IAS SYLLABUS AND PATTERN

The official notification was out on 22nd February 2017

Final date for submitting the application form

17th March 2017

The Civil Services Exam 2017(Pre) 18th June 2017

Date of main examination 28th October 2017

Important dates:

CategoryUpper age

limitNo. of

attempts

General 32 Years 06 Attempts

OBC 35 Years 09 Attempts

SC/ST 37 Years No bar

Eligibility Criteria:

The appearing candidates must have a degree from a recognized university.

Please refer to the official notification for other age relaxation details.

Application fee:The application fee is Rs. 100/- and can be paid either in the form of cash or net banking. The female and reserved category candidates will be exempted from application fee.

Selection Procedure:

1. Civil Services (Preliminary) Exam2. Civil Services (Main) Exam- (I) Written Examination, (II) Personal Interview3. Final Selection

Civil Services Prelims Exam• There will be 2 compulsory papers in preliminary exam- general Ability

Test (GAT) and Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) to test the analytical skills of the applicants.

• Both the papers will be of objective in nature with MCQ type questions.• There will be a penalty of 1/4th marks for each wrong answers.• The General Studies Paper II, minimum qualifying marks is 33%. The

applicants will be selected on the basis of total qualifying marks of general studies paper I.

• The question paper will be available in Hindi & English language (except the section of English Language Comprehension).

S. No. Name of Paper Allotted marks

Paper I General Ability Test 200 marks

Paper II English Language & aptitude

200 marks

Total 400 marks

Civil Services (Main) Exam(I) Written Exam-

There will be total 9 papers of conventional essay type in the subjects given in notification out of which 2 papers will be of qualifying nature.

• The duration of each paper will be 3 hours.• The applicants will have the option to answer all the question papers, except Paper I (English

Comprehension & English Précis) in English & Hindi.• The applicants who score minimum qualifying marks in written part of the main exam as may

be fixed by the UPSC at their discretion will be summoned by them for a personal interview test. The no. of applicants selected for personal interview will be just twice the no. of vacancies to be filled.

(II) Personal Interview• The personal interview will have 275 marks (with no minimum qualifying marks).• The applicants will be asked questions on general interest of the interviewers.• The main object of the interview is to assess the personal suitability of the applicant for a

career in public service by a Board of competent & unbiased observers.•

Mains exam pattern• There will be 2 papers in the examination- qualifying papers & papers to be counted for merit

formation.• The applicants will have to appear in both the parts.• Failing in the qualifying papers will lead to the cancelling of the applicants’ candidature.• There will be total 7 papers in Civil Services Main examination of 250 marks each. There will be 2

optional papers that applicants have to choose as per their choice. You can check the detailed list of subjects from the official website of UPSC.

Qualifying papers:

• Paper A- One of the Indian language to be selected by the applicants from the languages included in the 6th schedule of the constitution- 300 marks.

• Paper B- English- 300 marks.

NOTE- The paper of Indian language & English (Paper A & B) will be matriculation or equivalent standard & will be of qualifying nature. The marks obtained in the qualifying papers will not be counted for merit formation.

S. No. Title of the paper Marks allotted

Paper I Essay writing 250

Paper II General studies- I )Indian heritage & culture, history & geography of the world & society)

250

Paper III General studies- II (Governance, constitution Polity, social justice & international & international relations)

250

Paper IV General studies- III (Technology, economic development, bio-diversity, environment, security & disaster mgmt.)

250

Paper V General studies- IV (Ethics, integrity & aptitude)

250

Paper VI Optional subject- Paper I 250

Paper VII Optional subjects- paper II 250

Subtotal in written exam 1750

Personal interview 275

Grand total (for merit calculation) 2025

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