Civil Service Examination Guidelines

I want to apply for UPSC Civil Services Examination so can you please provide me the guidelines of the exam?

[Rajkumar Agarwal]

The Union Public Service Commission UPSC conducts the Civil Services Examination for recruitment to various Civil Services of the Government of India.

UPSC Civil Service Exam eligibility-

Candidate should be a Graduate in any discipline from a recognised university.

Candidates having professional and technical qualifications recognised by the government are also eligible.

Candidates appearing in final year exam can also apply.

Candidates who have passed the final year of MBBS or any Medical degree Examination but are yet to complete the internship can also appear for the Main Examination.

There is no minimum percentage of marks in the qualifying examination

Age Limits:

Candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 30 years on the 1st August of the year in which examination is being held.

The upper age limit may be relaxed in respect of the SC/ST and other backward classes.

Number of attempts:

Category Number of Attempts
General category 4
Physically handicapped belonging to general category 7
Other backward classes 7
SC/ST candidates Unlimited

CSAT Exam pattern-

Prelims Exam-

The Preliminary Examination consists of two papers of Objective type (multiple choice questions) and carry maximum of 400 marks.

This exam is only a screening test

Prelims Paper Duration Questions Marks
Paper I - General Studies 2 Hours 100 200
Paper II – Aptitude 2 Hours 80 200
Total 400

In General Studies Paper - II, minimum qualifying marks is 33%.

You will be selected for Mains exam based total qualifying marks of General Studies Paper - I.

Civil Services (Mains) Pattern

# Paper Subject Marks
1 Paper A Indian Language (Qualifying) 300
2 Paper B English (Qualifying) 300
3 Paper I Essay 250
4 Paper II General Studies - I 250
5 Paper III General Studies - II 250
6 Paper IV General Studies - III 250
7 Paper V General Studies - IV 250
8 Paper VI Optional Subject Paper 1 250
9 Paper VII Optional Subject Paper 2 250
Total 1750
Interview (Personality Test) 275
Grand Total 2025