Criteria for AGE for IAS Exam

What are the Indian Administrative Service age limit criteria, will you please provide here???

[Raman Vij]

Indian Administrative Service age limit criteria are as given below:

Age limit:
The candidates should not age less than 21 years and not more than 32 years as on August 1, 2014.
In case of candidates belonging to SC/ ST category, the upper age limit is relaxable up to 5 years.

In case of OBC candidates, the upper age limit is relaxable up to 3 years

Exam pattern
The competitive examination comprises of three successive stages :

Civil Services - Preliminary Examination - Objective Type (Qualifier)

Civil Services - Main Examination - Written Test

Interview / Personality Test

Paper I - (200 marks)
Duration: Two hours

Topics covered:
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

Paper II- (200 marks)
Duration: Two hours

Topics covered:
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 10th level)