Indian Administrative Service New Pattern

Hello sir I am Lakshay, had applied for Indian Administrative Service Exam so will you please tell me the New Exam Pattern ??

[Pathak]

The Indian Civil Services examination is conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) every year.
The examination schedule is announced during January - February after which the selection is done in 3 stages. Candidates are filtered at every stage through a process of elimination.
The competitive examination comprises of three successive stages :
-Civil Services - Preliminary Examination - Objective Type (Qualifier)
-Civil Services - Main Examination - Written Test
-Interview / Personality Test

Examination Pattern:
Preliminary Examination
The Preliminary Examination will consist of two papers of objective type (multiple choice questions) and carry a maximum of 400 marks. This examination is meant to serve as a screening test only.

Main Examination
The Main Examination will consist of 9 papers in total comprising of conventional essay type questions.

Interview / Personality Test
-The interview will carry 275 marks (with no minimum qualifying marks).
-Marks thus obtained by the candidates (in the Main Examination as well as interview) would determine their final ranking.
Paper Subject Name Marks

Paper-1 Essay 250

Paper-2 General Studies–I (Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society) 250

Paper-3 General Studies –II (Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations) 250

Paper-4 General Studies –III (Technology, Economic Development, Bio‐diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management) 250

Paper-5 General Studies –IV (Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude) 250

Paper-6 Optional Subject – Paper 1 250

Paper-7 Optional Subject – Paper 2 250

Sub Total (Written test) 1750

Personality Test 275

Grand Total 2025
Candidates may choose any one of the optional subjects from amongst the list of subjects given below:

Language Script
Assamese Assamese
Bengali Bengali
Gujarati Gujarati
Hindi Devanagari
Kannada Kannada
Kashmiri Persian
Konkani Devanagari
Malayalam Malayalam
Manipuri Bengali
Marathi Devanagari
Nepali Devanagari
Oriya Oriya
Punjabi Gurumukhi
Sanskrit Devanagari
Sindhi Devanagari or Arabic
Tamil Tamil
Telugu Telugu
Urdu Persian
Bodo Devanagari
Dogri Devanagari
Maithilli Devanagari
Santhali Devanagari or Olchiki