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CIVIL SERVICEs EXAMINATION

Every year UPSC (Union Public Service Commission,Delhi) takes Civil Service eXamination

If you get selected in it, you can join IAS/IPS/Railways/Revenue/Postal/Telecom/Foreign etc. cservices as an officer.

The exam routine goes like this:

December : notification comes in major newspapers.

you need to buy the form from Head Post-office in your city. and send it to Delhi.

Min.requirements

1. Age 21

2. Bachelor's Degree in any field (art/commerce/sci.) from a UGC recognised university.

Scheme of Exam:

In other compitive exams such as GRE,CAT,etc. the application fee is quite high

that's why non-serious candidates don't fill up the forms.but in UPSC- the form costs only Rs.20/- so every tom,dick and harry around fills it. so every year almost 200,000 people give this exam.

but the vacancies are generally 700-800.

so UPSC takes the exam in 3 stages to eliminate the non-serious candidates

HERE IS UPSC's official website where you can get the detailed info. On syllabus etc.

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Stage 1 :Prilim (Month May) :

Multiple choice questions

papers gets checked by computers

generally 10X more candidates are passed per vacancy

e.g. there are 700 vacancies- they'll pass 7000 Candidates for next stage.

there are 2 papers

1. general studies...150 questions X 1 Mark = 150 M

2. optional subject...120 q? X 2.5 Mark = 300 M

total 450 Marks + negative marking -0.33Mark per wrong answer

*READ THE TIPS FOR EXAM SECTION*

Stage 2 :Mains Exam (October)

mains exam consists of essay like long questions

each paper has 300 Marks

1. Language paper (your mother-tounge) + EngliSh (only for qualifying

these papers marks don't get counted in merit list)

2. General studies Paper I & II

3. First Optional Subject Paper I & II

4. SEcond Optional Subject Paper I & II

5. Essay Paper 200 Marks.

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from this another merit list is made for interview.

suppose there are 700 vacancies, then they'll select 1400 candidates

Interview Stage:

held at Delhi, UPSC Headquarters, Interview carries 300 Marks.

after this the final merit is made, and you get selected according to your merit number+preference list given by you +reservation e.g.

you wrote in your application the preference:

IAS, IRS(Railway), IPS (Police)

and now you got 50th Rank in merit list and they've only 40 Vacancies in the IAS jobs so they'll select you for the IRS job. and if the IRS jobs are full- you'll be selected as IPS (+ reservation criterias )

its just like the college admission after 12th Standard based on merit list.

After selection you'll be given 2 years training and finally you'll be appointed as an officer.

How to tackle new pattern of civil services examination

How to tackle new pattern of civil services examination

As all of us know that CSE is undergoing a transition phase in which not only whole PT process to be changed but also nature of questions in main examination have changed significantly.I started my preparation from 2009 and that was the year when UPSC started to experimenting with main pattern. With my experience of writing 2009 main, 2010 PT and 2010 main I want to share these changes as I observed. I am no expert on CSE but want to share my experience and hope that it would help. My aim of this post is to analyze proposed changes in CSE.



Whats 'new' in this new pattern?

First of all we should know whats exactly new in this pattern and how it is different from previous pattern.Optionals in PT have been done away with . So apart from GS paper a CSAT paper to be common for all. Also relative weightage of GS have been increased to 50 % as compared to 33% earlier. As GS paper is known to all so this would be deciding factor for clearing PT 2011. As despite the claims of being CSAT ' expert' by many coaching classes no one knows more about CSAT than UPSC made public. So even if CSAT paper happens to be very easy cut off for that paper will be very low as aspirants would not attempt any question they are not 100% sure.So here ' new' thing is increased importance of GS for clearing PT 2011. And GS is now changed. You can not score good marks in GS PT by just mugging facts without understanding the fundamentals of the concepts. Gone are the days when 60 days classes by a coaching institute for prelims was sufficient .Current affairs and development issues are now gaining importance. A serious study of at least one newspaper is now must.

CSAT is a new addition in PT and this is causing maximum anxiety among aspirants. Basic syllabus made available by UPSC suggest that it would be like any other aptitude test for management and banking entrance examination . But final shape of paper could only be known when UPSC come up with model question papers.It is advisable that aspirants should not panic about CSAT and start with basic numeracy and reasoning books. Those not comfortable with English grammar can also start reading basic grammar books. As stated earlier cut off for CSAT is bound to low and score in GS would be deciding factor so more emphasis should be given on basics of GS.