STAGEs OF IAS CIVIL SERVICES EXAM

​EXAM PATTERN
Civil Services Examination  held by the Union Public Service Commission(UPSC) in  3 stages.The stages are:

1. Preliminary Exam (objective)
2. Main Exam (written)
3. Interview (personality test)

​CIVIL SERVICE PRELIMS EXAM
​The preliminary examination consists of two papers consisting objective type or multiple choice questions:  

• General Studies or Paper 1 and
• Aptitude or Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) or Paper 2.

​​The GS paper has 100 questions carrying two marks each while the CSAT has 80 questions carrying 2.5 marks each. There is a penalty of 33% marks out of the allocated marks for every wrong answer. The CSAT paper (paper 2) is evaluated first and GS Paper or Paper 1 is evaluated only of those candidates who have qualified in Paper 2 or got 33% or 66 marks in CSAT. The candidates are shortlisted for the mains on the basis of their scores in paper 1.
Topic Wise list of  Study Material to be fallowed for Prelims

CSAT-I : - 

• Current events of national and international importance.
• History of India and Indian National Movement.
• Indian and World Geography
• Indian Polity.
• Indian Economic. 
• Environmental and Ecology. 
• General Science. 

CSAT-II : - 

• Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning 

CIVIL SERVICE MAINS EXAM
​Paper-I :
Essay - 250 Marks - Candidates will be required to write an essay on a specific topic. 

Paper-II :
General Studies-I : 250Marks (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) Development, Bio diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management.

​Paper-V
General Studies-IV : 250 Marks (Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude)

Paper-VI
Optional Subject-I : 250 Marks 

Paper-VII
Optional Subject-II : 250 Marks 

                                                   Sub Total(Written Test Total) = 1750

​CIVIL SERVICE INTERVIEW
Civil Services Exam interview: 275 Marks