SCHEME OF EXAMINATION

टीप : सामान्य अध्ययन पेपर क्रमांक २ (CSAT) हा अहंताकारी (Qualifying) असून अर्हताप्राप्त करण्यासाठी किमान
३३% गुण मिळविणे आवश्यक राहील. या पेपरमध्ये किमान ३३% गुण प्राप्त करणाऱ्या उमेदवारांची पेपर क्रमांक १
मधील गुणांच्या आधारे राज्यसेवा मुख्य परीक्षेसाठी गुणवत्ता यादी तयार करण्यात येईल.

नकारात्मक गुणदान:- पेपर क्रमांक १ करीता व पेपर क्रमांक २ मधील “Decision making & Problem
Solving” चे प्रश्न वगळून उर्वरित प्रश्नांकरिता नकारात्मक गुणदान लागू राहील.

SYLLABUS

Paper I – (200 marks)

• Current events of state, national and international importance.
• History of India and Indian National Movement with some weight-age to Maharashtra.
• Maharashtra, India and World Geography – Physical, Social, Economic Geography of Maharashtra,
  India and the World.
• India and Maharashtra – Polity and Governance – Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj,
  Urban Governance, Public Policy, Rights issues, etc.
• Economic and Social Development – Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics,
  Social Sector initiatives, etc.
• General issues on Environmental Ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change – that do not require
  subject specialization.
• General Science.

Paper II – (200 marks)

• Comprehension
• Interpersonal skills including communication skills.
• Logical reasoning and analytical ability.
• Decision – making and problem – solving.
• General mental ability.
• Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, etc.) (Class X level), Data
  interpretation(Charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc.- (Class X level)
• Marathi and English Language Comprehension skills (Class X/XII level)

Note 1 :

Questions relating to Marathi and English Language Comprehension skill of Class X/XII level (last
item in the Syllabus of Paper II) will be tested through passages from Marathi and English language
without providing cross translation thereof in the question paper.

Note 2 :

The questions will be of multiple choice, objective type.

Note 3 :

It is mandatory for the candidate to appear in both the Papers of State Services (Prelim) Examination
for the purpose of evaluation. Therefore a candidate will not be considered for evaluation in case he
/ she does not appear in both the papers of State Services Preliminary Examination.

SCHEME OF EXAMINATION

Note –

1. Candidates will have the option to answer the question papers in Marathi or English for Paper 3
to7.

2. For the Optional papers the subjects for which the medium has been indicated as Marathi and
English can be answered in either Marathi or English. The subjects for which medium has been
indicated as English can be answered in English language only.

3. Candidate should note that they have to choose the medium of answering the papers at the time of
submitting the online application for mains examination.

4. Non compliance of the above rule will result in their answer books not being evaluated for being in
an unauthorized medium.

5. The question papers will be set in Marathi and English languages (except language papers,
Marathi literature and subject for which medium has been indicated as English)