Manipur Public Service Commission (MPSC) was started under Article 315 of the Constitution of India and has been functioning in Imphal since 1972. It organizes various selection rounds to select the worthy and talented among various applicants.
The State Government advises the Manipur Public Service Commission on various issues. It looks upon all the matters associated with it with various methods of selection for civil posts and civil services and the principles to be accompanied in making promotions, transfers and appointments to civil services and civil posts. The function of MPSC involves all the disciplinary concerns of an individual serving the state government in a civil capacity, including petitions or memorials related to such matters. The Manipur Public Service Commission also works as an advisory body. The MPSC has to advise on any matter related to it assigned by the state government.
The candidates aspiring for MPSC Manipur can apply for this Exam through offline mode. Interested candidates can apply for Manipur Civil Services Combined Competitive Examination by getting the application forms along with the syllabus for Preliminary Examination and information for the candidates on payment of Rs 50/- from the counter of the office of MPSC during working hours.
The candidate or his/ her representative shall submit in person/ by hand the duly filled in application forms along with the self-addressed stamped(Rs. 5/-) envelope of the size of 23cm x 10 cm.
The candidates should avoid submitting their application forms through postal service or couriers in the wake of the uncertainty of postal services at present time. Loss or delay due to postal / courier service will not be the responsibility of the Manipur Public Service Commission and no claims in such matters will be entertained by them.
Candidates can also apply for the MPSC Manipur exam through online mode. The candidates have to fill up the application forms available on the official website. The steps to apply online for the MPSC Manipur exam are provided below.
Step 1: Visit the official website https://empsconline.gov.in.
Step 2: On the startup, the page locates the “Application form” option.
Step 3: Click on Sign Up and complete the registration process.
Step 4: You will receive the password on your mail-id then.
Step 5: Log in using your credential and click on apply now.
Step 6: Complete your application form and proceed with the document upload.
Step 7: Upload all the required documents in good quality and submit them.
Step 8: Proceed with the application fee payment process and pay your application fees online through any provided options.
Step 9: After successful fee payment, save a soft copy of the application form along with the fee payment receipt for future references.
Important: All candidates in service other than freelancers or their own business will be required to state in the application form that they have informed in writing to their employer / controlling authority that they have applied for this examination. If the employer or the controlling authority rejects permission to the candidates applying for appearing at this examination, their application will be rejected and his/her candidature will be liable to be cancelled.
The Manipur Civil Services Combined Competitive Examination will consist of the Preliminary and the Main Examination. Here is the detailed syllabus of the MPSC Manipur Prelims exam:
Question papers of all the subjects shall be answered in English except those in the literature papers of the languages in which the answers should be in the script concerned.
There are a total of 7 papers in the MPSC Manipur Mains 2022 exam. The syllabus of each paper has been elaborated in the following part of the article:
The General English Language paper will not be calculated in the Final Merit List. Here are the sections asked in the General English Paper:
Candidates will be required to write essays on multiple topics. This paper will descriptive type.
The MPSC Mains Paper-II is also known as General Studies Paper-I which includes Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society. Here are the important topics for the paper:
MPSC Manipur Mains Paper-III is also known as General Studies Paper-II cover several subjects such as Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations. Here are important topics of the paper:
General Studies Paper-III is also known as MPSC Manipur Mains Paper-IV covers several subjects such as Technology, Economic Development, Biodiversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management. The important topics have been enlisted for the General Studies Paper-III below:
MPSC Manipur Mains Paper-V i.e General Studies Paper-IV includes 3 subjects such as Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude to test candidates’ ethical attitude and approach toward several situations such as o integrity, probity in public life and his problem-solving methods.
Candidates must choose the optional subject papers among the given list as Optional Subjects. It is mandatory to appear the Optional Paper Exam: Here is the list of MPSC Mains Optional Subjects:
It is important to check the eligibility before applying for the MPSC Manipur Exam. Here, we have provided complete details about the MPSC Manipur Eligibility criteria.
The candidates must have the prescribed educational qualifications and must fulfil the age criteria to apply for the MPSC Manipur Exam.
The candidate must be :
The candidate applying for the MPSC Manipur exam must fulfil the age criteria as per the official notification. Candidates must be at least 21 years of age and at most 30 years of age as of 1st of July, 2022.
The upper age limit is relaxable by 5 years for SC/ST, 3 years for OBC and 10 years for Persons with Disabilities. Candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC who are also physically handicapped will be eligible for a grant of cumulative age relaxation under both categories.
The upper age limit is relaxed by 5 years for candidates of all categories as the last time and now the present maximum age limit for all categories of candidates shall be:
Category | Upper Age Limit |
---|---|
General Category | 35 years |
OBC | 38 years |
SC & ST | 40 years |
Visually impaired, hearing impaired and orthopaedic candidates belonging to the General category | 45 years |
Visually impaired, hearing impaired and orthopaedic candidates belonging to the OBC category | 48 years |
Visually impaired, hearing impaired and orthopaedic candidates belonging to SC & ST category | 50 years |
Candidates must hold a degree in any of the Universities enacted by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other Educational Institutions established by an Act of Parliament or recognized as a University under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 or have equivalent qualifications as prescribed under section 6 (iii) of II, Chapter I of the Manipur Public Service Competitiveness Test Rules,2010.
The applicants have to pay the application fees to complete their application process. The MPSC Manipur 2022 Application Fees for various categories are provided below.
Category | Application Fees |
---|---|
General | Rs. 200 |
Economically Weaker Sections ( EWS) | Rs. 200/- |
Other Backward Classes (OBC) | Rs. 200/- |
SC/ ST | Rs. 50 |
The MPSC Manipur examination is a two-tier-based examination. Candidates have to clear the Prelims as well as the mains examination for the final selection.
The candidates who qualify in the preliminary exam are shortlisted for the mains exam and final selection is done on a merit basis after the interview process.
There are 2 papers in MPSC Manipur Prelims Exam 2022. Both papers will be held in English, Hindi, and Manipuri. The question asked in MPSC Manipur Prelims 2022, will MCQ type. Paper-II is qualifying in nature. Here is the MPSC Manipur Prelims exam pattern:
Category | Application Fees |
---|---|
General | Rs. 200 |
Economically Weaker Sections ( EWS) | Rs. 200/- |
Other Backward Classes (OBC) | Rs. 200/- |
SC/ ST | Rs. 50 |
Note: It is mandatory to qualify both papers to Manipur Civil Services Combined Competitive (Prelim) Examination to attend the MPSC Manipur Mains exam.
The paper of General English will be of Matriculation or equivalent standard and will be of qualifying nature. The marks obtained in this paper will not be counted for ranking.
The papers of Essay, General Studies and Optional Subjects of only such candidates will be evaluated who have attained the minimum standard fixed by the Commission in their discretion for the qualifying papers i.e. General English.
For the literary papers of the Languages- Hindi, Manipuri and English, the scripts to be used are Devanagari, Bengali and English respectively. The question papers for the Mains Examination will be of subjective type.
Here is the MPSC Manipur Mains Exam Pattern:
Papers | Subjects | Marks | Duration |
---|---|---|---|
Paper-I: | English Language | 300 | 3 hrs |
Paper-II: General Studies – I | Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society | 300 | 3 hrs |
Paper III: General studies II | Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations | 300 | 3 hrs |
Paper-IV: General Studies – III | Technology, Economic Development, Biodiversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management | 300 | 3 hrs |
Paper-V: General Studies – IV | Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude | 300 | 3 hrs |
Paper-VI & VII: | Optional Subject | 300 | 3 hrs |
Note: Candidates will not be allowed to take the following combination of subjects:
It is important to check the eligibility before applying for the MPSC Manipur Exam. Here, we have provided complete details about the MPSC Manipur Eligibility criteria.
The candidates must have the prescribed educational qualifications and must fulfil the age criteria to apply for the MPSC Manipur Exam.
The candidate must be :
The candidate applying for the MPSC Manipur exam must fulfil the age criteria as per the official notification. Candidates must be at least 21 years of age and at most 30 years of age as of 1st of July, 2022.
The upper age limit is relaxable by 5 years for SC/ST, 3 years for OBC and 10 years for Persons with Disabilities. Candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC who are also physically handicapped will be eligible for a grant of cumulative age relaxation under both categories.
The upper age limit is relaxed by 5 years for candidates of all categories as the last time and now the present maximum age limit for all categories of candidates shall be:
Category | Upper Age Limit |
---|---|
General Category | 35 years |
OBC | 38 years |
SC & ST | 40 years |
Visually impaired, hearing impaired and orthopaedic candidates belonging to the General category | 45 years |
Visually impaired, hearing impaired and orthopaedic candidates belonging to the OBC category | 48 years |
Visually impaired, hearing impaired and orthopaedic candidates belonging to SC & ST category | 50 years |
Candidates must hold a degree in any of the Universities enacted by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other Educational Institutions established by an Act of Parliament or recognized as a University under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 or have equivalent qualifications as prescribed under section 6 (iii) of II, Chapter I of the Manipur Public Service Competitiveness Test Rules,2010.
The MPSC Manipur examination is a two-tier-based examination. Candidates have to clear the Prelims as well as the mains examination for the final selection.
The candidates who qualify in the preliminary exam are shortlisted for the mains exam and final selection is done on a merit basis after the interview process.
There are 2 papers in MPSC Manipur Prelims Exam 2022. Both papers will be held in English, Hindi, and Manipuri. The question asked in MPSC Manipur Prelims 2022, will MCQ type. Paper-II is qualifying in nature. Here is the MPSC Manipur Prelims exam pattern:
Category | Application Fees |
---|---|
General | Rs. 200 |
Economically Weaker Sections ( EWS) | Rs. 200/- |
Other Backward Classes (OBC) | Rs. 200/- |
SC/ ST | Rs. 50 |
Note: It is mandatory to qualify both papers to Manipur Civil Services Combined Competitive (Prelim) Examination to attend the MPSC Manipur Mains exam.
The paper of General English will be of Matriculation or equivalent standard and will be of qualifying nature. The marks obtained in this paper will not be counted for ranking.
The papers of Essay, General Studies and Optional Subjects of only such candidates will be evaluated who have attained the minimum standard fixed by the Commission in their discretion for the qualifying papers i.e. General English.
For the literary papers of the Languages- Hindi, Manipuri and English, the scripts to be used are Devanagari, Bengali and English respectively. The question papers for the Mains Examination will be of subjective type.
Here is the MPSC Manipur Mains Exam Pattern:
Papers | Subjects | Marks | Duration |
---|---|---|---|
Paper-I: | English Language | 300 | 3 hrs |
Paper-II: General Studies – I | Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society | 300 | 3 hrs |
Paper III: General studies II | Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations | 300 | 3 hrs |
Paper-IV: General Studies – III | Technology, Economic Development, Biodiversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management | 300 | 3 hrs |
Paper-V: General Studies – IV | Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude | 300 | 3 hrs |
Paper-VI & VII: | Optional Subject | 300 | 3 hrs |
Note: Candidates will not be allowed to take the following combination of subjects:
The Manipur Civil Services Combined Competitive Examination will consist of the Preliminary and the Main Examination. Here is the detailed syllabus of the MPSC Manipur Prelims exam:
Question papers of all the subjects shall be answered in English except those in the literature papers of the languages in which the answers should be in the script concerned.
There are a total of 7 papers in the MPSC Manipur Mains 2022 exam. The syllabus of each paper has been elaborated in the following part of the article:
The General English Language paper will not be calculated in the Final Merit List. Here are the sections asked in the General English Paper:
Candidates will be required to write essays on multiple topics. This paper will descriptive type.
The MPSC Mains Paper-II is also known as General Studies Paper-I which includes Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society. Here are the important topics for the paper:
MPSC Manipur Mains Paper-III is also known as General Studies Paper-II cover several subjects such as Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations. Here are important topics of the paper:
General Studies Paper-III is also known as MPSC Manipur Mains Paper-IV covers several subjects such as Technology, Economic Development, Biodiversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management. The important topics have been enlisted for the General Studies Paper-III below:
MPSC Manipur Mains Paper-V i.e General Studies Paper-IV includes 3 subjects such as Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude to test candidates’ ethical attitude and approach toward several situations such as o integrity, probity in public life and his problem-solving methods.
Candidates must choose the optional subject papers among the given list as Optional Subjects. It is mandatory to appear the Optional Paper Exam: Here is the list of MPSC Mains Optional Subjects: