PPSC Syllabus 2025: Download Syllabus PDF for Punjab PCS Prelims, Mains

Paper 1: General Studies

Paper 2: Civil Service Aptitude Test (CSAT)

Paper 1: Punjabi (in Gurumukhi Script) Compulsory (of 10+2 Standard) 

Paper 2: English Compulsory (of 10+2 standard) 

Paper 3: Essay

Paper 4: General Studies Paper-I (History, Geography and
Society)

Paper 5: General Studies Paper-II (Indian Constitution &
Polity, Governance and International Relations)  

Paper 6: General Studies Paper-III (Economy, Statistics and
Security issues)

Paper 7: General Studies Paper-IV (Science & Technology,
Environment, Problem Solving and Decision
Making)  

Topics

1. Everyday Science

2. Environmental Studies

3. Political theory & international order

4. Indian polity

5. History of India & World History

6. Indian Economy

7. Geography

8. Current events of national and international importance

9. Punjab - Geography; People, Society and Culture; History; Economy

Topics

- Comprehension (Unseen Passage): An unseen passage
followed by Questions to be answered

- Precis writing: Passage to be
summarized to 1/3rd

- Letter writing (200 words)

- Essay writing (any general topic, 300 words)

- Translation

- History of the world

- Indian culture

- Modern Indian history

- Socio-religious reform movements with special reference to Punjab

- The Freedom Struggle

- Post-independence consolidation and reorganization within the country

- History of Punjab

- Ranjit Singh’s rise to power, civil and military administration and relations with
the British 

- Annexation of Punjab with special reference to the causes and consequences of
the Anglo-Sikh wars

- Physical Geography

- Important Geophysical phenomena

- Geography of Punjab

- Physiographic details of Punjab; Geomorphic features of Punjab, Punjab’s
strategic location with reference to International Border

-  Crops of Punjab; Modern concepts of Farming; Problems faced by agriculturists/
Issues in Agriculture: Depletion of ground water, etc

- Salient features of Indian Society

- Role of women and women’s organization

- Effects of globalization on Indian society

- Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism 

- Ethics and Society

- Human Values

-  Vulnerable sections of the population

- Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector

- Indian Constitution

- Functions and responsibilities of Union and the States

- Separation of powers between various organs

- Comparison of the Indian constitutional scheme with that of other countries  

- Parliament and State Legislatures

- Appointment to various Constitutional posts

- District Administration

- Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies 

- Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and
issues arising out of their design and implementation

- Important aspects of governance

- Values and Ethics in Governance

- Probity in Governance

-  India and its neighborhood- relations

- Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or
affecting India’s interests

- Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s
interests

- Important International institutions

-  Issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and
employment

- Major crops, cropping patterns in various parts of the country

- Public Distribution System

- Food processing and related industries in India

- Land reforms in India

- Infrastructure

- Human Resource Development

- Importance of Human capital in economic development

- Nature, types and problems of unemployment in India

- Punjab economy

- Linkages between development and spread of extremism

- Role of external, State and non-State actors in creating challenges to internal
security

- Basics of cyber security

- Security challenges and their management in border areas

- Various Security forces and agencies and their mandate 

- Science and Technology  

- Achievements of Indians in science & technology

- Recent developments in the fields of IT, Space, Computers

- Issues relating to intellectual property rights

- Modern Trends in Life Sciences

- Progress of Agricultural Science and its impact

- Introduction to and applications of Genetic Engineering & Stem Cell Research

- Human Diseases and Microbial infections

- Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, Issues related to Climate
change

- Water management

- Natural Hazards