It mainly examines whether candidates have the basic qualities and working ability related to civil servants, including quantity, common sense, speech, information and judgment.

1, quantitative relation

Mathematical operation mainly examines the examinee's understanding and grasp of the quantitative relationship between things and the ability to solve the problem of quantitative relationship. There are numerical reasoning and mathematical operations. In general, the national examination only tests mathematical operations, while the provincial examinations in Guangdong Province and Zhejiang Province only test numerical reasoning.

2. Common sense judgment

Common sense mainly examines the knowledge accumulation of candidates, involving a wide range of common sense in politics, economy, law, history, geography, nature, science and technology.

3. Speech comprehension and expression

Speech comprehension and expression mainly examines candidates' ability to understand and summarize words, including specific topics such as choosing words to fill in the blanks, sentence sequencing, and fragment reading.

4. Data analysis

Data analysis mainly examines the examinee's ability to understand, analyze and calculate the given statistical data. Usually one statistical material corresponds to five small questions. The national examination generally tests 3 materials *** 15 questions, and the provincial examination looks at specific provinces.

5. Judgment and reasoning

Judgment reasoning mainly examines candidates' logical analysis ability, including defining judgment, graphic reasoning, 10 analogical reasoning, logical judgment and other specific topics. Individual provinces such as Guangdong and Shanghai will also investigate scientific reasoning topics, mainly the knowledge of physical chemistry and biogeography in middle schools.