Puducherry Subordinate Services Examination
Puducherry Subordinate Services Examination is conducted by Department of Personnel & Administrative Reforms (DPAR), Government of Puducherry. It is a Offline (OMR) exam consisting of 150 questions for 150 marks with a duration of 150 minutes.
There is a negative marking of 0.33 per wrong answer. The minimum qualifying score is Varies by category.
Exam Pattern
| Section |
Questions |
Weightage |
| General Studies & Current Affairs |
50 |
33% |
| Aptitude & Reasoning |
40 |
27% |
| General English |
30 |
20% |
| General Tamil |
30 |
20% |
| Total |
150 |
100% |
Syllabus Topics
- Indian History, Culture & National Movement
- Indian Polity, Constitution & Governance
- Indian Economy, Geography & General Science
- Current Affairs (National & International) & Puducherry Specific GK
- Numerical Ability (Arithmetic, Number System, Simplification, Percentages)
- Logical Reasoning (Analogies, Series, Coding-Decoding, Blood Relations)
- Data Interpretation & Non-verbal Reasoning (Tables, Graphs, Figure Series)
- Grammar & Usage (Tenses, Subject-Verb Agreement, Articles, Prepositions)
- Vocabulary & Reading Comprehension (Synonyms, Antonyms, Cloze Test, Passages)
- Sentence Correction, Para Jumbles & Error Spotting
- Tamil Grammar (Ezhuthu, Sol, Porul, Yappu, Ani)
- Tamil Vocabulary, Proverbs & Comprehension
- Tamil Literature & Language Usage
