Criteria For Civil Services Exam

I have completed my studies and planning to apply for Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Civil service IAS Exam. Can you please provide me eligibility Criteria For Civil Services Exam so that I can apply also provide me what are the important dates for exam?

[Rajkumar Agarwal]

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is India's central agency authorised to conduct the Civil Services Examination, Indian Forest Service examination and many other exams.

List of services under UPSC:

All India Services
Indian Administrative Service
Indian Police Service

Eligibility:

A degree of graduation in any stream from any recognized University recognized by the University grants Commission as lay down by the Parliament and the Legislature.
The candidates who have appeared in the qualifying examination and are waiting for the result are also eligible to apply provided they submit the certificate of qualification along with the mark sheet to the UPSC in the DAF before the Main Exam.

Eligibility Criteria

The candidates must be aged between 21 years to 32 years

Exam pattern:

The IAS Preliminary exam (objective / multiple choice questions type) has two papers:

i. Paper – I (General Studies: duration – 2 hours; Marks – 200)

ii. Paper – II (Civil Services Aptitude Test duration – 2 hours; Marks – 200)

Note:

i. The minimum qualifying marks for Paper II is 33 percent.

ii. In both Paper I and Paper II for each wrong answer there is a negative marking of 1/3rd of the allotted marks of that question.

Important dates (Tentative)

The official notification was out on 22nd February 2017
Final date for submitting the application form 17th March 2017
The Civil Services Exam 2017(Pre) 18th June 2017
Date of main examination 28th October 2017