UPSC –CIVIL SERVICES
As we all know UPSC refer to Union Public Service Commission and it mainly refers to the posts of Indian Administrative Services (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Revenue Services (IRS) and other government exams.
Civil services Exam consists of 3 Steps which are as follows
Step 1 – Preliminary Test: Its the first exam of the UPSC Civil services. The Prelims is fully have objective base examination. In which two types of papers is taken by the UPSC the other details are below.
Step 2– Main Exam
Step 3– Personality test/Interview
UPSC- Civil Services Preliminary Test
| Subjects | Paper-1 | Paper-2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | General Study | CSAT | |
| Number of Questions | 100 | 100 | |
| Marks | 200 | 200 | |
| Time | 120 Minutes | 120 Minutes | |
| Note | Paper-2 Become qualifying from 2015 means merit comes from paper only | ||
UPSC- Civil Services Mains
The Mains Examination is a written Examination. It consists of 9 Papers out of which 2 are Qualifying in nature namely Paper A and Paper B; remaining 7 papers which are namely Paper I to Paper VII which are based on Ranking. The Questions will be available in Hindi as well as English in the Question Papers.
| S.No. | Name of the Paper. | Name of the Subject. | Marks. |
| 1. | Paper-A. | Modern Indian Language. (Qualifying Paper). | 300. |
| 2. | Paper-B. | English (Qualifying Paper). | 300. |
| 3. | Paper-I. | Essay. | 250. |
| 4. | Paper-II. | General studies-I. | 250. |
| 5. | Paper-III. | General studies-II. | 250. |
| 6. | Paper-IV. | General studies-III. | 250. |
| 7. | Paper-V. | General studies-IV. | 250. |
| 8. | Paper-VI. | Optional Subject (Paper-1). | 250. |
| 9. | Paper-VII. | Optional Subject (Paper-2). | 250. |
| Sub-Total. | 1750. | ||
| Interview. | 275. | ||
| Total. | 2025. |
The Final Ranking of the candidates: This is done based on the marks obtained in the Mains and the Interview.