IRTS Full Form

What is the full form of IRTS?

IRTS, in the complete form known as Indian Railway Traffic Service, is a prestigious Group 'A' Central Civil Services cadre of the Government of India. IRTS was started and reorganized in 1967, and it comes as it is now. There are two main departments of the traffic department where these officers are posted. One commercial and the other operational wing. Its functions are managing railway transport, production, and passenger sales. On the one hand, IRTS officers coordinate with various departments of Indian Railways, and on the other hand, they publicize it to the public as well. Traffic Services in Indian Railways was established in 1889. Since then, it has been doing its job well.

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1. What is the full form of IRTS?
2. Eligibility for IRTS officer
3. Examination pattern for become IRTS

Eligibility for IRTS officer

• Educational Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in any discipline from a recognized University/Institute. Students appearing in the final examination of the Bachelor's degree course can fill out the application form. Such candidates will have to produce proof of having obtained a Bachelor's degree when filling out the Civil Services form (Mains).

• Age limit: Minimum age should be 21 years, and the maximum age should be less than 32 years. In the maximum age limit, OBC category candidates have three years, SC / ST candidates have five years, and physically disabled category candidates have ten years of relaxation.

Examination pattern for become IRTS

To become an IRTS officer in the Indian railway, you need to qualify for an examination conducted by UPSC civil services examination board. Now I am going to discuss how this selection process is going on.

1. Preliminary Examination:

• The first stage of the Civil Services Examination is called Preliminary Examination. Its nature is entirely multiple choice, under which one has to choose the correct option out of 4 options given for each question.

• The Civil Services Preliminary Examination is of 200 marks.

• The preliminary examination consists of two papers. The first paper is on 'General Studies' (100 questions, 200 marks), while the second paper is on Civil Services Aptitude Test or 'CSAT' (80 questions, 200 marks) and is in the form of a qualifying paper. It is necessary to obtain 33% marks on the CSAT paper.

• The cut-off in the preliminary exam is determined based on the paper I only, i.e. General Studies.

2. Main Exam :

• While the preliminary exam is entirely objective, the main exam consists of descriptive-type questions with varying word limits. In these questions, the answer is not to be chosen from various options but written in your own words.

• The exam is worth a total of 1750 marks, of which 1000 marks are for General Studies (4 papers of 250-250 marks), 500 for an optional subject (2 papers of 250-250 marks) and 250 for Essay.

• The question papers of the main examination are published simultaneously in both English and Hindi.

3. Interview :

• The last stage of the examination is called the Interview.

• In this, it is mandatory to answer every question, and you can also be asked counter-questions on every answer. Every wrong or light answer entails 'negative marking' and what is more difficult is that unlike the first two stages of the exam, there is no fixed syllabus for it either.

• A total of 275 marks have been fixed for the interview in the Civil Services Examination conducted by UPSC.

• The personality of the candidates is tested during the interview, in which oral questions are asked by the members of the interview board at the designated place in the Commission.

• The final merit list is prepared on the basis of the sum of marks obtained in the main examination and interview.