IAS / PCS

AWARENESS PROGRAMME

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WE WILL DISCUSS

•WHAT IS IAS / PCS

•WHAT DO THEY DO?
•HOW TO GET INTO IT
•SCHEME FOR THE
EXAMINAION
•SERVICES UNDER CIVIL
SERVICE EXAM
•TRAINING OF IAS, IPS
•WHO CAN BECOME AN IAS
•WHEN TO START
WHAT IS IAS / PCS
WHAT DO THEY DO ?
IAS
INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE

PCS
PROVINCIAL/ STATE CIVIL SERVICE
It is the administrative service
of the Indian government.
The officials of the
IAS are involved in
civil administration
and policy-making.
THEY ARE THE PEOPLE WHO RUN
OUR COUNTRY

THEY ARE ONE OF THE PILLARS

OF THE COUNTRY
NORTH BLOCK, N. DELHI
P.M OFFICE
KIRAN BEDI, IPS
CABINET SECRETARY
CHIEF EL. COMMISSIONER, INDIA
DC, CHANDIGARH
HOW TO GET
INTO IT ?
CRACK THE CIVIL
SERVICE EXAM
CONDUCTED BY THE

UPSC
UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, N. DELHI
 IT IS A 3 STAGE EXAM

PRELIMINARY
MAINS
INTERVIEW
 CANDIDATES
STAGE TIME APPEARS
NATURE

1 PRELIMINARY MAY 2,00,000 OBJECTIVE

2 MAINS OCT – NOV. 10,000 SUBJECTIVE

3 INTERVIEW MAR – APR 1,200 PERSONALITY

TEST
Scheme for the Preliminary and Main Examinations.

1. Preliminary Examination

The examination will consist of two papers.

 Paper I General Studies 150 marks
Paper II One subject to be
selected from the list of 300 marks
optional subjects .
Total : 450 marks

 (i) Both the question papers will be of the objective type

(multiple choice questions).

(ii) The question papers will be set both in Hindi and English
2. Main Examination
The written examination will consist of
One of the Indian languages to be selected by the
300
Paper I candidate from the Languages included in the
Eighth Scheduled to the Constitution. marks

300
Paper II English
marks
200
Paper III Essay
marks
Papers 300 marks
IV General Studies for each
and V paper

Papers
VI,
Any two subjects to be selected from the list of 300 marks
VII, for
the optional subjects . Each subject will
VIII each
have two papers. paper
and
IX
Interview
Test
Services/posts to which recruitment is to be
made through the Examination are :

(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, Group ‘A’.
 (ix)  Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group 'A'
(Assistant Works Manager,     Non-technical)
 (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 Officer, Group 'A' in Railway
Protection Force.
 (xvi) Indian Defence Estates Service, Group ‘A’.
 (xvii) Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group ‘A’.
 (xviii) Indian Corporate Law Service, Group "A" 
 (xix) Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group ‘B’
(Section Officer’s Grade)
 (xx)   Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep,
Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service,
Group 'B'.
 (xxi)   Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep,
Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service,
Group 'B'.
 (xxii)  Pondicherry Civil Service, Group 'B'
 (xxiii) Pondicherry Police Service, Group 'B'
TRAINING OF IAS, IPS
BY
LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF
ADMINISTRATION,MUSSOORIE
LBSNAA, MUSSOORIE
CLASS ROOM
HOSTEL
 WHO CAN BECOME AN IAS
Minimum Educational Qualifications :

a degree of any Recognized University, or an equivalent

qualification.

Note I : Candidates who have appeared in Final year examination, will

also be eligible for admission to the Preliminary Examination.
Note II : Candidates possessing professional and technical
qualifications which are recognized by Government as equivalent to
professional and technical degree would also be eligible for
admission to the examination.
 Age Limits :

A candidate must have attained the age of

21 years and must not have attained the
age of 30 years .
The upper age limit prescribed above will
be relaxable:
5 yrs. For SC/ST
3 yrs. For OBCs
 Number of attempts :
Every candidate appearing at the Civil
Services Examination, who is otherwise
eligible, shall be permitted four attempts
at the examination.

OBCs………………….7 attempts
SC/ST……………….NO LIMIT
 Fee
A candidate seeking admission to
examination must pay to the Commission
a fee of Rs. 50.00 (Rupees Fifty only)
through a single Central Recruitment Fee
Stamp of requisite denomination.

Candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes/Scheduled

Tribes and Physically disabled are not required to pay
any fee.
 WHEN TO START
AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE
BECAUSE THE PREVOUS RESULTS SHOWS THAT THE EARLY
STARTER HAD AN EDGE OVER OTHERS…………….THEY
CRACKED THE EXAM IN ONE GO

BUT THOSE WHO STARTED AFTER THEIR GRADUATION OR

POST- GRADUATION TOOK ATLEAST 2-3 YEARS……………
SOMETIMES THEY EVEN COULD NOT CRACK IT
EARLY STARTERS

ANKUR GARG, 1 ST

RANK
IN 1ST ATTEMPT
BASANT GARG,
1ST RANK
IN 1ST ATTEMPT
GURNEET TEJ,
2ND RANK
IN 1ST ATTEMPT
LATE STARTER

GAGANDEEP,
85TH RANK IN
4TH ATTEMPT
GAURAV UPPAL, 3RD
RANK IN 4TH ATTEMPT
SHARANDEEP,
2ND RANK IN 3RD
ATTEMPT
KHUSHBOO GOYAL,
10TH RANK IN
2nd ATTEMPT
 WHY IT IS SO?
IS THE EXAM REALLY TOUGH ?
 NO
THEN WHAT MAKE IT SO TOUGH

IT IS:
1. VAST SYLLABUS
2. DURATION OF THE PROCESS
 HOW TO TACKLE IT
I SUGGEST 3Ps STRATEGY i.e
PLANNING
PRACTISING &
PERFORMING
means a SURE WINNING
OTHER THINGS REQUIRED

1. HARD WORK
2. DETERMINATION
3. PASSION
4. FAMILY SUPPORT
 THANK YOU
&
BEST OF LUCK