(i) Candidates will not be allowed to offer the following combinations of subjects :

(a) Political Science and International Relations and Public Administration ;
(b) Commerce and Accountancy and Management ;
(c) Anthropology and Sociology ;
(d) Mathematics and Statistics ;
(e) Agriculture and Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science ;
(f) Management and Public Administration :
(g) Of the Engineering subject viz., Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering—not more than one subject ;
(h) Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science and Medical Science.

(ii) The question papers for the examination will be of conventional (essay) type.
(iii) Each paper will be of three hours duration. Blind candidates will, however, be allowed an extra time of thirty minutes at each paper.
(iv) Candidates will have the option to answer all the question papers, except the language papers viz., Papers I and II above in Punjabi or in English.
(v) Candidates exercising the option to answer Papers III to IX in Punjabi language, may, if they so desire, give English version within brackets of only the description of the technical terms, if any, in addition to the version in Punjabi language.
(vi) The question papers other than language papers will be set both in Punjabi and English.
(vii) The Compulsory papers on Punjabi Language and English will be of 10+2 or equivalent standard.
(viii) For the Language papers, the script to be used by the candidates will be as under :—
Language Script
Hindi Devanagari
Punjabi Gurmukhi
Sanskrit Devanagari
Urdu Persian