Introduction

Civil Services Exam is conducted by UPSC (Union Public Service Commission).  It is known as the "Mother of all Exams". There will be three stages in this Exam:

1) Preliminary

2) Main

3) Interview

The minimum Education qualification to give the Preliminary exam is a Bachelor's Degree in any subject from a recognised University. In general category, the age limit is 21-30. A candidate can give 4 attempts to this exam.

Exam Pattern

Preliminary:     Preliminary is a kind of qualifying exam. Only the candidates who cleared the preliminary exam can be called for the Main Exam. There will be 2 papers for Preliminary exams. General studies and Optional. In General Studies there will be total 150 Questions and each carry 1 mark. There are 23 subjects in which a candidate can opt for Preliminary Optional paper. Totally there will be 120 questions for Optional papers. Each questions carry 2.5 marks. Total Marks for Preliminary exam is 450(150+300).

Main:   There are total 9 papers for the Civil Service Main exams.

Paper 1: Indian language

Paper 2: English

Paper 3: Essay

Paper 4: General Studies Paper 1

Paper 5: General Studies Paper 2

Paper 6: First Optional Paper 1

Paper 7: First Optional Paper 2

Paper 8: Second Optional Paper 1

Paper 9: Second Optional Paper 2

 Interview:   The interview carries 250 marks. The board tries to test whether he or she have the excellence to be a the Civil Servant.  The interview is conducted by a board. The board are generally come across to the candidate's knowledge about the Optional which he / she choosed for the exams, their general awareness and their presence of mind.