Syllabus for CGPSC State service exam 2020

CGPSC 2020 Candidates who are preparing for the exam can check the CGSC Prelims and Mains exam pattern, Syllabus. CGSC 2020 exam detail includes different sections, subjects, and topics from where the questions will be asked in the exam, marking scheme and duration of the exam. Here Candidates will get an idea about the overall question paper and topics that are asked in the examination. Candidates must go through the CGPSC exam pattern 2020 before starting their preparation.

The CGPSC State Services Exam has three stages:

CGPSC Prelims Exam
CGPSC Main Exam
Interview

CGPSC Prelims Exam Pattern:

CGPSC Prelims Exam will have two compulsory paper of objective type. The duration of the exam is 2 hours each.

Paper I: The Paper I consist of General studies (Questions 100, Marks 200 and Duration 2 Hr). There are 1/3 negative marks for each wrong answer.

Paper II: The Paper II is an Aptitude Test (Questions 100, Marks 200 and Duration 2 Hr). There are 1/3 negative marks for each wrong answer.

Paper	Name of the Subject	Number of Questions	Number of Marks
1	General Studies	100	200
2	General Aptitude	100	200
Total		200	400

Minimum Qualifying marks: In each question paper there is a minimum qualifying mark. The minimum qualifying mark is

Unreserved Category: 33%

Reserved Category and Handicapped Candidates: 23%

Note:The Paper II is qualifying in nature and the mark obtained in paper II will not be added while preparing the merit list. The merit list will be based on the mark obtained in Paper I only.

Mains Examination

The Mains exam consists of seven papers. The nature of the exam will be conventional in nature (short/medium/long) type. Each paper will be of 200 marks and the duration of the exam is 3 hr.

Name of Paper	Subjects	Duration	Marks
Paper I	Language	3 hr	200
Paper II	Essay	3 hr	200
Paper III	History, Constitution and Public Administration	3 hr	200
Paper IV	Science, Technology and Environment	3 hr	200
Paper V	Economics and Geography	3 hr	200
Paper VI	Mathematics and Logical Ability	3 hr	200
Paper VII	Philosophy and Sociology	3 hr	200

Points to be Noted about Mains Exam

All the paper except Language paper can be answered in either Hindi or English as chosen by the candidate.
In the Essay paper, candidates have to write 2 Essay one on a National level problem and other related to the state of Chhattisgarh.

Paper III to Paper VII will contain a question as mentioned below

Sections	Number of question	Word Limit	Marks of Each question
Section I	20	30	02
Section II	10	60	04
Section III	05	100	08
Section IV	03	250	20
Section V	02	500	40

Interview/ Personality Test

The candidates for the personality test will be selected on the basis of the merit list based on the marks obtained in Mains Exam. The Personality test will be of 150 marks. The final merit list of candidates recommended for the services will be based on the cumulative marks of Mains Exam and Personality Test.