UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2020

UPSC 2020 IAS Exam Notification

Total No. of Post: 796

Posts Available under UPSC 2020 IAS Exam

A total of 24 posts are available under this recruitment project:

(i) Indian Administrative Service.
(ii) Indian Foreign Service.
(iii) Indian Police Service.
(iv)  Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Group ‘A’.
(v) Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group ‘A’.
(vi)  Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise), Group ‘A’.
(vii) Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group ‘A’. (viii) Indian Revenue Service (I.T.), Group ‘A’.
(ix) Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group ‘A’ (Assistant Works Manager, Administration).
(x) Indian Postal Service, Group ‘A’.
(xi) Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group ‘A’.
(xii) Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group ‘A’.
(xiii) Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group ‘A’.
(xiv) Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group ‘A’.
(xv) Post of Assistant Security Commissioner in Railway Protection Force, Group ‘A’
(xvi) Indian Defence Estates Service, Group ‘A’.
(xvii) Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group ‘A’.
(xviii) Indian Trade Service, Group ‘A’ (Gr. III).
(xix) Indian Corporate Law Service, Group “A”.
(xx) Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group ‘B’ (Section Officer’s Grade).
(xxi) Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service, Group ‘B’.
(xxii) Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu, and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service, Group ‘B’.
(xxiii) Pondicherry Civil Service, Group ‘B’.
(xxiv) Pondicherry Police Service, Group ‘B’.

Selection Procedure

Selection Procedure will be based on two exams – (1) Pre Exam (2) Main Exam and then (3) Interview. Candidates who will clear the pre-exams will eligible for the main exam.

Examination Procedure

A. Preliminary Examination: The Examination shall comprise of two compulsory Papers of 200 marks each.

• Both the question papers will be of the objective type (multiple choice questions) and each will be of two hours duration.
• The General Studies Paper-II of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination will be a qualifying paper with minimum qualifying marks fixed at 33%.
• The question papers will be set both in Hindi and English.
• Details of the syllabus will be given in the official notification below.

B. Mains Examination: The written examination will consist of the following papers:

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

• Paper-A: (One of the Indian Language to be selected by the candidate from the Languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution). (300 Marks)
• Paper-B: English (300 Marks)

2. Papers to be counted for merit

• Paper-I: Essay (250 Marks)
• Paper-II: 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: 2025 Marks

Note: Candidates may choose any one of the optional subjects from amongst the list of subjects given below:

(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

(xxvi) Literature of any one of the following languages: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, and English.

How to Apply

Eligible and desirous candidates may apply online through the official website www.upsconline.nic.in  and are requested to fill the complete and correct details.

Application Fees

Candidates (excepting Female/SC/ST/Persons with Benchmark Disability Candidates who are exempted from payment of fee) are required to pay a fee of Rs.100/-

Important Dates

Starting Date to fill Online Application: 12 Feb 2020

Last Date to fill Online Application: 03 March 2020

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Civil Service Examination Uttarakhand Govt - 2024 Job Vacancy Summary

Job Posted on : 2020-02-13 00:00:00

Last Date : 2020-03-03 23:59:59

Employment Type : FULL_TIME

Qualification : Graduation

Hiring Organization : UPSC

Job Location : New Delhi, New Delhi, India 248001

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monika bhatt February 19, 2020
i’m intersted
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saritabhatt May 27, 2016
sir/mam iam studying in bca 2nd year ..after completing graduation can i apply for this exam…in any sector
amit May 8, 2016
I gave degree last semester exam so can I eligible for upsc exam