MP Lab Technician Syllabus, Exam Pattern, Eligibility

The split follows the General Administration Department's amended circular 74 of 16 February 2015 (clause 8, Chapter 4).

Which paper you sit depends on the post code:

Deleted questions

Nobody gets a free mark. Under clause 3.8-A(C) everyone is rescaled in proportion to their marks on the surviving questions. The rulebook's examples: 90 of the remaining 98 on a 100-question paper becomes 90 × 100 / 98 = 91.83; 140 of 148 on a 150-question paper becomes 141.89; 190 of 198 on a 200-question paper becomes 191.91. Two decimal places, under Board order Mandal/5-P-1/48/5279/2016 of 29 August 2016. A raw 49 becomes exactly 50 if two questions go.

Normalization

Two shifts means the Normalised Equi-Percentile method (order of 13 February 2025). Your percentile within your shift is:

P_ij = (number of candidates in shift j having proportionate scores less than or equal to X_ij) / N_j × 100

rounded to six decimal places, and shifts are merged on that. Ties go first to proportionate marks. The qualifying floor is checked against the proportionate score, not the percentile.

At the end, the screen shows your RAW Score and you must type it with a password before Submit works (clause 3.8(ii)).

General block, 25 marks

General Knowledge, General Hindi, General English, General Mathematics, General Science and General Aptitude. No topic list or split is given.

Paper C, 75 marks

From the Group-5 2026 rulebook. The same paper serves Technician Assistant, Technical Assistant, Technician and Lab Assistant.

• Applied Anatomy and Physiology: structure of a cell; anatomy, histology and physiology of all body systems.
• Biochemistry: carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, enzymes; kidney and liver function tests, cardiac and lipid profile.
• Hematology: composition of blood; collection and anticoagulants; haemoglobin estimation; total RBC count; anaemias; blood films; leukopoiesis; total and differential WBC counts; absolute values; ESR; PCV; reticulocyte count; platelet count; bleeding and clotting time; LE cell preparation; sickling test; osmotic fragility; bone marrow examination.
• Blood Banking: blood groups, cross matching, Coombs test, donor screening, transfusion and reactions, components.
• Clinical Pathology: urine (physical, chemical, microscopic), stool, semen and CSF examination.
• Parasitology: parasites in blood, stool and urine.
• Microbiology: bacterial morphology, culture and isolation; Gram positive and negative cocci and bacilli; anaerobic spore bearing bacilli.
• Serology: antigens and antibodies; VDRL, RA, Widal, ELISA.
• Histology: fixatives, tissue processing, impregnation, block making, section cutting, staining, tissue collection, decalcification.
• Cytology: techniques, equipment, fixatives and staining.

There's no unit on lab safety, quality control, instrumentation, biomedical waste or national health programmes.

For comparison, paper B (Lab Attendant) is just Higher Secondary (10+2) level syllabus in Biology, Chemistry and Physics, and paper I (Cath Lab Technician) is separate again.

Qualification (clause 9.1(a))

• 10+2 plus the relevant diploma (Medical Laboratory Technology for this post); or
• a higher qualification; or
• the minimum qualification in the requisitioning department's own recruitment rules.

The employer's rules govern, and the qualification must be complete on the date you apply. The Board checks nothing at application. If the department later finds you short, clause 9.2 rejects the candidature and it's not transferable to another post. For post code 24 the employer is Dr Laxminarayan Pandey Government Medical College, Ratlam.

A note under clause 9.4 makes live registration with an MP employment exchange compulsory, and reservation and age certificates must come from an MP-recognised authority.

Age

So an unreserved woman gets the same 45 ceiling as an ST candidate.

Reservation

The main roster uses 14 per cent OBC reservation on 87 per cent of posts; the other 13 per cent sit in a provisional table subject to the High Court's decision, listed both as OBC (provisional) and Unreserved (notional). Read the main table as live. Reservation and age relaxation are only for native residents of Madhya Pradesh; others compete and pay as unreserved.

Backlog post codes (12 and 47 for Lab Attendant) are open only to the reserved category concerned, and carry no fee.

For non-executive posts, Baiga, Sahariya (Saharia) and Bhariya candidates apply against ST vacancies in hard copy to the department, on Annexure 2, not to the Board. Every Group-5 2026 post code is non-executive.

1. Online application on MPOnline, covering every post code you want.
2. Preference order for those posts (clause 9.2).
3. Written exam, 15 April 2026, two shifts.
4. Model answers on the Board's site before the result (clause 3.11(i)).
5. Objections online within three days (clause 3.9).
6. Final key by the subject expert committee, whose word is final.
7. Result, a per-candidate lookup.
8. Forwarding and appointment. Departments fill vacancies from the Board's list, including future posts (clause 6), and the Board can forward names to other bodies that ask (clause 6(2)).

The preference order

A post you leave out won't be considered for you, however high you score (clause 3.1(iv)). And once a post is allotted, you go on the waiting lists for posts ranked above it and nowhere at all for those below (clause 3.37(10)). The rulebook's example: someone with eighteen preferences allotted the fourth waits on one to three and drops off five to eighteen.

If a post is advertised only for a sub-category and no eligible candidate applies, it stays empty (clause 3.1(v)). That's why backlog codes recur.

The Board only runs the exam and declares the result (clause 3.13); records are destroyed after the final result under an order of 19 October 2016. Disputes go to the High Court of Madhya Pradesh. Under clause 3.29 there's no recount or re-evaluation.

Qualifying gives no right to a job (clause 5(2)): the department must ask for the post, the Board forward your name, you meet every condition, and the department issue the order.

The Group-5 rulebook publishes no pay scale. Pay follows each employer's recruitment rules; for post code 24 that's Dr Laxminarayan Pandey Government Medical College, Ratlam.

For context only, the Board's separate Nursing Officer and Sister Tutor rulebook of 2026 lists Rs 28,700 at Level 7 and Rs 36,200 at Level 9. That's a different recruitment.

These are regular third class posts, filled by direct or backlog direct recruitment.

MPOnline adds Rs 60 at a kiosk or Rs 20 if you file yourself. Switching from unreserved to reserved doesn't refund the difference; the other way, you pay the balance.

Uploads

• Colour photo on white, both ears visible, no Polaroid or dark glasses, no more than three months old with the date and your name on it. Wear reading glasses if you use them, and keep five copies for counselling.
• Full signature, not short, not in English capitals, not more than one.
• A handwriting sample, and this declaration in your own hand: I declare that all the information given by me in the application is entirely true. If any information given by me is found false at any level, or is not satisfactory according to the eligibility criteria, my candidature can be cancelled.
• Class 8, 10 or 12 marksheet for date of birth; caste, EWS or disability certificates; any bonus certificates such as NCC.
• A permanent body mark and the photo ID you'll bring, plus Aadhaar number or VID. The form won't go without them.

Application number, transaction ID, mobile and email can't be changed. Nothing is corrected after 4 April 2026, or at all once the admit card is out.

Under clause 3.10, data or statistical analysis alone can trigger an unfair means case.

The Madhya Pradesh Employees Selection Board, Chayan Bhawan, Main Road No. 1, Chinar Park (East), Bhopal 462011, runs the exam and declares results. It employs nobody; each post code's employer sets the qualification and pay, checks documents and appoints.

Laboratory posts

Both Lab Technician posts are reserved: one SC and one ST. There's no unreserved, EWS or OBC Lab Technician post this cycle.

The biggest single block is post code 40, Ayurved Compounder under AYUSH, with 125 of the 373.

Computer based, at the Board's centres. Your centre is on the admit card; there's no separate city slip.

You're not let in after the reporting time, which ends an hour before the paper, and you can't leave early.

Biometric checks happen at entry and during the paper. Unlock your Aadhaar biometrics before the day (Note 4); if verification fails you can't sit.

Bring the admit card with part two filled in, a black ballpoint, and an original photo ID (voter card, PAN, Aadhaar, driving licence or passport; e-Aadhaar only if UIDAI-verified), plus your Aadhaar or its number. You'll sign, give a left thumb impression and write a handwriting sample. Phones, calculators, log tables, digital watches, sunglasses, Bluetooth or recording devices, geometry tools, whitener and loose paper are banned.

Scribes and compensatory time are available for visual, upper-limb or cerebral palsy disabilities, spasticity, dyslexia, disabilities under the Persons with Disabilities Act 1995, or sudden injury. Send the request with an affidavit to reach the Board ten days before the exam. Extra time on a two-hour paper is 40 minutes.

Download it from the admit card index; it isn't posted. You need your online application number, date of birth, and a password made of the first two letters of your mother's name as typed in the application plus the last four digits of your Aadhaar (clause 3.37(5) tells you to keep the application number safe).

Part one shows your details, roll number, centre, body mark and ID. Part two you fill in and bring. Errors on it are your form's errors and won't be fixed (clauses 3.37(14) and 3.6). Eligibility stays provisional throughout (Note 11).

The Group-5 2026 result is a First Phase Result: enter your application number and date of birth to see your own marks. The 2023 and 2024 Group-5 results work the same way. The merit list sent to departments and the key committee's final recommendations go up on esb.mp.gov.in.

Records are destroyed after the final result under order Mandal/2/Stha./11-38/2006/08/6473/2016 of 19 October 2016 (clause 3.13(iv)).

MPESB publishes no cut-off marks for this exam. The result is an individual lookup, as in 2023 and 2024. What the rulebook fixes is the qualifying floor (clause 5):

It's applied to the proportionate score, not the percentile. Your own marks are on the First Phase Result page.

• Start from post code 24 in Chapter 2 of the rulebook. It sets your paper, your fee, your employer and the two reserved posts you're competing for.
• Read Ratlam medical college's recruitment rules before paying; they decide eligibility.
• Work through paper C heading by heading. The named tests in haematology and serology are a checklist.
• Don't give away the 25 general marks. Hindi grammar, arithmetic and reasoning reward practice.
• Answer nearly everything. A blind guess is worth 1(0.25) − 0.25(0.75) = 0.0625 (about 0.06) of a mark. For the floor: 60 right of 100 attempted gives 60 − 10 = 50; 55 of 80 gives 55 − 6.25 = 48.75; 58 of 80 gives 58 − 5.5 = 52.5; 52 of 100 gives 52 − 12 = 40.
• Practise on past Board papers under real marking: 100 questions, 120 minutes, −0.25 per wrong answer.
• Fill the preference order completely and in the order you mean.
• Get the photo right and unlock Aadhaar biometrics; these knock out more candidates than the paper.

MPESB publishes its past papers on its old question papers index, including the Group-5 papers of 2024, 2023 and 2022, the Paramedical 2025 paper, and model answers for the Lab Technician Recruitment Test 2015 and both 2017 tests. After the exam, your own paper and responses appear on the question objections page.

• Madhya Pradesh Employees Selection Board
• Rulebook index
• Group-5 2026 rulebook
• Paramedical 2025 rulebook
• Group-5 2026 First Phase Result and results index
• Admit card index
• Old question papers and model answers
• Question objections and response sheet
• Notices to candidates
• Exam calendar
• MPOnline application portal
• The Board's Act and Regulations

Is there an MPESB Lab Technician exam?

Not by that name. It's post code 24 in the Group-5 2026 combined test.

How many Lab Technician posts were advertised?

Two, at Ratlam, one SC and one ST.

Which paper does Lab Technician sit?

Paper C. Lab Attendant sits B and Cath Lab Technician sits I.

Is there negative marking?

Yes, 0.25 per wrong answer.

Why is the fee per question paper?

Group-5 has 19 papers; posts under two paper codes mean two papers and two fees.

What is the age limit?

18 to 40 on 1 January 2026, up to 45 for MP SC, ST, OBC, all women, disabled candidates and government employees. EWS gets no relaxation.

What was the cut-off?

None is published. Results are an individual lookup.

Can I ask for a recount?

No.

What is the salary?

Not in the rulebook; it follows the employer's recruitment rules.

Is Lab Technician in the Paramedical test?

No. Group-5 is the one that carries it.