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CSS
EXAM
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CSS EXAM COMPLETE DETAILS

Central Superior Service (CSS) is the public service in Pakistan.

Those who want to have an officer level career (BPS 17-22) in
Government Sector are required to appear in CSS Examination.
The Competitive Examination, are held by the Federal Public
Service Commission for recruitment to posts in BS-17 for the
following Groups/Services under the Federal Government:

Who is eligible to appear for

the exam?
To apply for CSS Examination, a candidate should be;

 A citizen of Pakistan.
 Must hold at least a Bachelor‟s Degree with the second division in any
Faculty/Discipline from one of the Pakistani Universities or an equivalent
degree or comparable educational qualifications of a foreign University.
 No candidate who has obtained a Third Division (or „D‟ grade where result
is declared under Semester System) in his Bachelor‟s Degree will be eligible
for the Examination except in cases where he/she has obtained a higher
Division in Master‟s Degree.
 The age limit for admission in CSS Examination is 21-28 years, which is
relaxable upto 2 years for those who are already in Government Service and
have completed 2 years service. The relaxation is also available to
candidates belonging to certain remote areas as defined by Government.

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CSS Test Centers

The CSS examination are held simultaneously at
 Abbottabad
 Bahawalpur
 Dera Ghazi Khan
 D.I.Khan
 Faisalabad
 Gilgit
 Gujranwala
 Hyderabad
 Islamabad
 Karachi
 Lahore
 Larkana
 Multan
 Muzaffarabad
 Peshawar
 Quetta
 Rawalpindi
 Sargodha
 Sukkur
depending on the number of applicants for each centre.

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CSS Interviews Centers:

The interviews will be held at Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Peshawar &
Quetta.
NOTE: The Commission reserves the right to finally decide the place where the
candidates would be examined or interviewed.

Change of centre: Examination centre once selected by the candidate shall

not be changed. The examination centre/hall once allotted to a candidate will be
final and he/she will not be allowed to sit in another centre/hall at any cost .

CSS Compulsory and Optional

Subjects for Written Examination
(1200MARKS)
1. The examination will include the following subjects and each subject will
carry the marks shown against it
2. There will be two papers of 100 marks each of the subjects which carry 200
marks. In other subjects there will be one paper. Each paper will be of 3
hours duration.
3. The candidates should expect some objective type questions * (MCQ‟s) in
compulsory and optional papers except in the papers of Essay, Applied
Mathematics and Pure Mathematics.
4. The Question Papers in Urdu or other Pakistani regional languages (Punjabi,
Sindhi, Pashto and Balochi), Persian and Arabic should be answered in the
respective languages. However, question relating with translation from
respective language into English or vice versa may be answered as directed
in the question paper. The question paper in Islamic Studies or Comparative
Study of Major Religions is to be answered in English or Urdu only. All
other papers must be answered in English unless otherwise directed in the
Question Paper. Contravention of these instructions will result in the

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cancellation of the papers and award of ZERO marks in the paper(s)

concerned.
5. The Non-Muslim candidates have the option either to take Islamic Studies or
Comparative Study of Major Religions. (
6. A candidate who does not appear in any compulsory/optional subject will
not be allowed to appear in the remaining papers of the Examination

COMPULSORY SUBJECTS
(600MARKS)
 Essay 100
 English (Precis and Composition) 100
 General Knowledge :
 Paper - I General Science & Ability 100
 General Science: (MCQs = 20 marks, subjective = 40 marks)
o Ability: subjective = 40 marks)
o Paper - II Current Affairs 100
o Paper - III Pakistan Affairs 100
 Islamic Studies or Comparative Study of Major Religions (For Non
Muslims) 100
Total: 600 MCQs are to be attempted on computerized
OMR Answer sheet, whereas subjective questions are
to be attempted on Answer Book.

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OPTIONAL SUBJECTS (600MARKS)

The minimum standard of optional subjects will be that of an honor‟s degree of a
university in Pakistan. The candidates are required to select optional subjects
carrying a total of 600 marks from the following groups as per rules given in
column-1 below:—
Group-1 One subject carrying 200 marks
Subject Marks
Accountancy & Auditing
200
Economics
200
Computer Science
200
Political Science
200
International Relations 200

Group-2 One subject carrying 200 marks or 2

Subjects carrying 100 Marks
Subject Marks
Physics
200
Chemistry
200
Applied Mathematics
100
Pure Mathematics
100
Statistics
100
Geology 100 100

Group-3 One subject carrying 100 marks

Subject Marks
Business Administration
100
Public Administration
100
Governance & Public Policies
100

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Subject Marks
Town Planning & Urban Management
100

Group-4 One subject carrying 100 marks

Subject Marks
History of Pakistan & India
100
Islamic History & Culture
100
British History
100
100
European History
History of USA
100

Group-5 One subject carrying 100 marks

Subject Marks
Gender Studies
100
Environmental Sciences
100
Agriculture & Forestry
100
100
Botany

Zoology
100
English Literature
100
Urdu Literature
100

Group-6 One subject carrying 100 marks

Subject Marks
Law
100
Constitutional Law
100
International Law
100
100
Muslim Law & Jurisprudence

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Subject Marks
100
Mercantile Law
Criminology
100
Philosophy
100

Group-7 One subject carrying 100 marks

Subject Marks
Journalism & Mass Communication
100
Psychology
100
Geography
100
100
Sociology
100
Anthropology
Punjabi
100
100
Sindhi
Pashto
100
Balochi
100
Persian
100
Arabic 100

For subject selection, keep in mind

the following points:
 Try to have the subjects that you have studied before.
 Don‟t ever go for “that easy subject”, try to find out its scoring value.
 Previous statistics show that subjects with 100 marks give more score than
subjects with 200 marks.
 Science subjects are more scoring than their arts counterparts.

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 People even have scored 2 marks in some subjects like Constitutional Law
because they thought it was too easy.
 Languages are usually high scoring subjects.
 Indo-Pak History does not usually result in a high score--avoiding it as
generally helpful.
 However, other history subjects have better scoring averages.

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