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Negative Marking

If you want to know anything about the eligibility criteria for Kerala Administrative Services 2022, you must refer to the information in this article.

Negative Marking for Kerala Administrative Service 2022

The KAS exam will be divided into three parts: prelims, mains, and personality test. The OMR-based Prelims test is an objective-type exam. The preliminary exam lasts three hours (180 Minutes) for both papers- 90 minutes for each paper. Each question in the prelims exam is worth one mark, with a 1/3 penalty for each incorrect response. The Kerala Administrative Service Exam mains exam is a descriptive type. The KAS Mains Exam is made up of three papers.

Difference In Negative Marking in Paper 1 And Paper 2

Negative marking in paper 1

Negative marking in paper 2

  • There are a hundred questions in paper 1. All of them are objective types and contain two marks each.
  • If you make an incorrect attempt, 0.33 marks are deducted as negative marking.
  • The exam duration is 1.5 hours.
  • There are a hundred questions in paper 1. All of them are objective types and contain two marks each.
  • If you make an incorrect attempt, 0.33 marks are deducted as negative marking.
  • The exam duration is 1.5  hours.

As we can see, the criteria for negative marking in both the papers remain the same throughout. For more updates on the Kerala Administrative Service exam, you can reach out to the official website.