As you have asked about the exam pattern and syllabus for Karnataka Administrative Services preliminary exam, I giving you some details regarding that
Preliminary exam consists of two papers.
Each paper has 100 questions and each question carries 2 marks.
Paper is of objective type.

Syllabus:
PAPER - I
(i) Current events of National and International importance.
(ii) Humanities – History of India – Emphasis shall be on broad general understanding of the subject
in its social, economic, cultural and political aspects with a focus on Indian national movement
with special emphasis on Karnataka.
(iii) World Geography and Geography of India with a focus on Karnataka.
(iv) Indian polity and economy, including the country’s political system, rural development, planning
and economic reforms in India-sustainable development, poverty alleviation, demographics, social
sector initiatives etc.,

PAPER - II
(i) Current events of State importance and important State Government programmes.
(ii) General Science & Technology, Environment & Ecology-contemporary developments in science and
technology and their implications including matters of everyday observations and experience, as
may be expected of a well-educated person who has not made a special study of any scientific
discipline general issues on Health, environmental ecology, biodiversity and climate change that do
not require subject specialization.
(iii) General Mental Ability,- Comprehension, Logical reasoning and Analytical ability, Decision making,
problem solving, Basic innumeracy (numbers and their relations, order of magnitude etc.,) and
data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc., (class 10th level).