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ABOUT CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION
ABOUT POSTS
The civil services examination is conducted every year by the union public
service commission (UPSC). As a common examination for various services like
the IAS, IFS, IPS, GROUP A & GROUP B Central service. The notification for the
examination is published in the month of December every year in employment
news/Rojgar samacar
Services/posts to which recruitment is to be made through the Examination are :
(i) Indian Administrative Service.(DISTRICT MAGISTRATE / DISTRICT COLLECTOR)
(ii) Indian Foreign Service.(AMBASSADOR)
(iii) Indian Police Service.(SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE / D.C.P.)
(iv) Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Group A.
(v) Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group A.
(vi) Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise) Group `A`
(vii) Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group A.
(viii) Indian Revenue Service, Group A.
(ix) Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group `A` (Assistant Works Manager, Non-technical)
(x) Indian Postal Service, Group A.
(xi) Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group A.
(xii) Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group A.
(xiii) Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group A.
(xiv) Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group A.
(xv) Post of Assistant Security Officer, Group `A` in Railway Protection Force.
(xvi) Indian Defence Estates Service, Group A.
(xvii) Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group A.
(xviii) Indian Trade Service, Group "A" (Grade-III)
(xix) Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group B (Section Officers Grade)
(xx) Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service, Group `B`.
(xxi) Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service, Group `B`.
ELIGIBILITY-Graduation in any discipline or equivalent (B.A./B.com./B.C.S/B.Sc./M.B.B.S./B.E./B.B.A./M.B.A. /B. tech.)
Note: candidates appearing for final year of any faculty are also eligible to appear for such exams
AGE LIMIT: 21 TO 30 YEARS (as on 1st Aug of every year)
Note: 5 years age relaxation for schedule caste & schedule tribes and 3 years age relaxation to O.B.C. Who are eligible to avail of
reservation applicable to such candidate & also those who come in this reservation category
NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS
GENERAL - 4 attempts
O.B.C. -7 attempts
SC/ST - Up to 35 years of age
Note: If appeared for the preliminary exam (in one paper only) will be counted as an attempt for the exam
EXAMINATION STRUCTURE
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION (objective) (The Preliminary
examination is usually held by the UPSC on a Sunday in the 3rd week of May)
1) Optional paper 300 marks (120 questions)
2) General studies 150 marks (150 questions)
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450 marks
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Each paper will be of two hours duration. The course contains the syllabi for
the optional subject will be degree level.
Note: If you got 350 marks in preliminary exam you are qualify for main exam This is Proved by Previuos years Result And there
is negative marking in CIVIL SERVICES PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION.
2) (A) MAIN EXAMINATION (subjective type)
(after qualifying preliminary exam)(Every year in Oct. /Nov)
Paper I: - Any language paper (Hindi, Marathi or any language from 22 languages) 300 marks
Note: (language Paper is not Applicable for Candidates hailing
from Arunachal Pradesh/ Manipur/ Meghalaya/Mizoram/Nagaland/Sikkim)
Paper II: - English language 300 marks
Note: For the above languages paper the marks are not counted in merit list.
These language papers are only of qualifying nature and metric level
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Paper III: Essay
Paper IV: G.S 1st paper
Paper V: G.S 2nd paper
Paper VI: 1st optional I paper
Paper VII: 1st optional II paper
Paper VIII: 2nd optional I paper
Paper IX: 2nd optional II paper |
200 marks
300 marks
300 marks
300 marks
300 marks
300 marks
300 marks |
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TOTAL 2000 marks
Note: - In a preliminary examination one optional subject to be selected and for main examination two subjects has to be select as optional. However any optional subject can be selected from the U.P.S.C. subject list. In U.P.S.C. there is no condition that one has to select an optional subject of the graduation level. It means you can select any optional subject. You can seek The help from our website.Regarding How to choose optional subject
(b) Interview: - 300 marks (usually held by the UPSC In March & April)
After qualifying the main examination one has to face an interview. In the interview, there is a test of your personality
Interview board expects the following things from you
Γ Leadership qualities
Γ Persons who are above politics, religion, castes etc
Γ Crisis management technique
Γ Honesty
How to get post: - There is only one examination for all the posts and you have to give priorities for the posts however posts are given on the basis of total marks in mains examination & interview. And then cadre will be decided. Mostly selection depends on good contribution of marks in mains so, while preparing for prelims its not wise to Ignore mains or just focus on prelims. As "Main Exams" is meant to be "Main Exams".
When to Start ?
This has no rigid answer. If we take a close look at the sucessful candidates, some among them are early starters, who started the preparation from the beginning of the graduation itself, some of them started their preparation just one year before the prelims, and still a few are there who didnt even conceive the idea of writing prelims, just before 6 months of it, and yet they are successful in this exam. It all depends on how much strong you are in your basic studies (i.e. primary education) and your first optional. If you have the sound basics and still have the natural penchant for day to day events, if your eyes and ears intent enough to get every information that is relevant, if you are never tired in the process of learning new things, you are the type of candidate that U.P.S.C. is looking for, you can cultivate them if you have strong passion for this exam, but it requires time. Starting preparation at least 1 year before the prelims is quite sufficient and ideal.
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