The Civil Services Examination (CSE) is a national

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conducted by the

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for recruitment to higher Civil Services of the Government of India, including the

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, and

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. In simple terms it is referred as UPSC examination, and is conducted in three phases: a preliminary examination consisting of two objective-type papers (General Studies Paper I and General Studies Paper II also popularly known as Civil Service Aptitude Test or CSAT), and a main examination consisting of nine papers of conventional (essay) type, in which two papers are qualifying and only marks of seven are counted followed by a personality test (interview). A successful candidate sits for 32 hours of examination during the complete process spanning around one year.

Process

The Civil Services Examination is based on the British era

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tests, as well as the civil service tests conducted by old Indian empires such as the

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. It is one of the most difficult competitive examinations in India. A single attempt can take two complete years of preparation - one year before the prelims and one year from prelims to interview. On average, 900,000 to 1,000,000 candidates apply every year and the number of candidates sitting in the preliminary examination is approximately 550,000. Results for the Prelims are published in mid-August, while the final result is published in May of the next year. * Stage I: Preliminary Examination - Held in June every year. Results are announced in August. * Stage II: Mains # Examination - Held in October every year. Results are announced in January. # Personality Test (interview) - Held in March. Final results are usually announced in May. After the completion of Medical examination of the successful candidates and other necessary formalities, the training program for the selected candidates usually commences the following September.

Eligibility

Eligibility for the examination is as follows:

Nationality

* For the Indian Administrative Service, the Indian Police Service and the Indian Foreign Service the candidate must be a citizen of

. * For other services, the candidate must be one of the following: # A citizen of India. # A citizen of

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or a subject of

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. # A

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an refugee who settled permanently in India before 1 January 1962. # A person of Indian origin who has migrated from

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with the intention of permanently settling in India.

Educational qualification

All candidates must have as a minimum one of the following educational qualifications: * A degree from a Central, State or a Deemed university * A degree received through correspondence or distance education * A degree from an open university * A qualification recognized by the Government of India as being equivalent to one of the above The following candidates are also eligible, but must submit proof of their eligibility from a competent authority at their institute/university at the time of the main examination, failing which they will not be allowed to attend the exam. * Candidates who have appeared in an examination the passing of which would render them educationally qualified enough to satisfy one of the above points. * Candidates who have passed the final exam of the

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degree but have not yet completed an internship. * Candidates who have passed the final exam of

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, ICSI and ICWAI. * A degree from a private university. * A degree from any foreign university recognized by the

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Age

The candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 32 years (for the General category candidate) on 1 August of the year of examination. Prescribed age limits vary with respect to caste reservations. * For Other Backward Castes (OBC) the upper age limit is 35 years. * For

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(SC) and

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(ST), the limit is 37 years. * For Defence Services Personnel disabled in operations during hostilities, the limit is 40 years. * For Candidates belonging to ex-servicemen including

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and ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered

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s for at least five years as of 1 August, of the year and have been released *# on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year from 1 August of the year otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency ''or'' *# on account of physical disability attributable to Military Service ''or'' *# on invalidation ''or'' ** Relaxation of up to a maximum of five years will be given in the case of ECOs/SSCOs who have completed an initial period of assignment of five years of Military Service as of 1 August of the year and whose assignment has been extended beyond five years and in whose case the Ministry of Defence issues a certificate that they can apply for civil employment and that they will be released on three months' notice on selection from the date of receipt of an offer of appointment, the limit is 32 years. * For ECOs/SSCOs who have completed an initial period of assignment of five years of Military Service, the limit is 32 years. * For

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candidates, the limit is 37 years. * For Domiciles of

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from 1 January 1980 to 31 December 1989, the limit is 32 years. * For the

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(EWS) category, the standard age limits apply.

Number of attempts

The number of times a candidate can appear for the exam are given below. * General category candidates – 6 * OBC category candidates – 9 * SC/ST candidates – unlimited attempts till 37 years of age. Appearing to attempt one of the papers in the preliminary examination is counted as an attempt, including disqualification/ cancellation of candidature. However, applying to sit the exam but failing to attend is not counted as an attempt.

Vacancies and selection

Generally the number of vacancies varies every year. The number of candidates that pass the preliminary examination is generally 11 or 12 times the number of vacancies, and the number of candidates selected for the final interview is twice the number of vacancies. As per existing policies, reservation for SC/ST/OBC is applied to each level of the selection process.

Cut-off

The cut-off marks of the examination of the previous years' are given below:

List of Services

Following are the services which one gets on qualifying the Civil Service Examination. All India Services *

(IAS) *

(IPS) Central Services (Group A) *

(IFS) *

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(IA&AS) *

Indian Civil Accounts Service The Indian Civil Accounts Service(ICAS)( Hindi: भारतीय सिविल लेखा सेवा ''Bharatiya Civil Lekha Seva'' ) is one of the Civil Services of India ("Group A"). ICAS is under the Department of Expenditure in the U ...

(ICAS) *

Indian Corporate Law Service The Indian Corporate Law Service (Hindi: भारतीय कॉरपोरेट विधि सेवा), abbreviated as ICLS, is one of the Central Civil Services (Group A) and it functions under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Gov ...

(ICLS) *

Indian Defence Accounts Service Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS) (Hindi: भारतीय रक्षा लेखा सेवा) is a Central Group 'A' Civil Service of the Republic of India established to provide Financial Advice, Payment, Accounts and Audit ser ...

(IDAS) * Indian Defence Estates Service (IDES) *

Indian Information Service The Indian Information Service (IIS) ( hi, भारतीय सूचना सेवा) is the central civil service under Group A and Group B of the Central Civil Services of the executive branch of the Government of India. Indian Inform ...

(IIS) * Indian Ordnance Factories Service The Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS) is a civil service of the Government of India. IOFS officers are Gazetted (Group A) defence-civilian officers under the Ministry of Defence. They are responsible for the administration of the Indian ...
(IOFS) *

Indian Postal Service India Post is a government-operated postal system in India, part of the Department of Post under the Ministry of Communications. Generally known as the Post Office, it is the most widely distributed postal system in the world. Warren Hastings ...

(IPoS) * Indian P&T Accounts and Finance Service (IP&TAFS) * Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS) * Indian Railway Protection Force Service (IRPFS) * Indian Revenue Service (IRS-IT) * Indian Revenue Service (IRS-C&CE) * Indian Trade Service (ITrS) Group B Services * Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Services (AFHCS) *

Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Civil Service Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Civil Service is now called Delhi, Andaman, Nicobar Islands, Lakshwadeep, Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu Administrative Service (DANIAS) cadre civil se ...

(DANICS) *

Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Police Service The acronym DANIPS stands for " Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Police Service". It is a federal civil service in India, administering National Capital Territory of Delhi and the Union ...

(DANIPS) * Pondicherry Civil Service (PCS) * Pondicherry Police Service (PPS)

Preliminary

The pattern of the Preliminary examination up to 2010 was based on the recommendations of the Kothari Commission (1979). It included two examinations, one on general studies worth 150 marks, and the second on one of 23 optional subjects worth 300 marks. Until 2011, when it was revamped, the preliminary pattern was sustained with only minor changes once every ten to fifteen years. From 2011 onwards, the preliminary examination intends to focus on analytical abilities and understanding rather than the ability to memorize. The new pattern includes two papers of two hours duration and 200 marks each. Both papers have multiple choice objective type questions only. They are as follows: * Paper I tests the candidate's knowledge on current events, history of India and Indian national movement, Indian and world geography, Indian polity panchayti Raj system and governance, economic and social development, environmental ecology, biodiversity, climate change and general science, Art and culture. * Paper II (also called CSAT or Civil Services Aptitude Test), tests the candidate's skills in comprehension, interpersonal skills, communication, logical reasoning, analytical ability, decision making, problem solving, basic numeracy, data interpretation, English language comprehension skills and mental ability. It is qualifying in nature and the marks obtained in this paper are not counted for merit. However, it is mandatory for the candidate to score a minimum of 33 per cent in this paper to qualify the Prelims exam. In August 2014, the Centre announced that English marks in CSAT will not be included for gradation or merit and 2011 candidates may get a second chance to appear for the test next year. In May 2015, the Government of India announced that Paper II of the preliminary examination will be qualifying in nature i.e. it will not be graded for eligibility in Mains Examination and a candidate will need to score at least 33% to be eligible for grading on the basis of marks of Paper I of the Preliminary Examination. Those who qualify in the Prelims become eligible for the Mains.

Mains

The Civil Services Mains Examination consists of a written examination and an interview.

Mains Examination

The Civil Services Main written examination consists of nine papers, two qualifying and seven ranking in nature. The range of questions may vary from just one mark to sixty marks, twenty words to 600 words answers. Each paper is of a duration of 3 hours. Candidates who pass qualifying papers are ranked according to marks and a selected number of candidates are called for interview or a personality test at the Commission's discretion. According to the new marks allocations in Civil Service Examination 2013 there are some changes made in the examination according to the suggestion of the Prof. Arun. S. Nigavekar Committee. However, after some controversy, the qualifying papers for Indian languages and English were restored. 1.The paper A on Indian Language will not, however, be compulsory for candidates hailing from the states of

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, Meghalya,

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List of languages

The examination is available in the following languages, with the name of the script in parenthesis: * Assamese ( Assamese) *

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(

) *

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(

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(Devanagari) *

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ...

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) *

Gujarati Gujarati may refer to: * something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India * Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat * Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them * Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub- ...

(

) *

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(Devanagari) *

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) *

Kashmiri Kashmiri may refer to: * People or things related to the Kashmir Valley or the broader region of Kashmir * Kashmiris, an ethnic group native to the Kashmir Valley * Kashmiri language, their language People with the name * Kashmiri Saikia Baruah ...

( Persian) * Konkani (Devanagari) * Maithili (Devanagari) *

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(

) * Manipuri (Bengali) * Marathi (Devanagari) *

Nepali Nepali or Nepalese may refer to : Concerning Nepal * Anything of, from, or related to Nepal * Nepali people, citizens of Nepal * Nepali language, an Indo-Aryan language found in Nepal, the current official national language and a language spoken ...

(Devanagari) *

Odia Odia, also spelled Oriya or Odiya, may refer to: * Odia people in Odisha, India * Odia language, an Indian language, belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family * Odia alphabet, a writing system used for the Odia languag ...

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) *

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(Devanagari) * Santhali (Devanagri or Ol Chiki) *

Sindhi Sindhi may refer to: *something from, or related to Sindh, a province of Pakistan * Sindhi people, an ethnic group from the Sindh region * Sindhi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them People with the name * Sarkash Sindhi (1940–2012 ...

(Devanagari or

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Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia ** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, na ...

(

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of any one of the languages listed above *

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Personality Test

Unofficially called the "interview", the objective of the interview is to assess the personal suitability of the candidate for a career in public service by a board of competent and unbiased observers. The test is intended to evaluate the mental calibre of a candidate. In broad terms, this is really an assessment of not only a candidate's intellectual qualities, but also social traits and interest in current affairs. Some of the qualities to be judged are mental alertness, critical powers of assimilation, clear and logical exposition, balance of judgement, variety and depth of interest, ability for social cohesion and leadership, and intellectual and moral integrity. The technique of the interview is not that of a strict cross-examination, but of a natural, though directed and purposeful conversation that is intended to reveal the mental qualities of the candidate. The interview is not intended to test either of the specialized or general knowledge of the candidate, which has been already tested through written papers. Candidates are expected to have taken an intelligent interest not only in their special subjects of academic study, but also in the events which are happening around them both within and outside their own state or country as well as in modern currents of thought and in new discoveries which should rouse the curiosity of all well-educated youth. The interview standards are very high and require thorough preparation as well as commitment.

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External links

Union Public Service Commission official website

Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2020 official website

archive of previous exams
{{Indian military academies and colleges Standardised tests in India Union Public Service Commission Civil service tests in India 1922 establishments in British India

Process

Eligibility

Nationality

Educational qualification

Age

Number of attempts

Vacancies and selection

Cut-off

List of Services

Preliminary

Mains

Mains Examination

List of languages

Personality Test

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