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Civil Services Exams |
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The Civil Services Examination is conducted by UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) every year. The examination has three stages i.e.:
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Civil Services Examination Test
Civil Services Examination is called the CSAT or the Civil Services Aptitude Test. The CSAT is coming into effect from the Civil Services Examination, 2011. CSAT will not only enable us to choose civil servants with right aptitudes but also end the use of scaling system for varying subjects that has been a matter of concern for many.
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- Civil Services Preliminary Examination (CSP) - normally conducted during the second half of May.
- Civil Services (Main) Examinations will be conducted during the month of October/November. Those who are selected in the preliminary examination only are eligible to appear.
- Those are selected in the main examination will be eligible to appear before the Interview Board at New Delhi.
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Eligibility Criteria:
- Nationality:
- A candidate must be a citizen of India for the Indian Administrative Service and Indian Police Service.
- For other services, a candidate must be either.
- A citizen of India.
- A subject of Nepal.
- A subject of Bhutan.
- A Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India.
- Minimum Educational Qualifications:
The candidate should hold a degree of any of Universities integrated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University Under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification.
- Age limit:
21 years should be completed on 1st August of the year, which a candidate is appearing. Maximum 30 for general category, 33 for OBCs and 35 for SCs/STs. Ex-servicemen will get 5 more years exception from the prescribed age limit.
Examination Format/Pattern:
Preliminary Examination (CSP)
CSP consists of two papers which is common for all candidates from 2011 i.e., No optional paper is there in CSP form 2011.This is the first stage of Civil Services Examination. This is an Objective type examination consisting of Two Papers, which is common for all candidates from 2011 having special emphasis on testing their "aptitude for civil services" as well as on "ethical and moral dimension of decision making".
Main Examination:
Civil Services Main examination has two elective subjects (two papers each carries 300 marks), one General Studies (two papers each carries 300 marks), one essay (carries 200 marks) - total 2000 marks. These two papers carry 300 marks each but it will not be considered for the ranking. It is must to clear these two papers. If any candidate fails to qualify these papers, his other papers will not be evaluated.
Interview:
At interview stage, two-fold vacancies are called to appear before the UPSC Board. Interview carries 300 marks. Interview calls are sent on the basis of minimum marks fixed by the UPSC at its discretion. The overall ranking is done based on the Mains performance (i.e., 2000 marks) and interview. Therefore, the total marks involved in the ranking are 2300.
Exam Related Dates:
Date of Exam: 12.06.2011
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The Civil Services Examination is conducted by UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) every year. Millions of candidates will appear in Indian most popular service, which is called civil services.
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