EXAMINATION PATTERN

The entrance for Central Medical Services comprises of a Written Exam  followed by and Intelligence and Personality Test. The details follow:

Written Examination

Paper	Subjects	Weightage	Duration	Maximum Marks
I	General Medicine including Cardiology, Neurology, Dermatology, and Psychiatry	60%	2 hours	200
	Surgery including E.N.T., Opthalmology, Traumatology, and Orthopaedics	40%
II	Paediatrics	20%	2 hours	200
	Gynaecology and Obstetrics	40%
	Preventive, Social and Community Medicine
Total					300

General (but important) instructions about written examination

●         The papers in all the subjects will consist of Objective (multiple choice answer) Type questions only.

●         The question papers will be set in English only

●         Commission have discretion to fix qualifying marks in any or all the subjects of the examination.

●         Candidates are not permitted to use calculators for answering objective type papers (Test Booklets). They should not, therefore, bring the same inside the Examination Hall.

For more detailed exam instructions for Conventional and Objective type papers go through Exam Instructions

Interview

●         The Union Public Service Commission will declare a qualified list of candidates (based on the written exam).

●         The selected candidates will appear for Intelligence and Personality Test.

●         The total maximum marks for the interview will be 200.

More on Interviews in Interview Section.