UPSC Civil Services Syllabus
UPSC CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION
PLAN OF EXAMINATION
1. The
Civil Services Examination comprises two successive stages:
(i) Civil Services (Preliminary)
Examination (Objective Type) for the selection of candidates for Civil Services
(Main) Examination; and
(ii) Civil Services (Main)
Examination (Written and Interview/Personality Test) for the selection of
candidates for the various Services and posts.
2. The Civil Services (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 Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination
by the candidates who are declared qualified for admission to the Civil
Services (Main) Examination will not be counted for determining their final
order of merit. The number of candidates to be admitted to the Civil Services
(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
Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination in the year will be eligible for
admission to the Civil Services (Main) Examination of that year provided they
are otherwise eligible for admission to the Civil Services (Main) Examination.
Note I: The
Commission will draw a list of candidates to be qualified for Civil Services
(Main) Examination based on the criterion of minimum qualifying marks of 33% in
General Studies Paper-II of Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination and total
qualifying marks of General Studies Paper-I of Civil Services (Preliminary)
Examination as may be determined by the Commission.
Note II: There
will be negative marking for incorrect answers as detailed below:
(ii)
If a candidate gives more than one answer, it will be treated as a wrong answer
even if one of the given answers happen to be correct and there will be same
penalty as above for that question.
(iii) If a question is left blank i.e. no answer is given by the
candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.
3. The Civil Services (Main) Examination
will consist of a Written Examination and an Interview/Personality 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-I to Paper-VII)
and Marks obtained in Interview/Personality Test will be counted for ranking.
4. Candidates who obtain such minimum
qualifying marks in the written part of the Civil Services (Main) Examination
as may be fixed by the Commission at their discretion, shall be summoned by
them for an Interview/Personality Test, vide sub-section (C) of Section-II. The
number of candidates to be summoned for Interview/Personality Test will be
about twice of the number of vacancies to be filled. The Interview/Personality
Test 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 of two compulsory Papers of 200 marks each.
Note:
(i) Both the
question papers will be of the objective type (multiple choice questions) and
each will be of two hours duration.
(ii) The General
Studies Paper-II of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination will be a
qualifying paper with minimum qualifying marks fixed at 33%.
(iii) The
question papers will be set both in Hindi and English.
(iv) Details of
the syllabi are indicated in Part A of Section III.
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-I
Essay 250
Marks
Paper-II
General Studies-I
250
Marks
(Indian Heritage
and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society)
Paper-III
General Studies
-II 250
Marks
(Governance,
Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations)
Paper-IV
General Studies
-III 250
Marks
(Technology,
Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster
Management)
Paper-V
General Studies
-IV 250
Marks
(Ethics,
Integrity and Aptitude)
Paper-VI
Optional Subject
- Paper 1 250
Marks
Government
strives to have a workforce which reflects gender balance and women candidates
are encouraged to apply.
Paper-VII
Optional Subject
- Paper 2 250
Marks
Sub Total
(Written test) 1750
Marks
Personality Test
275
Marks
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Grand Total 2025
Marks
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