Re: How many papers will be there in UPSC Civil Services exam? Where can I fill up the application form? What is the pattern of the examination? Does the english language in it mean literature?
dear aspirant,
Civil Services Exam is conducted by UPSC every year for the posts of IAS, IPS, IRS etc.
to appear in Civil Services exam you have to complete graduation
in any discipline from recognized college or university with any percentage.
Civil Services exam constitutes three parts:
1. CSAT
2. Mains
3. Interview
for appearing in exam you have to fulfill some other requirement like:
>>you must have completed or appearing in final year of graduation.
>>your age must be within 21 years to 30 years on 1 August of the year of exam. there is relaxation in upper age limit upto 3 years for OBC and 5 years for SC/ST candidates.
and you must have attained the minimum age on same date and you have not attained the upper age on similar date.
UPSC also provide the facility to apply for the exam online on following official link of UPSC:
http://www.upsconline.nic.in/
Important dates of Civil Services exam in 2013:
CSAT(Prelims):
date of Notification:02-02-2013
last date of receipt of application:04-03-2013
date of exam:19-05-2013
Mains:
date of exam:08-11-2013
Scheme and subjects for the Preliminary and Main Examinations:
A. Preliminary Examination
[FONT=Arial]The Preliminary Examination consists of two papers of objective type (multiple-choice questions) carrying a maximum of 400 marks.
The Question Papers (Test Booklets) are set in English & Hindi
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| [FONT=Arial]General Studies Paper - I[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]200 Marks[/FONT] |
| [FONT=Arial]General Studies Paper - II[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]200 Marks[/FONT] |
B. Main Examination
| [FONT=Arial]Paper-I[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]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)[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]300 Marks[/FONT] |
| [FONT=Arial]Paper-II[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]English (Qualifying Paper)[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]300 Marks[/FONT] |
| [FONT=Arial]Paper-III[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]Essay[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]200 Marks[/FONT] |
| [FONT=Arial]Papers IV & V[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]General Studies (300 Marks for each paper)[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]600 Marks[/FONT] |
| [FONT=Arial]Papers VI, VII, VIII & IX[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]Any two subjects (each having 2 papers) to be selected from the prescribed optional subjects (300 marks for each paper)[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]1200 Marks[/FONT] |
| [FONT=Arial]Total Marks for Written Examination[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]2000 Marks[/FONT] |
| [FONT=Arial]Interview Test[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]300 Marks[/FONT] |
| [FONT=Arial]Grand Total[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]2300 Marks[/FONT] |
List of Optional Subjects - CS (Main) -
| [FONT=Arial]Agriculture[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]Management[/FONT] |
| [FONT=Arial]Animal Husbandry & Vetinary Science[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]Mathematics[/FONT] |
| [FONT=Arial]Anthropology[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]Mechanical Engineering[/FONT] |
| [FONT=Arial]Botany[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]Medical Science[/FONT] |
| [FONT=Arial]Chemistry[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]Philosophy[/FONT] |
| [FONT=Arial]Civil Engineering[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]Physics[/FONT] |
| [FONT=Arial]Commerce & Accountancy[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]Political Science & International Relations[/FONT] |
| [FONT=Arial]Economics[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]Psychology[/FONT] |
| [FONT=Arial]Electrical Engineering[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]Public Administration[/FONT] |
| [FONT=Arial]Geography[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]Sociology[/FONT] |
| [FONT=Arial]Geology[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]Statistics[/FONT] |
| [FONT=Arial]Indian History[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]Zoology[/FONT] |
| [FONT=Arial]Law[/FONT] |
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List of Optional Subjects (Literature) - CS (Main) -
| [FONT=Arial]Arabic[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]Gujarati[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]Manipuri[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]Sanskrit[/FONT] |
| [FONT=Arial]Assamese[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]Hindi[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]Nepali[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]Sindhi[/FONT] |
| [FONT=Arial]Bengali[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]Kannada[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]Oriya[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]Tamil[/FONT] |
| [FONT=Arial]Chinese[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]Kashmiri[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]Pali[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]Telugu[/FONT] |
| [FONT=Arial]English[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]Konkani[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]Persian[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]Urdu[/FONT] |
| [FONT=Arial]French[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]Marathi[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]Punjabi[/FONT] |
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| [FONT=Arial]German[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]Malayalam[/FONT] |
[FONT=Arial]Russian[/FONT] |
Good Luck....
