New Recruitment
Process of Civil Services Exam conducted by the UPSC (Union Public Service
Commission) is called the CSAT or the Civil Services Aptitude Test with effect
from 2011. No changes are being introduced at this stage in the Civil Services
(Main) Examination and Personality Test in the scheme of Civil Services
Examination (CSE).
Scheme of Civil Services Examination
The Civil Services Examination
consists of two stages -
(i) Civil Services
Preliminary Examination (Objective type) for the selection of candidates for
the Main Examination; and
(ii) Civil Services
Main Examination (Written and Interview) for the selection of candidates for
the various Services and posts noted above.
The Preliminary
Examination consists of two papers of Objective type (multiple choice
questions) and carries a maximum of 400 marks. There are two compulsory papers
of 200 marks each. The question papers are set both in Hindi and English.
However, questions relating to English Language Comprehension skills are tested
through passages from English Language only without providing Hindi
translation. Each paper is of two hours duration. Blind candidates are allowed
extra time of twenty minutes for each paper.
How to apply?
Candidates are required
to apply only through online mode no other mode for submission of applications
is allowed. Detailed instructions for filling up online applications are
available on the UPSC official website.
The e-Admission
Certificate will be made available in the UPSC website for downloading by
candidates. No Admission Certificate will be sent by post.
Academic Eligibility for IAS Exams
(1) A degree of any of
recognized University or possesses an equivalent qualification
(2) Candidates who are
awaiting results of qualifying exams 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.
(3) Candidates with
professional and technical qualifications recognized by the Government as
equivalent to professional and technical degrees.
(4) 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:
(i) Nationality - For the Indian Administrative Service and the
Indian Police Service, a candidate must be a citizen of India.
For other services, a
candidate must be either –
a citizen of India or
b. subject of Nepal or
c. subject of Bhutan or
d. Tibetan refugee who
came over to India before 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently
settling in India, or a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan,
Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of
Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of
permanently settling in India.
Provided that a
candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) shall be a person in
whose favor a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of
India.
Provided further that
candidates belonging to categories (b), (c) and (d) above will not be eligible
for appointment to the Indian Foreign Service.
A candidate in whose
case a certificate of eligibility is necessary, may be admitted to the
examination but the offer of appointment may be given only after the necessary
eligibility certificate has been issued to him/her by the Government of India.
(ii) Age Limits:
(a) Minimum 21 years and
maximum 30 years.
(b) The upper age limit
prescribed above will be relaxable.
(i) Up to a maximum of
five years for SC/ST
(ii) Up to a maximum of
three years for OBC.
(iii) Up to a maximum of
five years if a candidate had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu
& Kashmir during the period from the 1st January, 1980 to the 31st day of
December, 1989.
(iv) up to a maximum of
three years in the case of Defense Services personnel disabled in operations
during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released
as a consequence thereof.
(v) up to a maximum of
10 years in the case of blind, deaf - mute and orthopedically handicapped
persons.
No. of Attempts for IAS
A maximum of 4 attempts
is permitted to every candidate and 7 to those belonging to Other Backward
Classes. There is no restriction on the number of attempts in the case of SC/ST
candidates. All this, provided you are still under the age limit. A physically
handicapped person will get as many attempts as any other non-handicapped
candidate of his/her community, but if they are from the general category they
will get 7 attempts.
NOTE
(i) An attempt at a
Preliminary Examination shall be deemed to be an attempt at the Examination.
(ii) If a candidate
actually appears in any one paper in the Preliminary Examination, he/she shall
be deemed to have made an attempt at the Examination.
(iii) Notwithstanding
the disqualification/ cancellation of candidature, the fact of appearance of
the candidate at the examination will count as an attempt.
Below is the list and
descriptions of the list of services available through the civil service exams.
All India Services are as under -
Indian Administrative
Service
India Foreign Service
Indian Police Service
Group A Services is as under -
Indian P & T
Accounts & Finance Service
Indian Audit and
Accounts Service
Indian Revenue Service
(Customs and Central Excise)
Indian Defense Accounts
Service
Indian Revenue Service
(I.T.)
Indian Ordnance
Factories Service (Assistant Works Manager, Administration)
Indian Postal Service
Indian Civil Accounts
Service
Indian Railway Traffic
Service
Indian Railway Accounts
Service
Indian Railway Personnel
Service
Post of Assistant
Security Commissioner in Railway Protection Force
Indian Defense Estates
Service
Indian Information
Service (Junior Grade)
Indian Trade Service,
Group 'A' (Gr. III)
Indian Corporate Law
Service
Group - B Services
Armed Forces
Headquarters Civil Service (Section Officer's Grade)
Delhi, Andaman &
Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Civil Service
Delhi, Andaman &
Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Police Service
Pondicherry Civil
Service
Pondicherry Police
Service
It is wiser to be
mentally ready for several attempts as cracking the Civil Services Exams is a
tough nut to crack the first time around; and if you do qualify you may want to
attempt again to improve your ranking and therefore your service allotment.
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