Whole structure of the exam.

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In accordance with the State Services Recruitment Rules, the Public Service Commission, West Bengal will hold the West Bengal Civil
Service (Exe) etc. Examination on the results of which recruitment is made to the West Bengal Civil Service and certain other
services and posts.

1. The W.B.C.S. (Exe.) etc. Examination will be held in two successive stages, viz., (i) Preliminary Examination (Objective
Type) and (ii) Main Examination (Conventional Type-Written for two language papers & one Optional & four MCQ Type for others , from 2014 onwards) and Personality Test. A number of candidates to be selected on the results of the Preliminary Examination will be allowed admission to the Main Examination and a number of candidates to be selected
on the results of the Main Examination (Written) will be called to appear at the Personality Test.

2. The Preliminary Examination will be held at various centres in Kolkata and in certain other districts in West Bengal
sometime in the 1st part of the year. Only scheduled tribe’ candidates of Darjeeling district and other candidates of the three hill subdivisions, namely Darjeeling Sadar, Kalimpong and Kurseong will be allowed to appear at Darjeeling centre. The Main Examination will be held in Kolkata in later part of the same year. The Personality Test will be held thereafter in the office of the Public Service Commission, West Bengal, in Kolkata.

3. The W.B.C.S. (Exe.) etc. Examination is to be treated as a combined Competitive Examination comprising four separate
and distinct examinations for four groups of services and posts.