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 List of Civil Services

  • IAS - Indian Administrative Service

  • IPS - Indian Police Service

  • IFS - Indian Foreign Service

 Group A

  • P & T Accounts & Financial Services

  • Audit and Accounts Service

  • Customs and Central Excise Service

  • Defense Accounts Service

  • Revenue Service

  • Ordnance Factories Service

  • Postal Service

  • Civil Accounts Service

  • Railway Traffic Service

  • Railway Accounts Service

  • Railway Personnel Service

  • Posts of Assistant Security Officer in Railway Protection Force 

  • Defense Estates Service

  • Information Service (Junior Grade)

    •  Group - B

  • Railway Board Secretariat Service (Section Officer's Grade)

  • Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service (Section Officer's Grade)

  • Customs Appraisers' Service

  • Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service and Police Service

  • Pondicherry Civil Service

    • Civil Service Examinations - Preliminary

       A.  Tentative Schedule

    • Notification of Examination :  November / December of Previous year

    • Conduct of Examination     :  May

       B.  Tentative Schedule

    • Age Limits :  21-30 years as on 1st August of the year of Examination.

    • Certain categories of persons as specified in he commission's notice as published in Employment News / Rozgar Samachar are eligible for age relaxation.

       C.  Educational Qualification

    • Degree of recognized University or equivalent.

    • Candidates appearing in the requisite degree qualification are also eligible for appearing in the examination, however they are supposed to submit proof of passing the requisite qualification along with detailed application form for Civil Service (Main) Examination.

    Scheme of Civil Service (Preliminary) Examination

    The Preliminary Examination consists of two papers of objective type (multiple-choice questions) carrying a maximum of 450 marks. The Question Papers (Test Booklets) are set in English & Hindi

    Paper I General Studies 150 Marks
    Paper II One of the optional subject to be selected from the  prescribed optional subjects 300 Marks

      List of optional subjects Civil Services (Preliminary) :  Total 23

     Agriculture  Geography  Political Science
     Animal Husbandry and Vetinary Science  Indian History  Psychology
     Botany  Law  Public Administration
     Chemistry  Mathematics  Sociology
     Civil Engineering  Mechanical Engineering  Statistics
     Commerce  Medical Science  Zoology
     Economics  Philosophy  
     Electrical Engineering  Physics  

     Statistical Data Civil Services (Preliminary)

    Year of Exam

    No of Candidates
    Applied Appeared
    1997 2,65,761 1,30,198
    1998 2,71,517 1,22,363
    1999 3,09,501 1,35,086
    2000 2,25,555 1,19,398
    2001 2,56,673 1,38,240
    2002 3,01,585 1,57,486
     
    Tentative Date of Examination :   October  - November

    Scheme Civil Services (Main)

    Paper-I

    One of the Indian Languages to be selected by the candidate from the 18 languages included in the VIII th Schedule to the Constitution (Qualifying Paper)

    		 300 Marks
    Paper-II English (Qualifying Paper) 300 Marks
    Paper-III Essay 200 Marks
    Papers IV & V General Studies (300 Marks for each paper) 600 Marks
    Papers VI, VII, VIII & IX

    Any two subjects (each having 2 papers) to be selected from the prescribed optional subjects (300 marks for each paper)

    		 1200 Marks
    Total Marks for Written Examination 2000 Marks
    Interview Test 300 Marks
    Grand Total 2300 Marks

     List of Optional Subjects - Civil Services (Main) :  Total 25

     See Note below List of Optional Subjects (Literature)

    Agriculture Management
    Animal Husbandry & Vetinary Science Mathematics
    Anthropology Mechanical Engineering
    Botany Medical Science
    Chemistry Philosophy
    Civil Engineering Physics
    Commerce & Accountancy Political Science & International Relations
    Economics Psychology
    Electrical Engineering Public Administration
    Geography Sociology
    Geology Statistics
    Indian History Zoology
    Law  

     List of Optional Subjects (Literature) CS (Main) :  Total 26

    Arabic Gujarati Manipuri Sanskrit
    Assamese Hindi Nepali Sindhi
    Bengali Kannada Oriya Tamil
    Chinese Kashmiri Pali Telugu
    English Konkani Persian Urdu
    French Marathi Punjabi  
    German Malayalam Russian  

     Total Optional Subjects : 51

    Note (i) :

    Candidates have the option to answer all the question papers, except the language papers, viz, Paper-I and Paper-II, in any one of the languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution or in English
    Note (ii) :

    Candidates who have opted for an Indian Language as language medium for the Main Examination have an option of being interviewed either in English or in the same language which they have opted for the Main Examination

    Source & more details visit :

    Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)
    Recruitment and examination schedules conducted by the organization.
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