Karnataka Administrative Service Examination and Their Syllabi

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CLASSIFICATION OF POSTS AND MODE OF RECRUITMENT:

Depending upon the nature of duties and responsibilities, the posts in the State Government Service are classified into groups A, B, C and D. For technical posts falling in groups A, B and C like Doctors, Scientists, and Engineers, the KPSC normally issues advertisements inviting applications from eligible candidates. A Combined Competitive examination to one or more of the services of groups of posts mentioned in schedule I shall be held subject to availability of vacancies, in the manner set out in Schedule II.

There shall be reservation of vacancies for candidates belonging to scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and other backward classes to the extent provided for by the Government.

The KPSC shall prepare separate lists of names of the candidates, equal to have a number of vacancies, considered suitable for an appointment for each of the said services in Group- A and Group-B arranged in the order of merit determined on the basis of total marks secured in the main examination comprising written examination and personality test.

COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION:

The KPSC conducts a combined competitive examination to fill the posts in Groups-A and B of various services listed below:

SCHEDULE-1

GROUP – A
SI.NO	SERVICE	CADRE
01	The Karnataka Administrative Service	K.A.S Group-A (Junior Scale) (Assistant Commissioner)
02	The Karnataka State Accounts Service	Assistant Controller
03	The Karnataka Commercial Tax Service	Assistant Commissioner of Commercial Tax
04	The Karnataka Treasury Service	Treasury Officer
05	The Karnataka Labour Service	Assistant Labour Commissioner
06	The Karnataka General Service (Development and Local Govt. Branches)	District Development Assistant
07	The Karnataka Police Service	District Superintendent of Police
08	The Karnataka General Service (Directorate of Youth Service)	Deputy Director of Youth Service
09	The Karnataka Reserve Police Service	Assistant Commandant
10	The Karnataka Food and Civil Supplies Service	Deputy Directors of Food and Civil Supplies
11	Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department	Executive Officer
12	Social Welfare Department	District Social Welfare Officer
13	Backward Classes Welfare Department	District Backward Classes Welfare Officer

GROUP – B
SI.NO	SERVICE	CADRE
01	The Karnataka Administrative Service	Tahasildar
02	The Karnataka Service for Labour Administration	Labour Officer
03	The Karnataka Weights and Measures Service	Assistant Director of Legal Metrology
04	The Karnataka Service for Jails Administration	Assistant Superintendent of Jails
05	The Karnataka Co-operative Service	Assistant Registers of Co-operative Societies
06	The Karnataka Excise Service	Deputy Superintendent of Excise
07	The Karnataka Employment and Training Service	Employment Officer
08	The Karnataka General Service (Survey, Settlement and Land) (Records Branch)	Assistant Director of Land Records and Equivalent posts
09	Social Welfare Department	Taluk Social Welfare Officer
10	The Karnataka Municipal Administrative Service	Chief Officer, Grade I
11	Finance Department	Commercial Tax Officer
12	The Karnataka Treasury Service	Assistant Treasury Officer
13	Tourism Department	Assistant Director
14	The Karnataka Food and Civil Supplies Service ( Food wing)	Assistant Director of Food and Civil Supplies
15	The Co-operative Audit Service	Assistant Chief Auditor
16	Agriculture Marketing Department	Assistant Director

SCHDULE-2

SCHEME OF EXAMINATION

SECTION –I PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

The competitive examination shall comprise two stages:-

Preliminary Examination (Objective type) for the selection of candidates for the main examination.
Main Examination (written examination and Personality Test) for selection for candidates for various services and posts.

Under Section I, for the sub-heading “A Preliminary Examination” and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be substituted, namely,

Preliminary Examination: The Preliminary Examination shall consist of two papers of Objective type (multiple choice)

Each paper carrying 100 questions with each question carrying two marks.
Each paper shall be of a maximum of 200 marks and a duration of two hours

(Total for two papers 400 Marks) in the following description, namely:-

SI.NO	Subject Area	No. Of Questions	Marks
	Paper-I
1	General studies related to National and International importance	40	80
2	Humanities	60	120
	Total	100	200
	Paper-II
1	General Studies related to State importance	40	80
2	General Science & Tech, Environment & Ecology	30	60
3	General Mental Ability	30	60
	Total	100	200

Note: –

The question paper shall be both in Kannada and English.
The standard of General Mental Ability questions of preliminary examination (aptitude Test) shall be that of X / SSLC level and the remaining papers are that of Degree Level.
The number of candidates to be admitted to the main examination shall be 20 times the vacancies notified for recruitment in the order of merit on the basis of the performance in the preliminary examination, subject to accommodating the same ratio in adequate number of candidates belonging to the categories of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, each of the Backward Classes and others.
There shall be negative marking for incorrect answers (as detailed below) for all questions except some of the questions where the negative marking shall be inbuilt in the form of different marks being awarded to the most appropriate and not so appropriate answer for such questions, namely:-
There are four alternative answers to every question. For each question, of which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one fourth (0.25) of the marks assigned to that question shall be deducted as penalty;
If a candidate gives more than one answer to a question, it shall be treated as a wrong answer even if one of the given answers happen to be correct and there shall be same penalty in accordance with clause(I);
If a question is left blank i.e. no answers is given by the candidate, there shall be no penalty for that question.

(2) Under the heading “Section-II” “Syllabi for the examination” for Part-A and entries relating thereto.

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