KPSC KAS case studies
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The Karnataka Administrative Service (KAS) Examination is the state civil services selection process conducted by the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) to recruit officers for Karnataka state government departments. It suits graduates aiming at a career in state administration, and serving government employees seeking promotion through departmental quotas, who are willing to prepare across a broad generalist syllabus rather than a single academic discipline. The exam spans Indian history with a Karnataka focus, polity and public administration, Indian and Karnataka economy, geography, environment and disaster management, science and technology, current affairs, ethics, plus CSAT-style reasoning and language papers in English and Kannada. The Mains adds descriptive General Studies, an essay, an optional subject and qualifying language papers, followed by a personality test. The KPSC KAS case studies are 5 cases and about 5,152 words.
1The Temple in the Tank Bed
You are the Assistant Commissioner of a sub-division in southern Karnataka. A 12th-century Hoysala-period temple, notified as a protected monument under the state archaeology law, stands on the dry bed of a 300-year-old irrigation tank.
1,058 words, about 5 min2The CEO's Inbox
You are the Chief Executive Officer of a Zilla Panchayat. An Rs 18.6 crore bridge-cum-culvert tender on a state highway feeder road has drawn only two bids, one from a firm in which a sitting MLA's brother-in-law is a partner.
972 words, about 5 min3Wages and the Withering Field
You are Deputy Commissioner of a district where four of six taluks have been declared drought-affected. MGNREGA wages for 4,300 workers across 61 works have not reached bank accounts for eleven weeks.
1,001 words, about 5 min4The Corridor or the Carriageway
You are Deputy Conservator of Forests in a district where the National Highways Authority proposes to widen a 26-km two-lane ghat road to four lanes. The stretch crosses a notified elephant corridor connecting two protected areas.
1,049 words, about 5 min5The Algorithm in the Ward
You are District Health Officer of a district with a tribal-majority taluk. The state health mission is piloting an artificial intelligence tool that reads chest X-rays to triage presumptive tuberculosis patients.
1,072 words, about 5 min