# Gujarat Talati-cum-Mantri (Village Panchayat Secretary) — Gujarat Panchayat Service Selection Board (GPSSB) (Gujarat Talati) — Shishya exam context

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## Exam pattern
- Category: STATE_LEVEL · state: GJ
- Questions: 100 · Total marks: 100 · Marks per question: 1
- Duration: 60 minutes
- Negative marking: −0.25 per wrong answer
- Languages offered: GU, EN

## Eligibility & vacancies
- Age: 18–35 years; relaxation: Age 18 to 35 on the last date to apply (15 May 2025 in advertisement 14/2025-26); persons with disabilities +10 to +20 years by category, up to 45; ex-servicemen: service period + 3 years.
- Education: A bachelor's degree, basic computer knowledge as defined in the Gujarat rules of 1967, and adequate knowledge of Gujarati or Hindi or both (advertisement 14/2025-26; the 2021-22 general recruitment asked for Class 12).
- Note: Read from advertisement 14/2025-26 (a special drive for persons with disabilities, no fee for them); the next general advertisement states its own age date and fee.
- Official portal: https://gpssb.gujarat.gov.in/ (Gujarat Panchayat Service Selection Board (GPSSB))

## Syllabus outline
### General Awareness and General Knowledge (weight 0.5)
Cultural heritage of India and Gujarat · Indian economy and planning · Geography of India and Gujarat · History of India and Gujarat · General mental ability · Indian polity, the Constitution and Panchayati Raj · General science, environment and ICT · Sports

### Gujarati Language and Grammar (weight 0.2)
Gujarati grammar · Gujarati vocabulary and usage

### English Language and Grammar (weight 0.2)
Grammar · Synonyms, antonyms, one-word substitution, affixes, confusing words

### General Mathematics (weight 0.1)
General arithmetic

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