FAQ

What is the current pattern of the Civil Services Examination? (IAS & KAS)

                 Civil Services Examination is a 3-stage examination held every year.
                                Stage 1 – Preliminary Test
                                Stage 2 – Main Exam
                                Stage 3 – Personality Test / Interview

What is the Preliminary Test?

Stage 1 – Preliminary Test – consists of objective questions with penalty (negative marking) for wrong                          answers. (This is generally held on 2nd or 3rd Sunday in the month of May)
Paper 1 – General Studies (200 marks) 2 hours
Paper 2 – CSAT (Civil Services Aptitude Test) (200 marks) 2 hours
There is a cut-off in the Preliminary Test which varies every year and is decided by the UPSC. and  KPSC.

What is the Main Examination?

The Main Exam (Subjective papers of 2000 marks) consists of 9 papers which are usually held from early October for around 5 days.

What is the Interview or Personality Test stage?

Students who qualify for Interview are called by the UPSC in March or April. The Interviews usually start 2 weeks after the Main Exam results are announced. The duration of Interviews is around 40 days.

What is the minimum and maximum age required to appear in the exam?

Candidates belonging to General category and OBC (creamy layer) must have attained the age of 21 on 1st August of the year of the Exam but must not have attained the age of 30 on 1st August of the year of the Exam.
Candidates belonging to OBC (non creamy layer) category must have attained the age of 21 on 1st August of the year of the Exam but must not have attained the age of 33 on 1st August of the year of the Exam.
Candidates belonging to SC category must have attained the age of 21 on 1st August of the year of the Exam but must not have attained the age of 35 on 1st August of the year of the Exam.
Candidates belonging to ST category must have attained the age of 21 on 1st August of the year of the Exam but must not have attained the age of 35 on 1st August of the year of the Exam.

What is the number of maximum attempts for different categories?

General category and OBC (creamy layer) category have a maximum of 4 attempts.
OBC (non creamy layer) have a maximum of 7 attempts.
For Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe category candidates there is no limit on the number of attempts till they attain the age of 35 years.
Students belonging to OBC/SC/ST can give the first 4 attempts as General category candidates (if they so desire) and thereafter they can avail the relaxation in the number of attempts by availing the category benefits.

What is the Syllabus of the Examination?

Paper I – (200 marks) 2 hrs (General Studies)
• Current events of national and international importance
• History of India and Indian National Movement
• Indian and World Geography – Physical, Social, Economic geography of India and the World.
• Indian Polity and Governance – Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc.
• Economic and Social Development – Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector Initiatives, etc.
• General issues on Environmental ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change – that do not require subject specialization
• General Science.
Paper II – (200 marks) 2 hrs (CSAT – Civil Services Aptitude Test)
• Comprehension
• Interpersonal skills including communication skills;
• Logical reasoning and analytical ability
• Decision making and problem solving
• General mental ability
• Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude etc.) (Class X level), Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. -Class X level)
• English Language Comprehension skills (Class X level)
• Questions relating to English Language Comprehension skills of Class X level (will be tested through passages from English language only without providing Hindi translation thereof in the question paper)
• The questions will be objective in nature; Multiple choice questions
The Syllabus of GS (Main) and Main Optional subjects is available in the Syllabus section

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