West Bengal Public Service Commission sets the West Bengal Civil Service exam syllabus. There are three tiers in the examination – (1) Preliminary, (2) Main and (3) Interview.
The WBCS Main Examination shall consist of six Compulsory papers and one optional subject consisting of two papers (Only for candidates applying for group A and / or B) to be chosen by the candidates from the list of optional subjects given below. There will be two papers of the optional subject of 200 marks each. Each paper, Compulsory or Optional, will carry 200 marks and will be of 3 hours duration.
Out of six compulsory papers four papers i.e. (i) General Studies- I, (ii) General Studies- II, (iii) The Constitution of India and Indian Economy including role and functions of Reserve Bank of India and (iv) Arithmetic and Test of Reasoning will be of MCQ Type to be answered in OMR answer sheets and remaining two compulsory papers i.e. Paper – I and Paper – II will be of conventional type written examination.
In this article, candidates will understand the WBCS Main PAPER IV – General Studies II (Science and Scientific & Technological advancement, Environment, General Knowledge and Current Affairs) detailed micro syllabus, important books, and previous year question papers.

PAPER PATTERN
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Science and Scientific & Technological advancement, Environment, General Knowledge and Current Affairs | 200 |
MICRO SYLLABUS
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RECOMMENDED BOOKS
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | |
Encyclopedia of General Science by Arihant Experts | Buy from Amazon |
NCERT Science Text Book | Buy from Amazon |
WBBSE Science Text Book | Buy from Amazon |
ENVIRONMENT | |
Environment by Shankar IAS Academy | Buy from Amazon |
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE AND CURRENT AFFAIRS | |
Lucent’s General Knowledge | Buy from Amazon |
General Knowledge by Manohar Pandey | Buy from Amazon |
PRACTICE BOOKS AND MOCK TEST | |
10000+ Objective MCQs by Disha Experts | Buy from Amazon |
14000+ Objective Questions by Manohar Pandey | Buy from Amazon |
Objective General Science by IIMS Publications | Buy from Amazon |
UPSC Civil Service Previous Questions | Download |
Exam Prostuti’s WBCS Main Test Series | Learn more |
PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTION PAPERS
Download WBCS Main 2019 Paper IV (S&T, EVS, GK and CA) | Click here |
Download WBCS Main 2018 Paper IV (S&T, EVS, GK and CA) | Click here |
Download WBCS Main 2017 Paper IV (S&T, EVS, GK and CA) | Click here |
Download WBCS Main 2016 Paper IV (S&T, EVS, GK and CA) | Click here |
Download WBCS Main 2015 Paper IV (S&T, EVS, GK and CA) | Click here |
Download WBCS Main 2014 Paper IV (S&T, EVS, GK and CA) | Click here |
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