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CSS Exam - Detail of Written Exam A candidate has to appear in the following four parts of CSS Exam: Written Exam Medical Test Psychological Test Viva Voce Written Exam The written exam consists of twelve (12) papers. Out of which six (6) are compulsory papers and the remaining six (6) are optional papers. Each paper has 100 marks. The written exam carries 1200 marks in total. Out of which, 600 marks are for compulsory papers and 600 marks are for optional papers. Time allowed for each paper is 3 Hours. Each paper has Part-I (Objective part) and Part-II (Subjective part). Part-I is attempted on a separate sheet which collected back after 30 minutes. Qualifying marks for the compulsory paper is 40% and for the optional paper is 33%. Optional papers are to be selected from the groups of subjects in the list according to the rules specified for them by FPSC. The list of compulsory and optional paper is as follows: 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 100 Major Religions (For Non Muslims) Total Marks 600 OPTIONAL SUBJECTS (600 MARKS) Group-I: (To select one subject of (200 marks) only) Code No. Subjects Marks 11. Accountancy & Auditing 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 100 42. Mercantile Law 100 43. Criminology 100 44. Philosophy 100 Group-VII: (To select one subject of 100 marks only Note: A subject carrying 100 marks has one paper. On the other hand, a subject carrying 200 marks has two papers. Question papers in Urdu or other regional languages (i.e. Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi, or Balochi), Arabic and Persian must be answered in the respective languages. However, translation question (from respective language to English) in the same papers must be answered as directed in the question. There will be 20 MCQs in all compulsory papers except the paper of Essay. There will be 20 MCQs in all optional papers except paper of Applied Mathematics and Pure Mathematics.

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