Indian Administrative Services Exam Pattern

I want to give the exam of Indian Administrative Services and for that I want to get the details of exam pattern of Indian Administrative Services so can you provide me that?

[Kiran Chandar]

As you want to get the details of exam pattern of exam of Indian Administrative Services so here is the information of the same for you:

Scheme of CS (Preliminary) Examination:
The Preliminary Examination consists of two papers of objective type (multiple-choice questions) carrying a maximum of 400 marks.
The Question Papers (Test Booklets) are set in English & Hindi
General Studies Paper - I 200 Marks
General Studies Paper - II 200 Marks

Tentative Schedule
(i) Notification of Examination
November/December of previous year
(ii) Conduct of Examination
May

Age - limits:
Candidates must be in between the age of 21 to 30 years of age

Educational Qualification:
Candidates must have passed graduation 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 with Detailed Application Form for Civil Services (Main) Examination.

CS (Main):
Tentative Date of Examination:
October - November

Scheme - CS (Main):
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 Marks
Paper-II English (Qualifying Paper) 300 Marks
Paper-III Essay 200 Marks
Papers IV & V General Studies (300 Marks for each paper) 600 Marks
Papers 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 Marks
Total Marks for Written Examination 2000 Marks
Interview Test 300 Marks
Grand Total 2300 Marks

List of Optional Subjects - CS (Main) - (Total 25):
Agriculture
Management
Animal Husbandry & Vetinary Science
Mathematics
Anthropology
Mechanical Engineering
Botany
Medical Science
Chemistry
Philosophy
Civil Engineering
Physics
Commerce & Accountancy
Political Science & International Relations
Economics
Psychology
Electrical Engineering
Public Administration
Geography
Sociology
Geology
Statistics
Indian
History
Zoology
Law

List of Optional Subjects (Literature) - CS (Main) - (Total 26):
Arabic
Gujarati
Manipuri
Sanskrit
Assamese
Hindi
Nepali
Sindhi
Bengali
Kannada
Oriya
Tamil
Chinese
Kashmiri
Pali
Telugu
English
Konkani
Persian
Urdu
French
Marathi
Punjabi
German
Malayalam
Russian

Contact Details:
Union Public Service Commission
Dholpur House,
Shahajan Road
New Delhi,
Delhi 110069
India

Map Location:
[MAP]Union Public Service Commission New Delhi, Delhi[/MAP]