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About UPSC Civil Service Examination

Schedule and Subject list :

Sr.No. Details1 UPSC advertises normally in the month of November / December in Employment News

2 Preliminary Examination of objective type is held every year in MAY.

3 Preliminary examination result - JULY / AUGUST.

4 Mains Examination Descriptive type test held in - OCTOBER / NOVEMBER.

5 Mains Examination result in MARCH

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

7 Final Result MAY

Preliminary Examination

The Examination consists of two papers.

Sr.No. Paper Details Total

Paper I: General Studies 150 Marks

Paper II: One Subject to be selected from the list of optional Subject set out below. 300 Marks

Total 450 Marks

List of Prelim optional Subjects (Select one subject) :

Sr.No. Subject Details Sr.No. Subject Details

1. Agriculture 2. Botany

3. Chemistry 4. Civil Engineering

5. Commerce 6. Economics

7. Electrical Engineering 8. Geography

9. Geology 10. Indian History

11. Law 12. Mathematics

13. Mechanical Engineering 14. Philosophy

15. Physics 16. Political Science17. Psychology 18. Sociology

19. Zoology 20. Statistics

21. Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science 22. Public Administration

23. Medical Science

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

ii The Course content of the syllabi for the optional subjects are of the degree level.

iii Medium English and Hindi

Main Examination

The written Examination consists of the following papers.

Sr.No. Paper Details Total Marks

Paper I: One of the recognised Indian

Languages( Gujarati/ Marathi etc.)

300 marks

Paper II: English 300 marks

(The marks obtained in these two papers are not considered for the written score.)

Paper III: Essay 200 x 1 = 200 marks

Paper IV and V : General Studies 300 x 2 = 600 marks

Paper VI, VII : Optional Subjects (1) 300 x 2 = 600 marks

Paper VIII and IX Optional Subjects (2) 300 x 2 = 600 marks

Total Marks 2000 marks

The Candidates can also appear in all papers of main through Gujarati Medium except the compulsory

English Paper.

List of Mains optional Subjects( two subjects needs to be chosenfrom the list below) :

Sr.No. Subject Details Sr.No. Subject Details

1. Agriculture 2. Botany

3. Chemistry 4. Civil Engineering

5. Commerce & Accountancy 6. Economics

7. Electrical Engineering 8. Geography

9. Geology 10. History

11. Law 12. Mathematics

13. Mechanical Engineering 14. Philosophy

15. Physics 16. Political Science & International

17. Psychology 18. Sociology

19. Zoology 20. Statistics

21. Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science 22. Public Administration

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23. Medical Science 24. Anthropology

25. Management 26. Literature any one (Gujarati, Hindi etc.)

Note : You are not allowed to offer the following combinations of subjects:

1 Political Science & International Relations -

Public Administration.

4 Mathematics - Statistics

2 Commerce & Accountancy - Management 5 Animal Husbandry & Veterinary

Science - Agriculture

3 Anthropology - Sociology 6 Animal Husbandry & Veterinary

Science - Medical Science

7. Of the Engineering Subjects viz. Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering & Mechanical

Engineering - not more than one subject.

Total - Main Examination - 2000 Marks + 300 Marks Interview = 2300 Marks

Note :- If any confusion prevails about the UPSC Civil Service Examination or its syllabus or anyother 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

Sr.No. Details

1 Indian Administrative Service ( IAS )

2 Indian Foreign Service ( IFS )

3 Indian Police Service ( IPS )

GROUPA SERVICE4 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

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