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Government Jobs Exams
SSC, banking, railways, civil services, regulators, and state recruitment exams.
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40 with tests
SSC exams
9 examsBanking, insurance & regulators
14 examsRailway recruitment
8 examsUPSC & central services
8 examsState civil services
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What are government job exams in India?
Government job exams are the written recruitment tests that central and state bodies run to fill public-sector posts. There is no single exam. The Staff Selection Commission recruits for central Group B and Group C posts, the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection and the individual banks recruit for public-sector banking, the Railway Recruitment Boards fill posts across Indian Railways, and the Union Public Service Commission and the state public service commissions run the civil services. Each sets its own eligibility, paper pattern and marking scheme, so a candidate preparing for two of them is preparing for two different papers.
Which government job exams have free mock tests?
40 exams in this category have free mock tests on TakeMockTest: SSC CGL, SSC CHSL, SSC MTS & Havaldar, SSC CPO, SSC GD Constable, SSC Junior Engineer, SSC Stenographer Grade C & D, SSC Combined Hindi Translators, SSC Selection Post, IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk / Customer Service Associate and IBPS Specialist Officer, and 28 more. Every test is free, needs no sign-up, and is marked to the exam's own scheme rather than a flat one mark per question.
What types of government job exams are there?
This directory groups them into 5: SSC exams (9 live), Banking, insurance & regulators (14 live), Railway recruitment (8 live), UPSC & central services (4 live) and State civil services (5 live). The grouping follows how the exams are actually conducted rather than how they are marketed, so exams that share a conducting body and a paper shape sit together.
How should I prepare for a government job exam?
Sit a full mock of the first stage before you study anything, because almost every one of these recruitments screens with a timed objective paper and the thing that fails candidates is pace, not knowledge. The mock tells you which section is eating your time. Then rebuild that section with sectional tests, and come back to the full paper to check the fix held under the clock.
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