Punjab asks for 10 KB to 40 KB and publishes no pixel size at all. This hits the band at both ends and does not lock you to a shape the Commission never specified.
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| File size | Not less than 10 KB, not more than 40 KB |
|---|---|
| Format | JPG or JPEG |
| Dimensions | Not stated |
| Colour | Colour, recent, passport size |
| Background | Light |
| Pose | Look straight at the camera with a relaxed face |
| Glasses | Allowed if there are no reflections and the eyes are clearly seen |
| Not allowed | Caps, hats, dark glasses |
| Religious headwear | Allowed, provided it does not obscure the features |
PPSC's wording: “Photograph must be a recent passport size colour photograph with light background”, and “Size of file (jpg/jpeg format) should not be lesser than 10 KB and more than 40 KB.”
Punjab states both ends. The photograph must not be lesser than 10 KB and must not be more than 40. That makes over-compression a rejection in its own right, which is the part most tools miss because a ceiling is the familiar problem — you squeeze until it fits, and a small passport crop on a plain light background compresses very well indeed.
Because PPSC sets no dimension cap, the honest lever at the bottom of the band is resolution: more pixels is more real detail rather than padding. This tool works the band from both directions and tells you which end it had to push against.
This is worth being precise about, because other pages are not. PPSC's guidelines give a format and a file size band and a set of quality rules. They do not give pixel dimensions, an aspect ratio or a DPI — for either the photograph or the signature. The document even promises, at item 4, that the signature specification is “given later in these instructions”, and then the only specification anywhere is the format and the 10–40 KB band.
One widely published page states 140 × 177 for the PPSC photograph and 140 × 80 for the signature. Neither figure appears anywhere in the Commission's document. Its file size range is right — 10 to 40 KB for both — which is exactly what makes the invented pixel numbers easy to believe.
So nothing here locks your image to a shape Punjab never asked for. What is enforced is the thing Punjab actually specified: the band.
Worth reading before you upload anything. The guidelines state that a request for change or correction in any particulars in the online application form shall not be entertained under any circumstances, and that the Commission will not be responsible for the consequences of filling the form incorrectly. Editing is possible only until you click through to print the fee challan — after that the form is closed.
Each candidate may fill only one application form, and the guidelines add that the IP address of the computer used is recorded, and that anyone uploading a pseudo application or illegal photographs will be proceeded against as per law.
Punjab exists on both sides of the border and both halves have a Punjab Public Service Commission abbreviated PPSC. This page is the Indian commission, at Baradari Gardens, Patiala, on ppsc.gov.in. The Pakistani commission is in Lahore at ppsc.gop.pk and is a separate organisation in a different country with its own recruitment rules and its own upload requirements. Nothing here applies there.
Within Indian Punjab, PPSC is also not PSSSB, the Punjab Subordinate Services Selection Board, which recruits separately. And several other commissions end in the same four letters — HPPSC is Himachal Pradesh, APPSC is Andhra Pradesh. None of them is Punjab.
Same application, different file. Each has its own limits — they are not interchangeable.
In file size: not less than 10 KB and not more than 40 KB, in JPG or JPEG. In pixels: PPSC does not say. Its guidelines specify the format, that band, and a set of quality rules, and give no pixel dimensions, aspect ratio or DPI at all.
No. That figure appears on at least one widely published PPSC page and appears nowhere in the Commission's guidelines. The same page gets the file size right at 10 to 40 KB, which is probably why the pixel figure is taken on trust. If you meet the band with a clear, well-composed passport-style photograph, you have met what PPSC actually published.
Because 10 KB is a floor, not a rounding. PPSC's wording is that the file should not be lesser than 10 KB and not more than 40 KB, so an over-compressed photo fails just as an oversized one does. The band is only 30 KB wide, which is tighter than it looks - this tool encodes into it from both directions rather than chasing the ceiling alone.
A recent passport size colour photograph with a light background. Look straight at the camera with a relaxed face. If you wear glasses, make sure there are no reflections and your eyes can be clearly seen. Caps, hats and dark glasses are not acceptable; religious headwear is allowed provided it does not cover your face in a way that obscures the features. Those are the Commission's own words.
PPSC asks for a colour photograph. The tool measures the saturation of your image and tells you if it reads as greyscale.
PPSC says 'recent' and does not put a number on it - no months, no days. Where a body gives a specific window we quote it; here there is none to quote, so use a current photograph and follow the advertisement you are applying under if it adds a rule.
Effectively no. PPSC states that requests for change or correction in any particulars shall not be entertained under any circumstances, and editing stops once you click through to print the fee challan. Check the preview before you commit.
India. Both Punjabs have a Punjab Public Service Commission abbreviated PPSC; this page is the Indian one at ppsc.gov.in, headquartered at Baradari Gardens, Patiala. The Pakistani commission is at ppsc.gop.pk and has its own rules.
No. The crop, the measurements and the compression all run in your browser on your own device. Your photograph is never transmitted.
Requirements on this page are quoted from the Guidelines for Filling Online Application Form published by the Punjab Public Service Commission, Baradari Gardens, Patiala — the document whose every page is footed “WEBSITE : http://ppsc.gov.in”. The copy we read in full was the one issued with the Punjab State Civil Services Combined Competitive Examination; the same clauses appear unchanged in later cycles. PPSC states a format and a file-size band with both ends (not less than 10 KB, not more than 40 KB), and an ink colour for the signature; it states no pixel dimensions, no aspect ratio and no DPI for either upload.
The document carries no version number, so check the advertisement you are applying under. Figures of 140×177 and 140×80 circulate for PPSC and appear nowhere in the Commission’s guidelines, though the 10–40 KB range published alongside them is correct. This is the Indian Punjab Public Service Commission; Pakistan’s Punjab Public Service Commission (ppsc.gop.pk) shares the abbreviation and is a different body, as is PSSSB. We are not affiliated with any of them.