CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION,2011

NOTE 2 :


Since these Application Forms are to be

processed in a computerised system,

due care should be taken by the candi-

dates to fill up their Application Form cor-

rectly. Necessary instructions for filling

up the Form may be seen at Appendix II

(B). No relevant columns of the applica-

tion should be left blank. Incomplete or

defective applications shall be sum-

marily rejected. No representation or

correspondence regarding such rejec-

tion shall be entertained under any cir-

cumstances.

Candidates are not required to submit

alongwith their applications any certifi-

cate in support of their claims regarding

Age, Educational Qualifications, Sched-

uled Castes/Scheduled Tribes/Other

Backward Classes and Physically dis-

abled etc. which will be verified at the

time of the Main examination only. The

candidates applying for the examination

should ensure that they fulfil all the eligi-

bility conditions for admission to the Ex-

amination. Their admission at all the

stages of examination for which they are

admitted by the Commission viz. Prelimi-

nary Examination, Main (Written) Exami-

nation and Interview Test will be purely

provisional, subject to their satisfying the

prescribed eligibility conditions. If on veri-

fication at any time before or after the

Preliminary Examination, Main (written)

Examination and Interview Test, it is

found that they do not fulfil any of the

eligibility conditions, their candidature

for the examination will be cancelled by

the Commission.

If any of their claims is found to be incor-

rect, they may render themselves liable

to disciplinary action by the Commission

in terms of Rule 14 of the Rules for the

Civil Services Examination, 2011 repro-

duced below :

A candidate who is or has been declared

by the Commission to be guilty of :

(i) Obtaining support for his/her candida-

ture by the following means, namely :–

(a) offering illegal gratification to, or

(b) applying pressure on, or

(c) blackmailing, or threatening to

blackmail any person connected with the

conduct of the examination, or

(ii) impersonating, or

(iii) procuring impersonation by any per-

son, or

(iv) submitting fabricated documents or

documents which have been tampered

with, or

(v) making statements which are incor-

rect or false or suppressing material infor-

mation, or

(vi) resorting to the following means in con-

nection with his/her candidature for the ex-

amination, namely

(a) obtaining copy of question paper

through improper means,

(b) finding out the particulars of the

persons connected with secret

work relating to the examination.

(c) influencing the examiners, or

(vii) using unfair means during the exami-

nation, or

(viii)writing obscene matter or drawing

obscene sketches in the scripts, or

(ix) misbehaving in the examination hall

including tearing of the scripts, provoking

fellow examinees to boycott examination,

creating a disorderly scene and the like, or

(x) harassing or doing bodily harm to the

staff employed by the Commission for the

conduct of their examinations, or

(xi) being in possession of or using mo-

bile phone, pager or any electronic equip-

ment or device or any other equipment

capable of being used as a communica-

tion device during the examination; or

(xii) violating any of the instructions issued

to candidates along with their Admission



Certificates permitting them to take the ex-

amination, or

(xiii)attempting to commit or as the case

may be abetting the Commission of all or

any of the acts specified in the foregoing

clauses;

may in addition to rendering himself/her-

self liable to criminal prosecution, be liable.

(a) to be disqualified by the Commis-

sion from the examination for

which he/she is a candidate and/

or

(b) to be debarred either permanently

or for a specified period

(i) by the Commission from any

examination or selection held

by them;

(ii) by the Central Government

from any employment under

them; and

(c) if he/she is already in service un-

der Government to disciplinary ac-

tion under the appropriate Rules.

Provided that no penalty under this Rules

shall be imposed except after

(i) giving the candidate an opportunity of

making such representation, in writing as

he/she may wish to make in that behalf; and

(ii) taking the representation, if any, sub-

mitted by the candidate within the period

allowed to him/her into consideration.

6. LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF AP-

PLICATIONS :

(i) ONLINE :

The Online Applications can be filled

up to 21st March 2011 till 11.59 pm after

which the link will be disabled.

(ii) OFFLINE :

(a) All Offline Applications must reach the

"Controller of Examinations, Union Public

Service Commission, Dholpur House,

Shahjahan Road, New Delhi-110069" ei-

ther by hand or by Post/Speed Post or by

Courier, on or before the 21st March, 2011.

(b) In respect of applications received only

by post (by post/speed post) from the can-

didates residing in Assam, Meghalaya,

Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur,

Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Jammu & Kash-

mir, Lahaul and Spiti District and Pangi Sub-

Division of Chamba District of Himachal

Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands

or Lakshadweep or abroad, the last date

for receipt of applications is 28th March,

2011 till 5 P.M. only. The benefit of ex-

tended time will be available only in re-

spect of applications received by Post/

Speed Post from the abovementioned ar-

eas/regions. In the case of applications

received by hand or through courier ser-

vice, benefit of extended time will not be

available regardless of the place of resi-

dence of the applicant.

Candidates who are claiming the benefit of

extended time should clearly indicate in col-

umn 13 of the Application Form, the area

code of the particular area or region (e.g.

Assam, Meghalaya, J&K etc.) where they are

residing. In case they fail to do so, the benefit

of extended time will not be allowed to them.

NOTE I :

Candidates should clearly note that the

Commission will in no case be responsible

for non-receipt of their application or any

delay in receipt thereof on any account

whatsoever. No application received after

the prescribed last date will be entertained

under any circumstances and all the late

applications will be summarily rejected.

They should therefore, ensure that their

applications reach the Commission's Of-

fice on or before the prescribed last date.

NOTE II :

Candidates can also deliver their applica-

tions personally at the Commission's

counter against proper acknowledgement.

The Commission will not be responsible for

the applications delivered to any other func-

tionary of the Commission.

NOTE III:



The candidates should note that

applications will be received by hand only

one at a time at the designated

counter(s) and not in bulk, till 5 PM only.

NOTE IV:

Applications received through Couriers or

Courier Services of any type shall be

treated as having been received "By hand"

at the Commission's Counter.

7. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF APPLICA-

TIONS :

Immediately on receipt of an application

from a candidate, the Acknowledgement

Card submitted by him/her alongwith the

Application Form will be despatched to him/

her by the Commission’s Office duly

stamped in token of receipt of his/her Ap-

plication. If a candidate does not receive

the Acknowledgement Card within 30 days,

he/she should at once contact the Com-

mission by quoting his/her Application

Form No. and name & year of examina-

tion. Candidates delivering the Application

Form in person at the Commission’s

Counter will be issued Acknowledgement

Card at the Counter itself. The mere fact

that a candidate’s application has been ac-

knowledged by the Commission does not

mean that his/her candidature for the ex-

amination has been accepted by the Com-

mission. Candidates will be informed at the

earliest possible about their admission to

the examination or rejection of their appli-

cation.

8. CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE

COMMISSION:

The Commission will not enter into any cor-

respondence with the candidates about their

candidature except in the following cases:

(i) Every candidate for this examination will

be informed at the earliest possible date of

the result of his/her application. Admission

Certificates, indicating the Roll Nos. will be

issued to the candidates who are admitted

to the examination. The Admission Certifi-

cate will bear the photograph of the candi-

date. If a candidate does not receive his Ad-

mission Certificate or any other communica-

tion regarding his/her candidature for the

examination three weeks before the com-

mencement of the examination, he/she

should at once contact the Commission. On

receipt of such a communication, Admission

Certificate or a duplicate copy thereto will be

issued to the admitted candidate. Informa-

tion in this regard can also be obtained from

the Facilitation Counter located in the

Commission’s Office either in person or over

phone Nos. 011-23381125/011-23385271/

011-23098543. In case no communication

is received in the Commission's Office

from the candidate regarding non-receipt

of his/her Admission Certificate atleast 3

weeks before the examination, he/she

himself/herself will be solely responsible

for non-receipt of his/her Admission Cer-

tificate. It may be noted that the Admission

Certificate will be issued at the address as

photocopied from the Application Form filled

in by the candidate. The candidate should,

therefore, ensure that address given by him/

her in the Application Form is correct and

complete with pin code.

No candidate will ordinarily be allowed to

take the examination unless he/she holds

a certificate of admission for the exami-

nation. On the receipt of Admission Cer-

tificate, check it carefully and bring dis-

crepancies/errors, if any, to the notice of

UPSC immediately.

The candidates should note that their ad-

mission to the examination will be purely

provisional based on the information given

by them in the Application Form. This will

be subject to verification of all the eligibility

conditions by the UPSC.

The mere fact that a certificate of admis-

sion to the Examination has been issued

to a candidate, will not imply that his/her

candidature has been finally cleared by

the Commission or that entries made by

the candidate in his/her application for the



Preliminary examination have been ac-

cepted by the Commission as true and

correct. Candidates may note that the

Commission takes up the verification of

eligibility conditions of a candidate, with

reference to original documents, only af-

ter the candidate has qualified for Civil

Services (Main) Examination. Unless can-

didature is formally confirmed by the Com-

mission, it continues to be provisional.

The decision of the Commission as to the

eligibility or otherwise of a candidate for

admission to the Examination shall be final.

Candidates should note that the name in the

Admission Certificate in some cases, may

be abbreviated due to technical reasons.

(ii) In the event of a candidate receiving

more than one Admission Certificate from

the Commission, he/she should use only

one of these Admission Certificates for ap-

pearing in the examination and return the

other(s) to the Commission's Office.

(iii) A candidate must see that communica-

tions sent to him/her at the address stated

in his/her application are redirected, if nec-

essary. Change in address should be com-

municated to the Commission at the earli-

est opportunity. Although the Commission

make every effort to take account of such

changes, they cannot accept any respon-

sibility in the matter.

(iv) Candidates are informed that as the

Preliminary Examination is only a screening

test, no marks sheets will be supplied to suc-

cessful or unsuccessful to be Confirmed can-

didates and no correspondence will be en-

tertained by the Commission, in this regard.

(v) If a candidate receives an Admission

Certificate in respect of some other candi-

date on account of handling error, the same

should be immediately returned to the

Commission with a request to issue the

correct Admission Certificate. Candidates

may note that they will not be allowed to

take the examination on the strength of an

Admission Certificate issued in respect of

another candidate.

IMPORTANT : ALL COMMUNICATIONS

TO THE COMMISSION SHOULD INVARI-

ABLY CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING PAR-

TICULARS.

1. NAME AND YEAR OF THE EXAMINA-

TION.

2. APPLICATION FORM NUMBER

3. ROLL NUMBER (IF RECEIVED)

4. NAME OF CANDIDATE (IN FULL AND

IN BLOCK LETTERS)

5. COMPLETE POSTAL ADDRESS AS

GIVEN IN THE APPLICATION.

N.B. I. COMMUNICATION NOT CONTAIN-

ING THE ABOVE PARTICULARS MAY

NOT BE ATTENDED TO.

N.B. II. CANDIDATES SHOULD ALSO

NOTE DOWN THEIR APPLICATION FORM

NUMBER FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.

THEY MAY BE REQUIRED TO INDICATE

THE SAME IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR

CANDIDATURE FOR THE CIVIL SER-

VICES (MAIN) EXAMINATION.

9. The eligibility for availing reservation

against the vacancies reserved for the

physically disabled persons shall be the

same as prescribed in "The Persons with

Disability (Equal Opportunities, Protection

of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995."

Provided further that the physically dis-

abled candidates shall also be required to

meet special eligibility criteria in terms of

physical requirements/functional classifi-

cation (abilities/disabilities) consistent with

requirements of the identified Service/Post

as may be prescribed by its Cadre Con-

trolling Authority.

The physical requirement and functional

classification can for example be one or

more of the following :

Code Physical Requirements

MF 1. Work performed by Manipula-

tion by Fingers

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3. Work Performed by Lifting

4. Work Performed by Kneeling

and Crouching

5. Work Performed by Bending

6. Work Performed by Sitting (on

bench or chair)

7. Work Performed by Standing

8. Work Performed by Walking

9. Work Performed by Seeing

10. Work Performed by Hearing/

Speaking

11. Work Performed by Reading

and Writing

12. Communication



amination by the candidates who are de-

clared qualified for admission to the Main

Examination will not be counted for deter-

mining their final order of merit. The num-

ber of candidates to be admitted to the Main

Examination will be about twelve to thirteen

times the total approximate number of va-

cancies 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 Examina-

tion in the year will be eligible for admission

to the Main Examination of that year pro-

vided they are otherwise eligible for admis-

sion to the Main Examination.



Interview Test will carry 300 marks.

NOTE (i) The papers on Indian Languages

and English will be of Matriculation or

equivalent standard and will be of qualify-

ing nature; the marks obtained in these

papers will not be counted for ranking.

NOTE (ii) Evaluation of the papers, namely,

'Essay, 'General Studies' and Optional Sub-

jects of all candidates would be done si-

multaneously along with evaluation of their

qualifying papers on 'Indian languages' and

English' but the papers on 'Essay', Gen-

eral Studies' and 'Optional Subjects' of only

such candidates will be taken cognizance

of as attain such minimum standard as



Literature of one of the following lan-

guages :

Arabic, Assamese, Bodo, Bengali, Chi-

nese, Dogri, English, French, German,

Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri,

Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri,

Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Pali, Persian,

Punjabi, Russian, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi,

Tamil, Telugu, Urdu.

NOTE (i) Candidates will not be allowed to

offer the following combinations of subjects:–

(a) Political Science & International Re-

lations and Public Administration;

(b) Commerce & Accountancy and Man-



Code FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION



3. The Main Examination will consist of a



may be fixed by the Commission at their



agement;



BL

BA



1. Both legs affected but not arms

2. Both arms affected

a. Impaired Reach

b. Weakness of Grip.

c. ataxic



written examination and an Interview Test.

The written examination will consist of 9

papers of conventional essay type in the

subjects set out in sub-section (B) of Sec-

tion-II. Also see Note (ii) under para I of



discretion for the qualifying papers on 'In-

dian language' and 'English' and, there-

fore, the marks in 'Essay' 'General studies

and Optional subjects' will not be disclosed

to those candidates who fail to obtain such



(c) Anthropology and Sociology;

(d) Mathematics and Statistics;

(e) Agriculture and Animal Husbandry &

Veterinary Science.

(f) Management and Public Administration;



BLA 3. Both legs and both arms af-

fected.

OL 4. One leg affected (R or L)

a. impaired reach

b. weakness of grip

c. ataxic

OA 5. One arm affected (R or L)

a. impaired reach

b. weakness of grip

c. ataxic

OAL 6. One arm and one leg affected

MW 7. Muscular weakness.

B 8. Blind

LV 9. Low vision

H 10. Hearing

Note : The above list is subject to revision.

10. A candidate will be eligible to get the

benefit of community reservation only in

case the particular caste to which the can-

didates belongs is included in the list of

reserved communities issued by the Cen-

tral Government. If a candidate indicates

in his/her application form for Civil Services

(Preliminary) Examination that he/she be-

longs to General category but subse-

quently writes to the Commission to change



Section-II (B).

4. Candidates who obtain such minimum

qualifying marks in the written part of the

Main Examination as may be fixed by the

Commission at their discretion, shall be

summoned by them for an interview/for a

Personality Test vide sub-section ‘C’ of

Section-II. However, the papers on Indian

Languages and English will be of qualify-

ing nature. Also see Note (ii) under para 1

of Section-II (B). The marks obtained in

these papers will not be counted for rank-

ing. The number of candidates to be sum-

moned for interview will be about twice the

number of vacancies to be filled. The inter-

view will carry 300 marks (with no mini-

mum qualifying marks).

Marks thus obtained by the candidates in

the Main Examination (written part as well

as interview) would determine their final

ranking. Candidates will be allotted to the

various Services keeping in view their

ranks in the examination and the prefer-

ences expressed by them for the various

Services and Posts.

Section-II

Scheme and subjects for the Preliminary



minimum qualifying standard in 'Indian lan-

guage and 'English'.

NOTE (iii) The paper-I on Indian Lan-

guages will not, however, be compulsory

for candidates hailing from the North-East-

ern States of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur,

Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland and

also for candidates hailing from the State

of Sikkim.

NOTE (iv) For the Language papers, the

script to be used by the candidates will be

as under :–

Language Script

Assamese Assamese

Bengali Bengali

Bodo Devanagari

Dogri Devanagari

Gujarati Gujarati

Hindi Devanagari

Kannada Kannada

Kashmiri Persian

Konkani Devanagari

Maithili Devanagari

Malayalam Malayalam

Manipuri Bengali

Marathi Devanagari



(g) Of the Engineering subjects, viz., Civil

Engineering, Electrical Engineering

and Mechanical Engineering–not

more than one subject.

(h) Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Sci-

ence and Medical Science.

(ii) The question papers for the examina-

tion will be of conventional (essay) type.

(iii) Each paper will be of three hours dura-

tion. Blind candidates will, however, be al-

lowed an extra time of thirty minutes at each

paper.

(iv) Candidates will have the option to an-

swer all the question papers, except the

language papers viz. Papers I and II above

in any one of the languages included in

the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution or

in English.

(v) Candidates exercising the option to

answer papers III to IX in any one of the

languages included in the Eighth Sched-

ule to the Constitution may, if they so de-

sire, give English version within brackets

of only the description of the technical

terms, if any, in addition to the version in



his/her category to a reserved one, such

request shall not be entertained by the

Commission.

While the above principle will be fol-

lowed in general, there may be a few cases

where there was a little gap (say 2-3

months) between the issuance of a Gov-

ernment Notifications enlisting a particular

community in the list of any of the reserved

communities and the date of submission



and Main Examinations.

A. Preliminary Examination

The Examination shall comprise two

compulsory papers of 200 marks each.

NOTE (i) Both the question papers will be

of the objective type (multiple choice ques-

tions).

(ii) The question papers will be set both in

Hindi and English. However, questions

relating to English Language Comprehen-



Nepali

Oriya

Punjabi

Sanskrit

Santali

Sindhi

Tamil

Telugu

Urdu



Devanagari

Oriya

Gurumukhi

Devanagari

Devanagari or Olchiki

Devanagari or Arabic

Tamil

Telugu

Persian



the language opted by them.

Candidates should, however, note that if they

misuse the above rule, a deduction will be

made on this account from the total marks

otherwise accruing to them and in extreme

cases, their script(s) will not be valued for

being in an unauthorised medium.

(vi) The question papers other than lan-

guage papers will be set both in Hindi and

English.



of the application by the candidate. In such

cases the request of change of comunity

from General to Reserved may be consid-

ered by the Commission on merit.

11. WITHDRAWAL OF APPLICATIONS :

NO REQUEST FOR WITHDRAWAL OF

CANDIDATURE RECEIVED FROM A

CANDIDATE AFTER HE/SHE HAS SUB-

MITTED HIS/HER APPLICATION WILL BE

ENTERTAINED UNDER ANY CIRCUM-

STANCES.

(VINAYA PRAKASH SINGH)

JOINT SECRETARY

UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

APPENDIX-I

Section-I

PLAN OF EXAMINATION

The competitive examination comprises

two successive stages :

(i) Civil Services (Preliminary) Examina-

tions (Objective Type) for the selection of

candidates for Main Examination; and

(ii) Civil Services (Main) Examination (Writ-

ten and Interview) for the selection of can-

didates for the various services and posts.

2. The Preliminary Examination will consist

of two papers of Objective type (multiple

choice questions) and carry a maximum of

400 marks in the subjects set out in sub-

section (A) of Section-II. This examination

is meant to serve as a screening test only;

the marks obtained in the Preliminary Ex-



sion skills of Class X level will be tested

through passages from English Language

only without providing Hindi translation

thereof in the question paper.

(iii) Details of the syllabi are indicated in

Part A of Section III.

(iv) Each paper will be of two hours dura-

tion. Blind candidates will however, be al-

lowed an extra time of twenty minutes at

each paper.

B. Main Examination

The written examination will consist of

the following papers :

Paper I One of the Indian 300 marks

languages to be

selected by the

candidate from the

Languages included

in the Eighth Schedule

to the Constitution.

Paper II English 300 marks

Paper III Essay 200 marks

Papers IV General Studies 300 marks

and V for each paper

Papers VI Any two 300 marks

VII, VIII subjects to for each

and IX be selected from paper

the list of the

optional subjects set

out in para 2 below.

Each subject will have

two papers.



NOTE : For Santali language, question pa-

per will be printed in Devanagari script;

but candidates will be free to answer ei-

ther in Devanagari script or in Olchiki.

2. List of optional subjects for Main

Examination

Agriculture

Animal Husbandry & 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



(vii) The details of the syllabi are set out in

Part B of Section-III.

"General Instructions (Preliminary as

well as Main Examination)" :

(i) Candidates must write the papers in

their own hand. In no circumstances, will

they be allowed the help of a scribe to write

the answers for them. However, blind can-

didates will be allowed to write the exami-

nation with the help of a scribe.

(ii) An extra time of twenty minutes per hour

shall be permitted for the candidates with

locomotor disability and cerebral palsy

where dominant (writing) extremity is af-

fected to the extent of slowing the perfor-

mance of function (minimum of 40% im-

pairment) in the Civil Services (Main) Ex-

amination only. However, no scribe shall

be permitted to such candidates.

NOTE 1 : The eligibility conditions of a

scribe, his/her conduct inside the exami-

nation hall and the manner in which and

extent to which he/she can help the blind

candidate in writing the Civil Services Ex-

amination shall be governed by the instruc-

tions issued by the UPSC in this regard.

Violation of all or any of the said instruc-

tions shall entail the cancellation of the

candidature of the blind candidate in addi-

tion to any other action that the UPSC may

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NOTE 2 : For purpose of these rules the

candidate shall be deemed to be a blind

candidate if the percentage of visual im-

pairment is 40% or more. The criteria for

determining the percentage of visual im-

pairment shall be as follows :

All with corrections Perce-

_______________ ntage

Better eye Worse eye

Category 0 6/9-6/18 6/24 to 6/36 20%

Category I 6/18-6/36 6/60 to nil 40%

Category II 6/60-4/60 3/60 to nil 75%

or field of

vision 10-200

Category III 3/60-1/60 F.C. at 1 ft 100%

or field of to nil

vision 100

Category IV FC. at 1 ft F.C. at 1 ft 100%

to nil field of to nil field of

vision 1000 vision 1000

One eyed 6/6 F.C. at 1 ft 30%

person to nil

NOTE 3 : For availing of the concession

admissible to a blind candidate, the candi-

date concerned shall produce a certificate

in the prescribed proforma from a Medical

Board constituted by the Central/State Gov-

ernments alongwith his application for the

Main Examination.

NOTE 4 : (i) The concession admissible to

blind candidates shall not be admissible

to those suffering from Myopia.

(ii) The Commission have discretion to fix

qualifying marks in any or all the subjects

of the examination.

(iii) If a candidate’s handwriting is not eas-

ily legible, a deduction will be made on

this account from the total marks otherwise

accruing to him.

(iv) Marks will not be allotted for mere su-

perficial knowledge.

(v) Credit will be given for orderly, effective

and exact expression combined with due

economy of words in all subjects of the

examination.

(vi) In the question papers, wherever re-

quired, SI units will be used.

(vii) Candidates should use only interna-

tional form of Indian numerals (i.e.

1,2,3,4,5,6 etc.) while answering question

papers.

(viii) Candidates will be allowed the use of

Scientific (Non-Programmable type) Cal-

culators at the conventional (Essay) type

examination of UPSC. Programmable type

calculators will however not be allowed

and the use of such calculators shall tanta-

mount to resorting to unfair means by the

candidates. Loaning or interchanging of

calculators in the Examination Hall is not

permitted.

It is also important to note that candidates

are not permitted to use calculators for an-

swering objective type papers (Test Book-

lets). They should not therefore, bring the

same inside the Examination Hall.

C. Interview test

The candidate will be interviewed by a Board

who will have before them a record of his/her

career. He/she 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 ob-

servers. The test is intended to judge the

mental calibre of a candidate. In broad 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 powers of assimilation, clear and logi-

cal exposition, balance of judgement, vari-

ety and depth of interest, ability for social co-

hesion and leadership, intellectual and moral

integrity.

2. The technique of the interview is not that

of a strict cross-examination but of a natu-

ral, though directed and purposive conver-

sation which is intended to reveal the men-

tal qualities of the candidate.



3. The interview test 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 in modern cur-

rents of thought and in new discoveries

which should rouse the curiosity of well

educated youth.

Section-III

SYLLABI FOR THE EXAMINATION

PART-A

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

The Examination shall comprise two com-

pulsory papers of 200 marks each.

Paper I - (200 marks) Duration : Two

hours

T Current events of national and inter-

national importance.

T History of India and Indian National

Movement.

T Indian and World Geography - Physi-

cal, Social, Economic Geography of

India and the World.

T Indian Polity and Governance - Con-

stitution, Political System, Panchayati

Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc.

T Economic and Social Development -

Sustainable Development, Poverty, In-

clusion, Demographics, Social Sector

initiatives, etc.

T General issues on Environmental

Ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate

Change - that do not require subject

specialisation

T General Science.

Paper II- (200 marks) Duration: Two

hours

T Comprehension

T Interpersonal skills including

communication skills;

T Logical reasoning and analytical

ability

T Decision-making and problem-

solving

T General mental ability

T Basic numeracy (numbers and their

relations, orders of magnitude, etc.)

(Class X level), Data interpretation

(charts, graphs, tables, data

sufficiency etc. - Class X level)

T English Language Comprehension

skills (Class X level).

Note 1 : Questions relating to English

Language Comprehension skills of Class

X level (last item in the Syllabus of Paper-

II) will be tested through passages from

English language only without providing

Hindi translation thereof in the question

paper.

Note 2 : The questions will be of multiple

choice, objective type.

PART-B

MAIN EXAMINATION

The main Examination is intended to as-

sess the overall intellectual traits and depth

of understanding of candidates rather than

merely the range of their information and

memory.

The scope of the syllabus for the optional

subject papers for the examination is

broadly of the honours degree level i.e. a

level higher than the bachelors degree and

lower than the masters degree. In the case

of Engineering and law, the level corre-

sponds to the bachelor's degree.

COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

ENGLISH AND INDIAN LANGUAGUES

The aim of the paper is to test the

candidate's ability to read and understand

serious discursive prose, and to express

his ideas clearly and correctly in English/

Indian language concerned.



The pattern of questions would be broadly

as follows :-

(i) Comprehension of given passages.

(ii) Precis Writing

(iii) Usage and Vocabulary

(iv) Short Essay

INDIAN LANGUAGES

(i) Comprehension of given passages.

(ii) Precis Writing

(iii) Usage and Vocabulary.

(iv) Short Essay

(v) Translation from English to the Indian

language and vice-versa.

Note 1 : The Papers on Indian Languages

and English will be of Matriculation or

equivalent standard and will be of qualify-

ing nature only. The marks obtained in

these papers will not be counted for rank-

ing.

Note 2 : The candidates will have to an-

swer the English and Indian Languages

papers in English and the respective In-

dian language (except where translation

is involved).

ESSAY

Candidates will be required to write an

essay on a specific topic. The choice of

subjects will be given. They will be ex-

pected to keep closely to the subject of the

essay to arrange their ideas in orderly fash-

ion, and to write concisely. Credit will be

given for effective and exact expression.

GENERAL STUDIES

General Guidelines:

The nature and standard of questions in

the General Studies papers will be such

that a well-educated person will be able to

answer them without any specialized

study. The questions will be such as to test

a candidate’s general awareness of a va-

riety of subjects, which will have relevance

for a career in Civil Services. The ques-

tions are likely to test the candidate’s basic

understanding of all relevant issues, and

ability to analyze, and take a view on con-

flicting socio-economic goals, objectives

and demands. The candidates must give

relevant, meaningful and succinct answers.

PAPER - I

1. History of Modern India and Indian

Culture :

The History of Modern India will cover his-

tory of the Country from about the middle

of nineteenth century and would also in-

clude questions on important personalities

who shaped the freedom movement and

social reforms. The part relating to Indian

culture will cover all aspects of Indian cul-

ture from the ancient to modern times as

well as principal features of literature, arts

and architecture.

2. Geography of India :

In this part, questions will be on the physical,

economic and social geography of India.

3. Constitution of India and Indian Polity:

This part will include questions on the Con-

stitution of India as well as all constitutional,

legal, administrative and other issues

emerging from the politico-administrative

system prevalent in the country.

4. Current National Issues and Topics of

Social Relevance :

This part is intended to test the candidate’s

awareness of current national issues and

topics of social relevance in present-day

India, such as the following:

(i) The Indian economy and issues relat-

ing to planning, mobilization of resources,

growth, development and employment.

(ii) Issues arising from the social and eco-

nomic exclusion of large sections from the

benefits of development.

(iii) Other issues relating to the develop-

ment and management of human resource.

(iv) Health issues including the manage-

ment of Public Health, Health education and

ethical concerns regarding health-care,

medical research and pharmaceuticals.

(v) Law enforcement, internal security and



related issues such as the preservation of

communal harmony.

(vi) Issues relating to good governance and

accountability to the citizens including the

maintenance of human rights, and of pro-

bity in public life.

(vii) Environmental issues, ecological pres-

ervation, conservation of natural resources

and national heritage.

PAPER - II

1. India and the World :

This part will include questions to test

candidate’s awareness of India’s relation-

ship with the world in various spheres such

as the following:-

Foreign Affairs with special emphasis on

India’s relations with neighbouring coun-

tries and in the region.

Security and defence related matters.

Nuclear policy, issues, and conflicts.

The Indian Diaspora and its contribution to

India and the world.

2. India’s Economic Interaction with the

World :

In this part, questions will be on economic

and trade issues such as foreign trade,

foreign investment; economic and diplo-

macy issues relating to oil, gas and energy

flows; the role and functions of I.M.F., World

Bank, W.T.O., WIPO etc. which influence

India’s economic interaction with other

countries and international institutions.

3. Developments in the Field of Science

& Technology, IT and space :

In this part, questions will test the

candidate’s awareness of the develop-

ments in the field of science and technol-

ogy, information technology, space and

basic ideas about computers, robotics,

nanotechnology, biotechnology and re-

lated issues regarding intellectual property

rights.

4. International Affairs and Institutions :

This part will include questions on impor-

tant events in world affairs and on interna-

tional institutions.

5. Statistical analysis, graphs and dia-

grams :

This part will test the candidate’s ability to

draw conclusions from information pre-

sented in statistical, graphical or

diagrammatical form and to interpret them.

AGRICULTURE

PAPER - I

Ecology and its relevance to man, natural

resources, their sustainable management

and conservation. Physical and social en-

vironment as factors of crop distribution

and production. Agro ecology; cropping

pattern as indicators of environments. En-

vironmental pollution and associated haz-

ards to crops, animals and humans. Cli-

mate change – International conventions

and global initiatives. Green house effect

and global warming. Advance tools for eco-

system analysis – Remote sensing (RS)

and Geographic Information Systems

(GIS).

Cropping patterns in different agro-climatic

zones of the country. Impact of high-yield-

ing and short-duration varieties on shifts in

cropping patterns. Concepts of various

cropping and farming systems. Organic

and Precision farming. Package of prac-

tices for production of important cereals,

pulses, oil seeds, fibres, sugar, commer-

cial and fodder crops.

Important features and scope of various

types of forestry plantations such as social

forestry, agro-forestry, and natural forests.

Propagation of forest plants. Forest prod-

ucts. Agro forestry and value addition. Con-

servation of forest flora and fauna.

Weeds, their characteristics, dissemination

and association with various crops; their

multiplications; cultural, biological, and

chemical control of weeds.

Soil- physical, chemical and biological

properties. Processes and factors of soil

formation. Soils of India. Mineral and or-

ganic constituents of soils and their role in