CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION (IAS,IPS,IFS)

CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION  (IAS,IPS,IFS)

conducted by the Union Public Service Commission

Educational Qualification:-

•          A candidate must be a graduate from a recognized university or a deemed university.

•          A candidate who has appeared for the final year of bachelor's degree and awaiting result, along with candidates who intend to appear at such qualifying examinations can also apply, provided that they submit their proof of qualification along with the application for the Mains exam.

•          A candidate who possesses professional and technical qualification recognised by Government equivalent to the professional and technical degree can also apply.

•          A candidate who has passed the final professional M.B.B.S. or any other Medical Examination but has not completed internship by the time of submission of application for the Civil Services (Main) Examination can also apply.

Age Limit :-

A candidate must be atleast 21 years of age and less than 31 years of age as on 01-08-2014 for the 2014 exam.

The upper age limit is relaxed upto a maximum of :

Category wise Age Relaxation (years) for SC / ST     5 years, OBC 3 years, Defense Services personnel 3 years, Domiciled in J&K (during the period 01/01/1980 - 31/12/1989) 5 years

Selection Process:-   

The Civil Services Exam is a paper based test and consists of two successive stages:

(i)        Preliminary Examination (Objective type) comprising 2 exams : General Studies and CSAT

(ii)       Civil Services Main Examination (Written and Interview)

How to Apply:-

•          Register on http://www.upsconline.nic.in (Detailed instructions for filling up online applications are available on the above mentioned website)

•          The application charge for male candidates is Rs. 100/- only. There is no application charge for female and SC / ST / Physically Handicapped candidates.

•          All candidates, whether already in government service, government owned industrial undertakings or other similar organizations or in private employment should submit their applications directly to the Commission.

ABOUT UPSC CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION SCHEDULE AND SUBJECT LIST

1          UPSC Advertise normally in the month of May in EMPLOYMENT NEWS

2          Preliminary Examination of objective type held every year in AUGUST.

3          Preliminary examination result - OCTOBER.

4          Mains Examination Descriptive type test held in - DECEMBER.

5          Mains Examination result - MARCH

6          Oral Interview (viva - voce) APRIL-MAY at New Delhi.

7          Final Result – MAY

(A) PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION:- 

The Examination consists of two papers.

Paper I:         General Studies (200 Marks, Duration Two Hours)           

 200 Marks

 Current events of national and international importance.          

 History of India and Indian national movement.   

 Indian and World Geography – physical, social, economic geography of India and the world.   

 Indian Polity and governance – constitution, political system, Panchayati Raj, public policy, Rights Issues, etc.  

 Economic and social development – sustainable development, poverty, inclusion. Demographics, social sector initiative, etc.         

 General issues on environmental ecology, bio-diversity and climate change – that do not require subject specialization.     

            General Science.    

Paper II:         

Aptitude Test (200 Marks Duration Two Hours)      200 Marks

 Comprehension    

 Interpersonal skill including communication skills

 Logical reasoning and analytical ability         

 Decision making and problem solving           

 General mental ability    

 Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude etc (Class X level), Data interpretation (charts, graphs, cables, data sufficiency etc. - Class X level)    

 English Language comprehension skills (Class X level)     

            Total   400 Marks

Note : Both the question papers are of objective type (multiple choice questions).

Medium English and Hindi

(B) MAIN EXAMINATION

The written Examination consists of the following papers.

Qualifying Papers :

Paper-A         One of the Indian Language (One of the Indian Language to be selected by the candidate from the Languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution).           300 marks

Paper-B         English           300 marks

Papers to be counted for merit

Paper 1         Essay 250 marks

Paper 2         General Studies - I

(Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society)     250 marks

Paper 3         General Studies –II

(Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations)            250 marks

Paper 4         General Studies –III

(Technology, Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management)         250 marks

Paper 5         General Studies –IV

(Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude) 250 marks

Paper 6         Optional Subject – Paper 1         250 marks

Paper 7         Optional Subject – Paper 2         250 marks

            Total Marks 1750 marks

Candidates may choose any one of the optional subjects from amongst the list of subjects given in para 2 below :

Note : The papers on Indian Languages and English (Paper A and Paper B) will be of Matriculation or equivalent standard and will be of qualifying nature. The marks obtained in these papers will not be counted for ranking.

Evaluation of the papers, namely, 'Essay', 'General Studies' and Optional Subject of all the candidates would be done simultaneously along with evaluation of their qualifying papers on 'Indian Languages' and 'English' but the papers on 'Essay', General Studies and Optional Subject of only such candidates will be taken cognizance of who attain such minimum standard as may be fixed by Commission at their discretion for the qualifying papers on 'Indian Language' and 'English'.

The paper A on Indian Language will not, however, be compulsory for candidates hailing from the States of runachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim.

Marks obtained by the candidates for the Paper I-VII only will be counted for merit ranking. However, the Commission will have the discretion to fix qualifying marks in any or all of these papers.

List of optional subjects for Main Examination : (Any One) :

1.        Agriculture  

2.        Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science    

3.        Anthropology          

4.        Botany           

5.        Chemistry     

6.        Civil Engineering     

7.        Commerce and Accountancy     

8.        Economics    

9.        Electrical Engineering        

10.      Geography   

11.      Geology        

12.      History          

13.      Law    

14.      Management

15.      Mathematics 

16.      Mechanical Engineering 

17.      Medical Science 

18.      Philosophy 

19.      Physics 

20.      Political Science and International Relations 

21.      Psychology 

22.      Public Administration 

23.      Sociology 

24.      Statistics 

25.      Zoology 

26.      Literature of any one of the following languages : 

Assamese, Bengali , Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu and, English.

Note :

(a)       The question papers for the examination will be of conventional (essay) type.

(b)       Each paper will be of three hours duration.

(c)       Candidates will have the option to answer all the question papers, except the 

           Qualifying Language papers

            Paper-A and Paper-B, in any of the languages included in the Eighth  Schedule   to the Constitution of India or inEnglish.

(d)       Candidates exercising the option to answer Papers in any one of the languages mentioned above may, if they so desire, give English version within brackets of only the description of the technical terms, if any, in addition to the version in the language opted by them. Candidates should, however, note that if they misuse the above rule, a deduction will be made on this account from the total marks otherwise accruing to them and in extreme cases; their script(s) will not be valued for being in an unauthorized medium.

(e)       The question papers (other than the literature of language papers) will be set in Hindi and English only.

(f)        The details of the syllabi are set out in Part B of Section III.

(C)       PERSONALITY TEST : 275 MARKS

Total – (B) Main Examination - 1750 Marks +

           (C) Personality Test – 275 Marks = 2025 Marks

Note : If any confusion prevails about the UPSC Civil Service Examination or its syllabus or any other point, please refer upsc website (www.upsc.gov.in) as well as employment news in which detailed advertisement of examination is published.

Recruitment is made in following services through Civil Services Exam

1          Indian Administrative Service (IAS)

2          Indian Foreign Service (IFS)

3          Indian Police Service (IPS)

GROUP – A SERVICE

4          Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service

5          Indian Audit & Accounts Service

6          Indian Customs and Central Excise Service

7          Indian Defence Accounts Service

8          Indian Revenue Service

9          Indian Ordnance Factories Service Group–A (Asst. manager, Non-technical)

10       Indian Postal Service

11       Indian Civil Accounts Service

12       Indian Railway Traffic Service

13       Indian Railway Account Service

14       Indian Railway Personnel Service

15       Posts of Assistant Security Officer, Group-A in Railway Protection Force

16       Indian Defence Estates Service

17       Post of Assistant Commandant, Group–A in Central Industrial Security Force

GROUP – B SERVICE

18       Central Secretarial Service, (Section Officer Grade)

19       Railway Board Secretariat Service, (Section Officer Grade)

20       Armed Forces, Headquarters Civil Service,(Assistant Civilian Staff Officer's Grade)

21       Custom Appraisers Service, Group-B

22       Delhi and Andaman & Nicobar Islands Civil Service, Group B

23       Delhi and Andaman & Nicobar Islands Police Service

24       Posts of Deputy Superintendent of Police in the Central Bureau of Investigation, Group –B

25       Pondicherry Civil Service

26       Pondicherry Civil Service

Note : It is advised to refer the Syllabus given in the "Employment News" of December every year.

Official Website:-  http://www.upsc.gov.in

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