Sri Lanka Planning Service Exam study guide
Sri Lanka Planning Service Exam · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Sri Lanka Planning Service Examination is a competitive recruitment examination used to select officers for the government planning service, a cadre that prepares and appraises development projects and contributes to national and sub-national planning work. Candidates are typically graduates, often in economics, management, social sciences, geography or engineering, who are already in or seeking public-sector service; many prepare while employed, so the syllabus rewards steady part-time study over last-minute cramming. The Sri Lanka Planning Service Exam study guide has 5 sections and about 1,597 words.
01General Knowledge and Current Affairs: Constitutional Anchors and Reading Recent Events
The General Knowledge and Current Affairs domain checks whether you can place Sri Lanka's constitutional, geographic and policy facts accurately, then apply one step of reasoning to a recent event. Questions are factual recall plus institution-and-number precision, not opinion.
355 words, about 2 min02Sri Lankan History, Culture and Heritage: Chronology, Rulers and Universal Value
The History, Culture and Heritage domain tests three things: chronology, the link between a ruler and what he built, and the reasons Sri Lanka's heritage properties carry universal value. Most questions are matching tasks, so a memorised sequence is worth more than narrative detail.
329 words, about 2 min03Economic and Social Development / Planning: Priorities, Appraisal and Measurement
The Economic and Social Development/Planning domain asks how Sri Lanka sets priorities, appraises projects and measures outcomes - from the budget cycle through cost-benefit analysis to the SDG indicators that monitoring reports use. The Ministry of Finance, through the National Planning Department, prepares the Public Investment Programme and the Medium Term Budgetary Framework, a three-year rolling fiscal envelope.
303 words, about 2 min04Public Administration and Governance: Institutions, Devolution and Accountability
Public Administration and Governance covers the constitutional machinery of the state, the public service, financial accountability and the reform vocabulary a planning officer is expected to use precisely. Executive presidency under the 1978 Constitution; the Prime Minister and Cabinet are drawn from Parliament and answer to it.
292 words, about 1 min05Quantitative Aptitude and Analytical Reasoning: Clean Methods Under Time Pressure
Quantitative Aptitude and Analytical Reasoning rewards clean method: translate the words into rates or totals, work in fractions, and eliminate options before doing long arithmetic. Percentage change: successive changes of a% then b% give a + b + ab/100, not a + b.
318 words, about 2 min