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Official penalty
Paper-I Computer Based Examination consists of 200 objective questions across four sections carrying 50 marks each.
| Subject / Section | Questions | Max Marks | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|
1Part I: General Intelligence & Reasoning Analogies, Coding-Decoding, Series, Spatial Orientation | 50 | 50 | -0.50 |
2Part II: General Knowledge & Awareness History, Polity, Geography, Current Affairs, Science | 50 | 50 | -0.50 |
3Part III: Quantitative Aptitude Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Mensuration, Trigonometry | 50 | 50 | -0.50 |
4Part IV: English Comprehension Grammar, Vocabulary, Spot Error, Cloze Test, Comprehension | 50 | 50 | -0.50 |
| Total Aggregate Scheme | 100 | 200 | 1/4th penalty |
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