PMS

 PMS EXAMS AND ALL ITS OTHER DETAILS

1) What is PMS? Simply, it is competitive examination through which candidates are selected. Almost all of them perform their duties as ASSISTANT COMMISSIONERs……..

Age Limit:

1. 21 to 30.

2. But, for Government employees with 4 years’ experience age limit is 35.

3. For special persons Age limit is 40.

Education:

Only Graduation is required to apply for PMS.

Academy:

Many people asked which academy is good for preparation. Honestly speaking, I never joined any full-time academy. So, I'm not a Competent Authority to suggest. Nevertheless, I abhor full-time academy for all subjects. Academies are about commercialism filled with filth and disappointment in most of the cases. So, up to you what join and why.

Syllabus: PMS is of 1400 marks.

Written: 1200 Viva Voice: 200

Written Part:

Consists of Two parts

Compulsory 6 subjects of 600 marks.

Three optional subjects of 600 marks. There are 7 groups of optional subjects out of which one can choose 3 subjects of 600 marks.

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Something for Doers:

English Essay:

Competitive exams both CSS and PMS are all about English. Unfortunately, nothing troubles us more than English.

Techniques:

Read diverse things. From books to internet. Articles. Lectures. You have to have diverse opinion about all important topics. Try to practice essay writing before exam. Get them checked from any teacher, friend or family member.

So, an expert of English language is enough to highlight your mistakes. S/he can be any person from family or friends. Point is evaluation of your work.

Do writing practice religiously.

Practice makes perfect.

That's all.

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Pakistan Affairs:

Pak Affairs is a critical paper. If you don't believe, just look at PMS-2019 Pak affairs paper. Don't guess about pre or post-partition syllabus. Read it like a story from Muhammad Bin Qasim to till today. Believe me anything can be asked.

CSS and PMS are full of surprises….

At least two questions are taken from current issues. Rest of the paper is made from history portion, almost. Yes, there is a 20 marks question of fill in the blanks.

Read facts and memorize them.

Bad News: In PMS-2019, after English essay and GK, Pak Affairs was the third subject in which candidates failed badly. So, take it serious. Try to get at least 40 marks to pass. Some brilliant among us can score above 70.

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Queries About Urdu:

Urdu is a optional subject. One has to get 40 marks to pass the exam. If one prepares it well, its score can be above 70, yes.

If you take it easy then it can be a disaster.

How should candidates prepare Urdu?

1) Memorize more than 50 verses of Urdu poetry

2) Try to learn methods of application and letter writing.

3) Read all corrections and Idioms. Memorize them.

4) Just go through all "famous" (Not all) gazals and poems of Iqbal, Ghalib, Mir, Dard (Important poets). Again just famous not all Dewans and collections.

5) There is no need to memorize Urdu or English essays. Essay writing is an art. Just learn the art of essay writing.

6) There are many candidates like me who face problem while reading and writing Urdu. Please read Urdu daily for few minutes and very soon you will feel at home.

Urdu is compulsory and one has to pass it. Don't take it easy. Otherwise above 700 marks are useless if we fail Urdu at 38.

Fact:

Remember one thing. Structurally, PMS is more difficult than CSS as a candidate has to pass all subjects individually with minimum 40 passing marks in each.

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PMS General Knowledge

Again it is a tough field to play. It is a compulsory subject. For this paper, get past papers of PPSC published by Advance Publishers or other book of MCQS. Memorize MCQS as many as you can. Try to memorize on daily basis. Because, suddenly near exams they can only be read but cannot be retained by memory. So, read them on daily basis. At 5 papers daily.