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ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 11th Oct, 2021

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UPSC civil services examination is the examination conducted to recruit candidates for various services like IAS IPS IRS etc

Here's the complete detail about UPSC civil services examination

>>>>>>>> UPSC eligibility  criteria

UPSC eligibility  criteria is provided below:-

******** You  must  have  a  bachelor's  degree in any, discipline    from a  recognised university.

******** Minimum  age  limit :-  you  need to  be at least  21  years  old   to be  eligible as on 1st of August of the year of filling the form i. e as on 1st August 2021 for UPSC 2021.

******** Maximum  age  limit :-  32 years , also there's 3  year  relaxation on upper age limit for  obc and of  5 years  for sc/st category.

For detailed  information related to UPSC eligibility criteria ,  you can visit our page at

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-eligibility-criteria/amp

>>>>>>>> EXAMINATION PATTERN

name Of the exam

UPsc Civil services examine

Mode of the Exam

Offline



Exam stages

There are 3 levels :-

---------) Preliminary - MCQ/ objective

---------) Mains - Descriptive Mode)

---------) Interview

Total papers

---------) Prelims: 2

---------) Mains: 9 papers  are ther

Marking scheme for prelims

---------) Paper 1: +2 marks

---------) Paper 2: +2.5 marks

***** Negative marking: 1/3rd of marks allotted for each question

Exam Duration

---------) Prelims: 2 hours for Each paper

---------) Mains: 3 hours for Each paper

Type of questions

---------) Prelims: Objective type

---------) Mains: Subjective type


>>>>>>>> Syllabus

PRELIMS :-


UPSC papers( Prelims)

Subjects

Topics

GS Paper I

  • History,

  • Indian Polity,

  • Geography,

  • Environment,

  • Current Affairs,

  • Science and technology, etc.


----------)General issues on Biodiversity and Climate Change

---------)Current events of national and international importance.

---------)Environmental ecology

---------)Economic and Social Development

---------)General Science

---------)Indian Polity and Governance

---------)Indian and World Geography

---------)Art and culture

---------)Indian history

---------)Ancient history, etc.

GS Paper II(csat)

  • Reasoning,

  • Maths,

  • English,

  • Hindi, etc.


-------)Comprehension (english and hindi)

---------)Interpersonal skills including communication skills

---------)Fill in the blanks (english and hindi)

---------)Logical reasoning

---------)Analytical ability

---------)Decision making and problem-solving

---------)Questions on General mental ability

---------)numbers and their relations, basic numeracy - orders of magnitude,  (10th level)

---------)Data interpretation - graphs, charts, data sufficiency, tables etc.( 10th level)


MAINS :-

It is descriptive /written examination . There are a total of 9 papers  which are listed below:-


---------)GS-I  :- You have

*indian heritage and culture

*History and geography of the world and society


--------)GS-II :- it includes

* Governance,

*Polity

*Constitution,

*Social Justice and International Relations.


--------) GS-III :- it includes

*Technology,

*Economic Development,

*Security and Disaster Management

*Bio-Diversity,

*Environment,


--------) GS-IV :- it has

* Ethics

*Integrity

*Aptitude


---------) compulsory indian language paper

---------) english paper

---------) essay paper

---------) optional I paper

---------) optional II paper

You can choose any  of the language included in the 8th Schedule of Indian Constitution for compulsory indian language paper and also select optional subject of your choice from the available list of subjects.

The compulsory indian language and english are qualifying in nature . You just need to qualify them. The marks obtained by you in these two papers will not be counted towards merit list.

You can get complete UPSC civil services examination syllabus for both PRELIMS & MAINS by visiting our page in the link for which is provided below:-

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-syllabus

Thank you




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