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Pattern of Civil Services Exam
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Every year the UPSC conducts Civil Services Examination (CSE) to various key Civil Services of the Government of India, including the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and Indian Police Service (IPS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), etc. A candidate planning to prepare for CSE must get himself acquainted with the examination plan/pattern and its syllabus which would help him in getting an edge over others and in planning his preparation in a manner best suitable for him. Following are the complete details: The Civil Services Examination comprises three successive stages: • Civil Services Preliminary Examination-Objective Type, for the selection of candidates for Main Examination. • Civil Services Main Examination-Written, for the selection of candidates for Interview. • Interview or Personality Test for the selection of candidates for the various Services and posts. Get the complete detail for UPSC exam and it’s syllabus at best UPSC coaching in indore
UPSC Exam Pattern and Stages
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The Prelims Examination is an Objective type of Examination with Multiple Choice Questions having two papers.
The Mains Examination is a written Examination. It consists of 9 Papers out of which 2 are Qualifying in nature.
The Final Ranking of the candidates is done based on the marks obtained in the Mains and the Interview.
UPSC Civil Services IAS Prelims Examination
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The Prelims Examination is an Objective type of Examination with Multiple Choice Questions (the candidate has to choose an option from the given options for that question). This examination consists of two papers namely Paper I and Paper II. The Paper I contains 200 marks and Paper II also contains 200 marks. The Duration for Paper I is 2 hours as well as Paper II is also 2 hours. The exam Pattern of the UPSC Civil Services IAS Prelims Examination is as follows: Name of the Paper
Duration Given
Marks.
Paper I: General Studies. 100
2 Hours.
200
Paper II: Aptitude.
2 Hours.
200
Total Marks.
No. of Questions
80
400
The marks which are secured in the prelims are only for qualifying the Mains Examination. It is not counted to determine the order of merit. The Qualifying marks for Paper II: Aptitude is 33%. But the candidates will be promoted to the Mains only based on the Qualifying marks in Paper I: General Studies.
UPSC Civil Services IAS Mains Examination
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The Mains Examination is a written Examination. It consists of 9 Papers out of which 2 are Qualifying in nature namely Paper A and Paper B; remaining 7 papers which are namely Paper I to Paper VII which are based on Ranking. The Questions will be available in Hindi as well as English in the Question Papers.
S.No.
Name of the Paper.
Name of the Subject.
Marks.
1.
Paper-A.
Modern Indian Language. (Qualifying Paper).
300.
2.
Paper-B.
English (Qualifying Paper).
300.
3.
Paper-I.
Essay.
250.
4.
Paper-II.
General studies-I.
250.
5.
Paper-III.
General studies-II.
250.
6.
Paper-IV.
General studies-III.
250.
7.
Paper-V.
General studies-IV.
250.
8.
Paper-VI.
Optional Subject (Paper-1).
250.
9.
Paper-VII.
Optional Subject (Paper-2).
250.
Interview.
275.
Total.
2025.
UPSC Civil Services IAS Interview Examination
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◦ The students who qualified Mains will go further towards the Personality test. ◦ Also, this will include testing of the candidate's psychology. ◦ On the other hand, the objective of the interview is to judge the suitability of the candidate for the Civil Service Position. Also, the candidate is asked questions on general interest. ◦ However, the test reflects the mental caliber of the candidate. ◦ Moreover, this is the assessment of intellectual qualities, social traits, and interest in current affairs. So, a candidate must make sure that they read the newspaper daily till the Interview day. ◦ Also, the qualities that they look for are alertness, logical thinking, balance of judgment, interest, the ability of leadership, and moral integrity. ◦ Most importantly, the test is conducted in a candidate's preferred choice. ◦ Further, the interview is for 275 marks. ◦ To sum up, the candidate will be ranked by a grand total and will be called for the final interview.
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