About – Civil Service Examination
The Civil Services Examination (CSE) is a nationwide competitive examination in India conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for recruitment to the various Civil Services of the Government of India, including Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Revenue Service (IRS) among others.
Exams that come under the ambit of UPSC are:
- Indian Administrative Services (IAS)
- Indian Forest Services (IFS)
- Indian Police Services (IPS)
These examinations also help UPSC in recruiting people in sectors such as Medical, Forestry, Civil Services and Engineering.
Importance of Civil Service
Those who have a passion to serve nation directly with administrative power opt to go for civil services exam. In spite of selection process being very tough and rate of success very low the charm and significance of this exam doesn't seems to fall down. So if you want to bring a new wave of change in India Civil services is the way. The administrative services give an immediate sense of participating in the Indian governance.
Eligibility
The eligibility norms for the examination are as follows:
1. Nationality
(a) For the Indian Administrative Service and the Indian Police Service, a candidate must be a citizen of India.
(b) For the Indian Foreign Service, a candidate must be one of the following:
- A citizen of India
- A person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia or Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India
(c) For other services, a candidate must be either a citizen of Nepal or Bhutan
2. Education
All candidates must have a minimum of any of the following educational qualifications:
- A degree from a Central, State or Deemed university
- A degree received through Correspondence Education or Distance Education
- A degree from an Open University
- A qualification recognized by the Government of India as being equivalent to either of the above
The following candidates are also eligible, but have to submit proof of their eligibility from a competent authority at their institute/university at the time of the main examination, failing which they will not be allowed to attend the exam.
Candidates who have appeared in an examination, the passing of which would render them educationally qualified enough to satisfy any of the above points
Candidates who have passed the final exam of the MBBS degree but have not yet completed their internship
3. Age
Prescribed age limits are minimum 21 years and maximum of 30 years as on 1 August of the year of Examination. A candidate who turns 21 on 1 August is eligible whereas a candidate who turns 31 is not. Upper age limit relaxation is provided to candidates as follows:
- A maximum of three years for OBC candidates
- A maximum of three years in case of Defence Services personnel disabled in operations during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof
- A maximum of five years for candidates belonging to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe
- A maximum of five years if a candidate had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from 1 January 1980 to 31 December 1989
- A maximum of five years in case of ex-servicemen including Commissioned Officers and ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least five years Military Service as on 1 August and have been released on either of the following basis:
(a) On completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year from 1 August) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency
(b) On account of physical disability attributable to Military Service
(c) On invalidment
- A maximum of five years in case of ECOs/SSCOs who have completed an initial period of assignment of five years Military Service as on 1 August and whose assignment has been extended beyond five years and in whose case the Ministry of Defence issues a certificate that they can apply for civil employment and that they will be released on three months’ notice on selection from the date of receipt of offer of appointment.
- A maximum of ten years in case of blind, deaf-mute and orthopedically handicapped persons
The age relaxation will not be admissible to Ex-Servicemen and Commissioned Officers including ECOs/SSCOs who are released on own request.
Numbers of Attempts
The number of attempts a candidate can give the exam is limited as follows:
- Four attempts for General category candidates and OBC category candidates under the Creamy layer
- Seven attempts for OBC category candidates
- To SCs/STs, there is no limit on the number of attempts.
However these candidates are requested to bear in mind, an attempt at a Preliminary Examination shall be deemed to be an attempt at the Examination. If a candidate actually appears in any one paper in the Preliminary Examination, he/she shall be deemed to have made an attempt at the Examination. Notwithstanding the disqualification/cancellation of candidature, the fact of appearance of the candidate at the examination will count as an attempt. If the candidates have applied for the examination but not appeared at the exam is not an attempt.
Test Structure
These are following stages for Test:
Stage I: Preliminary examination - This is qualifying test held in May/June every year. Notification for this is published in December/January. Results are published in the first half of August. The Preliminary Examination consists of two papers of objective type (multiple-choice questions) carrying a maximum of 450 marks.
The Question Papers (Test Booklets) are set in English & Hindi.
Paper 1: General Studies
Paper 2: One of the optional subjects to be selected from the prescribed optional subjects
Stage II: Main examination - This is the main test, held in October/November every year. Results are usually published in the second week of March.
Paper 1: One of the Indian Languages to be selected by the candidate from the 18 languages included in the VIIIth Schedule to the Constitution (Qualifying Paper)
Paper 2: English (Qualifying Paper)
Paper 3: Essay
Paper 4 & 5: General Studies
Paper 6,7,8: Any two subjects (each having 2 papers) to be selected from the prescribed optional subjects (300 marks for each paper)
Stage III: Personality Test (Interview) - It is the final test and is held in April/May every year. Final results are usually announced a few days before the next preliminary examination.
How to Apply
All the UPSC Exams have the same forms. The eligibility criteria and other details may differ from exam to exam. A candidate wishing to appear for more than one exam has to fill an individual form for each examination. UPSC notifies common public about the examinations through Employment News and other leading newspapers every year in the month of December. Applicants can procure forms and information brochures about UPSC exams from all the leading Post Offices across India. Candidates have to send the properly filled forms along with the acknowledgment card.
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