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UPSC Civil Services Examination
Revised Syllabus Pattern 2014
The competitive
examination comprises two successive stages:
- Civil Services (Preliminary) Examinations (ObjectiveType) for the selection of candidates for Main Examination
- Civil Services (Main) Examination (Written and Interview) for the selection of candidates for the various services and posts.
The preliminary
Examination will consist of two papers of Objective type (multiple
choice questions) and carry a maximum of 400 marks in the subjects set out in
sub‐section (A) of
Section II. This examination is
meant to serve as a screening test only; the marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination by the candidates who are declared qualified for admission to the Main Examination will not be counted for determining their final order of merit. The number of Candidates to be admitted to the Main Examination will be about twelve to thirteen times the total approximate number of vacancies to be filled in the year through this examination. Only those candidates who are declared by the Commission to have qualified in the Preliminary Examination in the year will be eligible for admission to the Main Examination of that year provided they are otherwise eligible for admission, to the Main Examination.
meant to serve as a screening test only; the marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination by the candidates who are declared qualified for admission to the Main Examination will not be counted for determining their final order of merit. The number of Candidates to be admitted to the Main Examination will be about twelve to thirteen times the total approximate number of vacancies to be filled in the year through this examination. Only those candidates who are declared by the Commission to have qualified in the Preliminary Examination in the year will be eligible for admission to the Main Examination of that year provided they are otherwise eligible for admission, to the Main Examination.
The Main Examination
will consist of written examination and an interview test. The written
examination will consist of 9 papers of conventional essay type in the
subjects set out in sub‐section (B) of
Section II out of which two papers will be of qualifying in nature. Also see
Note (ii) under Para I of Section II (B). Marks obtained for all the compulsory
papers (Paper–Ito Paper‐VII) and Marks
obtained in Interview for Personality Test will be counted for ranking.
Candidates who
obtain such minimum qualifying marks in the written part of the Main
Examination as may be fixed by the Commission at their discretion, shall be
summoned by them for an interview for a Personality Test, vide sub‐section ‘C’ of Section II. The number
of candidates to be summoned for interview will be about twice the number of
vacancies to be filled. The interview will carry 275 marks (with no minimum
qualifying marks).
Section - II
Scheme and subjects for the Preliminary and Main
Examination.
A. Preliminary Examination
The Examination
shall comprise two compulsory papers of 200marks each.
B. Main Examination
The written
examination will consist of the following papers:
Qualifying Papers:
Paper : A - (One of the Indian Language to be
selected by the candidate from the Languages included in the Eighth Schedule to
the Constitution). 300 Marks
Paper : B
English 300 Marks
Papers to be counted for merit
Paper
|
Subject Name
|
Marks
|
Paper-1
|
Essay
|
250
|
Paper-2
|
General
Studies–I (Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World
and Society)
|
250
|
Paper-3
|
General
Studies –II (Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and
International relations)
|
250
|
Paper-4
|
General
Studies –III (Technology, Economic Development, Bio‐diversity, Environment, Security and
Disaster Management)
|
250
|
Paper-5
|
General
Studies –IV (Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude)
|
250
|
Paper-6
|
Optional
Subject – Paper 1
|
250
|
Paper-7
|
Optional
Subject – Paper 2
|
250
|
Sub Total
(Written test)
|
1750
|
|
Personality
Test
|
275
|
|
Grand Total
|
2025
|
list of
optional subjects for Main Examination :
Optional subjects for IAS Mains Exam -
1. Agriculture
2. Animal
Husbandry and Veterinary Science
3. Anthropology
4. Botany
5. Chemistry
6. Civil
engineering
7. Commerce and
Accountany
8. Economics
9. Electrical
engineering
10. Geography
11. Geology
12. Indian
History
13. Law
14. Management
15. Mathematics
16. Mechanical
engineering
17. Medical
Science
18. Philosophy
19. Physics
20. Political
Science and International Relations
21. Public
Administration
22. Psychology
23. Sociology
24. Statistics
25. Zoology
26. Literature
of any one of the following languages:
Assamese,
Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi,
Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani,
Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Urdu and English
Candidate can give preference of the language in which they may like to be interviewed. UPSC will make arrangement for the translators.
NOTE:
Marks obtained by the candidates for all papers EXCEPT PAPER A & B will be counted for merit ranking. However, the Commission will have the discretion to fix qualifying marks in any or all papers of the examination Aspirants can log on to UPSC's official website (www.upsc.gov.in) to see the detailed notification.
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