Quiz Bank : IAS Exam Pattern
The Examination comprises two succesive stages.
(i) Civil Services (Preliminary) Examinations (Objective Type) for the selection of candidates for Main Examination; and
(ii) Civil Services (Main) Examination (Written and Interview) for the selection of candidates for the various services and posts.
Preliminary Examination
The preliminary examination consists of two papers of objective type carrying a maximum of 450 marks. The optional paper has 300 marks and the general studies (GS) paper has 150 marks.
List of Optional Subjects for Prelims
| Agriculture | Electrical Engineering |
| Animal Husbandry & Vetinary Science |
Mathematics |
| Public Administration | Mechanical Engineering |
| Botany | Medical Science |
| Chemistry | Philosophy |
| Civi Engineering | Physics |
| Commerce & Accountancy | Political Science & International Relations |
| Economics | Psychology |
| Geography | Sociology |
| Geology | Statistics |
| Indian History |
Zoology |
| Law |
The optional paper has to be studied extensively and one should aim at scoring 95-110 out of 120 questions.
The GS paper has 150 questions and each question here has 1 mark compared to 2.5 for the optional.
Main Examination
Scheme of the Main Examination.
| Paper-I |
One of the Indian Languages to be selected |
300 Marks |
| Paper-II | English (Qualifying Paper) |
300 Marks |
| Paper-III | Essay | 200 Marks |
| Papers IV & V | General Studies (300 Marks for each paper) | 600 Marks |
| Papers VI, VII, VIII & IX |
Any two subjects (each having 2 papers) to |
1200 Marks |
| Total Marks for Written Examination |
2000 Marks | |
| Interview Test |
300 Marks | |
| Grand Total | 2300 Marks | |
| Agriculture | Management |
| Animal Husbandry & Vetinary Science |
Mathematics |
| Anthropology | Mechanical Engineering |
| Botany | Medical Science |
| Chemistry | Philosophy |
| Civil Engineering | Physics |
| Commerce & Accountancy | Political Science & International Relations |
| Economics | Psychology |
| Geography | Sociology |
| Geology | Statistics |
| Indian History | 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.
The following combinations not allowed are:
Political Science & International Relations and Public Administration
Commerce and Management
Anthropology and Sociology
Maths and Statistics
Agriculture and 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 in the above list.
Note: If a person fails in either in mains or interview, he has to appear once again from the preliminary stage.
Interview:
At interview stage, two-fold vacancies are called to appear before the UPSC Board. Interview carries 300 marks. Interview calls are sent on the basis of minimum marks fixed by the UPSC at its discretion. The overall ranking is done based on the Mains performance (i.e., 2000 marks) and interview. Therefore, the total marks involved in the ranking are 2300. Candidates are allotted various services keeping in view their ranks in the examination and preferences given by them in their main application form.
Note: The Papers on Indian Languages and English will be of qualifying nature; the marks obtained in these papers will not be counted for ranking.
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