WBPSC Syllabus 2021

The WBPSC Exam Syllabus 2021 for Prelims and Mains both are given below.

WBPSC Preliminary Syllabus–

Subject	Marks	Duration
English Composition	25	2.30 hours
General Science	25
Current Events	25
History of India	25
Geography of India	25
Indian Polity and Economy	25
Indian National Movement	25
General Mental Ability	25

WBPSC Mains Syllabus–

Paper	Subject	Group A	Group B
Paper 1	Bengali / Hindi / Urdu	200	200
Paper 2	English	200	200
Paper 3	General Studies 1	200	200
Paper 4	General Studies 2	200	200
Paper 5	The Constitution of India	200	200
Paper 6	Arithmetic	200	200
Paper 7	Optional Subject	200	200
Paper 8	Optional Subject	200	200
Personality Test		200	200
Total Marks		1800	1800

WBCS Mains optional subjects list with codes

Bengali-01	Hindi-02	Sanskrit 03
English – 04	Pali – 05	Arabic – 06
Persian – 07	French – 08	Urdu – 09
Santali – 10	Comparative Literature – 11	Agriculture – 12
Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science – 13	Anthropology – 14	Botany – 15
Chemistry – 16	Civil – Engineering – 17	Commerce and Accountancy – 18
Computer Science – 19	Economics – 20	Electrical Engineering – 21
Geography – 22	Geology – 23	History – 24
Law – 25	Mathematics – 26	Management – 27
Mechanical Engineering – 28	Medical Science – 29	Philosophy – 30
Physiology – 31	Physics – 32	Political Science – 33
Psychology – 34	Sociology – 35	Statistics – 36
Zoology – 37

WBPSC conducts exams for various groups of services- ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’ and ‘D’.

• WBPSC Eligibility–
  • For Group A and C- 21 to 36 years
  • For Group B- 20 to 36 years
  • For Group D- 21 to 39 years
• WBPSC Exam Pattern–
  • WBPSC Civil Services Exam takes place in three stages:
    • Preliminary- 1 paper (General Studies) (Objective-based)
    • Mains- 8 papers (6 compulsory and 2 Optional) (Objective/Descriptive Test)
    • Interview