WBCS Exam Pattern 2022: West Bengal Civil Service exam is conducted for the candidates who are willing to join the civil services in the state of West Bengal. This examination is taken care of by the government of West Bengal. This examination has a total of four categories: groups A, B, C, and D. This examination has three phases: prelims, mains, and interview. The early stages of this examination are of 200 marks. The update for the examination is intimated on the official website of WBCS the candidate can check wbcs.gov.in To get the required information. This article contains the exam pattern and syllabus that will be coming for the WBCS exam. The candidate can refer to this article before starting the preparation for the exam.

WBCS Exam Pattern 2022

 The government of West Bengal holds the West Bengal Civil Service exam every year. This examination is to help the candidates get into several services that they want to opt for. The  West Bengal Public Service Commission authority takes the exam for Major four categories that are group A, group B, group C and group D. If the candidate wants to apply for more than two categories he can do this, which is voluntary.  This examination has three stages: the preliminary exam, the mains, and the personality test that is the interview. This article will help the candidate know the exam pattern of WBCS exam in a detailed way hence the candidate can totally refer to this article for his preparation.

Exam Pattern of WBCS exam 2022:

Name of the exam	Type of the exam	Number of question papers	Marks
Preliminary Exam	Objective	General Studies	200
Mains	Objective+Conventional	Eight; Paper-I (Conventional Type) Paper-II (Conventional) Paper-III (Objective) Paper-IV (Objective) Paper-V (Objective) Paper-VI objctive() Paper-VII & VIII (Optionals)	200 (each) for Paper I to VI 400 for Paper VII and VIII
Personality Test	Interview	–	200

Exam pattern  and marks distribution of the preliminary exam for WBCS 2022

Subject Name	Marks	Questions	Duration
English Composition	25	25	2 Hours
General Science	25	25
Current events of National & International Importance	25	25
History of India	25	25
Geography of India with special reference to West Bengal	25	25
Indian Polity and Economy	25	25
Indian National Movement	25	25
General Mental Ability	25	25
Total	200	200	2 Hours

Exam Pattern and marks distribution of the mains exam of WBCS 2022

Papers	Marks
Group ‘A’	Group ‘B’	Group ‘C’	Group ‘D’
Language Paper (Bengali/Hindi/Urdu/Nepali/Santali)	200	200	200	200
English Paper	200	200	200	200
General Studies – Paper I	200	200	200	200
General Studies-Paper II	200	200	200	200
Constitution of India and Indian Economy	200	200	200	200
Arithmetic and Test of Reasoning	200	200	200	200
Optional Subject – (One subject: Two papers of 200 marks each)	400	400	NA	NA
Personality Test	200	200	150	100
Total Marks	1800	1800	1350	1300

Exam Pattern and marks distribution for the personality test of WBCS exam 2022 

Personality Test	Category	Total marks	Duration
Interview	Group A	200	Cannot be predefined
Interview	Group B	200	Cannot be predefined
Interview	Group C	150	Cannot be predefined
Interview	Group D	100	Cannot be predefined

WBCS Syllabus 2022

 The candidate should know the WBCS syllabus to prepare for the exam. Follow this article to get a detailed syllabus for all the stages of the exam. 

Preliminary exam syllabus:

Given below is the detailed topic wise syllabus for the preliminary exam candidate can follow this to prepare for his examination.  The candidate who makes it through the preliminary round will then be called for the Mains examination. 

The topics for Prelims Syllabus are:

1. English Composition
2. General Science
3. History of India
4. Geography of India with special reference to West Bengal
5. Economic Geography
6. Indian Polity and Economy
7. Indian National Movement
8. General Mental Ability

Mains exam syllabus:

For the mains exam there would be a total of 8 papers.  The candidate who cleared the WBCS preliminary examination will be allowed to appear for the mains exam.  The mains exam is also of 200 marks with 6 papers compulsory and two papers from the optional subject. The optional subject papers are only for the group A and B categories. This examination has to be given According to the allotted time which is 3 hours for all the papers.  given below is the detailed syllabus for all the papers in the mains examination.

• Paper 1:
• Letter writing
• Précis Writing
• Composition and Translation from English to Bengali/Hindi/Urdu/Nepali/Santali

Paper 2:

• Letter writing
• Précis Writing
• Composition and Translation from Bengali/Hindi/Urdu/Nepali/Santali to English

Paper 3:

• General Studies-I:
• Indian History with special emphasis on National Movement
• Geography of India with
• special reference to West Bengal

Paper 4:

• General Studies-II:
• Science and Scientific & Technological advancement
• Environment
• General Knowledge
• Current Affairs

Paper 5:

• The Constitution of India and Indian Economy including role and functions of Reserve Bank of India

Paper 6:

• Arithmetic & Test of Reasoning

• The optional paper for group A and B will be from the optional subject the candidate will be opting. The candidate has to choose 1 subject from over 30 subjects and has to give 2 exams for that of 200 marks.

Personality test syllabus of WBCS

The personality test of the WBCS exam will be for the candidates who cleared both the previous stages of the examination.  In the personal the candidate is evaluated on the basis of a personal interview that will be taken by the exam Commission.  In the interview phases marks allotted for group A and B is 200 and for Group C it is  150 marks and for the group c candidate, it is 100 mark. 

About West Bengal Service Commission

 West Bengal Service Commission authority is the one who conducts the WBCS exam which is West Bengal Civil Service exam. This examination is for the candidates who are Aspiring to join The civil service of West Bengal.  This examination will help the candidate to get recruited in the Civil Service for the people. the candidate can apply for more than one category in the examination. 

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