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Civil Service Examination

Practice by topic, sit timed mock exams, and read a worked solution for every item. Based on the CSC specification. Free to start.

What you will review

Subjects and topics

The Civil Service Commission publishes the exam's coverage and its item totals (150 for Professional, 145 for Subprofessional), not a count for each area. The counts here are our estimate, set to add up to those totals.

  • Professional

    150 items on the exam
    • General Information30
    • Verbal Ability50
    • Numerical Ability40
    • Analytical Ability30
  • Subprofessional

    145 items on the exam
    • General Information30
    • Verbal Ability50
    • Numerical Ability40
    • Clerical Ability25

The exam

How the mock follows it

  • Choose one level; each is its own mock sitting.

    • Professional: 3 h 10 min
    • Subprofessional: 2 h 40 min
  • Passing mark: 80%. Rules from CSC Examination Advisory No. 02, s. 2026 (CSE-PPT).

Calculators aren't allowed in the exam, so the numbers here are chosen to work by hand.

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