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PPSC Section Officer 2024 Exam

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About PPSC Section Officer Exam

As we are going to present the details of the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) 2022 Pattern which will help the aspirants to the preparation for the Section Officer Posts Exam and also help to get the details of the PPSC SO Exam 2022.


PPSC Section Officer Exam Date

Events Dates
Notification Published Date 21st July 2022
Last Date to Submit Online Form 04th August 2022
Admit Card Notify Soon
Written Competitive Exam Date 14th May 2023
Result Date Notify Soon

PPSC Section Officer Eligibility

Age Limit (As on 01st January 2022)
  • Minimum Age : 18 Years
  • Maximum Age : 37 Years
Educational Qualification
  • B.Com with (ICWA) inter or C.A. inter or C.S. inter from a recognized University/Institution.

PPSC Section Officer Salary

According to the notification issued by the PPSC SO for the Treasuries and Accounts, the candidates will be subjected to receive the salary as per the Minimum Pay i.e. Rs 35,400 without any allowance. The candidates will be subjected to receive this payment for a duration of 3 years.


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PPSC Section Officer Selection

  • Written Competitive Exam
  • Interview

PPSC Section Officer Syllabus

The PPSC SO Syllabus 2022 is not available on the official website of PPSC. There are a total of 2 sections with a total of 4 subjects i.e. Logical reasoning, mental ability, and stream-based questions. The students who are preparing for the post of Section officer should always follow the topics mentioned in the syllabus. This is the most pivotal being preventing the waste of time and focussing only on exam-oriented topics. However, the official syllabus will be updated soon here.

Subject

Section Officer Syllabus

Logical Reasoning

  • Data Interpretation
  • Blood Relations
  • Syllogism
  • Coding-Decoding
  • Directions
  • Non-Verbal Series
  • Clocks & Calendars
  • Number Ranking
  • Decision Making
  • Analogy
  • Statements & Arguments
  • Arithmetical Reasoning
  • Alphabet Series
  • Sitting Arrangement
  • Puzzles

Mental Ability

  • Simplification
  • Ratio and Proportion
  • Problems on H.C.F and L.C.M
  • Banker’s Discount
  • Partnership
  • Decimal Fraction
  • Pipes and Cistern
  • Problems on Ages
  • Time and Distance
  • Logarithm
  • Alligation or Mixture
  • Probability
  • Average
  • Chain Rule
  • Compound Interest
  • Surds and Indices
  • Height and Distance
  • Boats and Streams
  • Area
  • Time and Work
  • Square Root and Cube Root
  • Simple Interest
  • Numbers
  • Permutation and Combination
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PPSC Section Officer Exam Pattern

The written examination is the stage 1 of the PPSC Section Officer Selection Process. The major highlights of the written examination for PPSC SO post are given below:

  • The written examination will be conducted offline, in pen and paper mode.
  • There will be 2 sections and 4 subjects i.e. questions based on Professional Knowledge, Logical Reasoning, Mental ability, and General Knowledge.
  • The language of the question paper will be only English. 
  • The questions asked will be objective paper and the candidates will be required to choose the correct option.
  • The total number of questions asked in the exam will be 120 and each question will be of 4 marks.
  • The candidates will get 2 hours each to complete each section in the written test.
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Paper

Subject

Total Marks

Marking Scheme

Exam Duration

Written Test

Questions from the Subject (Part A of

Syllabus)

400

1 mark each (Negative Marking)

 

4 marks each (For correct answers)

2 hours (120 minutes)

Questions from General Knowledge& Current Affairs, General Mental Ability, Logical Reasoning & Quantitative Aptitude. (Part B of Syllabus)

80

Total

480

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) PPSC Section Officer Exam

Q. What is the Syllabus of PPSC Section Officer Exam?
A. In this article Page, we have provided the latest syllabus of the PPSC Section Officer exam. The syllabus of PPSC Section Officer comprises the topics and sub-topics under sections, Knowledge of PPSC Section Officer syllabus helps candidates to focus on their preparation and important areas of each subject.
Q. What is pattern of PPSC Section Officer Exam?
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A. To prepare for PPSC Section Officer exam, candidates should go through the exam syllabus and exam pattern, solve mock tests, practice previous years' question papers. Try to clear the concepts of each and every topic rather than cramming. Set a time to go over the chapters, Differentiate weak areas and work to improve them. Solve puzzles to improve logical skill.
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