The Union Public service Commission of India is one of the highest authoritative bodies in the country responsible for recruitment of the people in the highest key posts of the country. They recruit medicos into a variety of central Government organizations and services such as the Indian Railways, Indian Ordnance Factories Health Services, Central Health Services, Municipal Corporation of Delhi etc. The responsibility is huge and so the exam is quite tough.

Importance of the paper

The second part of the paper too deals with mainly three subjects namely the Surgery, Gynaecology and Obstertrics, Preventive and social medicine. The health of the society as a whole and the prevention of the outbreak of any pandemic or and endemic is very important to maintain the overall health. Besides mostly the modes od transmission of deadly diseases assume a serious mode when the mode of transfer involves sex. It is a tabooed topic in our society and thus prevents the immediate reporting of the disaster in making generally. Thus it is very important for the candidates to prove their worth in the above mentioned areas of medicine.

Format

The whole paper is of 250 marks an all the questions carry equal marks.

Paper pattern

The paper consists of120 questions. There is a negative marking for each incorrect response which is about one third. The candidates taking the exam are expected to choose from the four given options.

Marking

Since there is a provision of the negative marks thus the candidates are expected to be cautious and not make mistakes while marking the answers. If two options are chosen simultaneously then that will also be considered wrong and will be liable for a deduction of one third of the marks. However if he or she does not choose any option then there is no penalty for that question.

Some questions from the question paper

The questions that most frequently feature in the question paper are

Which of the following is a scoring system for the severity of the wound infection and is particularly useful for surveillance and research?

The causes of hypokalemia include the following except?

The following are comlplications of gall stones except

Time allotted

A total of two hours is allotted to complete the paper which is about adequate.

Recommended books

The most popular books are many in number depending on different aspects of the paper. However one can follow Park for SPM and Bailey for Surgery.