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What is CSE ?
Civil Services Examination is one of the most competitive and prestigious exam, popularly known as IAS is conducted by UPSC to recruit candidates for Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, Indian Police Service and several other Group 'A' and Group 'B' Central Services/ Posts.
Civil Services offers premier job opportunities and challenging career. The selected candidates plays a major role in managing the bureaucracy of both the central and the state governments, holding strategic posts across the country. These candidates recruited as officers are involved in various responsibilities like framing of the policies, implementation, law and order, general administration, development of new projects etc. These officers will get a chance to work as authoritative posts like Sub-Divisional Magistrate, District Magistrate, Divisional Commissioner, Principal Secretaries/Financial Commissioners, Chief Secretary of state or central government. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), under Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pension, is the cadre controlling authority.
Civil Services examination is conducted for the recruitment of below mentioned services. All appointments to Civil Services are made by the President of India. Civil Services examination is a single window entry for various Group A and Group B services. These services/posts will be allotted as per the ranking.
Group A Services
Group B Services
Category | Upper Age Limit | No. Of Attempts |
Gen | 32 Year | 06 |
OBC | 35 Year | 09 |
SC/ST | 37 Year | Till upper age limit |
PH |
Gen: 42 Year OBC: 45 Year SC/ST: 47 Year |
Gen: 09 attempts OBC: 09 attempts SC/ST: Till upper age limit |
J&K Domicile |
Gen: 37 Year OBC: 40 Year SC/ST: 42 Year PH: 47 Year |
Till upper age limit |
Disabled Serviceman |
Gen: 37 Year OBC: 38 Year SC/ST: 40 Year |
Till upper age limit |
Ex-servicemen (Military Service) |
Gen: 37 Year OBC: 40 Year SC/ST: 42 Year |
Till upper age limit |
Note
The civil services Examination consist of three stages :
1. Preliminary
2. Mains Exam
3. Personality Test
Preliminary Examination | ||||||
Subject | Paper Type | Duration | No. of Question | Marks | Negative Marking | |
Paper-I | GeneralStudies | Objective | 2 Hours | 100 | 200 | 1/3 of Marks alotted to the ques. |
Paper-II | CSAT | Objective | 2 Hours | 80 | 200 | 1/3 of Marks alotted to the ques. |
NOTE 1: 33% marks are the minimum qualifying marks for paper-II. NOTE 2: Preliminary examination will be conducted for screening purpose only. Only those candidates who qualify preliminary examination will be eligible for main examination. |
Stage 2 Mains
Main Examination is a written type of examination conducted in IX papers. Out of those IX papers marks obtained by a candidate in I to VII papers i.e of Four papers of General Studies, Two papers of optional and an essay paper will be counted for merit. Language papers are of Qualifying Nature
Stage 3 Interview
Interview according to UPSC is described to be a test of candidate’s overall personality which includes analytical ability, lateral thinking, logical decision making etc. 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.
Personality Test (Interview) | |
Marks | 275 marks |
Grand Total = 1750 (Witten) + 275 (Personality Test ) = 2025