What is Civil service Examination?

Civil service Examination is a national level entrance examimination which is held by Union Public service commission(upsc) on behalf of government of India to fulfill the posts of

1. Indian Administrative Service
2. Indian Foreign Service.
3. Indian Police Service.
4. Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Group 'A'.
5. Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group 'A'.
6. Indian Customs and Central Excise Service, Group 'A'.
7. Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group `A'
8. Indian Revenue Service, Group 'A'.
9. Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group `A' (Assistant Manager, Non-technical)
10. Indian Postal Service, Group `A'.
11. Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group `A'.
12. Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group 'A'
13. Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group `A'.
14. Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group 'A'.
15. Posts of Assistant Security Officer, Group `A' in Railway Protection Force
16. Indian Defence Estates Service, Group `A'.
17. Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group `A'.
18. Indian Trade Service, Group `A' (Grade III).
19. Posts of Assistant Commandant, Group' A' in the Central Industrial Security Force.
20. Posts of Deputy Superintendent of Police, Group `A' in the Central Bureau of Investigation.
21. Central Secretariat Service, Group `B' (Section Officers Grade).
22. Railway Board Secretariat Service, Group `B' (Section Officers Grade).
23. Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group `B' [Assistant Civilian Staff Officers Grade).
24. Customs Appraisers' Service, Group `B'.
25. Delhi and Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadar & Naga Haveli Civil Service, Group 'B'.
26. Pondicherry Civil Service, Group `B'.

Eligibility

(C) Educational Qualification

Degree of a Recognised University or equivalent.

Candidates appearing in the requisite Degree qualification are also eligible for appearing in the examination, however, they are supposed to submit proof of passing the requisite qualification along with Detailed Application Form for Civil Services ( Main ) Examination

(B) Age - limits: 21-30 years as on examination

Examination pattern

Scheme of CS (Preliminary) Examination

The Preliminary Examination consists of two papers of objective type (multiple-choice questions) carrying a maximum of 450 marks.

The Question Papers (Test Booklets) are set in English & Hindi

Paper		marks
Paper - I	General Studies	150
Paper - II	One of the optional subjects to be selected from the prescribed	300

List of Optional Subjects CS (Preliminary) - Total 23

Agriculture	Mathematics
Animal Husbandry & Vetinary Science	Mechanical Engineering
Botany	Medical Science
Chemistry	Philosophy
Civil Engineering	Physics
Commerce	Political Science
Economics	Psychology
Electrical Engineering	Public Administration
Geography	Sociology
Geology	Statistics
Indian History	Zoology
Law

Scheme - CS ( Main )

Paper		marks
Paper - I	One of the Indian Languages to be selected by the candidate from the 18 languages included in the VIIIth Schedule to the Constitution (Qualifying Paper)	300
Paper - II	English (Qualifying Paper)	300
Paper - III	Essay	200
Paper - IV and V	General Studies (300 Marks for each paper)	600
Paper - VI,VII,VIII,IX	Any two subjects (each having 2 papers) to be selected from the prescribed optional subjects (300 marks for each paper)	1200
Total Marks for Written Examination		2000
Interview Test		300
Grand Total		2300

List of Optional Subjects - CS ( Main ) - (Total 25)

See Note below List of Optional Subjects (Literature)

Agriculture	Mathematics
Animal Husbandry & Vetinary Science	Mechanical Engineering
Botany	Medical Science
Chemistry	Philosophy
Civil Engineering	Physics
Commerce	Political Science
Economics	Psychology
Electrical Engineering	Public Administration
Geography	Sociology
Geology	Statistics
Indian History	Zoology
Law

List of Optional Subjects (Literature) - CS ( Main ) - (Total 26)