WBCS Notification 2025: New Scheme of Exam Released @ psc.wb.gov.in !

WBCS 2025 Notification: West Bengal Public Service Commission (WBPSC) is going to issue the WBCS Exam Notification 2024-25. Hence, WB Civil Service Examination 2025 detailed information is shared on this page. Furthermore, WBCS Apply Online Link 2025 will be active at psc.wb.gov.in soon. Thus, the interested aspirants can start filling West Bengal Civil Service Examination 2024-25 Online Application Form on the activation of the application portal. More Details are available in the section below.

Update: The WBCS Notification 2025 is set to release vide (ADVT. NO. 08/2024) with the new scheme of examination!

WB Civil Service Exam 2024-25 Notification Overview

Recruitment Authority	West Bengal Public Service Commission (WBPSC).
Advertisement No	08/2024
Exam Name	WBCS 2024 Examination
Application Mode	Online
Job Type	State Govt Jobs
Place of Posting	West Bengal
Website	wbpsc.gov.in

West Bengal Civil Service Exam Notification 2025

West Bengal Civil Service Examination is the best job opportunity for the young and dynamic candidates who want to secure an High Paying and Respectable Govt Jobs in West Bengal. Therefore, the aspirants those who are curiously waiting for WBCS Notification 2024-25 can apply online with the addition of Official Notification at the PSCWB Website. In addition to this, the aspirants can check the WB Civil Service Eligibility conditions put forth by West Bengal Public Service Commission through the official notification. So, here we have provided the detailed description on it in the following sections.

Post Name	Group A, Group B, Group C & Group D
Job Category	Both Gazetted & Non-Gazetted Posts under the West Bengal State Government
WBCS Salary 2024	Group A & B – Pay Level :16 (56,100 – 1,44,300) besides D.A., M.A. and H.R.A. admissible as per rules. Group C – Pay Level : 15 (42,600 – 1,09,800 ), Pay Level : 14 (39,900 – 1,02,800 ) & Pay Level : 12 (35,800 – 92,100) besides D.A., M.A. and H.R.A. admissible as per rules. Group D – Pay Level : 10 (32,100 – 82,900 ) besides D.A., M.A. and H.R.A. admissible as per rules.

WBCS Exam Links
Notification	WBCS Notification
Apply Online	WBCS Apply Online
Exam Pattern	WBCS Exam Pattern
Syllabus	WBCS Syllabus
Previous Papers	WBCS Previous Papers
Admit Card / Exam Date	WBCS Admit Card
Answer Keys	WBCS Answer Keys
Results	WBCS Prelims Result WBCS Results

WB Civil Services Exam 2025 – Group of Services

West Bengal Civil Service aspirants can find the group of services for which the WBCS 2025 Examination will be held. Thus, the Post Details which will be filled up through this exam are as follows –

Service	Group A Service
1	West Bengal Civil Service (Executive)
2	Assistant Commissioner of Revenue in the integrated West Bengal Revenue Service
3	West Bengal Co-operative Service
4	West Bengal Labour Service
5	West Bengal Food and Supplies Service
6	West Bengal Employment Service [Except the post of Employment Officer (Technical)]
Service	Group B Service
1	West Bengal Police Service
Service	Group C Service
1	Superintendent, District Correctional Home / Deputy Superintendent, Central Correctional Home
2	Joint Block Development Officer
3	Deputy Assistant Director of Consumer Affairs and Fair Business Practices
4	West Bengal Junior Social Welfare Service
5	West Bengal Subordinate Land Revenue Service, Grade-I
6	Assistant Commercial Tax Officer
7	Joint Registrar (West Bengal State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission under the Consumer Affairs Department, Government of West Bengal)
8	Assistant Canal Revenue Officer (Irrigation)
9	Chief Controller of Correctional Services
Service	Group D Service
1	Inspector of Co-operative Societies
2	Panchayat Development Officer under the Panchayat and Rural Development Department
3	Rehabilitation Officer under the Refugee Relief and Rehabilitation Department

WBCS Notification 2025 Eligibility Criteria

Most importantly, all aspirants should fulfil the essential conditions to apply. This includes the required educational qualifications and age limit of WB Civil Service Examination 2025. The eligibility criteria to apply are –

Educational Qualifications	Candidates should have completed Graduation in any stream from a recognized University.
Age Limit	• Minimum Age Requirement – 21 Years. • Maximum Age Limit – 36 Years.

However, there is admissible age relaxation as per Govt orders. Hence, candidates can check age limit details in WBCS Notification available at its official portal and apply before the last date.

WBCS Exam Selection Process in Details

West Bengal Public Service Commission (WBPSC) published WBCS Notification 2025 has the following stages of selection –

• Preliminary Examination.
• Mains Examination
• Interview / Personality Test

Candidates should note that the Preliminary Examination is a Screening Test only for the Main Examination. The Final Selection into the WBCS is on the basis of marks in the Mains Examination and Personality Test taking together.

WB Civil Services 2025 Preliminary Exam Pattern (Revised)

The WBCS Preliminary Examination is a Screening Test only for the purpose of selection of candidates for the Main Examination. The marks obtained in this examination by the candidates will not be considered for final selection. Only those candidates who qualifies at the Preliminary Examination in a year shall be eligible for admission to the WBCS (Exe.) etc.(Main) Examination of that year.

• The WBCS Preliminary Examination will consists of two papers, viz, “General Studies Paper – I” and “General Studies Paper-II”.
• The papers will be of objective type consisting of 200 multiple-choice questions.
• The papers will carry 200 marks each and each will be of 2 (two) hours duration.
• The “General Studies Paper-II” will be a qualifying paper with minimum qualifying marks fixed at 33%.
• It is mandatory for the candidates to appear in both the papers for the purpose of evaluation. A candidate will be disqualified in case he/she does not appear in both the papers.
• The standard of the papers will be of the level of knowledge as expected of a Graduate of any faculty of a recognized University.

General Studies Paper I Overview

The General Studies Paper-I of WBCS Preliminary Examination will include questions covering the following fields of knowledge:-

Sl No.	Subjects	No of Qs	Marks	Duration
i.	English Composition	20	20	2 hour
ii.	General Science	20	20
iii.	Current Events of National and International Importance	20	20
iv.	History of India	20	20
v	Geography of India with special reference to West Bengal	20	20
vi.	Indian Polity and Economy	20+20 = 40	20+20 = 40
vii.	Indian National Movement	20	20
viii.	General Issues on Environmental Ecology, Bio-Diversity and Climate Change-that do not require subject specialization	40	40
TOTAL		200	200

General Studies Paper II Overview

The GS Paper II is a qualifying paper with the minimum of 33% marks failing which the aspirants will not be eligible for further level of selection. The General Studies Paper-II of WBCS Preliminary Examination will include questions covering the following fields of knowledge:-

Sl No.	Topics	No of Qs	Marks	Duration
i.	Comprehension	60	60	2 hours
ii.	Interpersonal Skills including Communication Skills	10	10
iii.	Logical Reasoning and Analytical Ability	35	35
iv.	Decision Making and Problem Solving	30	30
v.	General Mental Ability	30	30
vi.	Basic Numeracy (Numbers and their relations, Orders of Magnitude, etc.), Data Interpretation (Charts, Graphs, Tables, Data Sufficiency)-Class X Level	35	35
TOTAL		200	200

WBCS Mains Examination Pattern (Revised)

Starting in 2025, the WBCS Mains Examination Scheme has been revised, so the mains examination will be different. Actually, in the revised scheme of examination the WBCS Main Examination shall consist of a Written Examination and Personality Test. The Mains Written Examination shall consist of Ten papers of conventional type out of which two papers viz., Bengali/Nepali as Paper‘ A and English as Paper ‘B’ carrying 300 marks each shall be of qualifying in nature. The features of the WBCS Revised Mains Examination scheme is as follows –

• Marks obtained in all the Compulsory papers (Paper-I to Paper-VIIII) and marks obtained in Personality Test shall be counted for final merit list.
• Each compulsory and Optional Paper shall carry 250 marks and shall be of 3 (Three) hours duration.
• Candidates opting for Group ‘C’ and Group ‘D’ Services & Posts need not to appear at the Paper VII and Paper VIII.

Papers	Subjects	Duration	Marks	Group of Services
Paper A	Bengali/Nepali	3 Hours	300	For A, B, C & D
Paper B	English	3 Hours	300	For A, B, C & D
Paper I	English Essay	3 Hours	250	For A, B, C & D
Paper II	Tradition and Culture of Bengal	3 Hours	250	For A, B, C & D
Paper III	General Studies I	3 Hours	250	For A, B, C & D
Paper IV	General Studies II	3 Hours	250	For A, B, C & D
Paper V	General Studies III	3 Hours	250	For A, B, C & D
Paper VI	General Studies IV	3 Hours	250	For A, B, C & D
Paper VII	Optional Subject Paper 1	3 Hours	250	Only for Group A and / or B
Paper VIII	Optional Subject Paper 2	3 Hours	250	Only for group A and / or B

• Paper A & Paper B is qualifying in nature with a qualifying mark of 30% in each.
• The marks obtained in Paper A & Paper B shall not be considered for Merit List.
• Paper-I to Paper–VIII of only those candidates will be evaluated who would secure the qualifying marks of 30% or more in each of the Paper-A and Paper-B.
• The question paper will be of conventional type.
• Each paper will be of three hours’ duration
• Answers in all papers whether compulsory or optional, may be written either in English or in Bengali unless otherwise directed in the Question Paper.
• Questions in the papers will be of graduate level except the optional subjects.
• For Optional Subjects Papers, the questions will be approximately that of an Honours Degree Examination.

WBCS Personality Test

As per the WBCS Examination scheme a certain number of candidates selected in order of merit on the results of the Main Examination for all the services and posts included in Group A,B,C and D shall have to appear for the Personality Test. The Commission will ask questions on matters of general interest in the personality test. The object of the test will be to assess the candidate’s personal qualities e.g., alertness of mind, power of clear and logical exposition, intellectual and moral integrity, leadership and also the candidate’s range of interests. The marks of the Personality Test is as follows –

Sl No	Services	Marks
1	Group ‘A’ and ‘B’	200
2	Group ‘C’	150
3	Group ‘D’	100

WBCS 2025 Examination Centre List

The Prelims Examination of the WBCS Examination 2025 will be held at the following centres while the Mains & Interview Stage will be conducted at Kolkata only.

List of WBCS Preliminary Exam Centres

Code	Centre
11	Kolkata
12	Baruipur
13	Diamond Harbour
14	Barrackpore
15	Barasat
16	Howrah
17	Chinsurah
18	Burdwan
19	Durgapur
20	Medinipur
21	Tamluk
22	Bankura
23	Purulia
24	Jhargram
25	Suri
26	Krishnanagar
27	Berhampore
28	Malda
29	Balurghat
30	Raiganj
31	Jalpaiguri
32	Alipurduar
33	Coochbehar
34	Siliguri
35	Kalimpong
36	Darjeeling

How to Apply for West Bengal Civil Service Exam 2025?

Aspirants should go through the process of filling WBCS application form before applying. Since, West Bengal Civil Service Recruitment 2025 Online Application Form is available at WBPSC Official Website. Thus, the Steps to fill Online Form of West Bengal Civil Service Examination are available below for the convenience of the aspirants –

1. Firstly, candidates interested should make a visit to the official portal i.e. wbpsc.gov.in
2. Now, search for WBCS Notification 2024-25 pdf, download it and go through the rules and regulations.
3. Furthermore, verify the eligibility with the required Educational qualifications and age limit.
4. If eligible, then click on West Bengal Civil Service Recruitment 2025 Apply Online link.
5. Next, enter the required details correctly.
6. Later, Upload scanned recent photograph, and signature correctly.
7. Next, pay the application fees through various online / offline.
8. Applicants should check once again all the filled details in the application form.
9. At last, click on Submit for successful submission of online form.
10. Finally, Take a print out of the applied form for future reference.

WBCS Notification 2025 – Important Dates

Here are the important dates in connection with WBCS Notification 2025. Hopefully the aspirants through this will be fully aware of the related key dates .

Start Date of online application	Update Soon
Closing date for online application	Update Soon
Online Fees Submission Last Date	Update Soon
Offline Fees Submission Last Date	Update Soon
Correction Window	Update Soon
Prelims Examination	Update Soon

WBCS Notification 2025 – Important Links

The interested candidates should note that the information provided above about WB Civil Service Examination 2025 is an overall description. In addition, applicants should also go through the official West Bengal Civil Service Notification 2025 PDF which is available on the official website. However, candidates can also download WBCS Notification 2024-25 & Apply Online through the link given below.

Official Notification	Click Here
Apply Online Link	Click Here
Exam Pattern & Syllabus	Click Here
Admit Card	Click Here
Result	Click Here

We hope the information here is useful for the aspirants. Therefore stay connected to this page to catch the latest updates on WBCS 2025. Meanwhile bookmark this portal to catch the latest Sarkari Naukri updates on time.

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