UPSC has
made significant changes in the pattern and syllabus of the Main Exams of Civil
Services Examination and these changes will be applicable from Main Exams 2013.
Note:
The prelim examination for Civil Services by UPSC has remained unaltered.
However, UPSC has decided to conduct the same prelim exam for students who want
to join the Indian Forest Services. Thus there will be a common prelim exam
paper for both Civil services and Indian Forest Services.
Here is
the new pattern for UPSC Main Exams.
There
will be a total of Seven Papers in Main Exams.
Paper –
I
Section
1 – Essay (200 marks)
Section
2 – English Comprehension and English Précis writing (100 marks)
Paper –
II
General
Studies– I (250Marks)
Topic: Indian
Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society
Paper-III
General
Studies –II (250 Marks)
Topic: Governance,
Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations
Paper-IV
General
Studies –III (250 Marks)
Topic: Technology,
Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster
Management
Paper-V
General
Studies –IV (250 Marks)
Topic: Ethics,
Integrity and Aptitude
Paper-VI
Optional
Subject – Paper 1 (250 Marks)
Paper-VII
Optional
Subject – Paper 2 (250 Marks)
Note: Candidates
may choose any optional subject from among the list of subjects given in Group
1. However, a candidate can opt for the literature of a language, indicated in
Group 2 below, as an optional subject,
only if the candidate has graduated in the literature of that particular
language as the main subject.
Group 1
Agriculture,
Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Anthropology, Botany, Chemistry, Civil
Engineering, Commerce and Accountancy, Economics, Electrical Engineering, Geography,
Geology, History, Law, Management, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Medical
Science, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science and International Relations, Psychology,
Public Administration, Sociology, Statistics, 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.
Written
Test Total (Paper I to VII): 1800 Marks
Personality
Test: 275 Marks
Grand
Total: 2075 Marks
For
detailed information on this notification, syllabus, and pattern you can visit
the UPSC link below:
http://www.upsc.gov.in/exams/notifications/2013/csp_ifs/csp2013.pdf
All the
best to all the UPSC Exam Aspirants!!!
Farzad
Minoo Damania
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