Gujarat asks for 7.5 × 2.5 cm at 15 KB — a wide, shallow frame and the tightest limit in any spec we have read.
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| Dimensions | 7.5 cm wide × 2.5 cm tall — GPSC writes “2.5 cm x 7.5 cm” without stating the order |
|---|---|
| File size | 15 KB — no minimum is stated |
| Ink colour | Not specified by GPSC |
| Pixel size | Not stated |
| DPI | Not stated |
GPSC's wording: “In the upload Signature section upload your signature in the given dimension of 2.5 cm x 7.5 cm with file size must be 15 KB.”
7.5 by 2.5 cm is wider and shallower than most commissions ask for — three times as wide as it is tall. A signature that sprawls vertically, with tall loops or a long underline, has to shrink a long way to fit that height, and the strokes thin out as it does. Signing on a single line, without a flourish above or below, gives you far more usable width.
The 15 KB limit is much less of a problem here than on the photograph: a signature is a few dark strokes on white paper, which compresses to almost nothing. It is the photo that struggles.
GPSC's How to Apply document gives dimensions and a file size and stops. It names no ink and no paper, so neither do we. Some commissions are explicit — Punjab asks for black or blue, Uttar Pradesh for black ball point — and on those pages we check it. Here there is no published rule to check against, and inventing one would be guessing.
GPSC writes the photograph as “5 cm x 3.6 cm” and the signature as “2.5 cm x 7.5 cm”, and never says which figure is the width. That matters, because the two readings give opposite shapes.
Read height-first, both make sense: a photograph 3.6 cm wide and 5 cm tall — portrait, like any passport photo — and a signature 7.5 cm wide and 2.5 cm tall, which is the shape a signature actually is. Read width-first you would get a landscape photograph and a portrait signature, which is not what either object looks like.
So this tool uses 3.6 × 5 cm and 7.5 × 2.5 cm, and we are telling you that is a reading rather than something GPSC spelled out. If your advertisement states the order explicitly, follow the advertisement.
Worth knowing before you confirm, because the two statements point in opposite directions and we are not going to pick one for you.
| Item 2, in capitals | “The application can be edited till the last date and time of the advertisement even after confirmation.” |
|---|---|
| Items 6–18, repeated | “The data entered cannot be edited/changed/modified on the website once the application is confirmed.” — stated for gender, date of birth, state, district, taluka, pin code, mobile number and email |
| Items 38–40 | Describe an Edit flow through Online Application → Edit, using your Confirmation Number and Birth Date |
The practical advice is the same under either reading: get the photograph and signature right before you confirm. GPSC also asks applicants to restrain themselves from applying multiple times, so re-applying to fix an upload is not the intended route.
Two commissions use GPSC. This page is the Gujarat Public Service Commission at gpsc.gujarat.gov.in, in Gandhinagar, applying through gpsc-ojas.gujarat.gov.in. The Goa Public Service Commission is also GPSC, at gpsc.goa.gov.in in Panaji, and is a separate constitutional body with its own registration system and its own rules. Nothing here applies to Goa.
Within Gujarat, note that OJAS (ojas.gujarat.gov.in) is a shared state portal used by several recruiters, including GSSSB, the Gujarat Subordinate Service Selection Board, and GPSSB, the Gujarat Panchayat Service Selection Board. GPSC runs its own instance of it. The document quoted on this page is GPSC's, and another board on the same portal may ask for something different.
Same application, different file. Each has its own limits — they are not interchangeable.
7.5 cm wide by 2.5 cm tall, and the file must be 15 KB. GPSC's document writes it as '2.5 cm x 7.5 cm' without saying which figure is the width; read height-first it describes a landscape signature, which is the shape a signature is, so that is the reading this tool uses.
Yes - GPSC gives the same figure for both uploads. For a signature that is far less painful than it is for a photograph, because a signature is mostly white paper and compresses very well. It is the photograph that struggles at 15 KB.
GPSC's How to Apply document does not say. It gives the dimensions and the file size and stops - no ink colour, no paper instruction. Dark ink on white paper scans well, but we do not present that as a GPSC rule, because it is not one. If the advertisement you are applying under states an ink colour, follow the advertisement.
None is stated. Figures of 275 x 90 pixels circulate for the GPSC signature; that is one arbitrary choice of DPI at 7.5 x 2.5 cm and is not in GPSC's document. This tool reports the pixel size and DPI your output actually came out at.
No. GPSC states 15 KB and no floor, so nothing here is padded.
GPSC's document says both things - item 2 states the application can be edited till the last date even after confirmation, while items 6 to 18 state that entered data cannot be modified once confirmed. We quote both rather than choosing. Either way, the sensible course is to get it right before confirming, and GPSC asks applicants not to apply multiple times.
Gujarat. Both have a Public Service Commission abbreviated GPSC - Gujarat at gpsc.gujarat.gov.in, Goa at gpsc.goa.gov.in. This page is Gujarat's, and GPSC is also not GSSSB or GPSSB, which share Gujarat's OJAS portal but recruit separately.
No. The trim and the compression run in your browser on your own device. Your signature image is never transmitted.
Requirements on this page are quoted from “Instructions and Process for How to Apply”, published by the Gujarat Public Service Commission on its OJAS application portal gpsc-ojas.gujarat.gov.in. Commission site: gpsc.gujarat.gov.in. GPSC states centimetres and a 15 KB file size; it states no minimum, no DPI, no pixel dimensions, no image format and no ink colour, and it does not say whether its dimensions are width-first or height-first.
The document carries no version number or date and its screenshots reference an older advertisement, so check the advertisement you are applying under. It also contradicts itself on whether a confirmed application can be edited; both statements are quoted above rather than resolved. Pixel figures of 130×180 and 275×90 circulate for GPSC and are not in it.
This is the Gujarat Public Service Commission. Goa’s commission is also abbreviated GPSC (gpsc.goa.gov.in) and is a different body; GSSSB and GPSSB share Gujarat’s OJAS portal but recruit separately. We are not affiliated with any of them.