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KPSC Group B Preparation

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KPSC Group B · checked 19 September 2026

KPSC Group B at a glance, from the official notices

The dates, vacancies and rules below are read on the conducting body’s own site and rewritten as each notice appears. The guide beneath carries the full pattern, syllabus, cut-offs and free mock tests.

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19September 2026

Checked 19 September 2026

KPSC Group B: the facts that matter now

  1. 01

    Karnataka Public Service Commission

    Conducted by

  2. 02

    Audit Officer and Assistant Controller, state audit and accounts — 83 posts; applications 28 August to 26 September 2026

    Open now

  3. 03

    Kannada test 150 with 50 to pass; Paper 1 general 300 in 90 minutes; Paper 2 specific 300 in two hours; 0.25 off per wrong answer; 35 per cent

    Various-posts scheme

  4. 04

    Prelims 450 at one to twenty; mains eight papers, 2,100 marks; personality test dispensed with

    Audit Officer scheme

Strategy

KPSC Group B — How to prepare

From notification to select list

  1. Apply through KPSC online before 26 September One-time registration on the commission’s portal, the fee online, certificates obtained before the closing date. Kalyana Karnataka candidates apply under the separate notification with the sub-division certificate.
  2. Claim the Kannada exemption if it applies SSLC with Kannada as a first or second language, Kannada medium, or a previous pass — enter the details in the application. Otherwise the 150-mark test is the first hurdle.
  3. Prepare the general paper as half the examination Three hundred of 600 in the various-posts scheme; 150 of 450 in the audit prelims.
  4. For the audit round, plan for the mains Eight descriptive papers of three hours, four of them on accounting, management, finance and auditing, with the prelims only a screen.
  5. Follow the lists The commission publishes provisional and final lists and cut-offs post by post; the 2024 round’s were spread over eighteen months.

Confirm the structure against your own notification

KPSC and the state’s other recruiting bodies revise paper structure, marks, syllabus detail and eligibility between recruitment cycles, and have done so more than once in recent years. Everything here describes the shape the recruitment has held; the notification for the cycle you are sitting is the document that decides it. Read it end to end before you plan around any figure.

Exam resources

Everything for KPSC Group B

Six resource pages, each kept in step with the latest official notification.

KPSC Group B SyllabusKPSC Group B syllabus — the Paper 1 general syllabus of the 2021 rules, the post-wise specific papers, and the audit service’s commerce papers.KPSC Group B Exam PatternKPSC Group B exam pattern — the Kannada test, two 300-mark papers with a quarter mark off, 35 per cent, and the audit service’s prelims and mains.KPSC Group B Previous PapersKPSC Group B previous papers — the commission’s general and specific papers by code, the 2020 audit service prelims and mains papers, and the keys.KPSC Group B Mock TestsKPSC Group B mock tests — a 90-minute general paper and a two-hour specific paper scored at a quarter mark off, and the audit service’s commerce paper.KPSC Group B PreparationKPSC Group B preparation — applying for the audit officer round before 26 September 2026, the Kannada exemption, and 600 marks of objective papers.KPSC Group B Study MaterialKPSC Group B study material — state textbooks and current affairs for the general paper, degree texts for Paper 2, commerce texts for the audit service.

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