UPSC Main Exam Pattern changed

Preliminary exam pattern will be same as before.

Main Exam pattern :

The written examination will consist of the following papers: 
Paper-I 
    Section 1 Essay 200 Marks
    Section 2 English Comprehension  & English Précis 100 Marks 
                   (Of Matriculation/ Xth standard level)

Paper-II 
    General Studies–I 250Marks 
         (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) 1800 Marks 
Personality Test 275 Marks. 
Grand Total 2075 Marks



List of Optional subjects are divided into 2 groups. Where group 1 contains all other subjects, group 2 contains all Literature subjects. There is only 1 optional subjects, student can choose any optional if it is from group 1 ,a candidate can choose a subject as optional form group 2 only if the candidate has graduated in the literature of that particular language as the main subjec.

Here is the list of optional :

Group-1 

(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 

Group-2 

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, English

Last date to apply is 4th April 2013.

Other condition as Age limit, Number of attempts and other things remains same. There are some other changes also in regards to the choice of the language medium in the civil services (main) examination please see the detailed notification in the below link. 


http://www.upsc.gov.in/exams/notifications/2013/csp_ifs/csp2013.pdf

Apply online :  http:// www.upsconline.nic.in


All the best ..