Crops to MPSC's 3.5 × 4.5 cm inside the 50 KB ceiling, names the file within the 10-character limit, and measures your background — because MPSC asks for a solid colour background, not the white nearly every other exam wants.
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| Format | .jpg or .jpeg only |
|---|---|
| File size | Maximum 50 KB — no minimum is stated |
| Dimensions | breadth 3.5 cm × height 4.5 cm |
| File name | 10 characters maximum |
| Background | Solid colour, preferably blue, green or red |
| Pose | Formals, passport size, colour, full face directly to camera |
| Must not contain | Shadows, red eyes, watermark, stamp, scanning-app name |
MPSC's instructions read: “Photograph should be in formals with Solid color (preferably Blue, Green, Red) background.”
That is unusual. Nearly every other Indian examination — GATE, SSC, UPSC, NEET — requires a plain white background, and the resizer sites simply carry that assumption across. One MPSC tool currently tells applicants that the background must be pure white and that off-white and light blue backdrops are rejected. Another says plain white or off-white. Neither matches the document MPSC publishes.
The one part of the rule that is unambiguous is solid. A patterned wall, a curtain, a doorway or a visible gradient is not a solid colour, and that the tool will tell you about plainly.
MPSC publishes two documents: the Instructions for Filling the Application Form, and the User Manual. We searched the full text of both. Neither contains a pixel dimension, a DPI figure or a resolution. MPSC states centimetres, a byte ceiling, a format and a file-name length — and nothing else.
Centimetres alone do not determine pixels. 3.5 × 4.5 cm is 276 × 354 pixels at 200 DPI and 413 × 531 at 300. Both are correct; they are different files. So the pixel figures in circulation are somebody's choice, not MPSC's, and they do not agree with each other:
| 125–130 × 150–170 | A back-conversion of 3.5 × 4.5 cm at roughly 90 DPI. Internally consistent, but a guess at the DPI. |
|---|---|
| 200 × 230 | The IBPS and SBI banking template. One site publishing it says outright that the figures are the same as SSC and IBPS. Its ratio is 0.87; MPSC's 3.5 × 4.5 cm is 0.78, so it is not even the right shape. |
| 200 × 240 | A third variant, used for the Maharashtra judicial service. |
Since the DPI is unstated, we work down from 300 DPI and let the 50 KB ceiling settle it — the largest, sharpest image that still fits under the limit. The tool tells you the pixel size it produced rather than pretending MPSC asked for it.
The file name. MPSC states a 10-character maximum, for both files. No other exam in this set constrains the file name at all, and a photo straight off a phone is named something like IMG_20260829_143210.jpg. This tool downloads photo.jpg — nine characters.
There is no minimum size. MPSC says “Maximum size 50KB” and stops. Claims of a 20 KB floor, or advice to target 30–45 KB, are not in anything MPSC has published.
This page is the Maharashtra Public Service Commission, at mpsc.gov.in. Two other commissions are easily confused with it, and one of them shares the abbreviation exactly.
| MPSC | Maharashtra Public Service Commission — mpsc.gov.in. This page. |
|---|---|
| MPSC | Manipur Public Service Commission — mpscmanipur.gov.in. The same abbreviation, a different state, and its own requirements. |
| MPPSC | Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission — one letter longer, applications through the MP Online portal. |
If you are applying in Manipur or Madhya Pradesh, nothing on this page applies to you — the dimensions, the file size limits and the background rule below are Maharashtra's. Check the abbreviation and the domain in your own advertisement before you prepare anything. Maharashtra is also not MPSC Manipur's neighbour bodies nor the Maharashtra Staff Selection systems, which recruit separately.
Same application, different file. Each has its own limits — they are not interchangeable.
A passport-size colour photograph measuring 3.5 cm in breadth by 4.5 cm in height, in .jpg or .jpeg format, no larger than 50 KB, with a file name of 10 characters maximum. Those are the only dimensional figures MPSC publishes.
No, and this is the single most common error. MPSC's instructions say the photograph should be in formals with a solid colour background, preferably blue, green or red. Several popular resizer sites tell MPSC applicants that the background must be pure white and that light blue backdrops are rejected. That is the opposite of what the instructions say. MPSC does not explicitly forbid white, but it does not ask for it either, and it names three colours it prefers.
MPSC does not publish one. We searched both documents it publishes - the Instructions PDF and the User Manual - and neither contains a pixel dimension, a DPI or a resolution. Centimetres alone do not fix a pixel count: 3.5 by 4.5 cm is 276 by 354 pixels at 200 DPI and 413 by 531 at 300. Any site quoting an exact MPSC pixel size is supplying a number MPSC did not.
No. That figure circulates widely but it is the banking-exam template used by IBPS and SBI, and one site publishing it says so openly. It is also geometrically wrong for MPSC: 200 by 230 is a ratio of 0.87, while MPSC's 3.5 by 4.5 cm is a ratio of 0.78. A photo at 200 by 230 is not shaped like the photograph MPSC asked for.
No. MPSC states a maximum of 50 KB and nothing else. Claims that MPSC rejects photos under 20 KB, or that you should target 30 to 45 KB, do not come from anything MPSC has published. A photo can still be rejected for being unclear, but that is a judgement about the picture, not a byte count.
MPSC states, for both the photograph and the signature, that the file name should be of 10 characters maximum. It is the only exam in this set that constrains the file name at all, and a file straight off a phone or a scanner will usually be far longer. This tool names the download photo.jpg, which is nine characters.
MPSC lists watermarks, stamps and the name of any mobile app used for scanning. Scanning apps routinely stamp their own name into a corner of the output, and that alone can fail the check. Software cannot reliably spot every such mark, so check the corners of your image yourself before uploading.
No. The crop, the background measurement and the compression all run in your browser on your own device. Your photograph is never transmitted.
It is unusual, but that is what the instructions say: a solid colour background, preferably blue, green or red. Most commissions ask for white or a plain light shade. If you reuse a white-background photo from another application it does not match what MPSC asks for.
Not directly. The profile is submitted and locked at step six, and unlocking requires an OTP sent to both your registered email and your mobile number. Get the photo right before you lock rather than afterwards.
Only if it leaves no trace on the image. MPSC rules out any other content on the scan, naming watermarks, stamps and the name of the mobile app used for scanning. Many free scanner apps stamp their name in a corner by default.
No. MPSC is the Maharashtra Public Service Commission at mpsconline.gov.in. MPPSC is the Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission, a different state with a different specification. The abbreviations differ by one letter and the requirements do not carry across.
Specifications on this page are taken verbatim from the Instructions for Filling the Application Form published by the Maharashtra Public Service Commission, corroborated against its Online Application System user manual. MPSC states centimetres, a 50 KB ceiling, a format and a 10-character file-name limit; it states no pixel size, no DPI and no minimum file size.
Neither document carries a version or a date, and the upload screen inside the portal may show tighter limits. Check the advertisement you are applying under. We are not affiliated with the Maharashtra Public Service Commission.