PMS Syllabus – PMS Exam Syllabus for Compulsory and Optional Subjects

PMS stands for Provincial Management Services (PMS). It is a provincial base management service to accommodate the respective provincial needs. The provincial Public Service Commissions in all of Pakistan conducts this exam frequently. You should know that this PMS examination is held to recruit the officers in the various provincial departments in BPS-17. PMS Exam Syllabus 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. Let’s have a look at PMS Exam Syllabus for Compulsory and Optional Subjects.

Eligibility for PMS Exam

• you should have a minimum Bachelor (14 years) education.
• the minimum age for a male candidate is 21 to 30 Years
• the minimum age for a female candidate is also 21 to 30 Years
• 5 Years age Relaxation is for regular Government Servants of a province

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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 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 the Merit (Written Marks + Interview Marks).

PMS Exam Syllabus

There is a total of 12 subjects in 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.

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PMS Syllabus for Compulsory Subjects

Subject	Nature	Marks
English Essay	Subjective	100
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

Psychology and Viva Vice

Psychology and Viva Vice

Compulsory

200

PMS Syllabus for Optional Subjects

Sr. No	Subject	Marks
Group (A)
1	Commerce	200
2	Economics	200
3	Business Administration	200
4	Public Administration	200
Group (B)
5	Agriculture	200
6	Veterinary Science	200
7	Botany	200
8	Zoology	200
Group (C)
9	Mathematics	200
10	Computer Science	200
11	Statistics	200
12	Principle Of Engineering	200
Group (D)
13	Physics	200
14	Chemistry	200
15	Geology	200
16	Geography	200
Group (E)
17	Political Science	200
18	History	200
19	Law	200
20	Mass Communication	200
Group (F)
21	Philosophy	200
22	Psychology	200
23	Sociology	200
24	Social Work	200
Group (G)
25	English Literature	200
26	Urdu	200
27	Arabic	200
28	Education	200
29	Persian	200
30	Punjabi	200

This is the complete syllabus for the PMS examination in 2020.