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Civil Service Entrance Examination

Civil Service Examination is conducted by UPSC by every year in 3 stages.

CSP – Civil Service Preliminary Examinations – during second half of May
Main – Civil service Examination, during the month of October / November. Those who are selected in the preliminary examination only one eligible to appear.
Interview – Those who are selected in the Main Examination will be eligible to appear before the Interview board at New Delhi.

Priliminary Examination (cip)

(2 COMPULSORY PAPERS)

Paper I	(Each 2 hours duration)	Paper II
General Studies	Multiple choice Question (only objective)	Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAI)

Note :

A new syllabus is introduced for Civil Service Apptitude Test (CSAT) in the place of Civil Service (Preliminary) Examination.
In CSAT, one of the optional subjects which a candidate could have chosen out of 23 optional has been replaced will common paper on Aptitude Test.

(I Stage of Civil Service Exams)

PAPER – I 200 Marks Duration : 2 hours

Syllabus

Current events of National and Interrelated 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, panchayat Raj, public policy, Rights, Issues etc.
Economic and social Development – sustainable Development , poverty, inclusion, demographics, social sector initiation etc.
General issues on Environmental ecology, Bio Diversity and climate changes that do not require subject specialization
General science.

PAPER II 200 MARKS Duration : 2 hours

Comprehension
Interprovisional skills including communication skills
Logical reasoning and analytical ability
Reason making and problem solving
General mental ability
Basic Numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitudes etc), - (class X level), Date Interpretation. (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc – class X level)
English language, comprehension skills ( class X level)
Questions relating to English language comprehension skills of class X ( last item in the syllabus of Paper II) will be tested through passages from English language ony without providing Hindi Translation through in question paper.

Main Examination

Only those who are declared qualified by UPSC. In the preliminary Examination in a year, are eligible for the Main Examination of that year, provided they are otherwise eligible for the Main Examination

Application Procedure : Stated in the Preliminary Exam

Structure of the Exam

1)	Two optional subjects (2 papers each 300 marks) 4*300	1200
2)	One general studies (2 papers each 300 marks) 2*300	600
3)	One essay (200 marks) 1*200 = 200	200
	TOTAL	2000

Objective of the Main Exam

The main examination is meant to assess the overall intellectual abilities and the depth of understanding of the candidates. Mere knowledge of information and capacity of memory may not be sufficient. Enough choice for choosing the questions will be given.

Name Of The Optional Subjects For The Main Examinations (Duration 3 Hrs)

Agriculture
Animal husbandry and veterinary sciences
Botany
Chemistry
Civil engineering
Commerce and accountancy
Economics
Electrical engineering
Geography
Geology
History
Law
Management
Mathematics
Mechanical engineering
Medical sciences
Philosophy
Physics
Political science and international relations
Psychology
Public administration
Sociology
Statistics
Zoology

Literatures

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

Not Permissible Combinations

The following combinations among the optional subjects are not permitted to be chosen by the candidates.

Political science & international relations and public administrations
Commerce and management
Anthropology and sociology
Maths and statistics
Agriculture & animal husbandry and veterinary science
Management and public administration
Animal husbandry & veterinary science and medical science
Any two branches of engineering
Combination of two literatures

Interview

Two folds vacancies are called to appear before UPSC board.
The total marks for 16 interviews is 300 marks
Interviews calls are sent on the basis of minimum marks fixed by UPSC board
The overall ranking is done based on the main exam(2000 marks) and interview (300 marks). So the total marks for ranking is 2300 marks.