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Dear Students,
The objective of the Civil Services (Main) Examination is to select candidates for the various A-Grade services and posts of the Union Government.
To achieve this U.P.S.C. has mentioned that the main examination is intended to assess the overall intellectual traits and depth of understanding of candidates rather than merely the range of their information and memory.

So, to evaluate candidate’s this trait, the main examination will consist of written examinations on various subjects. Written examination will consist of 9 papers, which carries total 2000 marks. In Main Examination General Studies papers carries 600 marks (Two papers), along with two optional subjects which carries 600 marks each (Two papers for first & second optional subjects, total four papers), plus one Essay paper comprises 200 marks. So the total marks of the Main Exam is 2000 marks. Moreover candidates must qualify the Compulsory papers for evaluation of their Mains Optional papers, Hence Compulsory papers are qualifying in nature. The marks obtained in these papers will not be counted for ranking purpose.

UPSC Mains General Studies:

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• Syllabus
•  UPSC MAINS - Best Revision Strategy
•  (Getting Started) How To Fill Your DAF For UPSC Civil Services Exam
•  (Getting Started) How To Handle Loaded/ Controversial Questions In UPSC Mains

• UPSC EXAM Scheme and Syllabus

• List of Optional Subjects
• Strategy & Suggested Reading
• UPSC EXAM Scheme with Paper Marks etc

• UPSC MAINS Year Question Papers

Compulsory Papers:

• Syllabus
• Previous Year Papers

Essay

Optional Papers:

• Syllabus
• Previous Year Papers

Other Resources:

• DAF - Detailed Application Form for Civil Services (Main) Examination

• UPSC : Cadre Allocation Policy for IAS/IPS/IFoS

• UPSC MAINS Free Mock Test Papers
• Experts Zone

GS MAINS Model Answers

UPSC IAS Mains Important Books List for GENERAL STUDIES(Paper 1-4)

Common mistakes committed by the candidates in Descriptive Papers Answer Booklet (QCAB)

Strategy and Booklist Anthropology Optional (Paper-1) for UPSC Mains

Strategy and Booklist Anthropology Optional (Paper-2) for UPSC Mains

Model Question Cum Answer Booklet (QCAB) मॉडल प्रश्न सह उत्तर पुस्तिका

UPSC Mains Cut-off Marks

UPSC Mains Exam Result

UPSC MAINS EXAM Date Sheet 2019

UPSC MAINS EXAM Date Sheet 2018

UPSC Mains number of candidates with literature of an Indian Language/Foreign Language as an Optional Subject 2016-2017

UPSC Mains number of candidates with literature of an Indian Language/Foreign Language as an Optional Subject 2015-2016

UPSC Mains number of candidates with literature of an Indian Language/Foreign Language as an Optional Subject 2014-2015

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