Civil Services Examination (India)

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Civil Services Examination

 UPSC CSE
Acronym
 UPSC CSPE (Prelimnary)

 UPSC CSME (Mains)

Type Paper-based standardized test

Developer / Union Public Service Commission

administrator

Knowledge / Writing, English, General knowledge,

skills tested others

Purpose Selection of candidates to the various posts

of Civil Services of India

Year started 1922[1]

Duration 2 hours/paper (Prelims)

3 hours/paper (Mains)

Score / grade 0 - 200 (Prelims)

range 0 - 1750 (Mains)

0 - 275 (Interview)
Total = 2025 (Mains + Interview)

Offered Once a year

Restrictions on 6 (General), 9 (OBC & PwBD- General), no

attempts limits for SC & ST candidates

Countries / India
regions

Languages Question paper is only given in Hindi or

English. Answers can be given in any one

of the scheduled languages of India

Annual number About 1 million students applied for the

 of test takers Preliminary examination in 2017.

Prerequisites / Must be a graduate, and an Indian citizen.

eligibility criteria

Fee ₹ 100/- (for general male candidates). For

other categories of candidates, the

registration fee is exempted.

Scores / grades Union Public Service Commission for the

used by selection of the students to the various Civil

Services of India

Qualification approximately 0.1 %

rate

Website  upsc.gov.in

 Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination,

2019

The Civil Services Examination (CSE) is a nationwide competitive examination in India conducted
by the Union Public Service Commission for recruitment to various Civil Services of the Government
of India, including the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), and Indian
Police Service (IPS). Also simply referred to as the UPSC examination,[2] it is conducted in three
phases - a preliminary examination consisting of two objective-type papers (General Studies Paper I
and General Studies Paper II also popularly known as Civil Service Aptitude Test or CSAT), and a
main examination consisting of nine papers of conventional (essay) type, in which two papers are
qualifying and only marks of seven are counted followed by a personality test (interview).[2]

Contents

 1Process
 2Eligibility
o 2.1Nationality
o 2.2Educational Qualification
o 2.3Age
o 2.4Number of attempts
 3Vacancies and Selection
o 3.1Cut-Off
 4List of Services
 5Preliminary
 6Mains
o 6.1Examination
 6.1.1List of Languages
 6.1.2Optional subjects
 o 6.2Interview
 7References
 8External links

Process[edit]
The Civil Services Examination is based on the British Raj-era Imperial Civil Service tests, as well as
the civil service tests conducted by old Indian empires such as in the Mauryan Empire and Mughal
Empire. It is considered to be one of the most difficult competitive examinations in India. On
average, 900,000 to 1,000,000 candidates apply every year and the number of candidates sitting in
the preliminary examination is approximately 500,000.[3] Results for the Prelims are published in mid-
August, while the final result is published in May of the next year.

 Stage I: Preliminary Examination - Held in June every year. Results are announced in August.
 Stage II: Mains

1. Examination - Held in October every year. Results are announced in January.

2. Personality Test (interview) - Held in March. Final results are usually announced in May.[4]
The training program for the selected candidates usually commences the following September.