Civil Services Preliminary (CSP) Exam Notice No and Dates

Can any of you here provide me the notice number of Civil Services Preliminary (CSP) Exam??? Also provide me the key dates of Civil Services Preliminary (CSP) Exam???

[Kiran Chandar]

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) announces Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2014. F.No. 1/5/2013-E.I (B): Preliminary Examination of the Civil Services Examination for recruitment to the services and posts

Important Dates
Starting Date of Registration: 31st May 2014
Last Date for Receipt of Applications: 30th June 2014, till 11.59 p.m.
Date of Examination: 24th August 2014








Here I am uploading the PDF file containing notification of Civil Services Preliminary Examination

Plan of Examination:
The Civil Services Examination will consist of two successive stages
Civil Services Preliminary Examination (objective type)
Civil Services Main Examination (written and interview)

CSP Examination Syllabus

Syllabus of Paper I -(200 marks) Duration : Two hours

Current events of national and international importance.
History of India and Indian National Movement.
Indian and World Geography - Physical, Social, Economic geography of India and the World.
Indian Polity and Governance-Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc.
Economic and Social Development – Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector Initiatives, etc.
General issues on Environmental ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change - that do not require subject specialization
General Science

Syllabus for Paper II-(200 marks) Duration: Two hours
Comprehension
Interpersonal skills including communication skills;
Logical reasoning and analytical ability
Decision making and problem solving
General mental ability
Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, etc.) (Class X level), Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. - Class X level)
English Language Comprehension skills (Class X level).
Questions relating to English Language Comprehension skills of Class X level (last item in the Syllabus of Paper-II) will be tested through passages from English language only without providing Hindi translation thereof in the question paper.
The questions will be of multiple choices, objective type.