A. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION:
The Examination shall comprise of two compulsory Papers of 200 marks each.
Note:
(i) Both the question papers will be of the objective type (multiple choice questions) and
each will be of two hours duration.
(ii) The General Studies Paper-II of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination will be a
qualifying paper with minimum qualifying marks fixed at 33%.
(iii) The question papers will be set both in Hindi and English.
B. MAIN EXAMINATION:
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-I
Essay 250 Marks
Paper-II
General Studies‐I 250 Marks
(Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society)
Paper‐III
General Studies‐II 250 Marks
(Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations)
Paper‐IV
General Studies‐III 250 Marks
(Technology, Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster
Management)
Paper‐V
General Studies‐IV 250 Marks
(Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude)
Paper‐VI
Optional Subject ‐ Paper 1 250 Marks
Paper‐VII
Optional Subject - Paper 2 250 Marks
Sub Total (Written test) 1750 Marks
Personality Test 275 Marks
Grand Total 2025 Marks
Candidates may choose any one of the optional subjects from amongst the list of subjects
given in para 2 below:—
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) Evaluation of the papers, namely, 'Essay', 'General Studies' and Optional Subject of all the
candidates would be done simultaneously along with evaluation of their qualifying papers
on ‘Indian Languages’ and ‘English’ but the papers on Éssay', General Studies and
Optional Subject of only such candidates will be taken cognizance who attain 25% marks
in ‘Indian Language’ and 25% in English as minimum qualifying standards in these
qualifying papers.
(iii) The paper A on Indian Language will not, however, be compulsory for candidates hailing
from the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim.
(iv) The paper A on Indian Language will not, however, be compulsory for Candidates
belonging to Persons with Benchmark Disability (only Hearing Impairment sub-category)
provided that they have been granted such exemption from 2nd or 3rd language courses
by the concerned education Board/University. The candidate needs to provide an
undertaking/self declaration in this regard in order to claim such an exemption to the
Commission.
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