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Recruitment Exam : MCS Meghalaya Civil Service Junior Grade
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MPSC MCS Meghalaya Civil Service Junior Grade Syllabus

Syllabus for the Meghalaya Civil Service, Junior Grade
Part A : Preliminary Examination
Paper I : (200 marks)
Duration: Two hours
** Current events of national and international importance
** History of India and Indian National Movement.
** Indian and World Geography – Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World

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** Indian Polity and Governance – Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, 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
** General Science.

Paper II : (200 marks)
Duration: Two hours
** 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)

Note I: Paper –II of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examinations will be a qualifying with minimum qualifying marks.
Note II: The questions will be of multiple choice objective type.
Note III: It is mandatory for the candidate to appear in both the papers of Civil Services (Prelim) examination for the purpose of evaluation. Therefore a candidate will be disqualified in case he/ she does not appear in both the papers of the Preliminary Examination.

Part B : Main Examination
The main Examination is intended to assess the overall intellectual traits and depth of understanding of candidates rather than merely the range of their information and memory. The nature and standard of questions in the General Studies papers (Paper II to Paper V) will be such that a person will be able to answer them without any specialized study.

The questions will be such as to test a candidate’s general awareness of a variety of subjects, which will have relevance for a career in Civil Services. The questions are likely to test the candidate’s basic understanding of all relevant issues, and ability to analyze, and take a view on conflicting socio- economic goals, objectives and demands. The candidates must give relevant, meaningful and succinct answers.

The scope of the syllabus for optional subject papers (Paper VI and Paper VII) for the examination is broadly of the honours degree level i.e. a level higher than the Bachelors’ Degree and lower than the Masters’ Degree. In the case of Engineering, Medical Science and law, the level corresponds to the bachelors’ degree.

Syllabi of the papers included in the scheme of Civil Services (Main) Examination are given as follows:-
QUALIFYING PAPER :
Paper A – English – 300 Marks
The aim of the paper is to test the candidates’ ability to read and understand serious discursive prose, and to express his ideas clearly and correctly in English.
The pattern of questions would be broadly as follows
(i) Comprehension of given passages
(ii) Precis Writing
(iii) Usage and Vocabulary
(iv) Short Essays
Note 1: The paper on English will be of Matriculation or equivalent standard and will be of qualifying nature only. The marks obtained in this paper will not be counted for ranking.

Scheme of Examination for MCS Junior Grade

SECTION I :
Plan Of Examination :
1. The competitive examination comprises two successive stages:
(i) Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination (Objective Type) for the selection of candidates for Main Examination; and
(ii) Civil Services (Main) Examination (Written and Interview) for the selection of candidates for the Meghalaya Civil Service.

2. The Main Examination will consist of written examination and an interview test. The written examination will consist of 8 papers of conventional essay type in the subjects set out in sub-section (B) of Section II out of which one paper will be of qualifying in nature. Marks obtained in Interview for Personality Test will be counted for ranking.

3. Marks thus obtained by the candidates in the Main Examination (written part as well as interview) would determine their final ranking.

SECTION II :
Scheme and subjects for the Preliminary and Main Examination.
A. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION:
The Examination shall comprise of two compulsory Papers of 200 marks each.
Note:
(i) Both the question papers will be of the objective type (multiple choice questions)
(ii) The General Studies Paper-II of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination will be a qualifying paper
(iii) Details of the syllabi are indicated in Part A of Section III.

B. MAIN EXAMINATION:
The written examination will consist of the following papers:-
QUALIFYING PAPER
Paper – English – 300 Marks
PAPERS TO BE COUNTED FOR MERIT
Paper I – Essay – 250 Marks
Paper II – General Studies – I (Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society) – 250 Marks
Paper III – General Studies – II (Governance, Constitution. Polity, Social Justice and International Relations) – 250 Marks
Paper IV – General Studies – III (Technology, Economic Development, Bio – Diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management) – 250 Marks
Paper V – General Studies – IV (Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude) – 250 Marks
Paper VI & Paper VII – One Optional Subject from the list of Optional Subjects of Main Examination (250 Marks each paper) -500 Marks

Sub Total (Written Test) -1750 Marks
Personality Test – 275 Marks
Grand Total – 2025 Marks
Candidates may choose any one of the optional subjects from amongst the list of subjects.

Note:
(i) The paper on English (Paper A) will be of Matriculation or equivalent standard and will be of qualifying nature only. The marks obtained in this paper will not be counted for ranking.
(ii) Marks obtained by the candidates for the Paper I-VII only will be counted for merit ranking.

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