A country as vast and thickly populated as India needs a well organised government machinery for proper governance. There are two facets to the administration of a country. One is security for which the country has its defence services and the other is the non-military part, which is taken care of by the Civil Services. Union Public Service Commission, Dholpur House, New Delhi-110011 conducts this competitive examination for appointment to the Indian Civil Service. Some of the services to which appointment is to be made are as follows.
1. All India Services :
Indian Administrative Service
Indian Police Service
Indian Foreign Service
2. Central Service Group A/B :
Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service Group A
Indian Audit & Accounts Service Group A
Indian Customs & Central Excise Service Group A
Indian Defense Accounts Service Group A
Indian Revenue Service Group A
Indian Civil Accounts Service Group A
Indian Postal Service Group A
Indian Civil Accounts Service Group A
Indian Railway Traffic Service Group A
Indian Railway Accounts Service Group A
Indian Railway Personal Service Group A
Indian Railway Protection Force Assistant Security Officer Group A
Indian Defense Estate Service Group A
Indian Information Service (Junior Grade)Group A
Indian Information Service (Junior Grade) Group A
Indian trade Service Group A
Central Industrial Security Force-Assistant Commandant Group A
Central Bureau of Investigation-Deputy Superintendent of Police Group A
Central Secretariat Service Group B (Selection Officer Grade)
Railway Board Secretariat Service Group B (Section Officer Grade)
Armed Forced Headquarters Civil Service Group B (Assistant Civilian Staff Officer Grade)
Customs Appraisers Service Group B
Delhi and Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshdweep Daman & Diu and Dadar & Nagar Haveli Civil Service Group B
Delhi and Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshdweep Daman & Diu and Dadar & Nagar Haveli Police Service Group B
Pondicherry Civil Services Group B.
METHOD OF ENTRY :
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) carries out the whole process of selection for entry into the Civil Services. The whole process of selection takes a full calendar year starting with the preliminary examination and going on to the main written examination concluding with a personal interview.
ELIGIBILITY :
Nationality : For Indian Administrative Service and the Indian Police Service a candidate must be a citizen of India. For other services the candidate must be either (1) a citizen of Indian or (2) a subject of Nepal or (3) A subject of Bhutan or (4) a Tibetan Refugee, who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or (5) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malwai, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently setting in India. Candidates belonging to categories 2,3 & 4 shall be person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Govt. of India.
AGE :
A candidate must have attended the age of 21 years and must not have attended the age of 30 years as on 1st August of the year of the Examination. The upper age limit is relaxable for SC & ST candidates by 5 years and by 3 years for OBC candidates. The age limit is also relaxable for certain other categories also i.e. displaced persons, certain categories of Commissioned Officers of the armed force.
QUALIFICATION :
A degree of any of the Universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature.
NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS :
Every eligible candidate appearing at the Civil Service examinations shall be permitted 4 (four) attempts only. This restriction will not apply in case of SC & ST candidate. For OBC candidates the number of permissible attempts is limited to 7 (seven). It must be remembered that an attempt at a preliminary examination shall be deemed to be an attempt at the examination.
FEES :
Rupees 50/-(Fifty) for the preliminary examination and Rs.60/- for the main examination. No fees charged from the SC & ST candidates.
PLAN OF EXAMINATION :
The competitive examination comprises two successive stages:
1. Civil Service preliminary examination (Objective Type) for the selection of candidates for main examination and
2. Civil Service main examination (written) and Interview test.
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION :
It will consist of two papers of Objective Type (multiple-choice questions) and carry a maximum of 450 marks. This examination is meant to serve as a screening test
only; 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. Only those candidates who are declared by the Commission to have qualified in the Preliminary Examination in a year will be eligible for admission to the main Examination of that year, provided they are otherwise eligible for admission to the main Examination.
Paper I – General Studies. 150 multiple choice questions each carrying one mark.
Paper II- Optional. 120 questions each 2.5 marks.
One subject out of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Botany, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Commerce, Economics, Electric Engineering, Geography, Geology, Indian History, Law, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Medical Science, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Public Administration, Sociology, Static'’, Zoology. Both the above papers are it objective type, of two-hour duration and in Hindi 7 English.
1. Both the question papers in the Prelim Test will be of the Objective Type (Multiple choice questions).
1. The question papers will be set both in Hindi and English.
2. The course content of the syllabi for the optional subjects will be of the degree level.
3. Each paper will be of two hours’ duration.
MAIN EXAMINATION :
The main examination consists of a written and an interview test.
The written examination (main) will consists of 9 (Nine) papers.
PAPER-I One of the Indian Language to be selected by the Candidates 300 Marks.
From the language included in the 8th Schedule of the
Constitution.
PAPER-II English 300 Marks.
The Paper I and Paper II are only qualifying in nature.
PAPER-III English Essay 300 Marks.
PAPER-IV & V General Studies 300 Marks.
PAPER-VI & VII PAPER-VIII & IX Any two subjects to be selected from among the list of (300 Marks in each Paper)
optional subjects. Each subject will have two papers.
LIST OF OPTIONAL SUBJECTS :
Agriculture, Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science, Anthropology, Botany, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Commerce & Accountancy, Economics, Electrical Engineering, Geography, Geology, History, Law, Management, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Medical Science, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science & International Relations, Psychology, Public Administration, Sociology, Statistics, Zoology.
INTERVIEW(PERSONALITY) TEST:
The candidates will be interviewed by a Board who will have before them a record of his career. He 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. The test is intended to judge the mental calibre of a candidate. In board terms this is really an assessment of not only his intellectual qualities but also social traits and his interest in current affairs. Some of the qualities to be judged are mental alertness, critical power of assimilation, clear and logical exposition, balance of judgement, variety and depth of interest, ability for social cohesion and leadership, intellectual and moral integrity.
The technique of the interview is not that of a strict cross-examination but of a natural, though directed and purposive conversation which is intended to reveal the mental qualities of the candidate. The interview is not intended to be a test either of the specialised or general knowledge of the candidates which has been already tested through their written papers. Candidates are expected to have taken an intelligent interest not only in their special subjects of academic study but also in the events which are happening around them both within and outside their own State or country as well as modern currents of thought and in new discoveries which should rouse the curiosity of the well-educated youth.
TRAINING :
Initially after appointment, candidates are sent for a certain period of training to the Academic College linked to their allotted Service. Thereafter they are placed in the various Departments in the actual work environment.
REMUNERATION :
In the Civil Service the pay structure is good. There is job security. From the 1st day of joining service, Civil Servants are entitled to subsidized accommodation, telephone and transport facilities. The social status enjoyed by a civil Servant is unparalleled.
The Government of India has fixed salary grades for Civil Servants. Approximately the range of salaries drawn at various levels is as follows :
Junior Officers: Rs. 8000-275-13500
Senior Officers: Rs. 10650-325-15200
Junior Administrative Grade: Rs.12,750-375-16,500
Selection Grade: Rs.15,100-400-18,300
Additional Secretary : Rs.22400-525-24500
Secretary/Cabinet Secretary: Rs.26,000/30,000 (The above scales only provide an idea of the pay scales. Different branches of the service have different scales of pay.)
FOR DETAILS :
For details regarding Scheme and Syllabus, Centres of Examination, Instruction for filling of application form, List of designated Head Post Offices/Post Offices for availability of forms etc, candidates must consult UPSC’s Notification for Examination as published in Employment New/Rozgar Samachar. Correspondences to be made to Secretary, Union Public Service Commission, Dholpur House, New Delhi-110011. Or log on to www.upsc.nic.gov.in for more detail.
Institutes Offering Coaching Facilities :
1. Orissa IAS Study Circle, A-99 Budhanagar, Bhubaneswar,751006
2. Rao Study Circle, 44, Dakhineswar Building, 10 Haileys Road, New Delhi-1
3. Lisas’ IAS Study Circle, 3, Budhanagar, Bhubaneswar.
4. Sachdeva New P.T. College, Bhubaneswar/Cuttack
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