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Negative Marking

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Women Civil Officer Exams - Negative Marking

How do you get appointed a women’s civil officer in Kerala?

Every year, the KPSC conducts the Kerala public service commission exams all over the state to recruit people to work for the state government directly. 

There are 3 types of exams within the Kerala public service commission (KPSC) exams, namely:

  1. Degree level exam.
  2. Exams after passing higher secondary school (HSC).
  3. Exams after passing senior secondary school (SSC).

Candidates who qualify from the 2nd category get the following job profiles:

  • Computer Assistant Grade-II
  • Confidential Assistant Grade II 
  • Police Constable
  • Meter Reader
  • Typist Clerk
  • Civil Excise Officer (Trainee)
  • Civil Police Officer (Police Constable) (Armed Police Battalion)
  • Women Police Constable

Allotment and deduction of marks per question

The exam is divided into 3 sections, namely:

  1. GK and General Science.
  2. English.
  3. Quantitative Aptitude & mental Ability.

There are overall 100 questions in the test divided into:

  • 60 questions in GK and General Science
  • 20 questions in English
  • 20 questions on Quantitative Aptitude & mental Ability  

+1 for every correct answer and – 0.33 negative marking for every wrong answer. It is a 75-minute exam.

What is negative marking?

Negative marking is the deduction of marks for every wrong answer you do, and these deductions are then added up based on the number of wrong answers on your answer sheet. Finally, this sum is deducted from your total score, and your final results are presented to you.

Advantages of negative marking in the exam:

  1. Negative marking does allow the student to guess the answer of any MCQ, or even if he does guess the answer, he has to do it very cautiously. 
  2. Negative marking ensures the best candidates who have studied and prepared well for the exam top the exam or qualify for the next stage.
  3. The presence of negative marking ensures that during the preparation of exams, the candidate not only focuses on the concepts of the topics but also on their accuracy while giving mock tests.