PMS stands for Provincial Management Services (PMS). Provincial Management Service (PMS) is the premier civil service of the province dedicated to the betterment and uplift of the general public. It is a provincial base management service to accommodate the respective provincial needs. PMS officers come from many streams, i.e. 50% through promotion from amongst Tehsildars, Superintendents, Personal Secretaries, etc and 50% through open merit competitive examination held every year. However, the main chunk of officers are recruited directly into the BPS 17 after qualifying rigorous examinations {C.C.E of 12 papers} and scrutiny {post written tests of 4 stages} of the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC). This post concerns with the PMS Syllabus, Eligibility, Guidelines etc.
Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) has announced 50 posts of Provincial Management Services (BS-17) as follows:
The Provincial Public Service Commissions in all of Pakistan conduct this exam frequently. You should know that this PMS examination is held to recruit the officers in the various provincial departments in BPS-17. This is PMS Exam Syllabus 2022 for Compulsory and Optional Subjects is very important to understand before appearing in the PMS Examination.
But before that, you must know the minimum eligibility for appearing in the PMS examination.
Eligibility for PMS Exam
- Minimum Qualification is Graduate (Second Division) from a recognized University.
- Age must be 30 + 02 years general age relaxation in upper age limit = 32 years (vide Notification No. SOR-I(S&GAD)/ 9-2/2022 dated 26-01-2022) on 1st January 2022.
- In the case of officials serving in connection with the affairs of the Federal Government who are domiciled in the Punjab as well as the officials serving in connection with the affairs of the Punjab Government having at least 04 years service as such, the upper age limit shall be 35 years.
- For special persons, maximum 15 years relaxation in upper age limit shall be allowed as per Punjab Civil Servants Recruitment (Relaxation of Upper Age Limit) Rules, 1976.
PMS Exam Guidelines
- There will be 3 chances available to take the PMS examination.
- In all the compulsory and optional subjects you must obtain 40 marks out of 100 and an overall 50% of the aggregate marks (600/1200) in the written examination are required to qualify for the Interview.
- When a candidate qualifies for the written part of the PMS exam he will undergo a psychology test. The psychology test has no marks but it is important to get good marks in the viva voce (final interview).
- The final interview will be of 300 marks. The candidate with 50% marks in the final interview will be declared successful. The final selection will be based on Merit (Written Marks + Interview Marks).
Important Downloads for PMS
There are some important documents that you need to download before applying for PMS:
PMS Exam Syllabus
There is a total of 12 subjects in the PMS examination. 6 subjects are compulsory and have 600 marks. 3 subjects of 200 marks are optional. The following are the 6 compulsory subjects in PMS Examination.
PMS Syllabus for Compulsory Subjects
Let’s have a look at PMS Exam Syllabus 2022 for Compulsory and Optional Subjects.
Subject | Nature | Marks | Syllabus |
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English Essay | Subjective | 100 | Download Syllabus |
English Grammar & Composition (Precis, Comprehension, Translation, Idioms) | Subjective | 100 | |
Urdu (Paper of Urdu (Compulsory) will comprise of Essay Writing, Precis, Explanation of Poetic Verses, Translation, Idioms) |
Subjective | 100 | |
Islamic Studies, Ethics (for Non-Muslims) | Subjective & Objective | 100 | |
Pakistan Studies | Subjective & Objective | 100 | |
General Knowledge | Objective | 100 |
PMS Syllabus for Optional Subjects
Sr. No | Subject | Marks | Syllabus |
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Group (A) | |||
1 | Commerce | 200 | Download Syllabus |
2 | Economics | 200 | |
3 | Business Administration | 200 | |
4 | Public Administration | 200 | |
Group (B) | |||
5 | Agriculture | 200 | Download Syllabus |
6 | Veterinary Science | 200 | |
7 | Botany | 200 | |
8 | Zoology | 200 | |
Group (C) | |||
9 | Mathematics | 200 | Download Syllabus |
10 | Computer Science | 200 | |
11 | Statistics | 200 | |
12 | Principle Of Engineering | 200 | |
Group (D) | |||
13 | Physics | 200 | Download Syllabus |
14 | Chemistry | 200 | |
15 | Geology | 200 | |
16 | Geography | 200 | |
Group (E) | |||
17 | Political Science | 200 | Download Syllabus |
18 | History | 200 | |
19 | Law | 200 | |
20 | Mass Communication | 200 | |
Group (F) | |||
21 | Philosophy | 200 | Download Syllabus |
22 | Psychology | 200 | |
23 | Sociology | 200 | |
24 | Social Work | 200 | |
Group (G) | |||
25 | English Literature | 200 | Download Syllabus |
26 | Urdu | 200 | |
27 | Arabic | 200 | |
28 | Education | 200 | |
29 | Persian | 200 | |
30 | Punjabi | 200 |
Psychology and Viva Vice
Psychology and Viva Vice | Compulsory | 200 |
This is the complete syllabus for the PMS examination in 2022.
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