PPSC Tehsildar study guide
PPSC Tehsildar · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The PPSC Tehsildar recruitment test is the written screening stage used by the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC), the provincial body whose stated mission is to "Select and recommend suitable candidates through a merit-based, transparent and expeditious process to promote excellence, professionalism and competence in the Punjab Public Service and render advice to Government." The post of Tehsildar sits within the provincial revenue administration, so the paper blends generalist subjects with revenue-specific professional knowledge. Candidates are typically graduates who have already decided on a public-service career in Punjab and are prepared to sit a single multiple-choice paper covering five areas: General Knowledge / Pakistan Studies, English, Urdu, Islamic Studies / Ethics, and Professional / Revenue-related Knowledge, each weighted at roughly one fifth of the paper. The PPSC Tehsildar study guide has 5 sections and about 1,808 words.
01General Knowledge / Pakistan Studies
Pakistan Studies and General Knowledge in the PPSC Tehsildar paper tests the constitutional journey, the physical and human geography of Pakistan, and the basic structure of the state you will serve as a revenue officer. Questions are factual and elimination-friendly, so dates and numbers matter more than narrative flourish.
351 words, about 2 min02English
The English portion is a functional test: grammar and usage, vocabulary, sentence correction, comprehension and precis writing, pitched at the level needed to read a revenue record and draft official correspondence without ambiguity. Subject-verb agreement: the verb follows the head noun, not the nearest noun.
353 words, about 2 min03Urdu
The Urdu paper checks qawaid (grammar), vocabulary and idiom, and familiarity with the classical and modern prose and poetry that shaped the language. Expect muhawarat, mutradif and mutazad alfaz, wahid-jama, tashreeh, khulasa and short literary-history questions.
322 words, about 2 min04Islamic Studies / Ethics
Islamic Studies here is factual and applied: Quranic structure, the pillars, the Prophetic biography (seerat), the Rashidun era, and the ethical vocabulary of public service such as amanat, adl, sidq and huquq-ul-ibad. The Ethics component often asks how an officer should act when a lawful duty collides with local pressure.
365 words, about 2 min05Professional / Revenue-related Knowledge
This section separates a Tehsildar candidate from a generalist. It examines the Punjab Land Revenue Act 1967, the record-of-rights system, mutation and partition procedure, tenancy, and the acquisition, registration and stamp framework that the tehsil office runs on daily.
417 words, about 2 min