Provincial Management Service (PMS) exam which is held by Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC). This exam is held at the provisional level, and candidates for willing this exam from different districts.
How Exam conducted by PPSC?
The PMS exam is conducted by the PPSC exam. Only for vacant seats, PPSC takes the exam every year.
The CSS exam is at the federal level while the PMS exam is at the provisional level.
Schedule of PMS test:
There are no specific dates for this test. It only depends on vacant seats in the country.This test is conducted on yearly basis but only when there are seats.
PMS test is somehow similar to the CSS exam but there is a slight difference between both.
Eligibility Criteria
- The interested candidate must be a Graduate in any discipline with a minimum Second Division from a well-recognized university/institute.
- All males and females having Punjab domicile can apply for PMS Exam in PPSC.
- Fresh graduates and already job holders are welcome to apply.
PMS Exam Score Criteria:
PMS Exam Contains two types of subjects.
- Optional Subjects
- Compulsory Subjects
This test has a great influence on optional subjects because every subject has 200 marks. So, when you choose the option subjects, you should go for only 3 subjects with a score point of 200 each. Try to be smart, not hard working in this test.
Written test | 1000 marks |
Viva’s voice | 200 marks |
Negative marking | 0.25 marks |
PMS Ranks:
PMS Officers get various jobs
- Assistant Commissioner
- Magistrate
- Deputy Secretary
- Section Officer
- Additional Secretary
- DCO
- DG
- Commissioner, Secretary, or many more
PMS Past Papers
PMS past papers are very helpful but at the same time, the students are to be suggested that they ought to move towards the past paper once they have completed their course of study.
Basically. the format of the PMS exam consists of 2 types these are compulsory and optional.
- Compulsory Subject
- Optional Subject
Compulsory Subject
These subjects are compulsory you cannot skip any of them.
- English Essay.
- English Grammer and composition.
- Urdu.
- Islamic Studies or Ethics(only for the minority candidates).
- Pakistan Studies.
- General Knowledge.
Optional Subjects
These are a total of 30 optional subjects. Which is divided into 7 groups. While choosing the optional subjects you have the option of selecting 3 subjects from 3 different groups.
List of PMS past papers (Links)
Compulsory Subjects |
Subjects Syllabus | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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English Essay | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
English Grammer and composition | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Urdu | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download Page1 Page2 |
Islamic Studies or Ethics(only for the minority candidates) | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download Page1 Page2 |
Pakistan Studies | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
General Knowledge | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
7 Group of Optional Subjects
Below is the list of 7 groups of optional subjects.
GROUP I |
Subjects Syllabus | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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Commerence-I | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download Page1 Page2 |
Commerce-II | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Economics-I | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download Page1 Page2 |
Economics-II | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Business Administration-I | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Business Administration-II | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Public Administration-I | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Public Administration-II | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
GROUP II |
Subjects Syllabus | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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Agriculture-I | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Agriculture-II | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Veterinary Science-I | Download Page1 page2 | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Veterinary Science-II | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Botany-I | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Botany-II | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Zoology-I | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Zoology-II | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
GROUP III |
Subjects Syllabus | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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Mathematics-I | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download Page1 Page2 |
Mathematics-II | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download Page1 Page2 |
Computer Science-I | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download Page1 Page2 |
Computer Science-II | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download Page1 Page2 |
Statics-I | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download Page1 Page2 |
Statics-II | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Principle of engineering-I | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download Page1 Page2 |
Principle of engineering-II | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download Page1 Page2 Page3 |
GROUP IV |
Subjects Syllabus | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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Physics-I | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Physics-II | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Chemistry-I | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Chemistry-II | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Geology-I | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Geology-II | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Group V |
Subjects Syllabus | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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Political Science-I | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Political Science-II | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
History-I | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
History-II | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Law-I | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Law-II | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Mass Communication-I | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Mass Communication-II | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Group VI |
Subjects Syllabus | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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Philosophy-I | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Philosophy-II | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Psychology-I | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Psychology-II | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Sociology-I | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Sociology-II | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Social Work-I | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Social Work-II | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Group VII |
Subjects Syllabus | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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English literature-I | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
English literature-II | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Urdu-I | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Urdu-II | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download Page1 Page2 |
Arabic-I | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Arabic-II | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Education-I | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Education-II | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Persian-I | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Persian-II | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download Page1 Page2 Page3 |
Punjabi-I | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Punjabi-II | Download | Download | Download | Download | Download |
Past papers are helpful for those candidates who cover the whole and take a look once to revise it. PMS exam is not easy just prepared by “DO YOUR BEST”