IFS (Indian Forest Service) exam notification, Eligibility criteria and Mode of examination?

Sir,
I'm Kishor Kumar Sama from Hyderabad. Kindly let me know how to apply for the Indian Forest Services (IFS) examination. I'm presently Final Year student. My Course will be finished on 15th June, 2012. Am I eligible for the examination? It is mentioned in the upsc.gov.in website that the notification for IFS will be on 31st March, 2012. But, I couldn't find it any where. Where can I buy the applications in Hyderabad?
Thanking you,
Sincerly
Kishor Kumar Sama

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for IFS exam one should have 21 years age, minimum qualification is graduate with animal husbandry, botany,zoology etc and you can give this exam 4 times.and you can apply online also and forms are available in every book shop in hyderabad.

Name of Civil Services : IFS (Indian Foreign Service)

Exam Date : Prelim in 1st week of May & Mains in 2nd week of Oct

Eligibility Criteria : 1.Age limit 21 years must be completed on 1st August of the year, which a candidate is appearing. Maximum 30 for general category, 33 for OBCs and 35 for SCs/STs . Ex-servicemen will get 5 more years exemption from the prescribed age limit The date of birth accepted by the Commission is that entered in the Matriculation or Secondary School Leaving Certificate or in a certificate recognized by an Indian University as equivalent to Matriculation or in an extract from a Register of Matriculates maintained by a University, which extract must be certified by the proper authority of the University or in the Higher Secondary or an equivalent examination certificate. 2.Number of Attempts Four attempts for open, seven for OBCs and no limit for SCs/STs. If a person appears in the Preliminary Examination or even one paper is counted as an attempt. 3.Restrictions on applying for the examination: A candidate who is appointed to the Indian Administrative Service or the Indian Foreign Service on the results of an earlier examination and continues to be a member of that service will not be eligible to compete at this examination.

Exam Pattern : All India Combined Competitive Examination for the Civil Services conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) comprises of two successive stages: Preliminary Examination: It is of objective type, which is a qualifying examination. Main Examination: It consists of written examination and interview. The Preliminary Examination is held in May/June and the Main Examination in October/November. One must begin preparations of the main exam along with preliminary exam. This is because there is little time for the Main exam if one waits for the results of the Preliminaries.

dear aspirant,
Indian Forest Service (IFS) Examination, 2012
Union Public Service Commission

On 14th July, 2012 more details >>>
A competitive examination for recruitment to the Indian Forest Service will be held by the Union Public Service Commission

Date of Notification : 31st march, 2012
Last Date for Receipt of Applications either by hand or by Post/Speed Post or by Courier : 30th April, 2012
Date of Examination : 14th July, 2012


Age Limits : The candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 30 years on the 1st July, 2012 i.e. he must have been born not earlier than 2nd July, 1982 and not later than 1st July, 1992. The Upper age limit is relaxable for candidates belonging to scheduled castes/scheduled tribes/ other backward classes and certain other categories.

Educational Qualification:

A Bachelor's degree with atleast one of the subjects namely Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science, Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and Zoology or a degree in Agriculture or Forestry or Engineering of a recognised University or equivalent.

Candidates who are studying in final year Degree Course and have yet to pass final year degree examination or equivalent examination can also apply for examination, but they will be required to submit proof of passing by the specified dates published in Commission's Notice for Examination.

Duration of Examination : 10 Days

Physical Standards :

Candidates must be physically fit according to physical standards for admission to Indian Forest Service Examination, 2012 as per Regulations.

Examination Centers :

Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Allahabad, Bangalore, Bareilly, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi, Dharwar, Dispur, Gangtok, Hyderabad, Imphal, Itanagar, Jaipur, Jammu, Jorhat, Kochi, Kohima, Kolkata, Lucknow, Madurai, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji (Goa), Patna, Port Blair, Raipur, Ranchi, Sambalpur, Shillong, Shimla, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram, Tirupati, Udaipur, Vishakhapatnam

The centres and the date of holding the examination as mentioned above are liable to be changed at the discretion of the commission

How to Apply :

The application form along with an Information Brochure containing general instructions for filling up the form, an acknowledgement card and an envelope for sending the application will be obtainable from the designated Head Post Offices/Post Offices throughout the country against cash payment of Rs. 20/- (Rupees twenty only). Form should be purchased from the designated Head Post Offices/ Post Offices only and not from any other agency. This form can be used only once and for only one examination.
Address : Union Public Service Commission
Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi - 110069
Website : www.upsc.gov.in

Important Dates of IFS ExamExam commencing on July 1st or 2nd week, 2012Last date of online applications is April 3rd week, 2012Last date of offline applications is April 4th week, 2012

Hello,
The last date of fill up the form of Indian Forest Service is 30/04/2012 Monday. You can apply online in Indian Forest Service exam.

The eligibility criteria for this exam is 1>. age limit of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 30 years on 1st July, 2012, i.e. he must have been born not earlier than 2nd July, 1980 and not later than 1st July, 1990.

2>. The candidate must hold a Bachelor�s degree with at least one of the subjects namely Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science, Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and Zoology or a Bachelor�s degree in Agriculture, Forestry or in Engineering of any of Universities

Wish you all the best,
HOMI KOHLI

The eligibility criteria for IFS Exam:
you should be indian.
you should have attained 21 years of age and must not have attained the age of 30 years on 1st July, 2012.
you should have a graduation degree with 60%.

you can apply for the exam, but at the further process, you need to be ready with your certificates.
The notification for IFS 2012 is still not at released.
The applications can be filled through online.

EXAM NOTIFICATION:-

Important Dates of IFS Exam

Exam commencing on July 1st or 2nd week, 2012
Last date of online applications is April 3rd week, 2012
Last date of offline applications is April 4th week, 2012

ELIGIBILITY:-

Before appearing for IFS Exam, candidates should ensure that they are eligible for the IFS examination.
--Any graduation from a recognized institution is needed.
--Selection will be based on the marks scored in the examination followed an Interview or Personality Test.
--After that the UPSC will verify the original documents of the candidates.
--Age limit is 21-30 years. But relaxation is there for SC/ST/OBC.

MODE OF EXAMINATION:-

--The examination pattern includes both objective and descriptive type questions.
--English, Technical questions and General Awareness questions are mainly included in this examination.
--In addition to this, candidates should select two optional subjects also.
--Optional subjects include Forestry, Agriculture, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Agricultural, Mechanical and Civil, Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science.
--Each paper is divided into two sections. The time duration for each paper is three hours.

Coaching Centers for IFS Exam

• Success IAS Academy
• Anand Institute of Mathematics
• Brilliant
• Career Launcher

Reference Books for IFS Exam

• Handbook of Agriculture by ICAR
• Pathology By Singh
• Engineering Mechanics byShames
• Strength of Material by V.N Vazaram
• Concrete Technology by M.S Shetty
• Irrigation Engineering by S.K.Garg
• Soil Minerology by I.E.Grim
• Mechanism by D.S.Mathur

IFS exam notification is released in month of february.exam is conducted in july. for this you must be a graduate from a recognized university.exam is of subjective nature.1.English 2.GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 3.OPTIONALSUBJECT1 4.OPTIONAL SUBJECT2.EACH OPTIONAL SUBJECT HAS TWO PAPERS. AFTER CLEARING THESE papers one has to go for interview.

eligibility for IFS:
-graduation in any of the Science subjects, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Geology, Maths or Statistics, Agriculture or Forestry
-Min age-21 years & max age -30 years
-citizen of India

Mode of Exam:
(A) WRITTEN EXAM:
PAPER-i GENERAL ENGLISH
PAPER-II G.K.
PAPER-III, PAPER-IV, PAPER-V, PAPER-VI INCLUDES ANY 2 SUBJECTS FROM LIST OF OPTIONAL SUBJECTS
(B) INTERVIEW

for details view attachment

IFS(Indian forest service) is conducted by UPSC every year for the recruitment of government jobs.

ELIGIBILITY:

candidates must have a bachelors degree with at least one of the subjects
animal husbandry and veterinary science
Botany
Zoology
Geology
Chemistry
Mathematics
Physics
Statistics
or

A bachelors degree in Agriculture or forestry or Engineering from a recognized university or equivalent.
Candidates who are in final year can also able ti apply in this examination.

MODE OF EXAMINATION

This examination is a two tier examination.

written test:

with the above subjects mentioned before.
then interview

Exam Notification of IFS:
Date of Notification : 31st march, 2012
Last Date for Receipt of Applications either by hand or by Post/Speed Post or by Courier : 30th April, 2012
Date of Examination : 14th July, 2012

for updated notifications visit www.upsc.gov.in

Dear candidate
Indian Forest Service examination is going to be held on 14 may 2012 at more than 30 centers which are prescribed by the UPSC. the candidate can apply for IFS paper till 14th may 2012 upto 11.59pm.

Eligibility Criteria for Paper

the candidate should be an Indian
he/she must pass graduation with the one subject like botany, Zoology, animal husbandry etc

Notification

the candidate can get notification from the UPSC website.

Mode of Examination


the candidate can apply through online system after clicking on the www.UPSConline.nic.in link. there should be two stages of fill the form in the first stage the candidate will fill his/her personal information and after that in second stage will pay the payment.

candidate can appear for exam only for four attempts.


if candidate face any form filling problem or want any query regarding exam can call on UPSC emergency helpline numbers which are


011-23385271
011-23381125


in IFS exam there should be the following papres which should be clear to become an IFS officer


Paper 1

General English 300 marks

Paper 2

General Knowledge 300 marks


paper 3

any two subjects(optional) 200 marks

Paper 4

every choose subject further will have two papers



Candidate can choose the following subjects for paper 3


Agriculture
agriculture engineering
chemistry
botany
zoology
animal husbandry
mathematics
statistics
physics
forestry
chemical engineering
civil engineering

Dear,

Please find below

Name of Civil Services : IFS (Indian Foreign Service)

Exam Date : Prelim in 1st week of May & Mains in 2nd week of Oct

Eligibility Criteria : 1.Age limit 21 years must be completed on 1st August of the year, which a candidate is appearing. Maximum 30 for general category, 33 for OBCs and 35 for SCs/STs . Ex-servicemen will get 5 more years exemption from the prescribed age limit The date of birth accepted by the Commission is that entered in the Matriculation or Secondary School Leaving Certificate or in a certificate recognized by an Indian University as equivalent to Matriculation or in an extract from a Register of Matriculates maintained by a University, which extract must be certified by the proper authority of the University or in the Higher Secondary or an equivalent examination certificate. 2.Number of Attempts Four attempts for open, seven for OBCs and no limit for SCs/STs. If a person appears in the Preliminary Examination or even one paper is counted as an attempt. 3.Restrictions on applying for the examination: A candidate who is appointed to the Indian Administrative Service or the Indian Foreign Service on the results of an earlier examination and continues to be a member of that service will not be eligible to compete at this examination.

NOTIFICATION: 14/4/12
LAST DATE: 14/5/12
EXAM DATE: 14/7/12

visit www.upsconline.nic.in to apply online for IFS exam.

QUALIFICATION: bachelor's degree with at least one of the subjects via. animal husbandry & veterinary science, physics, chemistry, botany, zoology,
maths,statistics, geology
OR
bachelor's degree in agriculture, forestry
OR
Engineering

AGE LIMIT: 21-30 yrs for gen
21-33 yrs for obc
21-35 yrs for sc/st

Hi Friend!

IFS i.e. Indian Forest Service & IFS exam is conducted by UPSC once in a year generally in the July month for recruitment of candidate in Indian Forest Services.


Eligibility criteria to appear in IFS Exam:
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~~ You should have completed Bachelor�s degree with at least one of the subjects namely, Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science, Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and Zoology or a Bachelor�s degree in Agriculture or Forestry or Engineering of a recognised university or equivalent.

~~ If you are in final year of above such program then you can also appear in IFS exam.

~~ Your Age should be in between 21 to 30 Years on 1st July of the year of examination.



Important Notification of IFS Exam:
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-Date of Notification:: 14.04.2012

-Last Date for Receipt of Application: 14.05.2012

-Date of Commencement of Exam: 14.07.2012


Mode of examination:- Offline(Paper Test)



Application Procedure for IFS Exam:
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You can apply for this exam in two ways..

• Online
• Offline

In Online mode you can apply by using Application Form available at Head Post office.

In Online mode you can apply Online/Internet, Click Here to Apply Online.

Pattern of IFS Examination
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Paper I - General English: 300 Marks
Paper II - General Knowledge: 300 Marks
Paper III, IV, V & VI : Any two subjects to be selected from the list of optional subjects set out below. Each subject will have two papers. 200 Marks for each paper
Total marks for written examination: 1400 Marks



List of optional subjects

Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, Animal Husbandary & Veterinary Science, Botany, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Forestry, Geology, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Statistics, Zoology

>>For more detail regarding IFS Exam, visit UPSC official website:


http://upsc.gov.in

DEAR ASPIRANT,
Eligibility criteria for IFS:
1.Age limit is 21-30 years.
2.OBC and SC/ST category gets age relaxation of 3 years and 5 years respectively.
3.Candidates should fulfill the adequate physical standards.
4.GRADUATION from a recognized university with atleast one of the subjects namely:
Animal Husbandry and veterinary Science, Botony, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and Zoology, Agriculture, Forestry or Engineering

General candidates only 4 attempts are permissible.
SC/ST candidates there is no limits in number of attempts.
O.B.C candidates there Only 7 attempts are permissible.

How to apply for IFS :
Candidates can apply for the IFS examination conducted by UPSC both online and offline mode.
1.In offline mode, candidates can purchase forms from a nearby designated Post Offices by a cash payment of Rs. 30/-.
2.Online application you have to visit www.upsconline.nic.in

EXAM PATTERN:-
1.The examination contains both objective and subjective type questions.
2.English, Technical questions and General Awareness questions are very important.
In addition to this, candidates should select two optional subjects also.
Optional subjects include Forestry, Agriculture, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Agricultural, Mechanical and Civil Engineering Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science.
Each paper is divided into two sections.
The time duration for each paper is three hours.


for more details regarding upsc exams you can go to official website of upsc ,
www.upsc.gov.in