CSS Exam Written Test Guideline.

 CSS Exam Written Test Pattern:

A candidate has to appear in the following four parts of CSS Exam.

-Written Exam

-Medical Test

-Psychological Test

-Viva Voce

Written Exam

1. For each Compulsory Paper: Allocate an appropriate amount of time, such as 2-3 hours, depending on the complexity and number of questions in the paper. Each compulsory paper will likely carry 100 marks, given that there are 6 compulsory papers, the total marks for the compulsory section would be 600 marks. 

2. For each Optional Paper: Allocate a similar amount of time, typically 2-3 hours, as for the compulsory papers. Each optional paper may also carry 100 marks, resulting in a total of 600 marks for the optional section.

Overall, the CSS written exam would have a total of 1200 marks, with 600 marks for compulsory papers and 600 marks for optional papers.

COMPULSORY SUBJECTS (600 MARKS)

Code No	Subjects	Marks
1	English Essay	100
2	English (Precis and Composition	100
3	General Science & Ability	100
4	Current Affairs	100
5	Pakistan Affairs	100
6	Islamic Studies OR Comparative Study of   Major Religions (For Non Muslims)	100
Totall		600

OPTIONAL SUBJECTS (600 MARKS)

Group-I: (To select one subject of (200 marks) only)

Code No	Subjects	Marks
11	Accountancy & Auditing 200	200
12	Economics	200
13	Computer Science	200
14	Political Science	200
15	International Relations	200

Group-II: (To select subject(s) of 200 marks only

Code No	Subjects	Marks
16	Physics	200
17	Chemistry	200
18	Applied Mathematics	100
19	Pure Mathematics	100
20	Statistics	100
21	Geology	100

Group-III: (To select one subject of 100 marks only)

Code No	Subjects	Marks
22	Business Administration	100
23	Public Administration	100
24	Governance & Public Policies	100
25	Town Planning & Urban Management	100

Group-IV: (To select one subject of 100 marks only)

Code No	Subjects	Marks
26	History of Pakistan & India	100
27	Islamic History & Culture	100
28	British History	100
29	European History	100
30	History of USA	100

Group-V: (To select one subject of 100 marks only)

Code No	Subjects	Marks
31	Gender Studies	100
32	Environmental Sciences	100
33	Agriculture & Forestry	100
34	Botany	100
35	Zoology	100
36	English Literature	100
37	Urdu Literature	100

Group-VI: (To select one subject of 100 marks only)

Code No	Subjects	Marks
38	Law	100
39	Constitutional Law	100
40	International Law	100
41	Muslim Law & Jurisprudence 1	100
42	Mercantile Law	100
43	Criminology	100
44	Philosophy	100

Group-VII: (To select one subject of 100 marks only)

Code No	Subjects	Marks
45	Journalism & Mass Communication	100
46	Psychology	100
47	Geography	100
48	Sociology	100
49	Anthropology	100
50	Punjabi	100
51	Sindhi	100
52	Pashto	100
53	Balochi	100
54	Persian	100
55	Arabic	100

Note

➡️A subject that is worth 100 marks consists of a single paper. On the other hand, a subject with a value of 200 marks comprises two papers.

➡️When it comes to question papers in languages such as Urdu, Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi, or Balochi, as well as Arabic and Persian, the answers must be provided in the respective languages. However, for translation questions from these languages to English, the answers should be given as instructed in the question.

➡️All compulsory papers, except for the Essay paper, will have 20 multiple-choice questions (MCQs). Similarly, all optional papers will contain 20 MCQs, except for the Applied Mathematics and Pure Mathematics papers.