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 Union Public Service Commission (UPSC CIVILS)

1. CANDIDATES TO ENSURE THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR THE EXAMINATION : All candidates 

(male/female/transgender) are requested to carefully read the Rules of Civil Services Examination 

notified by the Government (Department of Personnel and Training) and this Notice of Examination 

derived from these Rules. The Candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they 

fulfill all eligibility conditions for admission to examination. Their admission to all the stages 

of the examination will be purely provisional subject to satisfying the prescribed eligibility 

conditions. Mere issue of e-Admit Card to the candidate will not imply that his/her 

candidature has been finally cleared by the Commission. The Commission takes up 

verification of eligibility conditions with reference to original documents only after the 

candidate has qualified for Interview/Personality Test. 

2. HOW TO APPLY:

Candidates are required to apply Online by using the website https://upsconline.nic.in

Detailed instructions for filling up online applications are available on the above mentioned 

website. Brief Instructions for filling up the “Online Application Form” given in Appendix-IIA. 

2.1 Candidate should have details of one Photo ID Card viz. Aadhaar Card/Voter Card/PAN 

Card/Passport/Driving Licence/Any other Photo ID Card issued by the State/Central 

Government. The details of this Photo ID Card will have to be provided by the candidate while 

filling up the online application form. The candidates will have to upload a scanned copy of 

the Photo ID whose details have been provided in the online application by him/her. This 

Photo ID Card will be used for all future referencing and the candidate is advised to carry this 

Photo ID Card while appearing for Examination/Personality Test.

2.2 The facility of withdrawal of Application is available for those candidates who do not want to 

appear for Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination. In this regard, Instructions are 

mentioned in Appendix IIB of this Examination Notice 

3. LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS :

The online Applications can be filled up to 24th March, 2021 till 6:00 PM. The eligible 

candidates shall be issued an e-Admit Card three weeks before the commencement of the 

examination. The e-Admit Card will be made available in the UPSC website [ 

https://upsconline.nic.in] for downloading by candidates. No Admit Card will be sent by 

post. 

4. PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS:

Candidates should note that there will be penalty (negative marking) for wrong answers 

marked by a candidate in the Objective Type Question Papers. 

5. FACILITATION COUNTER FOR GUIDANCE OF CANDIDATES:

Government strives to have a workforce which reflects gender balance and women candidates are encouraged to apply.

In case of any guidance/information/clarification regarding their applications, candidature 

etc. candidates can contact UPSC’s Facilitation Counter near gate ‘C’ of its campus in person 

or over Telephone No. 011-23385271/011-23381125/011-23098543 on working days 

between 10.00 hrs and 17.00 hrs. 

6. MOBILE PHONES BANNED:

(a) The use of any mobile phone (even in switched off mode), pager or any electronic equipment 

or programmable device or storage media like pen drive, smart watches etc. or camera or 

blue tooth devices or any other equipment or related accessories either in working or 

switched off mode capable of being used as a communication device during the examination 

is strictly prohibited. Any infringement of these instructions shall entail disciplinary action 

including ban from future examinations. 

(b) Candidates are advised in their own interest not to bring any of the banned items including 

mobile phones/pagers to the venue of the examination, as arrangement for safe-keeping 

cannot be assured. 

7. Candidates are advised not to bring any valuable/costly items to the venue of the examination, 

as safe-keeping of the same cannot be assured. Commission will not be responsible for any loss in 

this regard. 

F. No. 1/13/2020-E.I(B) : Preliminary Examination of the Civil Services Examination for 

recruitment to the Services and Posts mentioned below will be held by the Union Public Service 

Commission on 27th June, 2021 in accordance with the Rules published by the Department of 

Personnel & Training in the Gazette of India Extraordinary dated 4th March, 2021. All candidates 

must carefully read the Civil Services Examination-2021 Rules together with all the Appendices along 

with the Annexures thereof and this Examination Notice derived from the CSE Rules, 2021 in entirety 

for gaining awareness of the current Rules and Regulations as changes may have been incorporated 

since the previous Examination Rules.

 (i) Indian Administrative Service 

 (ii) Indian Foreign Service 

 (iii) Indian Police Service 

 (iv) Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group ‘A’ 

 (v) Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group ‘A’ 

 (vi) Indian Corporate Law Service, Group ‘A’ 

 (vii) Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group ‘A’ 

 (viii) Indian Defence Estates Service, Group ‘A’ 

 (ix) Indian Information Service, Junior Grade Group ‘A’ 

 (x) Indian Postal Service, Group ‘A’ 

 (xi) Indian P&T Accounts and Finance Service, Group ‘A’ 

 (xii) Indian Railway Protection Force Service, Group ‘A’ 

 (xiii) Indian Revenue Service (Customs & Indirect Taxes) Group ‘A’ 

 (xiv) Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax) Group ‘A’ 

 (xv) Indian Trade Service, Group ‘A’ (Grade III) 

 (xvi) Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group ‘B’ (Section Officer’s Grade) 

 (xvii) Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar 

Haveli Civil Service (DANICS), Group ‘B’ 

 (xviii) Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar

Government strives to have a workforce which reflects gender balance and women candidates are encouraged to apply.

Haveli Police Service (DANIPS), Group ‘B’ 

 (xix) Pondicherry Civil Service (PONDICS), Group ‘B’ 

 The number of vacancies to be filled through the examination is expected to be approximately 

712 which include 22 vacancies reserved for Persons with Benchmark Disability Category, i.e. 5 

vacancies for candidates of (a) blindness and low vision; 6 Vacancies for (b) deaf and hard of 

hearing; 6 Vacancies for (c) locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, 

acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy; and 5 Vacancies for (e) multiple disabilities from 

amongst persons under clauses (a) to (c) including deaf-blindness. The final number of vacancies 

may undergo change after getting firm number of vacancies from Cadre Controlling Authorities. 

Reservation will be made for candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes. Scheduled Tribes, Other 

Backward Classes, the Economically Weaker Sections and Persons with Benchmark Disability in 

respect of vacancies as may be fixed by the Government. 

 As per the decision taken by the Government for increasing the access of unemployed to job 

opportunities, the Commission will publicly disclose the scores of the candidates (obtained in the 

Written Examination and Interview/Personality Test) through the public portals. The disclosure 

will be made in respect of only those willing candidates who will appear in the 

Interview/Personality Test for the Civil Service Examination and are not finally recommended for 

appointment. The information shared through this disclosure scheme about the 

non-recommended candidates may be used by other public and private recruitment agencies to 

appoint suitable candidates from the information made available in the public portal. 

 Candidates will be required to give their options at the time of Interview/Personality Test, 

while downloading the e-Summon Letter from the Commission’s website for the interview. A 

candidate may opt out of the scheme also and in that case his/her details will not be published by 

the Commission. 

 Besides sharing of the information of the non-recommended willing candidates of this 

examination, the Commission will not assume any responsibility or liability for the method and 

manner in which information related to such candidates is utilized by public/private 

organizations.


➡️ Eligibility Conditions:

(I)Nationality

(1) For the Indian Administrative Service, the Indian Foreign 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. 

Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) shall be a person in 

whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India. 

A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary, may be admitted to the 

examination but the offer of appointment may be given only after the necessary eligibility 

certificate has been issued to him/her by the Government of India. 

(II) Age Limits:

 (1) A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 

32 years on the 1st of August, 2021 i.e., the candidate must have been born not earlier than 2nd 

August, 1989 and not later than 1st August, 2000. 

 (2) The upper age-limit prescribed above will be relaxable:

 (a) up to a maximum of five years if a candidate belongs to a Scheduled Caste or a 

Scheduled Tribe; 

 (b) up to a maximum of three years in the case of candidates belonging to Other 

Backward Classes who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable to such candidates; 

 (c) up to a maximum of three years in the case of Defence Services Personnel, disabled in 

operations during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and 

released as a consequence thereof; 

 (d) up to a maximum of five years in the case of ex-servicemen including Commissioned 

Officers and Emergency Commissioned Officers(ECOs)/ Short Service Commissioned

Government strives to have a workforce which reflects gender balance and women candidates are encouraged to apply.

Officers (SSCOs) who have rendered at least five years Military Service as on 1st August, 

2021 and have been released: 

 (i) on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be 

completed within one year from 1st August, 2021, otherwise than by way of 

dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency); or 

 (ii) on account of physical disability attributable to Military Service; or 

 (iii) on invalidment. 

 (e) up to a maximum of five years in the case of ECOs/SSCOs who have completed an initial 

period of assignment of five years of Military Service as on 1st August, 2021 and whose 

assignment has been extended beyond five years and in whose case the Ministry of 

Defence issues a certificate that they can apply for civil employment and that they will 

be released on three months notice on selection from the date of receipt of offer of 

appointment. 

 (f) up to a maximum of 10 years in the case of candidates belonging to Persons with 

Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) categories viz. 

 (i) blindness and low vision; 

 (ii) deaf and hard of hearing; 

 (iii) locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack 

victims and muscular dystrophy; 

 (iv) autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability and mental illness; 

 (v) multiple disabilities from amongst person under clauses (i) to (iv) including 

deaf-blindness. 

Note‐I : Candidates belonging to either the SC or the ST or the OBC category who are also 

covered under any other clauses of para 3(II)(2) above, viz. those coming under the category of 

Ex-servicemen or PwBD, will be eligible for grant of cumulative age-relaxation under both 

categories. 

Note‐II : The term Ex-servicemen will apply to the persons who are defined as Ex-servicemen 

in the Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Civil Services and Posts) Rules, 1979, as amended 

from time to time. 

Note‐III : The age concession under para 3(II)(2) (d) and (e) will be admissible to 

Ex-servicemen i.e. a person who has served in any rank whether as combatant or 

non-combatant in the Regular Army, Navy and Air Force of the Indian Union and who either has 

been retired or relieved or discharged from such service whether at own request or being 

relieved by the employer after earning pension. 

Note‐IV : Notwithstanding the provision of age-relaxation under para 3(II) (2) (f) above, 

candidates of PwBD category will be considered to be eligible for appointment only if they 

(after such Medical Examination as the Government or appointing authority, as the case may be, 

may prescribe) are found to satisfy the requirements of physical and medical standards for the 

concerned Services to be allocated to the candidates of PwBD category by the Government. 

Note‐V : Save as provided under para 3(II) (2) above, the age-limits prescribed can in no case 

be relaxed. 

 (3) The date of birth, accepted by the Commission is that entered in the Matriculation or 

Secondary School Leaving Certificate or in a certificate recognised by an Indian University as 

equivalent to Matriculation or in an extract from a Register of Matriculates maintained by a Government strives to have a workforce which reflects gender balance and women candidates are encouraged to apply. 

University which extract must be certified by the proper authority of the University or in the 

Higher Secondary examination certificate or an equivalent examination certificate. The certificate 

in support of the date of birth is required to be submitted by a candidate only at the time of 

applying for the Civil Services (Main) Examination. No other document relating to age like 

horoscopes, affidavits, birth extracts from Municipal Corporation, Service records and the like will 

be accepted. 

Note‐I : Candidate should note that only the date of birth as recorded in the Matriculation or 

Secondary School Leaving Certificate or in an equivalent certificate as mentioned in para 3(III) 

(3) above and issued prior to the date of submission of application will be accepted by the 

Commission, and no subsequent request for its change will be considered or granted. 

Note‐II : Candidates should also note that once a date of birth has been submitted by them in 

the application form and entered in the records of the Commission for the purpose of admission 

to an Examination, no change will be allowed subsequently or at any other Examination of the 

Commission on any grounds whatsoever. 

(III) Minimum Educational Qualification: 

A candidate must hold a degree of any of the 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 a qualifying examination the passing of which would 

render them educationally qualified for the Commission’s Examination but have not been 

informed of the result as also the candidates who intend to appear at such a qualifying 

examination will also be eligible for admission to the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination. All 

candidates who are declared qualified by the Commission for taking the Civil Services (Main) 

Examination will be required to produce proof of passing the requisite qualifying examination 

along with their application (i.e. Detailed Application Form-I) for the Main Examination, failing 

which such candidates will not be admitted to the Main Examination. Such proof of passing the 

requisite qualifying examination should be dated earlier than the due date (closing date) of 

Detailed Application Form-I of the Main Examination. 

Note‐II : In exceptional cases, the Commission may treat a candidate who does not have any of the 

foregoing qualifications as a candidate, provided that the candidate has passed an examination 

conducted by any other institution the standard of which in the opinion of the Commission 

justifies the admission to the Civil Services Examination. 

Note‐III : Candidates possessing professional and technical qualifications which are recognised by 

Government as equivalent to professional and technical degree would also be eligible for 

admission to the Civil Services Examination. 

Note‐IV : Candidates who have passed the final professional M.B.B.S or any other equivalent 

professional examination leading to a medical degree or certificate 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 Civil Services Examination, provided they 

submit along with their application a copy of certificate from the concerned authority of the 

University/Institution that they had passed the requisite final professional examination. In such

Government strives to have a workforce which reflects gender balance and women candidates are encouraged to apply.

cases, the candidates will be required to produce at the time of their interview the original degree 

or a certificate from the concerned competent authority of the University/Institution that they had 

completed all requirements (including completion of internship) for the award of the Degree.

(IV) Number of attempts: 

Every candidate appearing at the examination who is otherwise eligible, shall be permitted six 

(6) attempts at the CSE. However, relaxation in the number of attempts will be available to the 

SC/ST/OBC and PwBD category candidates who are otherwise eligible. The number of attempts 

available to such candidates as per relaxation is as under:

(V) Restrictions on applying for the examination: 

(1) A candidate who is appointed to the Indian Administrative Service or the Indian Foreign 

Service based on the results of an earlier Examination and continues to be a member of that 

Service will not be eligible to appear at the Civil Services Examination-2021. In case such a 

candidate is appointed to the IAS or IFS after the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination-2021 

is over and the candidate continues to be a member of that Service, the candidate shall not be 

eligible to appear in the Civil Services (Main) Examination-2021 notwithstanding having 

qualified in the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination-2021. If such a candidate is appointed 

to the IAS or IFS after the commencement of the Civil Services (Main) Examination-2021 but 

before the result thereof is declared by the Commission and continues to be a member of that 

Service, the candidate shall not be considered for appointment to any Service/Post on the basis 

of the result of the CSE-2021. 

 (2) A candidate who is appointed to the Indian Police Service based on the results of an 

earlier Examination and continues to be a member of that Service shall not be eligible to opt for 

the Indian Police Service on the basis of the result of the CSE-2021.

(VI) Medical and Physical Standards: Candidates must be physically fit according to physical 

standards for admission to Civil Services Examination, 2021 as per guidelines given in 

Appendix-III of Rules for Examination published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary dated 4th

March, 2021. 

4. FEE:

Candidates(excepting Female/SC/ST/Persons with Benchmark Disability Candidates who are 

exempted from payment of fee) are required to pay fee of Rs. 100/- (Rupees One Hundred only) 

either by remitting the money in any Branch of State Bank of India or by using Visa/Master/RuPay 

Credit/Debit Card or by using Internet Banking of SBI. Applicants who opt for “Pay by Cash” mode 

should print the system generated Pay-in-slip during part II registration and deposit the fee at the 

counter of SBI Branch on the next working day only. “Pay by Cash” mode will be deactivated at 

11.59 P.M. of 23rd March, 2021 i.e. one day before the closing date; however applicants, who have 

generated their Pay-in- Slip before it is deactivated, may pay at the counter of SBI Branch during 

banking hours on the closing date. Such applicants who are unable to pay by cash on the closing 

date i.e. during banking hours at SBI Branch, for reasons whatsoever, even if holding valid 

pay-in-slip will have no other offline option but to opt for available online Debit/Credit Card or 

Internet Banking payment mode on the closing date i.e. till 06:00 P.M. of 24th March, 2021. 

For the applicants in whose case payments details have not been received from the bank they will 

be treated as fictitious payment cases and a list of all such applicants shall be made available on 

the Commission website within two weeks after the last day of submission of online application. 

These applicants shall also be intimated through e-mail to submit copy of proof of their payment 

to the Commission at the address mentioned in the e-mail. The applicant shall be required to 

submit the proof within 10 days from the date of such communication either by hand or by speed 

post to the Commission. In case, no response is received from the applicants their applications 

shall be summarily rejected and no further correspondence shall be entertained in this regard. 

All female candidates and candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe/ Persons 

with Benchmark Disability categories are exempted from payment of fee. No fee exemption is, 

however, available to OBC/EWS candidates and they are required to pay the prescribed fee in full. 

Persons with Benchmark Disability are exempted from the payment of fee provided they are 

otherwise eligible for appointment to the Services/Posts to be filled on the results of this 

examination on the basis of the standards of medical fitness for these Services/Posts (including 

any concessions specifically extended to the Persons with Benchmark Disability). A candidate of 

Persons with Benchmark Disability claiming fee concession will be required by the Commission to 

submit along with their Detailed Application Form – I, a certified copy of the Certificate of 

Disability from a Government Hospital/Medical Board in support of his/her claim for belonging to 

Persons with Benchmark Disability. 

NB: Notwithstanding, the aforesaid provision for fee exemption, a candidate of Persons with 

Benchmark Disability will be considered to be eligible for appointment only if the candidate (after 

such physical examination as the Government or the Appointing Authority, as the case may be, 

may prescribe) is found to satisfy the requirements of physical and medical standards for the 

concerned Services/Posts to be allocated to candidates of Persons with Benchmark Disability by 

the Government. 


5. How to Apply:

(a) Candidates are required to apply online using the website http://www.upsconline.nic.in. 

Detailed instructions for filling up online applications are available on the above mentioned 

website. The applicants are advised to submit only single application; however, if due to any 

unavoidable situation, if an apllicant submits another/multiple applications, then the applicant 

must ensure that application with the higher RID is complete in all respects like applicants’ details, 

examination centre, photograph, signature, photo ID, fee etc. The applicants who are submitting 

multiple applications should note that only the applications with higher RID (Registration ID) shall 

be entertained by the Commission and fee paid against one RID shall not be adjusted against any 

other RID. 

(b) All candidates, whether already in Government Service, Government owned industrial 

undertakings or other similar organizations or in private employment should submit their 

applications direct to the Commission. 

Persons already in Government Service, whether in a permanent or temporary capacity or as work 

charged employees other than casual or daily rated employees or those serving under the Public 

Enterprises are however, required to submit an undertaking that they have informed in writing to 

their Head of Office/Department that they have applied for the Examination. Candidates should 

note that in case a communication is received from their employer by the Commission 

withholding permission to the candidates applying for/appearing at the examination, their 

application will be liable to be rejected/candidature will be liable to be cancelled. 

NOTE 1: While filling in his/her Application Form, the candidate should carefully decide about 

his/her choice of centre for the Examination. If any candidate appears at a centre other than the 

one indicated by the Commission in his/her Admission Certificate, the papers of such a candidate 

will not be evaluated and his/her candidature will be liable to cancellation. 

NOTE-2: The Persons with Benchmark Disabilities in the categories of blindness, locomotor 

disability (both arm affected – BA) and cerebral palsy will be provided the facility of scribe, if 

desired by the person. In case of other category of Persons with Benchmark Disabilities as defined 

under section 2(r) of the RPWD Act, 2016, the facility of scribe will be allowed to such candidates 

on production of a certificate to the effect that the person concerned has physical limitation to 

write, and scribe is essential to write examination on behalf, from the Chief Medical Officer/ Civil 

Surgeon/ Medical Superintendent of a Government Health Care institution as per proforma at 

Appendix – IV. The candidates have discretion of opting for his/her own scribe or request the 

Commission for the same. The details of scribe i.e. whether own or the Commission’s and the 

details of scribe in case candidates are bringing their own scribe, will be sought at the time of 

filling up the application form online. Suitable provisions in Online Application have been made


6. LAST DATE FOR ONLINE SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS: 

 The Online Applications can be filled up to 24th March, 2021 till 6:00 P.M. after which the link

Eligibility for Availing Reservation:

(1) A candidate will be eligible to get the benefit of community reservation only in case the 

particular caste to which the candidate belongs is included in the list of reserved communities 

issued by the Central Government. 

(2) The OBC candidates applying for CSE-2021 must produce OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) certificate 

based on the income for the Financial Year (FY) 2019-2020, 2018-19 and 2017-18. 

(3) A candidate will be eligible to get the benefit of the Economically Weaker Section reservation 

only in case the candidate meets the criteria issued by the Central Government and is in 

possession of requisite Income & Asset Certificate based on income for Financial Year (FY) 

2019-2020.    

Candidates seeking reservation /relaxation benefits available for 

SC/ST/OBC/EWS/PwBD/Ex-servicemen must ensure that they are entitled to such 

reservation/relaxation as per eligibility prescribed in the Rules/Notice. They should also be in 

possession of all the requisite certificates in the prescribed format in support of their claim as 

stipulated in the Rules/Notice for such benefits, and these certificates should be dated earlier than 

the due date (closing date) of the application of Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2021.

Change of Category:

 If the category indicated by a candidate in the application form for Civil Services 

(Preliminary) Examination is Unreserved category but the candidate subsequently writes to the 

Commission to change the category to a reserved one, such request shall not be entertained by the 

Commission. Further, once a candidate has chosen a reserved category, no request shall be 

entertained for change to other reserved category viz. SC to ST, ST to SC, OBC to SC/ST or SC/ST to 

OBC, SC to EWS, EWS to SC, ST to EWS, EWS to ST, OBC to EWS, EWS to OBC. No Reserved category 

candidates other than those recommended on General Merit shall be allowed to change their 

category from Reserved to Unreserved or claim the vacancies (Service/Cadre) for Unreserved 

category after the declaration of final result by UPSC. 

Further, no candidate belonging to any sub-category of Persons with Benchmark Disabilities 

(PwBD) shall be allowed to change the sub-category of disability. 

 While the above principle will be followed in general, there may be a few cases where there 

was a gap of not more than 3 months between the issuance of a Government Notification enlisting 

a particular community in the list of any of the reserved communities and the date of submission 

of the application by the candidate. In such cases, the request of change of category from 

Unreserved to Reserved may be considered by the Commission on merit. In case of a candidate 

unfortunately becoming a Candidate belonging to Person with Benchmark Disability during the 

course of the examination process, the candidate should produce valid document of acquiring a 

disability to the extent of 40% or more as defined under the RPwD Act, 2016 to enable drawing

Withdrawal of applications: The online Applications can be withdrawn from 31st March, 

2021 to 6th April, 2021 till 6.00 PM after which the link will be disabled. Detailed instructions 

regarding withdrawal of Applications is available at Appendix IIB. No request for withdrawal of 

candidature will, however, be entertained after the expiry of the specified period by the 

Commission under any circumstances.

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. 

(iv) Details of the syllabi are indicated in Part A of Section III.


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


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