UPSC: Civil Service Preliminary Examination: 2013 - Plan of Examination
Union Public Service Commission
::PLAN OF EXAMINATION ::
The Civil Services Examination will consist of two successive stages (vide Appendix I Section-I below).
(i) Civil Services Preliminary Examination (Objective type) for the selection of candidates for the Main Examination; and
(ii) Civil Services Main Examination (Written and Interview) for the selection of candidates for the various Services and posts noted above.
Applications are now invited for the Preliminary Examination only. Candidates who are declared by the Commission to have qualified for admission to the Main Examination will have to apply online again, in the Detailed Application Form which would be made available them. The Main Examination is likely to be held in November/ December, 2013.