UPSC Civil Service Exam (or the competitive examination as in notification of UPSC) comprises two successive stages :
(i) Civil Services (Preliminary) Examinations (Objective Type) for the selection of candidates for Main Examination; and
(ii) Civil Services (Main) Examination (Written and Interview) for the selection of candidates for the various services and posts.
For syllabus of UPSC Civil Service Preliminary Examination, click here.
(ii) Civil Services (Main) Examinations (Conventional Essay Type) :
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. The nature and standard of questions in the General Studies papers (Paper II to Paper V) will be such that a well-educated person will be able to answer them without any specialized study. The questions will be such as to test a candidate's general awareness of a variety of subjects, which will have relevance for a career in Civil Services. The questions are likely to test the candidate's basic understanding of all relevant issues and ability to analyze and take a view on conflicting socio- economic goals, objectives and demands. The candidates must give relevant, meaningful and succinct answers.
The Main Examination will consist of written examination and an interview test.
The written examination will consist of 9 papers of conventional essay type out of which two papers will be of qualifying in nature. Marks obtained for all the compulsory papers (Paper-I to Paper-VlI) and Marks obtained in Interview for Personality Test will be counted for ranking.
Candidates who obtain such minimum qualifying marks in the written part of the Main Examination as may be fixed by the Commission at their discretion,shall be summoned by them for an interview for a Personality Test. The number of candidates to be summoned for interview will be about twice the number of vacancies to be filled. The interview will carry 275 marks (with no minimum qualifying marks).
Marks thus obtained by the candidates in the Main Examination (written part as well as interview) would determine their final ranking. Candidates will be allotted to the various services keeping in view their ranks in the Examination and the preferences expressed by them for the various services and posts.
The written examination will consist of the following papers :
Qualifying Papers :
| Subject/ Paper | Description | Marks | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paper-A | One of the Indian Language to be selected by the candidate from the Languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution | 300 Marks | 3 Hours |
| Paper-B | English | 300 Marks | 3 Hours |
Papers to be counted for merit :
| Subject/ Paper | Description | Marks | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paper-I | Essay | 250 Marks | 3 Hours |
| Paper-II - General Studies-I | Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society | 250 Marks | 3 Hours |
| Paper-III - General Studies -II | Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations | 250 Marks | 3 Hours |
| Paper-IV - General Studies -III | Technology, Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management | 250 Marks | 3 Hours |
| Paper-V - General Studies -IV | Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude | 250 Marks | 3 Hours |
| Paper-VI | Optional Subject - Paper 1 | 250 Marks | 3 Hours |
| Paper-VII | Optional Subject - Paper 2 | 250 Marks | 3 Hours |
| Sub Total (Written test) | 1750 Marks | ||
| Personality Test | 275 Marks | ||
| Grand Total | 2025 Marks |
NOTE :
- The papers on Indian languages and English (Paper A and Paper B) will be of Matriculation or equivalent standard and will be of qualifying nature. The marks obtained in these papers will not be counted for ranking.
- Evaluation of the papers, namely, ‘Essay’, General Studies and Optional Subject of all the candidates would be done simultaneously along with evaluation of their qualifying papers on 'Indian Languages' and 'English' but the papers on ‘Essay’, General Studies and Optional Subject of only such candidates will be taken cognizance who attain 25% marks in ‘Indian Language and 25% marks in English as minimum qualifying standards in these qualifying papers.
- The paper A on Indian Language will not, however, be compulsory for candidates hailing from the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim.
- Marks obtained by the candidates for the Paper-I-VII only will be counted for merit ranking. However, the Commission will have the discretion to fix qualifying marks in any or all of these papers.
- For the Language medium/literature of languages, the scripts to be used by the candidates will be as under:
| Language | Script |
|---|---|
| Assamese | Assamese |
| Bengali | Bengali |
| Gujarati | Gujarati |
| Hindi | Devanagari |
| Kannada | Kannada |
| Kashmiri | Persian |
| Konkani | Devanagari |
| Malayalam | Malayalam |
| Manipuri | Bengali |
| Marathi | Devanagari |
| Nepali | Devanagari |
| Oriya | Oriya |
| Punjabi | Gurumukhi |
| Sanskrit | Devanagari |
| Sindhi | Devanagari or Arabic |
| Tamil | Tamil |
| Telugu | Telugu |
| Urdu | Persian |
| Bodo | Devanagari |
| Dogri | Devanagari |
| Maithili | Devanagari |
| Santhali | Devanagari or Olchiki |
Note : For Santhali language, question paper will be printed in Devanagari script; but candidates will be free to answer either in Devanagari script or in Olchiki.
Syllabus is as per exam notification by UPSC.
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