Civil service preliminary exam notification

Hi can you please provide me the information regarding civil service preliminary exam?

[Kiran Chandar]

Civil Services (Preliminary) exam is conducted by UPSC for recruitment of various civil services and posts.

Civil service preliminary exam

Educational Qualification: -

Degree from any of the institutes established by an Act of Parliament or any University deemed by the University Grant Commission under section 3, Act, 1956.

Age Limit: -

The candidate should be minimum 21 years of age for applying and the maximum age limit to apply for the UPSC Exams is 29 years.

Number of attempts: -

Every eligible candidate is allowed to attempt the Civil Services Examination four times.

Important dates

Civil Services Preliminary Exam 2014

Date of notification: May, 2015
Last date for receipt of application: June ,2015
Commencement of exam: August , 2015
Duration of exam: 1 day

Civil Services Mains Exam 2014

Commencement of exam: 14 December , 2014
Duration of exam: 5 days Civil Services Preliminary Exam 2014

Exam syllabus

Syllabus of Paper I -(200 marks) Duration : Two hours

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

Syllabus for Paper II-(200 marks) Duration: Two hours

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 (last item in the Syllabus of Paper-II) will be tested through passages from English language only without providing Hindi translation thereof in the question paper.
The questions will be of multiple choices, objective type.

Contact details

Union Public Service Commision
New Delhi, Delhi (state) ‎

Map location

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