Civil Service Exam Overview

• The curriculum is divided into two stages: a written examination and an interview.
• The written exam is worth 200 marks and assesses general knowledge, public management, and job-related knowledge.
• The interview is worth 30 marks.

Written Examination (First Stage)

• The written examination is worth 200 marks.
• It includes two papers: General Awareness & Public Management (Paper I) and Job-Based Knowledge (Paper II).
• Paper I has 100 marks with a passing mark of 40.
• Paper II has 100 marks with a passing mark of 40.
• Paper I consists of objective, multiple-choice questions (MCQs).
• Paper II consists of subjective short and long answer questions.

Paper I: General Awareness & Public Management

• The first 20 marks (10 questions x 2 marks) are allotted to General Awareness.
• The next 20 marks (10 questions x 2 marks) are allotted to Public Management.
• The remaining 60 marks (30 questions x 2 marks) are allotted to Job-Based Knowledge.
• The time allotted for Paper I is 45 minutes.
• The time allotted for Paper II is 2 hours and 15 minutes.

Paper II: Job-Based Knowledge

• Paper II consists of subjective questions, including short and long answers.
• Short answers consist of 12 questions worth 5 marks each.
• Long answers consist of 4 questions worth 10 marks each.

Interview (Second Stage)

• The interview is worth 30 marks and evaluates candidates orally.

Important Notes

• The written exam can be answered in either Nepali or English, based on the language of the question paper.
• Both languages can be used if clarification is needed.
• Both the first and second paper written exams are conducted separately but on the same day.
• Incorrect answers to multiple-choice questions result in a 20% deduction of the mark.
• No marks are given or deducted for unanswered multiple choice questions.
• For objective questions, answers should be written in capital letters (A, B, C, D); otherwise, the answer sheet will be canceled.
• Calculators are not allowed in the multiple-choice exam.
• Subjective questions will consist of one long question or multiple parts (short notes) of a single question.
• Separate answer sheets are provided for each section of subjective questions.
• The number of questions, marks, and weightage will be based on the subject matter as far as possible.
• Laws, acts, rules, and policies included in the syllabus are considered current if they are in effect 3 months before the exam date.
• Only candidates selected from the first phase (written exam) will be included in the second phase (interview).
• The previously applied syllabus is canceled.
• Effective date of the syllabus: 2080/10/22.

General Awareness

• Knowledge about Nepal's geography, natural resources, historical, cultural, and social conditions.
• Awareness of Nepal's economic status and current periodic plans.
• It includes awareness of biodiversity, sustainable development, pollution, climate change, and population management.
• Important achievements of science and technology, general knowledge of public health, diseases, food, and nutrition.
• The Constitution of Nepal (Parts 1 to 5 and Schedules), the United Nations and its specialized agencies.
• Knowledge of regional organizations (SAARC, BIMSTEC, ASEAN and the European Union).
• Current national and international affairs.

Public Management

• Office Management includes office introduction, importance, functions, types, roles, and qualities of support staff.
• In includes office resources, importance of communication, types and resources and office procedures, correspondence, registration and dispatch, filing, circulars, orders, noting and record management.
• The Civil Service Act and Regulations include formation of civil service, organizational structure, recruitment methods and procedures, appointment, transfer, promotion, leave, departmental action, and retirement.
• It also includes the conduct that employees must follow, moral duties, responsibilities, information about the Federal Affairs and General Administration.
• Also, information about constitutional bodies, government budget, accounting and auditing system, and meaning of public service delivery.
• It includes bodies that provide services, methods, means, information about human rights, good governance, the right to information and the Public Charter
• Management concepts and public management include direction, control, coordination, decision making, motivation, , leadership, human values, civic duties, responsibilities, and discipline.

Service-Related Knowledge (Job-Based Knowledge)

• Addresses surveying, construction materials, mechanics of materials and structures, hydraulics, soil mechanics, structural design, building construction technology, water supply and sanitation engineering.
• Surveying includes general, levelling, plane tabling, Theodolite and Traverse Surveying, contouring and setting out.
• Construction materials addresses stone, cement, clay and clay products, paints and varnishes and bitumen.
• Mechanics of materials and structures focuses on mechanics of materials, mechanics of beams and simple strut theory.
• The hydraulics portion includes general, hydro-kinematics and hydro-dynamics, measurement of discharge and flows.
• It also covers irrigation engineering and highway engineering.
• Soil mechanics covers general, soil water relation, compaction of soil, shear strength of soils, earth pressures and foundation engineering.
• Structural design covers R.C. sections in bending, shear and bond for R.C. sections, axially loaded R.C. columns and design and drafting of R.C. structures.
• Building construction technology covers foundations, walls, damp proofing, concrete technology, wood work, flooring and finishing.
• Water Supply and Sanitation Engineering covers general and gravity water supply system.
• Irrigation Engineering focuses on general, crop water requirement, irrigation canals.
• Highway Engineering includes general and geometric design.

Estimates and Costs

• Estimating and Costing topics, also road machineries, road construction technology, bridge, road maintenance and repair, tracks and trails.
• Also addresses general, Rate Analysis, Specifications, Valuation.

Construction Management

• The topics covered are organization, site management, contract procedure, accounts, planning and control.

Airport Engineering

• Also includes general design and Airport Maintenance.