(INFO) ABOUT CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION
CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION
PLAN OF EXAMINATION:
The Civil Services Examination consists of two successive stages: (I) Civil Services Preliminary Examination; and (ii) Civil Services Main Exam(Written & Interview) for selection of candidates for the various services and posts given below:
1. Indian Administrative Service
2. Indian Foreign Service
3. Indian Police Service
4. India P&T Accounts & Finance Service, Group A
5. Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group A
6. Indian Customs and Central Excise Service, Group A
7. Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group A
8. Indian Revenue Service, Group A
9. Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group A
10.Indian Postal Service, Group A
11.Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group A
12.Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group A
13.Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group A
14.Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group A
15.Posts of Assistant Security Officer, Group A in Railway Protection Force
16.Indian Defence Estates Service, Group A
17.Indian Information Service(Junior Grade), Group A
18.Posts of Assistant Commandant, Group A in Central Industrial Security Force
19.Posts of Deputy Superintendent of Police Group A in the Central Bureau of Investigation
20.Central Secretariat Service, Group B(Section Ofiicers' Grade)
21.Railway Board Secretariat Service(Section Officers' Grade)
22.Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group B
23.Customs Appraisers' Service, Group B
24.Pondicherry Civil Service, Group B
Scheme of CS (Preliminary) Examination
The Preliminary Examination
consists of two papers of objective type (multiple-choice questions) carrying a
maximum of 450 marks.
The Question Papers (Test Booklets) are set in English & Hindi
Paper - I | General Studies | 150 Marks |
Paper - II | One of the optional subjects to be selected from the prescribed optional subjects | 300 Marks |
List of Optional Subjects CS (Preliminary) - Total 23
Agriculture | Mathematics |
Animal Husbandry & Vetinary Science | Mechanical Engineering |
Botany | Medical Science |
Chemistry | Philosophy |
Civil Engineering | Physics |
Commerce | Political Science |
Economics | Psychology |
Electrical Engineering | Public Administration |
Geography | Sociology |
Geology | Statistics |
Indian History | Zoology |
Law |
Paper-I | One of the Indian Languages to be selected by the candidate from the 18 languages included in the VIIIth Schedule to the Constitution (Qualifying Paper) | 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 be selected from the prescribed optional subjects (300 marks for each paper) | 1200 Marks |
Total Marks for Written Examination | 2000 Marks | |
Interview Test | 300 Marks | |
Grand Total | 2300 Marks |
List of Optional Subjects - CS (Main) - (Total 25)
See Note below List of Optional Subjects (Literature)
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 |
Electrical Engineering | Public Administration |
Geography | Sociology |
Geology | Statistics |
Indian History | Zoology |
Law |
List of Optional Subjects (Literature) - CS (Main) - (Total 26)
Arabic | Gujarati | Manipuri | Sanskrit |
Assamese | Hindi | Nepali | Sindhi |
Bengali | Kannada | Oriya | Tamil |
Chinese | Kashmiri | Pali | Telugu |
English | Konkani | Persian | Urdu |
French | Marathi | Punjabi | |
German | Malayalam | Russian |
Note : Total Optional Subjects : 51
Note (i) : | Candidates have the option to answer all the question papers, except the language papers, viz, Paper-I and Paper-II, in any one of the languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution or in English |
Note (ii) : | Candidates who have opted for an Indian Language as language medium for the Main Examination have an option of being interviewed either in English or in the same language which they have opted for the Main Examination |
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will you be able to provide me dates of filling forms of next prel. exams of I.A.S.
WITH REGARDS
Abhilasha.
to know passing scheme in an interview
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i want to know how much marks one should score in the interview to qualify.
IAS examanation
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