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UPSC

• Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination (In May)
• Civil Services (Main) Examination (In Oct/Nov)
• Indian Forest Service Examination (In July)
• Engineering Services Examination (In June)
• Geologist Examination (in December)
• Special Class Railway Apprentices Examination (In July)
• National Defence Academy & Naval Academy Examination (In April & September)
• Combined Defence Services Examination (In February & August)
• Combined Medical Services Examination (In January)
• Indian Economic Service/Indian Statistical Service Examination (In November)
• 11. Section Officers/Stenographers (Grade-B/Grade-I) Limited Departmental Competetive    Examination (In December)
• 12. Central Police Forces (Assistant Commandants) Examination (In October)

IAS

Academic Eligibility for IAS Exams

• A degree of any of the Universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be a Deemed University under the UGC Act, 1956, or an equivalent qualification.
• Candidates who have appeared or intend to appear for the qualifying examination and are awaiting results are also eligible to appear for the Preliminary Examination. All such candidates who qualify to appear for the Civil Services Main Examination must produce proof of having passed the said examination along with their application for the Main Examination.
• The UPSC may in exceptional cases treat a candidate without the foregoing requisite qualification as an eligible candidate if he / she has passed an examination conducted by other institutions, the standard of which justifies his / her admission in the opinion of the Commission.
• Candidates with professional and technical qualifications recognised by the Government as equivalent to professional and technical degrees.
• Candidates who have passed the final year of MBBS or any Medical Examination but are yet to complete the internship can also appear for the Main Examination. However they must submit along with their Main Examination application, a certificate from the concerned authority of the University / Institution that they have passed the final professional medical examination. At the Interview stage they must then produce a certificate from a competent authority that they have completed (including internship) all the requirements for the award of the Medical Degree.

 
Other Eligibility Conditions for IAS Exams  
 
(1) Nationality 
i. Only Indian nationals are eligible for IAS and IPS.  
ii. For other services a candidate can be either of the following:

a. a citizen of India,  
b. a subject of Nepal,  
c. a subject of Bhutan,  
d. a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before January 1, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or  
e. a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Burma, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Vietnam, Zaire or Zambia with the intention of permanently settling in India. Candidates belonging to either categories of b., c., d. or e., must produce an eligibility certificate issued by the Government of India. Those who belong to either of b., c., or d., categories are not eligible for appointment to the Indian Foreign Service.

(2) Age Limit  
i. A candidate must have attained 21 years and not be over 30 years on August 1 of the year of examination.  
ii. The upper age limit is relaxed in specific cases as mentioned below:

a. upto a maximum of 5 years if the candidate belongs to SC/ST. 
b. upto a maximum of 3 years if the candidate belongs to Other Backward Classes. 
c. upto a maximum of 5 years if the candidate had been domiciled in Jammu & Kashmir during the period between January 1, 1980 and December 31, 1989. 
d. upto a maximum of 3 years in the case of Defence Services personnel disabled during hostilities with foreign countries or in a disturbed area and consequently released. 
e. upto a maximum of 5 years in the case of ex-servicemen including Commissioned Officers and ECOs / SSCOs who have rendered at least five years Military Service as on August 1 of the year of examination and have been released:

• on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year from August 1 of the year of examination) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency, or
• on account of physical disability attributable to Military Service, or
• on invalidment.

f. upto a maximum of 5 years in the case of ECOs / SSCOs who have completed an initial period of assignment (5 years Military Service) as on August 1 of the year of examination and whose assignment has been extended beyond 5 years. Such candidates will have to provide a certificate from the Ministry of Defence stating that they can apply for civil employment and they will be released on a notice of 3 months, upon selection, from the date of receipt of offer of appointment. 
g. upto a maximum of 10 years in the case of blind, deaf-mute and orthopedically handicapped candidates.

Civil Services Examination

The Civil Services Examination is conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) of India, an autonomous entity established in 1950 under Article 315 of the Constitution of India. Every year, the UPSC conducts examinations for recruitment to the Indian Civil Service, which serve as the backbone of Indian governmental machinery.  
 
A highly competitive and challenging area, the Indian Civil Service involves a variety of jobs in different departments such as the IAS, IFS, IPS and other areas. The prestige, the power and the elevated social status that come along with these topnotch bureaucratic jobs lure innumerable aspirants from all over the country belonging to various disciplines, to appear in the Civil Services Examination, making the competition extremely stiff and difficult.

The salary, allowances and facilities like health care, housing, conveyance etc. coupled with the job security also make the Indian Civil Service a dream job for many.

Civil Services Examination Application Details:

Notifications of the Civil Services Examination are published every year in the month of December in the Employment News and other leading newspapers of India. Application Forms along with the information brochure can be obtained from the designated Head Post Offices / Post Offices throughout the country. Candidates are required to send the duly filled in Application Forms with the acknowledgment card to the The Secretary, Union Public Service Commission, Dholpur House, New Delhi-110011. The preliminary written Examination is held in the month of May and the Main Written Examination is held in the month of October/ November.

Civil Services Examination Eligibility Criteria

Candidates having a Bachelor's Degree or equivalent from any recognized University are eligible to apply for the Civil Services Examination. The age of the candidates must be above 21 years and below 30 years on the 1st August of the year in which examination is being held. Candidates must be citizens of India for applying to the IAS and IPS services. For other services, candidates of select foreign origins are eligible. Reservations as per governmental norms are applicable regarding age limits and job vacancies. Candidates must also be physically and mentally fit as per the standards stipulated by the UPSC for the Civil Services Examination.

Civil Services Examination Selection Procedure

The selection procedure for the Indian Civil Services is divided into three stages:

A Preliminary Written Examination for selection of candidates for the Main Examination. The Preliminary Examination comprises two papers each of two hours duration. Paper 1 is on General Studies and carries maximum marks of 150. Questions in this section will be Objective Type, Multiple Choice and bilingual, i.e., in Hindi and English. Paper 2 carries a maximum of 300 marks and is based on an optional subject selected by the candidate.

The Main Written Examination is only for candidates who have been short listed through

the Preliminary Written Examination. This exam consists of nine papers on Indian languages (300 marks), English (300 marks), Essay (200 marks), General Studies (two papers each of 300 marks) and any two optional subjects chosen by the candidate (each having two papers of 300 marks each).Successful candidates in the Main Examination are required to appear for an Interview, which is the final stage of selection.

ELIGIBILITY

• A pass in a degree from any University,
• For IAS and IPS the candidate must be a citizen of India,
• For other services a candidate can be either a citizen of India, a subject of Nepal, a subject of Bhutan or a Tibetan refugee

AGE LIMIT

1)21 years must be completed by the 1st AUGUST of that year,
2)GENERAL-30,OBC-33,SC/ST-35;EX-SERVICEMEN WILL GET 5 YEARS EXEMPTION

ATTEMPTS

OPEN-4, OBC-7, SC/ST-NO LIMIT

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

General Studies -150 marks
Optional subject-300 marks

LIST OF OPTIONALS(PRELIMINARY)

One of the optional should be selected from the list given below and it will be for 300 Marks
1)Agriculture
2)Animal Husbandry
3)Botany
4)Chemistry
5)Civil Engineering
6)Commerce
7)Economics
8)Electrical Engineering
9)Geography
10)Geology
11)Indian History
12)Law
13)Mathematics
14)Mechanical Engineering
15)Medical Sciences
16)Philosophy
17)Physics
18)Political Science
19)Psychology
20)Public Administration
21)Sociology
22)Statistics
23)Zoology

MAIN EXAMINATION

1)General Studies(two papers)-300 each
2)Optional 1(two papers)-300 each
3)Optional 2(two papers)-300 each
4)essay-200 marks(compulsory)
5)Indian language-300 marks
6)General English-300 marks

Indian language and General english marks will not be considered for ranking,mere pass is sufficient and it will be 10 th standard level

OPTIONALS(main examination)

Two optionals have to be selected from the list given below,

1)Agriculture
2)Animal Husabandary and Vetinary science
3)Anthropology
4)Botany
5)Chemistry
6)Civil Engineering
7)Commerce and Accountancy
8)Economice
9)Electrical Engineering
10)Geography
11)Geology
12)Indian History
13)Law
14)Management
15)Mathematics
16)Mechanical Engineering
17)Medical science
18)Physics
19)Philosophy
20)Political sciences and international relations
21)Psychology
22)Public Administration
23)Sociology
24)Statistics
25)Zoology

LIST OF OPTIONAL SUBJECTS(LITERATURE)

1)ARABIC
2)ASSAMESE
3)BENGALI
4)CHINESE
5)ENGLISH
6)FRENCH
7)GERMAN
8)GUJARATI
9)KANNADA
10)KASHMIRI
11)KONKANI
12)MARATHI
13)MALAYALAM
14)MANIPURI
15)NEPALI
16)ORIYA
17)PALI
18)PERSIAN
19)PUNJABI
20)RUSSIAN
21)SANSKRIT
22)SINDHI
23)TAMIL
24)TELUGU
25)URDU

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