The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is India's premier central recruiting agency for central government public servants. It is responsible for appointments and examinations for group A and group B posts under civil services cadre and defence services cadre of the union government.
IAS – Indian Administrative Service
IPS – Indian Police Service
IFS – Indian Forest Service
IFS – Indian Foreign Service
IP & TAFS – Indian P&T Accounts and Finance Service
IAAS – Indian Audit and Accounts Service
IRS-IT – Indian Revenue Service – Income Tax
IRS-C&CE – Indian Revenue Service-Customs & Central Excise
IDAS – Indian Defence Accounts Service
IOFS – Indian Ordnance Factories Service
IPOS – Indian Postal Service
ICAS – Indian Civil Accounts Service
ASE – RPF – Assistant Security Commissioner - Railway Protection Force
IDES – Indian Defence Estates Service
IIS – Indian Information Service
ITS – Indian Telecommunication Service
ICLS – Indian Corporate Law Service
IRMS – Indian Railway Management Service
AFHQCS – Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Services
DANICS – Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Civil Services
DANIPS – Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Police Services
PCS – Pondicherry Civil Service
PPS – Pondicherry Police Service
The pattern of questions in the qualifying Indian Language Paper would be broad as follows:
For the Language medium/ literature of languages, the scripts to be used by the candidates will be as under:—
1. Assamese
2. Bengali
3. Gujarati
4. Hindi
5. Kannada
6. Kashmiri
7. Konkani
8. Malayalam
9. Manipuri
10. Marathi
11. Nepali
12. Oriya
13. Punjabi
14. Sanskrit
15. Sindhi
16. Tamil
17. Telugu
18. Urdu
19. Bodo
20. Dogri
21. Maithilli
22. Santhali
Assamese
Bengali
Gujarati
Devanagari
Kannada
Persian
Devanagari
Malayalam
Bengali
Devanagari
Devanagari
Oriya
Gurumukhi
Devanagari
Devanagari or Arabic
Tamil
Telugu
Persian
Devanagari
Devanagari
Devanagari
Devanagari or Olchiki
Note: For the Santhali language, the question paper will be printed in Devanagari script; but candidates will be free to answer either in Devanagari script or in Olchiki.
Paper I ( 200 Marks) (GS Paper)
Paper II (200 Marks) (CSAT Paper)
Note 1:Paper-11 of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination will be a qualifying paper with minimum qualifying marks fixed at 33%.
Note 2: The questions will be of multiple choice, objective type.
General Studies-I
(Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society)
General Studies-II
(Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International Relations)
General Studies-III
(Technology, Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management)
General Studies-IV
Paper | Subject | Duration | Total marks |
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Paper A | Compulsory Indian language | 3 hours | 300 |
Paper B | English | 3 hours | 300 |
Paper I | Essay | 3 hours | 250 |
Paper II | General Studies I | 3 hours | 250 |
Paper III | General Studies II | 3 hours | 250 |
Paper IV | General Studies III | 3 hours | 250 |
Paper V | General Studies IV | 3 hours | 250 |
Paper VI | Optional I | 3 hours | 250 |
Paper VII | Optional II | 3 hours | 250 |
Paper I | Essay | 3 hours | 250 |
UPSC Mains Cut-off and Qualifying Papers:
That summarizes the qualifying criteria for Papers A and B, as well as their role in determining the UPSC Mains cut-off.
General Studies Papers in UPSC Mains Exam cover the following sections:
General Studies I | General Studies II | General Studies III | General Studies IV |
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Indian Heritage and Culture | Governance | Technology | Ethics |
History and Geography of the World | Constitution | Economic Development | Integrity |
Society | Polity | Bio-diversity | Aptitude |
Social Justice | Environment | ||
International relations | Security and Disaster Management |
The Optional subjects for Paper VI and VII of the mains examination have to be any one of the subjects from the following list:
Agriculture | Agriculture | Agriculture | Agriculture |
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Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science | Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science | Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science | Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science |
Anthropology | Anthropology | Anthropology | Anthropology |
Botany | Botany | Botany | Botany |
Chemistry | Chemistry | Chemistry | Chemistry |
Civil Engineering |
After the UPSC Mains Exam, candidates face the Personality Test (interview), assessing their suitability for civil services. It lasts about 30-45 minutes and holds significant weightage in final selection. Marks from the interview are added to Mains marks. Candidates prepare on current affairs, their optional subject, and their DAF. The final result, determining rank and service allocation, considers both Mains and Interview performance.
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