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 Officer’s 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)                                               ----------                                        450 marks                                                ------------------          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        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 -------------------                                      ------------------  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   Ø       Leadership qualities Ø       Persons who are above politics, religion, castes etc Ø       Crisis management technique Ø       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 of mains examination & interview. And then cadre will be             decided.