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The eligibility criteria for UPSC is passed graduation in any discipline from a recognized university, there is no specific aggregate required in this, candidates in their final year too are eligible to apply, and they need to attain 21 years as on 1st August of the appearing year.

UPSC Civil Service Exam consists of three stages-

• Preliminary
• Mains
• Interview

To give you a brief about the exam;

Preliminary consists of 200 Marks for each paper.

It mainly consists of GS Paper-I consists of the following topic such as History of India and Indian national movement, Indian and World geography, Economic and social development- sustainable development, poverty, inclusion demographics, social sector initiatives etc, Indian polity and governance-constitution, political system, Current Events nationally and Internationally, General Science, General Issues on environmental ecology, biodiversity and climate change. you just need to score the required cut offs against your category.

And then we have qualifying CSAT(you need to score 33%) which includes topics such as basic numeracy, comprehension, logical reasoning and analytical ability, general mental ability, decision making and problem solving, interpersonal skills including communication skills. Both consists of 200 marks, MCQs based.

Prelims is mcq based, but still it requires knowledge coupled with speed in order to ace it, it's numbers are not added in the final list,

Coming to Mains it's more of a subjective type, one needs to write answer for Four General Studies Paper such as

• GS-I includes Indian Heritage and Culture,  History and Geography of the World and Society ,
• GS-II includes Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International Relations,
• GS-III includes Technology, Economic Development, Bio-Diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management ,
• GS-IV includes Ethics, Integrity, and Aptitude ),Two Optionals, One Essay, two language paper, there are total nine papers here. 250 marks for each paper, total is 1750 marks

Mains is further followed by Personality Test of 275 marks.

There are 24 services in UPSC exam which are broadly divide into three categories such as

ALL INDIA SERVICE consists of IAS/IPS/IFS.

Group A Service, also called Central Services consists of the following;

1. Indian P&T Accounts & Finance Service
2. Indian Audit and Account Service
3. Indian Revenue Service (customs and central excise)
4. Indian Defence Accounts Service
5. Indian Revenue Service
6. Indian Ordnance Factories Service (Assistant Works Manager, Administration)
7. Indian Postal Service
8. Indian Civil Accounts Service
9. Indian Railways Traffic Service
10. Indian Railways Accounts Service
11. Indian Railways Personnel Service
12. Indian Railways Protection Force (Assistant Security Commissioner)
13. Indian Defence Estates Service
14. Indian Information Service
15. Indian Trade Service, Group A (Grade 3)
16. Indian Corporate Law Service

Group B Service, also called State Services consists of the following;

• Pondicherry Civil Service
• Pondicherry Police Service
• Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service (Section Officer’s Grade)
• Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep Islands, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service
• Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep Islands, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service