IAS DETAILS

1. PREFACE 2. Services and Posts to which recruitment is made by UPSC 3. I.A.S. Scheme of Examination 4. Preliminary Examination 5. Main Examination 6. Interview Test 7. Important Tips for Interview 8. Types of questions asked at the Interview 9. Eligibility conditions 10. Number of attempts permissible 11. Book list for study I.A.S Preliminary Exam 12. Book list for Optional subjects 13. Current Affairs 14. Ready Referral Points 15. Note on the Examination Cycle 1.PREFACE Dear student, I am herewith narrating the important points to be known for preparing any competitive examinations particularly for UPSC, TNPSC and other examinations. Basically you must understand that getting IAS is not a course but its attending a competitive examination and securing rank in the merit list. Based on your rank and choice you will be allotted Service like IAS / IPS / IRS / IFS / IRTS / IAAS / IRAS etc. These contents will be updated periodically by me. AIM HIGH ACHIEVE HIGH All the best and wish you good luck.

2.Services or posts to which recruitment is made by UPSC

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Indian Administrative Service.

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Indian Foreign Service. Indian Police Service. Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Group A. Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group A. Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise) Group 'A'. Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group A. Indian Revenue Service, Group A. Indian Ordnance Factories 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 Personnel Service, Group A. Post of Assistant Security Officer, Group 'A' in RPF. Indian Defence Estates Service, Group A. Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group A. Indian Trade Service, Group "A". Indian Corporate Law Service, Group "A". Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group B. Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service, Group 'B'. Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service, Group 'B'. Pondicherry Civil Service, Group 'B'. Pondicherry Police Service, Group 'B'.

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3. IA S - SCHEME OF EX A MI NA T I ON Civil Services Examination comprises two successive stages namely, (i) Civil Services (Preliminary) Examinations (Objective Type) for the selection of candidates for Main Examination; and (ii) Civil Services (Main) Examination (Written and Interview) for the selection of candidates for the various services and posts. The Preliminary Examination will consist of two papers of Objective type (multiple choice questions) and carry a maximum of 400 marks. This examination is meant to serve as a screening test only and 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. Only those candidates who are declared by the Commission to have qualified in the Preliminary Examination in a year will be eligibe for admission to the Main Examination of that year provided they are otherwise eligible for admission to the Main Examination. The Main Examination will consist of a written examination and an interview test. The written examination will consist of 9 papers of conventional essay type in the subjects. (Language [both vernacular and English], General studies and Optional subjects) 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. However, the papers on Indian Languages and English will be of qualifying nature. The marks obtained in these papers will not be counted for ranking. The number of candidates to be summoned for interview will be about twice the number of vacancies to be filled. The interview will carry 300 marks (with no minimum qualifying marks).

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