Overview

Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) has announced the beginning of JPSC Recruitment 2023for 342 vacancies of various posts namely Deputy Commissioner, Deputy Superintendent of Police, State Tax Officer, Superintendent of Prisoners, Jharkhand Education Service Category II, District Magistrate, Assistant Registrar, Superintendent of Labour, Probation Officer, and Inspector posts.

Important Dates

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Selection Process

A candidate who applies for the Jharkhand Public Service Commission has to go through three stages.

• Preliminary Examination
• Mains Examination
• Interview

Eligibility Criteria

• Educational Qualification- A candidate must hold a graduation degree from any recognized universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institution.
• Age Limit- The age limit set by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission is from 21 to 35 years. And age relaxation would be done according to the government rules.

Syllabus & Exam Pattern

• Negative Marking- Yes, there is negative marking in Paper I and Paper II of the preliminary examination of the JPSC 2023. For every wrong answer 1/3^rd marks would be deducted and no marks would be deducted for any unanswered question.
• Time Duration- The paper I and Paper II are conducted in duration of 2 hours. And for all the six papers of the Mains examination each paper is granted 3 hours.
• No. of Questions- Paper I and Paper II of the Preliminary examination will 200 questions in each paper.
• Type of Questions- Paper I and Paper II of the Preliminary examination will be objective  type multiple-choice questions. and the Mains Examination is descriptive in nature.
• Mode of Exam- Preliminary examination is conducted in offline mode. and the Mains Examination is conducted in writing.
• Qualifying Marks- The minimum marks for qualifying the prelims exam for general category is 40%, SC/ST and Females is 32%, Backward classes is 36.5%, Economically Backward classes is 34% and Economically Weaker Section is 40% and for Primitive Tribal group is 30%.

Preliminary Examination

Mains Examination

Medical Examination: - A candidate should be physically and mentally healthy.

For the post of Deputy Superintendent of Police and District Commander

• Candidate should have no diseases of bones and joints in the body.
• There should be no previous history of mental disorder or seizures.
• Candidate should not have any functional or organic disease related to heart or blood vessels and the blood pressure should be normal.
• Candidate should not suffer from any physical disability.
• Candidate should not suffer from a claw hand.
• Candidate should be HIV free.
•  The vision of the male candidate should be 6/6 distance vision in each eye without spectacles.
• Candidate should not suffer from colour blindness and night blindness.
• At routine checkups the candidate should have normal limits of ECG and EEG.
•  The hearing ability of the candidate should be normal.
• Any kind of skin disease would result into the rejection of the candidature.

Physical Standards for the post of Deputy Superintendent of Police, District Commander, Probation Officer, and Prison Superintendent: -

Syllabus

JPSC Syllabus Prelims General Studies Paper-I

• History of India (Ancient India, Medieval India, Modern India)
• Geography of India (General Geography, Physical Geography, Economical Geography, Social & Demographic Geography)
• Indian Polity and Governance (Constitution of India, Public Administration and Good Governance, Decentralization: Panchayats & Municipalities)
•  Economic and Sustainable Development (Basic features of Indian Economy, Sustainable Development and Economic issues, Economic Reforms and Globalization)
• Science and Technology (General Science, Agriculture & Technology Development, Information & Communication Technology)
• Questions related to Jharkhand (General Awareness of its History, Society, Culture,and Heritage)
• National and International Current Events
• General Question of Miscellaneous (Human Rights, Environmental protection, Biodiversity & Climate change, Urbanization, Sports, Disaster Management, Poverty and unemployment, Awards, United Nations and other International Agencies)

JPSC Syllabus Prelims General Studies Paper-II

• History of Jharkhand Governance of Munda, Nagvanshi, Padaha Panchayat, Majhi Pargana, Munda Manki,Dhoklo Sohor, Jaatiya Panchayat
• Jharkhand Movement (Tribal of Jharkhand, Freedom Fighters of Jharkhand, Nobles of Jharkhand, Jharkhand Movement and Formation of the State)
• Specialty of Jharkhand (Social status of Jharkhand, Cultural status of Jharkhand,Political situation of Jharkhand, Economic condition of Jharkhand, Religious characteristics and identity of Jharkhand)
•  Culture of Jharkhand (folk literature, Traditional art and folk dance, Folk music and instruments, Places of interest - Natural, archaeological, historical, religious, and modern sites, Tribal-Caste-Species and Characteristics, Jharkhand Literature and Litterateur.)
•  Premier Educational Institutes of Jharkhand, Sports of Jharkhand, Land laws of Jharkhand, Chotanagpur Tenancy Act (C.N.T.), Santhal Pargana Tenancy Act (S.P.T.), Other state bills act)
• History of Economic Development in Jharkhand after 1947 and Geography of Jharkhand
• Industrial Policy, Displacement, and Rehabilitation Policy and other policies of Jharkhand
• Name and location of major industry and industrial development in Jharkhand
• Major schemes and sub-plans of Jharkhand
• Forest Management and Wildlife Conservation of Jharkhand
• Facts related to the environment of Jharkhand state, the environmental changehappening and its Mitigation & Adaptation and related topics
• Disaster Management in Jharkhand
• Miscellaneous facts and current affairs related to Jharkhand

Mains Examination

Paper I

1. General Hindi: -निबंध, व्याकरण, वाक्य विन्यास, संक्षेपण
2. General English: -Vocabulary, Grammar, Letter Writing, Essay Writing, Comprehension, Usage of words, Translation of passages etc.

Paper II: - Language and Literature

Bengali, English, Ho, Khortha, Mundari, Panchpargania, Urdu, Hindi, Kurmali, Kurux, Oriya, Santhali, Sanskrit

Paper III: - Social Sciences

1. History- Ancient period, Medieval Period, Modern Period, History of Jharkhand
2. Geography- Physical Geography (General Principles), Physical and Human Geography of India, Natural Resources of India: Development and Utilization, Geography of Jharkhand and utilization of its resources, Population, Industrial and Urban Development, The pattern on Urban Settlement and Pollution problems.

Paper IV: -

1. Indian Constitution and Polity- Preamble, salient features of the Indian constitution, Fundamental Rights and Duties, Directive Principles of State Policy, Union Government (Executive and Legislature),Judiciary, State Government (Executive, Legislature, Judiciary, Panchayats and Municipalities, Centre-state relations, Special provisions relating to the administration of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribal Areas, Emergency provisions of the Constitution, Election Commission of India, Political parties and pressure groups).
2. Public Administration and Good Governance- Public Administration – Meaning, scope and significance, Public and private administration, Union Administration – Central Secretariat, Cabinet Secretariat, Prime Minister’s Office, Planning Commission, Finance Commission, State Administration- State Secretariat, Chief Secretary, Chief Ministers Office, District Administration – Origin and development of the office of District Magistrate and Collector, changing role of the District Collector, the impact of the separation of the judiciary on district administration, Personnel Administration – Recruitment of civil services, Union Public Service Commission and State Public Service Commission, training of civil servants, leadership and its qualities, employees morale and productivity, Delegation, Centralization and decentralization of authority, Bureaucracy – its merits and demerits, the role of bureaucracy in policy formulation and its implementation; nexus between bureaucracy and political executive; generalist versus specialist, Development administration, Disaster Management- causes, mitigation, classification of disasters, immediate and long term measures,Good governance – Lokpal, Lokayukta, Central Vigilance Commissioner, grievance redressal, right to service act, right to information act, right to education act, consumer protection act, domestic violence against women (prevention) act, Human Rights – concept, meaning, universal declaration of human rights, National Human Rights Commission, State Human Rights Commission, terrorism, social issues.

Paper V: - Indian Economy, Globalization and Sustainable Development

Basic Features of the Indian Economy

• National Income – elementary concepts of national income, and methods of its calculation, example – GDP, GNP, NDP, NNP, GSDP, NSDP, DDP at constant and current prices, at factor cost etc
• Inflation – Concept, control of inflation, monetary, fiscal and direct measures.
• Demographic features
• Agriculture and Rural economy – green revolution, white revolution, rainbow revolution, “World Trade Organization.
• Industrial economy – policy initiative and changes
• Public finance – the scope of public finance, principles of public finance, taxation
• Public expenditure
• Budget
• Fiscal policy- centre and state fiscal relationship, the role of the finance commission
• Structure of Indian monetary and banking system in India.
• Indian Trade, Balance of Payment

Sustainable Development, Economic Issues, and Indian Development Strategy

• Meaning and measurement of Economic development; characteristics of underdevelopment, indicators of development: HDI, GDI, India’s HDI progress.
• Role of Foreign capital and technology in the growth of the economy
• Sustainable development – concept and indicators of sustainable development, economic, social and environmental sustainability, the concept of GDP
• Development status and issues pertaining to socially and economically marginalised sections, like ST, SC, religious minorities, schemes launched by Central/State Government.
• Poverty and Unemployment: Measurements and trends, identification of BPL families, Multidimensional poverty index.
• Food and nutritional security – trends in food production and consumption in India, the problem of food security, problems and issues of storage, procurement, distribution, import and export, Government policies, schemes, and programmes such as Public Distribution System, Mid-day meal schemes, government policies for food and nutritional security.

Economic Reforms, Nature and Impact on Indian economy

• New economic reforms – Liberalization, Privatisation, Globalization, good understanding of International Finance Institutions like IMF, World Bank; World Trade Organisation
• Financial and Banking sector reforms, economic reforms, NABARD, RRB
• Globalization of Indian Economy – its positive and negative impacts on different sectors, issues of FDI and FII in India.
• Agriculture sector – Growth, Issues of subsidies and public investment in agriculture
• Industrial development and economic reforms in India – major changes in Industrial policy, its impact on industrial growth, the role of public sector enterprises in India’s industrialisation in post reforms period, disinvestment and privatisation of public enterprises.

The economy of Jharkhand – features, issues, challenges, strategies

• Economic growth and structure of Jharkhand’s economy, sectoral composition, growth in SDP, and per capita NSDP in last decade, agricultural and industrial growth in Jharkhand.
• Demographic features of Jharkhand – population, growth, sex ratio, density, literacy, the composition of the workforce, rural-urban composition etc.
• Status of poverty, unemployment, food security, malnutrition, education, and health indicators in Jharkhand, major initiatives, issues of agricultural and rural development, major programmes and schemes, poverty alleviation programs, food security schemes.
• Land, forest and environmental issues in Jharkhand

Paper VI- General Sciences, Environment and Technology Development

1. Physical Sciences- Basic knowledge on system of units like MKS, CGS, SI, Topics on Speed, velocity, gravity, mass, weight, force, impact, work, power and energy, iITalso covers topics related to solar system, Concepts concerning sound, wavelength frequency, infrasonic and ultrasonic sound characteristics and applications.
2. Life Science- Concepts on the living world, cell-structure, its functions, diversity of organism, bimolecular cell reproduction, Medallion inheritance, theories of the evolution of life on earth, including human evolution.
3. Agriculture Science: - A good understanding of the agro-climatic conditions of Jharkhand, rainfall pattern and abiotic stresses in each zone, Knowledge of Food and horticultural crops of Jharkhand, understanding the need behind the diversification of crops, nutritional security due to the onset of climate change, the role of rainwater harvesting in improving the agricultural production, and fish farming, Candidates are required to have sound knowledge on Soil fertility, measures that are undertaken to improve soil health, concepts on organic farming, agro-forestry, and wastelands and, government schemes to help the farmers of the state.
4. Environmental Sciences: - Measures that were taken by the Government of India to preserve the environment measures to tackle global environmental issues, air pollution, and water pollution, Understanding of numerous environmental laws. Candidates’ knowledge on Biodiversity hotspots and threats to biodiversity hotspots.
5. Science and Technology: -
   1. Indian Government policies concerning nuclear technology focus on global nuclear policies.
   2. Plans made by the Government to meet the energy demands of the country through various renewable and non-renewable sources of energy.
   3. A good understanding of the Indian Missile program, the space program.
   4. Knowledge of the latest developments in Information Technology challenges faced due to Cybercrimes.

Admit Card

The Admit card of the Jharkhand Public Service Commission examination 2023 will be released on the regional website (www.jpsc.gov.in). The candidate can follow these steps to download the admit card:

• On the homepage of the official website (www.jpsc.gov.in) find ‘Admit Card’ and click on it.

• Using the username and password of the log into the site.
• Admit Card will be displayed on the site.
• Your exam date and exam city will appear.
• Click on the download admit card.

Result

The result of the Jharkhand Public Service Commission Examination will be announced on the official website (www.jpsc.gov.in).The result will be released stage wise once each stage is conducted. The candidates can check their result through the following steps:

• Visit the direct link provided above or on the site (www.jpsc.gov.in).
• On the Homepage go to the result section, click on it you will get the result displayed on the screen or you will get the official result PDF link here.
• You will get the official Result PDF’s containing result write-up and the list of selected candidates.
• Click on Jharkhand Public Service Commission Examination result link given below.
• Enter ‘Ctrl+F’ or the search bar and enter your roll number in the same.
• Your name will be highlighted

Cut Off

Along with the Jharkhand Public Service Commission Examination2023 result, the category-wise Cut off scores for the positions would also be released.

Answer Key

The candidates can check the Jharkhand Public Service Commission Examination Answer Key by following the below-mentioned steps:

• Visit the official website of Jharkhand Public Service Commission page (www.jpsc.gov.in) or click on the link shared above.
• Click on the Answer Key tab.
• The answer keys to the question booklets will only be available online.
• Enter the roll number and birth date as password and download the right answer key.
• It will contain the correct responses to the exam questions.
• Students have the option to print out or save the document for later use.

Preparation Tips

Candidates are required to follow a systematic approach and a good strategy in order to prepare for the Jharkhand Public Service Commission 2023 exam. Here are some tips that can help you prepare for the exam -

• Syllabus and Exam Pattern Knowledge- It is essential to have a clear understanding of the exam pattern and syllabus to prepare effectively. Analyze the weightage of each topic and prioritize your preparation accordingly.
• Follow the Study Plan- Develop a well-structured study plan that covers all the subjects and topics and allocate sufficient time for each topic based on your strengths and weaknesses.
• Gather Study Materials- Collect reliable study materials, including textbooks, reference books, online resources, and previous years’ question papers with good study materials you can easily understand the concepts and practice different types of questions.
• Time Management- Practice solving questions within a time limit to improve your speed and accuracy. Time yourself while solving mock tests and practice papers to assess your performance.
• Take Mock Tests- Regularly take mock tests and solve practice papers to assess your progress. They help you identify weak areas that need improvement.
• Revision- Revise important topics and formulas regularly to reinforce your understanding and memory.
• Regular exercise- It is essential to increase stamina to pass the physical tests.
• Seek Guidance- If you find any topic challenging or have doubts, don’t hesitate to seek guidance from teachers, mentors, or online forums. Clarify your doubts to enhance your understanding and confidence.

Apply Online

To successfully submit their JPSC online application form 2023, everyone interested in applying must follow the instructions listed below. To fill out the application for JPSC 2023, follow the instructions below.

• Applicants must go to www.jpsc.gov.in, the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission's (JPSC ) official website.
• Choose "Apply Online" after clicking on the "Recruitment link" located in the header bar.
• A new window will emerge on the screen when you click the Apply Online link.
• Click the Apply button after selecting the JPSC 2023 test.
• First, fill out the JPSC registration form by entering all necessary information.
• Make the necessary application fee payment now.
• If necessary, include any other pertinent information.
• Attach the scanned copies of the documents as requested by the application.
• To finish the JPSC application form 2023, click submit.
• For future use, print off a copy of the same document.

FAQs

How tough is the Jharkhand Public Service Commission Exam?
The Jharkhand Public Service Commission examination consists of multiple phases, including a prelims, mains and interview. Despite the exam's complexity, a candidate can pass it with the correct planning and consistent exercise.

Is there negative marking in the Jharkhand Public Service Commission Exam?
Yes, there is negative marking for the wrong answers in the Jharkhand Public Service Commission Examination 2023 of 1/3rd marks. But for each unanswered question no marks are deducted.

How many numbers of times a candidate can appear in the Jharkhand Public Service Commission Exam?
There are no limitations applied by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission on the number of attempts. As long as the candidate is eligible a candidate can appear for the examination.

When will admit card of the Jharkhand Public Service Commission Exam be released?
The admit card release would be released sometime in March 2024 before the preliminary examination. You can download the admit card from the official website.

What are the passing marks for the Jharkhand Public Service Commission Exam?
The minimum marks for qualifying the prelims exam for general category is 40%, SC/ST and Females is 32%, Backward classes is 36.5%, Economically Backward classes is 34% and Economically Weaker Section is 40% and for Primitive Tribal group is 30%.