Long Form of IAS

Please provide here full form of IAS exam, what is the eligibility criteria for IAS exam, selection procedure & important dates, exam pattern???

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Full Form of IAS is Indian Administrative Service.

The Indian Administrative Service is the administrative civil service of the Government of India.

Eligibility:
The candidate must hold a degree of any of Universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament.

Age Limit:-
A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 32 years.

Pattern:

The Examination shall comprise of two compulsory papers of 200 marks each.

Both the question papers will be of the objective type (multiple choice questions)

The question papers will be set both in Hindi and English. However, questions relating to English Language Comprehension skills of Class X level will be tested through passages from English Language only without providing Hindi translation thereof in the question paper.

Each paper will be of two hours duration.

Main Examination Pattern:-

The written examination will consist of the following papers :-

Qualifying Papers:-

Paper-A (One of the Indian Language to be selected by the candidate from the Languages included in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution). - 300 Marks

Paper-B English - 300 Marks

Paper-I Essay - 250 Marks

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

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

Paper-IV General Studies -III - 250 Marks (Technology, Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management)

Paper-V General Studies -IV - 250 Marks (Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude)

Paper-VI Optional Subject - Paper 1 - 250 Marks

Paper-VII Optional Subject - Paper 2 - 250 Marks

Sub Total (Written test) - 1750 Marks

Personality Test - 275 Marks

Grand Total - 2025 Marks

Candidates may choose any one of the optional subjects for Main Examination:-

(i) Agriculture
(ii) Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
(iii) Anthropology
(iv) Botany
(v) Chemistry
(vi) Civil Engineering
(vii) Commerce and Accountancy
(viii) Economics
(ix) Electrical Engineering
(x) Geography
(xi) Geology
(xii) History
(xiii) Law
(xiv) Management
(xv) Mathematics
(xvi) Mechanical Engineering
(xvii) Medical Science
(xviii) Philosophy
(xix) Physics
(xx) Political Science and International Relations
(xxi) Psychology
(xxii) Public Administration
(xxiii) Sociology
(xxiv) Statistics
(xxv) Zoology
(xxv) Literature of any one of the following languages:-

Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu and English.

Important dates:

CIVIL SERVICES (PRELIMINARY) EXAM. 2016

DATE OF NOTIFICATION (SATURDAY):- 23.04.2016

LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS:- 20.05.2016 (FRIDAY)

DATE OF COMMENCE-MENT OF EXAM:- 07.08.2016 (SUNDAY)

DURATION OF EXAM:- 1 DAY

CIVIL SERVICES (MAIN) EXAM, 2016:-

DATE OF COMMENCE-MENT OF EXAM:- 03.12.2016 (SATURDAY)

DURATION OF EXAM:- 5 DAYS