Health Management Cadre Officer (BS-17) Syllabus & MCQs

SYLLABUS AND STANDARD FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR INITIAL
RECRUITMENT IN BPS-18
(HEALTH MANAGEMENT CADRE)

1. The Examination shall include General Compulsory and Specialized Compulsory Subjects, and
every candidate will take all the compulsory subjects.
2. A candidate shall answer the papers in English unless otherwise directed. However, the paper
in Islamiyat may be answered in Urdu or English.
3. The total marks of General Compulsory Subjects are 350 while there should be two Specialized
Compulsory Papers of 400 marks each covering 200 marks.

4. Psychological Aptitude Test 50 Marks.
5. Viva Voce 200 Marks
6. The General Compulsory and Specialized Compulsory Subjects and maximum marks fixed for
each subject shall be as shown in the statement below:

GENERAL COMPULSORY SUBJECTS (350 MARKS)
S.No. Subjects Maximum Marks
1. English 100
2. English Essay 50
3. General Knowledge/ Everyday Science 50
4. Current Affairs 50
5. Pakistan Affairs 50
6. Islamiyat 50

SPECIALIZED COMPULSORY SUBJECTS (400 MARKS)
1. Health Planning and Management (Single Paper) 200 Marks
Topics:
Planning, Planning Cycle, Strategic Planning, Management, Project Management, Hospital
Administration, Financial / Stock Management, Human Resource Management, Total Quality
Management, Leadership, Decision Making, Organization, Effective Organization and Culture,
Organizational Behavior, Human Factor and Motivation, Social Responsibility and Ethics,
Management and Society (External Environment), Management of Training and HRD,
Communication, Management Information System, etc.
2. Epidemiology, Health System Research, Public Health and 200 Marks
Disease Control (Single Paper)
Topics:
Epidemiology, Research Methodology and Biostatistics, Health Systems, Surveillance and
Disease Control, Monitoring & Evaluation, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and preventive
methods, Reproductive Health, Occupational Health, Environmental Hazards and Sanitation,
Nutrition with related disorders and prevention.

7. In case of non-Muslim, the paper of Pakistan Studies and Current Affairs will be each of 75
marks instead of Islamiyat.
8. No candidate will be called for Psychological Aptitude Test unless he has obtained 40% marks
in individual subject with aggregate of 50%.
9. The passing marks in Psychological Aptitude Test are 40%. Those failed will not be called for
the interview.
10. The passing marks for Viva Voce are 40%. The candidate failing in interview or remained
absent will not be included in the merit.
11. The selection of selected candidates will be purely on merit as per Zonal Allocation Formula
notified by the Establishment Department.
12. In case of a tie, the order of merit will be determined in accordance with the total number of
combined marks achieved in Psychological Aptitude Test and interview. In case of tie in this
case even, the decision will be on the basis of marks obtained in compulsory subjects. Even still
if there is a tie, the order of merit will be on the basis of age.

DIRECTOR EXAMINATION
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,
Public Service Commission

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