About Preliminary Examination

Preliminary Examination

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Some Significance of conducting PE are as follows:

• The objective of PE shall be to shortlist candidates for the ME and ensure minimum standard required of a candidate.
• A candidate shall be permitted to appear PE up to a maximum of three attempts only.
• PE papers shall be common to all categories of graduates.
• PE shall be objective type questions to test English and Dzongkha communication skills, logic and analytical, problem solving and data interpretation abilities of the candidates.
• Only those candidates who achieve the minimum cut off marks as decided by the RCSC, shall be eligible to sit for the ME.
• Marks obtained in the PE shall not be carried forward to the ME and shall be valid only for that particular year/examination.
• The Commission may waive the requirement of PE for categories of profession that are accredited and certified by a competent body to practice that profession, and when there are critical shortages of such profession.

Question Structure for Preliminary Examination are as follows:

Before preparing for PE you should know the question structure as to what type of questions are being asked so that you can prepare in a convenient way.

So PE is out of 100 marks:

(*this may change yearly) 

Section A : Dzongkha Language [25 marks]

     Part 1: Comprehension [5 marks]

     Part 2: Grammar [5 marks]

     Part 3: Vocabulary [5 marks]

     Part 4: Synonyms [5 marks]

     Part 5: Antonyms [5 marks]

Section B: English Language [25 marks]

     Part 1: Comprehension [5 marks]

     Part 2: Grammar [5 marks]

     Part 3: Vocabulary [5 marks]

     Part 4: Synonyms [5 marks]

     Part 5: Antonyms [5 marks]

Section C: Problem Solving [25 marks]

Section D: Data Interpretation [25 marks]

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