Career Guidance Cell informs that Union Public Service
Commission (UPSC) has published a notification for the recruitment of 782 Civil
Service (Preliminary) Examination 2018. Eligible Indian Nationals may apply
Online from 07-02-2018 to 06-03-2018 till 06:00 PM. Other details like age
limit, educational qualification, application fee, selection process and how to
apply are given below…
UPSC
Vacancy Details:
Total No of Posts: 782
Name of the Exam: Civil
Service (Prelims) Examination 2018
Age Limit: Candidates age
should be between 21-32 years as on 01-08-2018 i.e., Candidate must have been
born not earlier than 02-08-1986 and not later than 01-08-1997. Age Relaxation
is applicable as per rules.
Educational Qualification: Candidates should
have degree of any of Universities incorporated 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.
Selection
Process: Candidates are selected based on Preliminary, Main
Examination & interview.
Application
Fee: Applicants
required to pay Rs.100/- through the following modes and no fee for Female/ SC/
ST/ Persons with Benchmark Disability candidates.
1. Pay by cash Mode: Applicants
required to pay the fee by cash Mode should print the system generated Pay in
slip during Part II registration and deposit the money in any
Branch of SBI.
2. Net Banking Mode: Applicants
required to pay the fee by using net banking facility of SBI.
3. Online Mode: Applicants
required to pay the fee by using Visa/ Master/ Rupay/ Credit/ Debit card
How to
Apply: Eligible
Candidates can apply Online form the website www.upsconline.nic.in from
07-02-2018 to 06-03-2018 till 06:00 PM.
Instructions
to Apply Online:
1. Before applying candidates have to scan photo and signature in .jpg format
with file not exceeding 40 KB each and not less than 3 KB for Photo and 1 KB
for Signature.
2. Candidates should have valid and active Email id.
3. Log on to the website www.upsconline.nic.in.
4. Click on the link “ONLINE APPLICATION FOR VARIOUS EXAMINATIONS OF UPSC”.
5. Select the appropriate Post and click on “Click Here (Part -I)”.
6. Fill all the mandatory fields like name, gender, etc and click on
“Continue”.
7. System will generate Registration-Id, retain it for further use.
8. Make payment as mentioned in application fee and retain the details for
entering in Part -II registration.
9. Again Relogin and click on “Click Here (Part-II)”.
10. Login by using Registration-Id & Date of Birth.
11. Fill all the required details and upload scanned photo and signature and
click on “Submit” Button.
12. After submission of Online Application take print out of finally submitted
application and retain it for future use.
Civil Services Exam Eligibility Criteria: Union Public
Service Commission’s (UPSC) Civil Services Examination eligibility details are
mentioned below…
I. Nationality:
(1) For the Indian Administrative Service and the Indian Police Service, a
candidate must be a citizen of India.
(2) For other services, a candidate must be either:
(a) a citizen of India, or
(b) a subject of Nepal, or
(c) a subject of Bhutan, or
(d) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st January, 1962 with the
intention of permanently settling in India, or
(e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka,
East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania,
Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently
settling in India.
II. Age Limit: A candidate must have attained the age of 21
years and must not have attained the age of 32 years on 1st August, 2018, i.e.
he must have been born not earlier than 2nd August, 1986 and not later than 1st
August, 1997.
The upper age limit
relaxations given below.
(a). The Age relaxable for SC, ST’S candidates 5 years
(b). Age relax able for OBC candidates 3 years
(c). Age relax able for 3 years in case of defence services personnel disabled
in operations during hostilities with any foreign country or disturbed area.
(d). 5 years Age relax able for Ex-service men including commissioned officers
and ECOs/ SSCOs who have completed an initial period of a assignment of 5 years
military service. (As on 01 August, 2008)
(e). 5 years age relaxable in the case of ECOs/ SSCOs who have completed an
initial period of assignment of 5 years of military service.(As on 01 August,
2008).
(f). Ten years age relaxation for blindness and low vision, deaf and hard
of hearing, locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured,
dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy, autism, intellectual
disability, specific learning disability and mental illness and deaf-blindness
candidates.
III. Minimum Educational
Qualification: The candidate must
hold a Degree of any of Universities incorporated 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.
NOTE :
i. Candidates who have appeared at an examination the passing of
which would render them educationally qualified for the Commission’s
examination but have not been informed of the results as also the candidates
who intend to appear at such a qualifying examination will also be eligible for
admission to the Preliminary Examination.
ii. In exceptional cases the Union Public
Service Commission may treat a candidate who does not have any of the foregoing
qualifications as a qualified candidate provided that he/ she has passed
examination conducted by the other Institutions, the standard of which in the
opinion of the Commission justifies his/ her admission to the examination.
iii. Candidates possessing professional and
technical qualifications which are recognized by Government as equivalent to
professional and technical degree would also be eligible for admission to the
examination.
iv. Candidates who have passed the final
professional M.B.B.S. or any other Medical Examination but have not completed
their internship by the time of submission of their applications for the Civil
Services (Main) Examination, will be provisionally admitted to the Examination
provided they submit along with their application a copy of certificate from
the concerned authority of the University/ Institution.
IV. Number of Attempts: Maximum of
6 attempts are allowed. No restriction for SC, ST candidates and 9 attempts are
allowed for OBC, Physically handicapped candidate belonging to the General
Category.
V. Restrictions on
Applying for the Examination:
a. Candidate who is appointed to the Indian Administrative Service
or the Indian Foreign Service on the results of an earlier examination and
continues to be a member of that service will not be eligible to compete at
this examination. In case such a candidate is appointed to the IAS/ IFS after
the Preliminary Examination of Civil Services Examination, 2018 is over and he/
she continues to be a member of that service, he/ she shall not be eligible to
appear in the Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2018 notwithstanding his/ her
having qualified in the Preliminary Examination, 2018. Also provided that if
such a candidate is appointed to IAS/ IFS after the commencement of the Civil
Services (Main) Examination, 2018 but before the result thereof and continues to
be a member of that service, he/ she shall not be considered for appointment to
any service/ post on the basis of the result of this examination viz. Civil
Services Examination, 2018.
b. Candidate who is appointed to the Indian
Police Service on the results of an earlier examination and continues to be a
member of that service will not be eligible to opt for the Indian Police
Service in Civil Services Examination, 2018.
V. Physical Standards: The candidate must be physically fit
according to physical standards for admission to Civil Services Examination,
2018.
Civil Services Exam
Selection Procedure Details: Union Public Service Commission’s (UPSC) Civil Services
Examination selection process details are given below….
Selection Procedure:
The Civil Services Examination comprises two successive stages.
I. Civil Services (Preliminary) Examinations (Objective Type) for the selection
of candidates for Main Examination; and
II. Civil Services (Main) Examination (Written and Interview) for the selection
of candidates for the various services and posts.
I. Preliminary Examination: The Preliminary Examination will consist
of two papers of Objective type (multiple choice questions) and carry a maximum
of 400 marks in the subjects set out in subsection (A) of Section-II. This
examination is meant to serve as a screening test only; Only those candidates
who are declared by the Commission to have qualified in the Preliminary
Examination in the year will be eligible for admission to the Main Examination
of that year provided they are otherwise eligible for admission to the Main Exam.
Note 1: The Commission will draw a list of
candidates to be qualified for Civil Services (Main) Examination based on the
criterion of minimum qualifying marks of 33% in General Studies Paper-II of
Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination and total qualifying marks of General
Studies Paper-I of Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination as may be
determined by the Commission.
Note 2: Candidates should note that there will be
penalty (negative marking) for wrong answers marked by a candidate in the
Objective Type Question Papers.
Note 3: The Civil Services (Preliminary)
Examination, shall comprise of two compulsory Papers of 200 marks each.
a). Both the question papers will be of the objective type (multiple choice
questions).
b). The General Studies Paper-II of the Civil Services (Preliminary)
Examination will be a qualifying paper with minimum qualifying marks fixed at
33%.
c). The question papers will be set both in Hindi and English.
d). Each paper will be of two hours duration. Blind candidates and the candidates
with Locomotor Disability and Cerebral Palsy where dominant (writing) extremity
is affected to the extent of slowing the performance of function (minimum of
40% impairment) will however, be allowed an extra time of twenty minutes per
hour for each paper.
II. Main Examination: The Main Examination will consist of
written examination and an interview test.
(a) Written Examination: The written examination will consists of 9
papers of conventional essay type in the subjects given in notification out of which
two papers will be of qualifying nature. Each paper will be of three hours
duration. Candidates will have the option to answer all the question papers,
except Paper-I (English Comprehension and English precis) in English or Hindi.
Candidates, who obtain such minimum qualifying marks in the written part of the
Main Examination as may be fixed by the Commission at their discretion, shall
be summoned by them for an interview or for a Personality Test. The number of
candidates to be summoned for interview will be about twice the number of
vacancies to be filled.
Note: The marks obtained in the Preliminary
Examination by the candidates who are declared qualified for admission to the
Main Examination will not be counted for determining their final order of merit.
The number of candidates to be admitted to the Main Examination will be about
twelve to thirteen times the total approximate number of vacancies to be filled
in the year in the various Services and Posts.
(b) Interview Test: The interview will carry 275 marks (with
no minimum qualifying marks). The candidate will be interviewed by a Board who
will have before them a record of his/ her career. He/ she will be asked
questions on matters of general interest. The object of the interview is to
assess the personal suitability of the candidate for a career in public service
by a Board of competent and unbiased observers.
III. Final Selection: Marks thus obtained by the candidates in
the Main Examination (written part as well as interview) would determine their
final ranking. Candidates will be allotted to the various Services keeping in
view their ranks in the examination and the preferences expressed by them for
the various Services and Posts.
Civil Services Exam
Pattern Details: Union Public
Service Commission’s (UPSC) Civil Services Exam pattern details are given
below…
Exam Pattern Details: Civil Services Exam Consists of 2 Stages.
I. Preliminary Examination (Objective Type)
II. Main Examination (Written and Interview)
I. Preliminary
Examination: The Examination
shall comprise two compulsory papers of 200 marks each.
(i) Both the question papers will be of the objective type (multiple choice
questions).
(ii) The question papers will be set both in Hindi and English.
(iii) Each paper will be of two hours duration. Blind candidates will however;
be allowed an extra time of twenty minutes at each paper
NOTE:
1. The Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, shall thus
comprise of two compulsory papers of which Paper-I will be of 200 marks
and Paper II will be of 200 marks.
2. Final merit for qualifying the candidates
for the Civil Services (Main) Written Examination will be drawn by using the
aggregate marks obtained in Paper-I out of 200 marks and marks obtained in
Paper-II out of 200 marks.
II. Main Examination:
1. The written examination will consist of the following papers:
Qualifying Papers:
Paper- A: One of the Indian Language to be selected
by the candidate from the Languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the
Constitution).- 300 Marks
Paper‐ B: English- 300 Marks
Papers to be counted for
Merit
|
Paper
|
Subject
|
Maximum Marks
|
|
Paper-I
|
Essay
|
250
|
|
Paper -II
|
General
Studies-I(Indian Heritage and Culture, History and
Geography of the World and Society)
|
250
|
|
Paper-III
|
General
Studies-II(Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social
Justice and International relations)
|
250
|
|
Paper-IV
|
General
Studies-III(Technology, Economic Development,
Bio-diversity, Environment, Security andDisaster Management)
|
250
|
|
Paper-V
|
General
Studies-IV (Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude)
|
250
|
|
Paper-VI
|
Optional subject
Paper-I
|
250
|
|
Paper-VII
|
Optional subject
Paper-II
|
250
|
|
Sub total
|
Written Test
|
1750
|
|
|
Personality Test
|
275
|
|
|
Grand Total
|
2025
|
Note:
i. The papers on Indian languages and English (Paper A and Paper B)
will be of Matriculation or equivalent standard and will be of qualifying
nature. The marks obtained in these papers will not be counted for ranking.
ii. The paper A on Indian Language will not, however, be compulsory
for candidate hailing from the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya,
Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim.
iii. Marks obtained by the candidates for the Paper-I-VII only will
be counted for merit ranking. However, the Commission will have the discretion
to fix qualifying marks in any or all of these papers.
List of Optional
Subjects for Main Examination:
(i) Agriculture
(ii) Animal Husbandry
and Veterinary Science
(iii) Anthropology
(iv) Botany
(v) Chemistry
(vi) Civil Engineering
(vii) Commerce and
Accountancy
(viii) Economics
(ix) Electrical Engineering
(x) Geography
(xi) Geology
(xii) History
(xiii) Law
(xiv) Management
(xv) Mathematics
(xvi) Mechanical
Engineering
(xvii) Medical Science
(xviii) Philosophy
(xix) Physics
(xx) Political Science
and International Relations
(xxi) Psychology
(xxii) Public
Administration
(xxiii) Sociology
(xxiv) Statistics
(xxv) Zoology
(xxvi) Literature
of any one of the following languages: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri,
Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri,
Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu,
Urdu and English.
Note:
i. The question papers for the examination will be of conventional
(essay) type.
ii. Each paper will be of three hours duration.
iii. Candidates will have the option to answer all the question
papers, except the qualifying language papers Paper -A and Paper-B, in any of
the languages included in the Eighth schedule to the constitution of India or
in English.
iv. The question papers (other than the literature of language
papers) will be set in Hindi and English only.
2. Personality Test/
Interview: The maximum marks
for interview is 275 marks. The candidate will be interviewed by a Board of
competent and unbiased observers who will have before them a record of his/ her
career. The object of the Interview is to assess the personal suitability of
the candidate for the Service. The candidate will be expected to have taken an
intelligent interest not only in his/ her subjects of academic study but also
in events which are happening around him/ her both within and outside his/ her
own state or country, as well as in modem currents of thoughts and in new
discoveries which should rouse the curiosity of well educated youth.
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