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Maharashtra Departmental Examinations Preparation

The clock starts at joining whether or not the officer notices; the first step is to find the department’s rules.

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Maharashtra Departmental Examinations · checked 19 September 2026

Maharashtra Departmental Examinations 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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Checked 19 September 2026

Maharashtra Departmental Examinations: the facts that matter now

  1. 01

    Each department, from 2021; MPSC only for limited departmental competitive examinations

    Who conducts

  2. 02

    General administration department resolution of 31 March 2021 — post-entry and promotion examinations for state government servants

    Policy

  3. 03

    Three from joining; 50 per cent in every subject; departments fix papers, marks, duration and with-books rules

    Chances and pass mark

  4. 04

    Increment withheld until pass; discharge for gazetted direct recruits and Group C probationers who fail within probation

    Consequences

Strategy

Maharashtra Departmental Examinations — How to prepare

From joining to confirmation

  1. Get the department’s examination rules on the first day They name the papers, the books allowed and the timetable; the 2021 policy sets the chances and the pass mark.
  2. Count the chances Three from joining, and every examination after the first application date counts — sat or not. Probationers must pass within probation.
  3. Aim at 60 in the strongest paper Where the rules allow, a head passed at 60 per cent is exempted on application, and five per cent is condoned in one head.
  4. Know the consequence The increment stops after three failures; a gazetted direct recruit or Group C probationer who fails within probation is liable to discharge.
  5. For LDCE, watch the commission Advertisements by post with service and age conditions, a scheme on the scheme page, and lists on the results pages.

Confirm the structure against your own notification

MPSC and the state’s other recruiting bodies revise schemes, ratios and dates between cycles, and the advertisement for your cycle is the document that binds. The figures here are from the latest documents on the official sites at the date checked and are labelled where they come from an older cycle.

Exam resources

Everything for Maharashtra Departmental Examinations

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

Maharashtra Departmental Examinations SyllabusMaharashtra departmental examinations syllabus — the department’s examination rules, the Acts every promotion syllabus must include, and the MPSC LDCE schemes.Maharashtra Departmental Examinations Exam PatternMaharashtra departmental examinations pattern — three chances, 50 per cent per subject, with-books papers as the department rules set, and the consequences.Maharashtra Departmental Examinations Previous PapersMaharashtra departmental examinations previous papers — the departments’ own archives, the commission’s pre-2021 papers, and the LDCE papers on its site.Maharashtra Departmental Examinations Mock TestsMaharashtra departmental examinations mock tests — three-hour with-books sittings on the department’s codes, and the objective LDCE papers.Maharashtra Departmental Examinations PreparationMaharashtra departmental examinations preparation — the department’s rules, counting the chances from joining, and the exemption and condonation provisions.Maharashtra Departmental Examinations Study MaterialMaharashtra departmental examinations study material — the government editions of the codes, manuals and rules each paper is set on, and four mandatory Acts.

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