Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Public Service Commission Syllabus for Provincial Management Service
The Syllabus and standard for the Competitive Examination for the Provincial Management Service shall be as under : –
1. The Examination shall include compulsory and optional subjects, and every candidate shall take all the compulsory subjects and opt for three of the optional subjects carrying 600 marks in all but not more than 200 marks from a single group.
2. A candidate shall answer the language papers in the language concerned. The question paper in Islamiat is to be answered in Urdu or English. All other papers must be answered in English. Violation of this instruction shall incur cancellation of the concerned paper(s) and consequently award of Zero.
3. The compulsory and optional subjects and maximum marks fixed for each subject shall be as below:
Table of Contents
Compulsory Subjects
| S # | Subject | Max Marks |
| 1 | English (Precis and Composition) | 200 |
| 2 | English Essay | 100 |
| 3 | General Knowledge | |
| (a) Current Affairs | 100 | |
| (b) Everyday Science | 100 | |
| (c ) Pakistan Affairs | 100 | |
| Total | 300 | |
| 4 | Islamiat | 100 |
| 5 | Viva Voce | 300 |
| Total | 900 |
Qualifying marks in the aggregate of written papers: 600
Qualifying marks in the Viva Voce: 120
The non-Muslim candidates will have the option to take Islamiat as a compulsory subject or otherwise Pakistan Affairs (General Knowledge Paper-III) will be treated of 200 marks and counted in lieu of Islamiat.
A candidate who fails to appear in any of the compulsory subjects will not be allowed to appear in the remaining papers of the examination.
No candidate shall be summoned for Viva-voce test unless he has obtained at least 33 percent marks in each optional subject, 40% in each compulsory subject and 50% marks in the aggregate of the written portion of the Examination.
No candidate shall be considered to have qualified the examination unless he also obtains at least 40% marks in Viva-voce. Failure in or absence from Viva Voce shall mean that the candidate has failed to qualify for an appointment and his name will not be included in the merit list.
Optional Subjects
The candidates are required to select optional subjects carrying a total of 600 marks, but not more than 200 marks from a single group (The grouping of optional subjects are as under);
| Rules | Subjects (Code
No.) |
Subjects | Marks |
| Note: Business Administration Cannot be opted in combination with Public
Administration
Group 1 |
5
6 7 8 |
Accountancy & Auditing
Economics Business Administration Public Administration
|
200
200 100 100 |
|
Group 2 |
9
10 11 12 13 |
Political Science
Agriculture Forestry Sociology Journalism
|
200
100 100 100 100 |
|
Group 3 |
14
15 16 17 |
Pure Mathematics
Applied Mathematics Computer Science Statistics
|
200
200 100 100 |
|
Group 4 |
18
19 20 21 22 23 |
Physics
Geology Geography Chemistry Botany Zoology
|
200
200 200 200 200 200 |
|
Group 5 |
24
25 26 27 28 |
Islamic History & Culture
History of Pakistan & India British History European History History of the U.S.A.
|
200
200 200 200 100 |
| Note: International Law cannot be opted in combination with International
Relations:
Group 6 |
29
30 31 32 33 34 |
Law
Constitutional Law Mercantile Law Muslim Law & Jurisprudence International Law International Relations
|
200
100 100 100 100 100 |
|
Group 7
|
35
36 |
Philosophy
Psychology including experimental Psychology
|
200
200 |
|
Group 8 |
37
38 39 40 41 |
English Literature
Persian Arabic Pushto Urdu |
200
200 200 100 200 |
Group 1
Note: Business Administration cannot be opted in combination with Public Administration
| S # | Subject | Marks |
| 5 | Accounting and Auditing | 200 |
| 6 | Economics | 200 |
| 7 | Business Administration | 100 |
| 8 | Public Administration | 100 |
Group 2
| S # | Subject | Marks |
| 9 | Political Science | 200 |
| 10 | Agriculture | 100 |
| 11 | Forestry | 100 |
| 12 | Sociology | 100 |
| 13 | Journalism | 100 |
Group 3
| S # | Subject | Marks |
| 14 | Pure Mathematics | 200 |
| 15 | Applied Mathematics | 200 |
| 16 | Computer Science | 100 |
| 17 | Statistics | 100 |
Group 4
| S # | Subject | Marks |
| 18 | Physics | 200 |
| 19 | Geology | 200 |
| 20 | Geography | 200 |
| 21 | Chemistry | 200 |
| 22 | Botany | 200 |
| 23 | Zoology | 200 |
Group 5
| S # | Subject | Marks |
| 24 | Islamic History and Culture | 200 |
| 25 | History of Pakistan and India | 200 |
| 26 | British History | 200 |
| 27 | European History | 200 |
| 28 | History of the U.S.A | 100 |
Group 6
| S # | Subject | Marks |
| 29 | Law | 200 |
| 30 | Constitutional Law | 100 |
| 31 | Mercantile Law | 100 |
| 32 | Muslim Law and Jurisprudence | 100 |
| 33 | International Law | 100 |
| 34 | International Relations | 100 |
Group 7
| S # | Subject | Marks |
| 35 | Philosophy | 200 |
| 36 | Psychology including Experimental Psychology | 200 |
Group 8
| S # | Subject | Marks |
| 37 | English Literature | 200 |
| 38 | Persian | 200 |
| 39 | Arabic | 200 |
| 40 | Pushto | 100 |
| 41 | Urdu | 200 |