MPSC Mizoram Exam Pattern & Syllabus

The Mizoram Public Service Commission conducts Combined Competitive Examination for recruitment to various administrative positions in Mizoram.

The recruitment process includes 3 stages -

1. Preliminary examination
2. Mains examination
3. Interview/ Personality test

Mizoram PSC Prelims Exam Pattern

The Mizoram PSC Prelims is a screening test used to shortlist candidates for the Mains. It includes two objective-type papers.

Mizoram PSC Prelims exam Syllabus
Paper I: General Studies

• Current events of national and international importance.
• History of India and the Indian national movement.
• Indian and World Geography- physical, social, and economic geography of India and the world.
• Indian polity and governance – Constitution, political system, Panchayati Raj, public policy, rights issues, etc.
• Economic and social development – sustainable development, poverty, inclusion, demographics, social sector initiatives, etc.
• General issues on environmental ecology, biodiversity, and climate change that do not require subject specialization.
• General Science.
• General Awareness of Mizo Society, its Culture, and Heritage.

Paper II: Aptitude Test

• English language comprehension.
• Interpersonal skills including communication skills.
• Logical reasoning and analytical ability.
• Decision-making and problem-solving.
• General mental ability.
• Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency, etc).

Note 1: The Commission shall, at its discretion, fix the qualifying marks in Paper-I of the Preliminary examination.
Note 2: Paper-II of the Preliminary examination will be a qualifying paper with minimum qualifying marks fixed at 33%.
Note 3: It is mandatory for the candidate to appear in both the Papers of the Preliminary examination for the purpose of evaluation. Therefore, a candidate will be disqualified in case he/she does not appear in both the papers of the Preliminary examination.

Mizoram PSC Mains Exam Pattern
The 2nd Stage that is the Mains Exam of Mizoram PSC includes 1 Qualifying Paper and 7 merit papers of descriptive nature.

Papers	Subject	Medium	Total marks	Duration
Paper I	General English	English	100	3 hours
Paper II	General Essay	English	100	3 hours
Paper III	General Studies - I	English / Mizo	100	3 hours
Paper IV	General Studies - II		100	3 hours
Paper V	General Studies - III		100	3 hours
Paper VI	General Studies - IV		100	3 hours
Paper VII	Optional Subject Paper - I		100	3 hours
Paper VII	Optional Subject Paper - II		100	3 hours

Total Marks: 800
Mizoram PSC Mains Exam Syllabus
Paper I: General English
The aim of the paper is to test the candidate’s ability to read and understand serious discursive prose, and to express his ideas clearly and correctly in English. The pattern of questions would be broadly as follows :-

• Comprehension of given passages.
• Précis Writing
• Usage and Vocabulary
• Letter writing

<>Note: The paper will be of Matriculation or equivalent standard.

Paper II: General Essay
Candidates may be required to write essays on multiple topics. They will be expected to keep closely to the subject of the essay to arrange their ideas in orderly fashion, and to write concisely. Credit will be given for effective and exact expression.

GENERAL STUDIES (I-IV) The nature and standard of questions in the General Studies papers will be such that a well-educated person will be able to answer them without any specialized study. The questions will be such as to test a candidate’s general awareness of a variety of subjects, which will have relevance for a career in Civil Services. The questions are likely to test the candidate’s basic understanding of all relevant issues, and ability to analyze, and take a view on conflicting socio-economic goals, objectives and demands. The candidates must give relevant, meaningful and succinct answers.

General Studies Paper I (Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society)
UNIT I

1. Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times.
2. Mizo heritage and culture

UNIT II

1. Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present significant events, personalities, issues
2. The Freedom Struggle - its various stages and important contributors/ contributions from different parts of the country.
3. Post independence consolidation and reorganization within the country.
4. History of the world will include events from 18th century such as industrial revolution, world wars, re-drawal of national boundaries, colonization, decolonization, political philosophies like communism, capitalism, socialism etc. their forms and effect on the society.

UNIT III

1. Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India.
2. Role of women and women’s organization, population and associated issues, poverty and developmental issues, urbanization, their problems and their remedies.
3. Effects of globalization on Indian society
4. Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.

UNIT IV

1. Salient features of world’s physical geography.
2. Distribution of key natural resources across the world (including South Asia and the Indian sub continent); factors responsible for the location of primary, secondary, and tertiary sector industries in various parts of the world (including India)
3. Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, cyclone etc., geographical features and their location changes in critical geographical features (including water bodies and ice caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes.

GENERAL STUDIES – II (Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations
UNIT I

1. Indian Constitution historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure.
2. Functions and responsibilities of the Union and the States, issues and challenges pertaining to the federal structure, devolution of powers and finances up to local levels and challenges therein.
3. Separation of powers between various organs, dispute redressal, mechanisms and institutions.
4. Comparison of the Indian constitutional scheme with that of other countries
5. Parliament and State Legislatures structure, functioning, conduct of business, powers & privileges and issues arising out of these.
6. Structure, organization and functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary. Ministries and Departments of the Government; pressure groups and formal/informal associations and their role in the Polity.
7. Salient features of the Representation of People’s Act.
8. Appointment to various Constitutional posts, powers, functions and responsibilities of various Constitutional Bodies.
9. Statutory, regulatory and various quasi judicial bodies
10. Governance and politics in Mizoram since 1947

UNIT II

1. Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.
2. Development processes and the development industry - the role of NGOs, SHGs, various groups and associations, donors, charities, institutional and other stakeholders
3. Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes; mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections.
4. Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.
5. Issues relating to poverty and hunger.

UNIT III

1. Important aspects of governance - transparency and accountability, e governance applications, models, successes, limitations and potential; citizens charters - transparency & accountability, institution and other measures.
2. Role of civil services in a democracy.

UNIT IV

1. India and its neighbourhood relations.
2. Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests
3. Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora.
4. Important International institutions, agencies and fora - their structure, mandate.

GENERAL STUDIES-III (Technology, Economic Development, Bio diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management)

UNIT I

1. Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment.
2. Inclusive growth and issues arising from it.
3. Government Budgeting.
4. Major crops - cropping patterns in various parts of the country, different types of irrigation and irrigation systems, storage, transport and marketing of agricultural produce and issues and related constraints; e technology in the aid of farmers
5. Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices; Public Distribution System - objectives, functioning, limitations, revamping; issues of buffer stocks and food security; Technology missions; economics of animal rearing.
6. Food processing and related industries in India scope and significance, location, upstream and downstream requirements, supply chain management.
7. Land reforms in India.
8. Effects of liberalization on the economy, changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth.
9. Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc.
10. Investment models.

UNIT II

1. Science and Technology developments and their applications and effects in everyday life
2. Achievements of Indians in science & technology; indigenization of technology and developing new technology.
3. Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, robotics, nano technology, bio technology and issues relating to intellectual property rights.

UNIT III

1. Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment
2. Disaster and disaster management.

UNIT IV

1. Linkages between development and spread of extremism.
2. Role of external state and non state actors in creating challenges to internal security.
3. Challenges to internal security through communication networks, role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges, basics of cyber security; money laundering and its prevention
4. Security challenges and their management in border areas; linkages of organized crime with terrorism
5. Various Security forces and agencies and their mandate.

GENERAL STUDIES - IV (Ethics, Integrity, and Aptitude) This paper will include questions to test the candidates’ attitude and approach to issues relating to integrity, probity in public life and his problem solving approach to various issues and conflicts faced by him in dealing with society. Questions may utilise the case study approach to determine these aspects. The following broad areas will be covered.

UNIT I

1. Ethics and Human Interface: Essence, determinants and consequences of Ethics in human actions; dimensions of ethics; ethics in private and public relationships. Human Values – lessons from the lives and teachings of great leaders, reformers and administrators; role of family, society and educational institutions in inculcating values.

UNIT II

1. Attitude: content, structure, function; its influence and relation with thought and behaviour; moral and political attitudes; social influence and persuasion.
2. Aptitude and foundational values for Civil Service , integrity, impartiality and non partisanship, objectivity, dedication to public service, empathy, tolerance and compassion towards the weaker sections.
3. Emotional intelligence concepts, and their utilities and application in administration and governance.
4. Contributions of moral thinkers and philosophers from India and world.

UNIT III

1. Public/Civil service values and Ethics in Public administration: Status and problems; ethical concerns and dilemmas in government and private institutions; laws, rules, regulations and conscience as sources of ethical guidance; accountability and ethical governance; strengthening of ethical and moral values in governance; ethical issues in international relations and funding; corporate governance.
2. Probity in Governance: Concept of public service; Philosophical basis of governance and probity; Information sharing and transparency in government, Right to Information, Codes of Ethics, Codes of Conduct, Citizen’s Charters, Work culture, Quality of service delivery, Utilization of public funds, challenges of corruption.

UNIT IV: Case Studies on above issues.

Optional Subject Papers
Total number of questions in the question papers of optional subjects will be eight. All questions will carry equal marks. Each paper will be divided into two parts, viz. Part A and Part B, each part containing four questions. Out of eight questions candidates are required to answer any five questions taking at least two questions each from Part A and Part B.
Any one Optional subject is to be chosen from the following subjects -
Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Anthropology, Botany, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Commerce & Accountancy, Economics, Education, Electrical Engineering, English Literature, Forestry, Geography, Hindi Literature, History, Home Science, Law, Management, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Medical Science, Mizo, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science and International Affairs, Psychology, Public Administration, Sociology, Statistics, and Zoology.

Detailed syllabus of the optional subjects can be viewed in the Mizoram PSC exam syllabus pdf -

https://mpsc.mizoram.gov.in/uploads/attachments/2023/04/e9112c6c8318ed415bc3fd38a8ad9b83/06-mizoram-civil-services-combined-competitive-examination-rules-2020.pdf

• The interview or Personality test is the final stage of Mizoram Public Service Commission civil services examination process.
• This stage carries 100 marks.
• Candidates' overall personality, communication skills, problem-solving abilities, and general awareness are evaluated.
• The test is intended to judge the mental calibre of candidate. In broad terms, this is really an assessment of not only the intellectual qualities but also social traits and interest in current affairs including the knowledge of customs, manners and dialects of Mizoram.
• Some of the qualities to be judged are mental alertness, critical powers of assimilation, care, and logical exposition, the balance of judgments, variety, and depth of interest, ability for social cohesion and leadership, intellectual and moral integrity
• The marks obtained in the interview (out of 100) are added to the Mains marks (out of 800) for the final merit ranking (out of 900).