Manipur Civil Services Combined Competitive Examination (MPSC)

Official exam info

Manipur Public Service Commission's Civil Services Combined Competitive Examination (MCSCCE) — the state's senior administrative entry-cadre exam. Prelims has two compulsory objective papers of 200 marks each: General Studies (the standard UPSC Prelims GS1 skeleton) and an Aptitude Test (qualifying). Mains has a qualifying English paper, an Essay paper, four General Studies papers (150-plus marks each, verbatim UPSC GS Mains I-IV syllabus text), and an optional subject, followed by an interview. Unlike most other state exams on this platform, Manipur's official syllabus carries no Manipur-specific clause, quota, or dedicated paper anywhere — its General Studies content is entirely and faithfully served by the same UPSC Mains citation corpus used across this platform's UPSC-pattern exams.