WBCS Eligibility Criteria 2020

The much awaited WBCS Notification 2020 for the recruitment of WBCS post has been finally released by the Public Service Commission, West Bengal (PSCWB). As expected the prelim exam is scheduled to be conducted on February 09th 2020. The result of prelim will be updated shortly,  however, the dates of mains exam as well as its result are yet to be announced due to the pandemic Covid-19. There are different groups in recruitment of such examinations based on choice and merit of scored number. These are Group A, Group B ,Group C and Group D. The WBCS (Exe) officers belong to Group A . In general, As per record of the WBPSC the candidates with higher scores opt for WBCS (Exe), WBPS and some allied services as their first choice due to less strenuous nature of the service and the lure of metro posting. Only WBCS (EXE ) cadre is considered to be the State Civil Service by UPSC for direct promotion to IAS. Kindly, look at the following tables for other notable details for WBCS 2020 exam.

WBCS Eligibility Criteria 2020:

The eligibility criteria of WBCS 2020 is prescribed by the Public Service Commission, West Bengal. WBCS eligibility criteria 2020 includes age limit, educational qualification, etc. In order to become eligible for WBCS 2020, candidates must fulfill the eligibility conditions mandated by the Commission.

1. Nationality- Candidates have to be a citizen of India
2. Age limit– Candidates must be between 21 and 36 years of age (Group A,B & C) and 39 years of age for (Group D)as on January 1, 2020 to be eligible for WBCS 2020
3. Relaxation of age– Candidates belonging to SC, ST and OBC categories form West Bengal will be able to avail age relaxation in the upper age limit. For SC and ST candidates, age will be relaxed by 5 years while OBC candidates will be provided upto three years of age relaxation. Candidates from PwD categories will be given age concession upto 45 years
4. Education Qualification– Candidate must have a degree from a recognised University to be eligible for WBCS

Exam Pattern 

Preliminary Exam 2020: 

There will be 200 questions to be answered in 2 hours 30 minutes. It is a combination of General studies subjects.

Subject	Marks	Questions	Duration
English Composition	25	200	2 hours 30 minutes
General Science	25
Current Events of National and International Importance	25
History of India	25
Geography of India with special reference to West Bengal	25
Indian Polity and Economy	25
Indian National Movement	25
General Mental Ability	25
Total	200

WBCS Exam Pattern 2020 for Mains

• Duration for each paper is 3 hours
• All subjects are compulsory for “Group A & B”
• Except optional subjects, all subjects are mandatory for “Group- C & D”
• The full marks for each subject is 200 marks.

Paper	Subject
Paper 1	Bengali/ Hindi/ Urdu/ Nepali/ Santali
Paper 2	English
Paper 3	General Studies 1
Paper 4	General Studies 2
Paper 5	The Constitution of India and Indian Economy
Paper 6	Arithmetic and Test of Reasoning
Paper 7	Optional Paper
Paper 8	Optional Paper

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