WBCS Main Question Paper PDF Book

WBCS Main & Prelims Question Paper PDF Book Download of last 10 years. Those who wish to crack West Bengal Civil Service Examination should go through this post till the very end. They have already published the Civil Services 2021 notification on their site. These days competition is very tough and gone are the days when you can easily crack the exam after preparing from very limited study material. Now no amount of study material is enough for candidate as the level of examination is very hard for an average student. Don’t worry we are here with WBCS Mains and Preliminary past year question papers.

These papers will help you in understanding the difficulty level of exam and how examiner asks the question. In the article we have provided direct links of all the question papers which are available in PDF format. For better preparation it’s must to know the syllabus and exam pattern as it will help aspirant to manage their time efficiently.

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Download WB Civil Service Previous Papers PDF

We have also published all the solved question papers on the basis of (Group A, B, C, D). Don’t worry they are available for free of cost. To score good marks in the exam it’s must to attempt multiple mock tests along with past year question paper. For other information and updates related to the examination go to official website which is wbpsc.gov.in.

Each year West Bengal Public Service Commission conducts the exam for various groups in which candidate have to score good marks to pre themselves. Detailed information about each group is as follows:

Group A – West Bengal Civil Service (Executive), Assistant Commissioner of Revenue in the integrated West Bengal Revenue Service, West Bengal Co-operative Service, West Bengal Labour Service, West Bengal Food and Supplies Service, West Bengal Employment Service [Except the post of Employment Officer (Technical)],

Group B – West Bengal Police Service

Group C – Superintendent, District Correctional Home/ Deputy Superintendent, Central Correctional Home, Joint Block Development Officer, Deputy Assistant Director of Consumer Affairs and Fair Business Practices, West Bengal Junior Social Welfare Service, West Bengal Subordinate Land Revenue Service, Grade-I, Assistant Commercial Tax Officer, Joint Registrar (West Bengal State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission under the Consumer Affairs, Assistant Canal Revenue Officer (Irrigation), Chief Controller of Correctional Services

Group D – Inspector of Co-operative Societies, Panchayat Development Officer under the Panchayat and Rural Development Department, Rehabilitation Officer under the Refugee Relief and Rehabilitation Department positions.

WBCS Previous Year Papers PDF

Official Authority	West Bengal Public Service Commission
Exam	West Bengal Civil Service Examination
Exam Type	Main & Prelims Exam
Category	Previous Year Papers
Position	Group A,B,C,D.
Location	West Bengal
Website	wbpsc.gov.in

WBCS Exam Syllabus, Selection Process

It’s very important to understand the syllabus and selection criteria of the exam. No preparation is enough for the exam if you don’t know these basic things. Candidates will be selected for West Bengal Civil Services only on the basis of selection criteria followed by the officials. Below is list of selection criteria which has to be followed for selection of candidates:

Preliminary Examination
Mains Examination
Personality Test

Time management is very important aspect of the competitive exams which generally students ignore. If you practice WBCS Previous Year Question Papers then you will surely get edge over other aspirants. Also don’t forget to revise important topics in the last few days to improve your accuracy and memory power. Along with previous year papers do give a try to practice sets as it will ultimately result in enriching your score. In your notebook point out the important topics which are repeating in the question papers and give special focus to them.

WBCS Executive Prelims Test Pattern

Subjects Names	Questions	Marks
English Composition	25	25
General Science	25	25
Current Events of National & International Importance	25	25
History of India	25	25
Geography of India with special reference to West Bengal	25	25
Indian Polity and Economy	25	25
Indian National Movement	25	25
General Mental Ability	25	25
Total	200 Questions	200 Marks
Duration: 2 Hours 30 Minutes
Type of Questions: Multiple Choice Questions

In WBCS Prelims Exam questions will be asked only from General Studies
Exam will be of total 200 marks
Total time will be given to complete exam is 2.5 hours so manage your time accordingly
Only graduate level questions will be asked in the paper

WBCS Executive Mains Exam Pattern

Paper Names	Marks
Paper I: Letter Writing/ Drafting of Report, Precis Writing, Composition & Translation	200 Marks
Paper-II: Letter Writing/ Drafting of Report, Precis Writing, Composition & Translation	200 Marks
Paper III: General Studies I	200 Marks
Paper IV: General Studies II	200 Marks
Paper V: The Constitution of India and Indian Economy including role and functions of the Reserve Bank of India	200 Marks
Paper VI: Arithmetic and Test of Reasoning	200 Marks

WBCS Mains Previous Year Question Paper Pattern 2021

Compulsory Papers	Marks
Group ‘A’	Group ‘B’	Group ‘C’	Group ‘D’
Bengali/Hindi/Urdu/Nepali/Santali & Translation from English to Bengali/Hindi/Urdu/Nepali/Santali	200	200	200	200
English & Translation from Bengali/Hindi/Urdu/Nepali/Santali to English	200	200	200	200
General Studies-I	200	200	200	200
General Studies-II	200	200	200	200
Constitution of India and Indian Economy	200	200	200	200
Numerical & Reasoning Ability	200	200	200	200
Optional Subject (Anyone)	400	400	–	–
Personality Test	200	200	150	150
Total Marks	1800	1800	1350	1300

Out of 6 compulsory papers, Paper 1, 2 will be a conventional type and rest papers will be of objective type questions. Paper 1-6 will be up to Reasoning ability in the table
Answers can be given only in English or Bengali language (not for language papers)
Please note that Political Science & Botany are optional subjects
Incase of optional papers, candidates can write in Nepali language
Aspirant have to follow ay one language to finish the paper
Yes, Negative marking is there. Marks will deducted on each wrong entry

WBCS Main Question Paper PDF Download

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Main 2014	Click Here
Main 2015	Click Here
Main 2016	Click Here
Main 2017	Click Here
Main 2018	Click Here
Main 2019	Click Here
WBCS Preli. 10 Years	Click Here

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