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 samachar 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. ( SUPERITENDENT 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, but should clear graduation before result comes. 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.  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 also be counted as an attempt for the exam. EXAMINATION STRUCTURE PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION – Contains two papers. Each paper has Objective Type questions with negative Marking.  MAIN EXAMINATION - Subjective type, after qualifying preliminary exam, (Every year in Oct. /Nov) Paper I: - One 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: - The main examination has two optional subjects. 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 the selection of 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 ό Leadership qualities ό Persons who are above politics, religion, castes etc ό Crisis management technique ό Honesty, Decision making. 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