured in the viva voce, Should the marks in the Viva voce of the candidates be equal then the order of merit shall be decided in accordance with the highest marks obtained by such candidates in the aggregate of the compulsory subjects.

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You are an eagle, flight is your vocation:
You have other skies stretching out before you.

does anyone know details about syllubus? Is it sam as CSS or little less?

If anyone can suggest subject details of Public Adminstration, IR, and European History, I will be greatful.

regards

YKD

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS PCS SYLLABUS

(1) European and U.S.A Affairs
since 1919, with special
reference to the following topics:2
(a) The Versailles Settlement.
(b) The League of Nation and U.N.O.
(c) Soviet Foreign Policy.
(d) The Second World War.
(e) Foreign Policy of U.S.A..
(f) Fascism and National Socialism.
(g) The current International Situation.
(2) Eastern Affairs since1919, with Special
reference to the following topics:2
(a) The Expansion of Japan.
(b) The Chinese Civil War.
(c) The Freedom Movements in South East
Asia.
(d) The Palestine problem and the Arab
States.
(e) The Egyptian Nationalism.
(f) Turkey and Her Foreign Policy.
(g) International Rivalries in Iran and
Afghanistan.
(3) Geographical Aspeets of International
Relations.

2

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Legal and Industitutional Setting,
Principle of Organization, Internal
Management and Control,
Personal Management, Fiscal
Management Planning and
Special Problems in
Administration.

3.
EUROPEAN HISTORY

) European History, from 1789 A.D.
STANDARD SAME AS DEGREE EXAM

Dear bro,

thanks for such detail description. where u got it from? is this complete syllubus for the subjects outlined by you?

regards, YKD

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I got it for you right from the spsc website. its completely official not outlined by me.
Yes dear it covers the portion as per cce exams.

brother,

thanks for sharing this guideline for PCS syllabus.

But why they have not include topics like
1. Approaches to IR
2. Nation-State Theory
3. Nationalism
4. Balance of Power
5. Foreign Aid

These topics are very important in IR study or not?

Can come body like to tell exams kab hongy aur forms wagera kia process hey???

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wa tu izzu man tashaa, wa tu zillu man ta shaa....

Of course these are the topics of pivotal value in the subject like international relations, but when it comes to SPSC, there is characteristically a concise syllabus for nearly all subjects.

Dear Sir..
I want to opt for Indian history 1 and 2 and for public administration or will go with sociology..
Sir can u make me aware regarding the syllabus of all the subjects. and the books too of both optional and compulsory