Selection procedure at preliminary examination
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.
How much Fee one has to Pay ?
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 Central recruitment Fee Stamp (Not postage stamps) may be obtained from the post office affixed on the application form in the space provided therein.
All female candidates and candidates belonging to scheduled caste/scheduled tribe/physically handicapped categories are exempted from payment of fee. No fee exemption is however, available to OBC candidates and they are required to pay the prescribed fee in full.
Where I can get UPSC application forms ?
Applications with the information Brochure can be purchased from any of the General Post office/Head Post Offices/ designated Post Offices in state capital and district capital. The cost of application is Rs.20/-.The applications are available through out the year. You can purchase it any point of time. Since all the applications are having unique form numbers and it can be used only one you can buy at any time and it could be used at any time.
Examination schedule/ Cycle for a whole year
Usually the civil services preliminary examination call for will be issued in December-January and the preliminary exam will take place in the third or fourth week of May every year.UPSC is planning to conduct this exam in the month of June from 2011 onwards.
The results of the Preliminary examination will be published in the First/Second week of August every year and the Main examination will take place in the month of October-November every year.
The results of Main examination will be published in the second week of March, next year and interview will take place in April.
The final results of the Civil Services examination will be published in May just few days before the Next Preliminary Examination. So the whole process takes one and half complete year.UPSC is planning to shrink this schedule to one year.
The Coaching programme to the selected candidates will commence normally in August every year. Apart from the Defence related recruitments it is the only examination (Related to general administration) in India with at most precise schedule.
How many Number of attempts ?
To General category and those OBC candidates falls under the category of Creamy Layer will have only four attempts.
To OBC category seven attempts are given.
To SCs/STs, there is no limit on the number of attempts. How these candidates are requested to bear upon mind generally it is believed that, those who took many attempts.
An attempt at a Preliminary Examination shall be deemed to be an attempt at the Examination.
If a candidate actually appears in any one paper in the Preliminary Examination, he/she shall be deemed to have made an attempt at the Examination.
Notwithstanding the disqualification/cancellation of candidature, the fact of appearance of the candidate at the examination will count as an attempt.
Candidates just applied but not appeared at the exam is not an attempt
Who comes under the category of Creamy Layer ?
Reference NO.36033/3/2004-Estt. (Res.) Government of India, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Department of Personnel & Training, New Delhi, and dated the 14th October, 2008 fixes the criteria for creamy layer.
To whom the rule of exclusion wills Son(s) and daughter(s) of (a) Persons having gross annual income of Rs. 4.5 lakh or above or: possessing wealth above the exemption limit as prescribed in the Wealth Tax Act for period of three consecutive years. (b)Persons in Categories I, II, III and V A who are not disentitled to the benefit of reservation but have income from other sources of wealth which will bring them within the income wealth criteria mentioned in (a) above. Income from salaries or agricultural land shall not be clubbed”.
The provisions of this Office Memorandum took effect from the 3rd October, 2008.
What are the Scheme of the examination ?
Civil Services (Preliminary) Examinations (Objective Type) for the selection of candidates for Main Examination
Civil Services (Main) Examination
Interview/ personality test
The final selection and ranking will be based on the cumulative marks scored in the main examination and interview for the selection of candidates for the various services and posts.
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Age relaxation
The upper age limit prescribed will be relaxable to General Category and the OBC candidates come under the category of creamy layer.
The upper age limit prescribed will be relaxable to OBC candidates’ up to a maximum of three years in the case of candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable to such candidates.
The upper age limit prescribed above will be relaxable up to a maximum of five years if a candidate belongs to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe.
The upper age limit prescribed above will be relaxable up to a maximum of 10 years in the case of blind, deaf-mute and Orthopaedically handicapped persons.
Minimum and maximum Age limits
rescribed age limits are minimum 21years and maximum of 30 years as on 1st August of the of Examination. As on 1st August candidates should not have attained or completed 30 years. In case on that day a candidate whose age is 29 years and 360 days means still he is qualified to take the examination. 1st August to 1st August is the criteria.
Those who are in 20s should have attained 21 and those who are in 30s should not have attained 30 years.
Minimum Educational Qualifications
Minimum qualification is a degree from a recognised university under the 10+2+3 scheme alone eligible.
Degree received through Correspondence Education or Distance Education is also eligible
Open University degree is not eligible.
Candidates who have appeared at their final year an examination the passing of which would render them educationally candidates who intend to appear at such a qualifying examination will also be eligible for admission to the Preliminary Examination.
All candidates who are declared qualified for the Commission’s examination but have not been informed of the results as also the by the Commission for taking the Civil Services (Main) Examination will be required to produce proof of passing the requisite examination with their application for the Main Examination failing which such candidates will not be admitted to the Main Examination.
Candidates who have passed the final professional M.B.B.S. or any other Medical Examination but have not completed their internship by the time of submission of their applications for the Civil Services (Main) Examination, will be provisionally admitted to the Examination
About the Civil services Preliminary examination /CSAT and papers
The Preliminary Examination will consist of two papers of Objective type (multiple choice questions) General Studies and Civil Service Aptitude Test (CSAT) and carry a maximum of 300 marks in the subjects. (Tentative in nature since it is scheduled to come in to force from 2011)
This examination is meant to serve as a screening test only; 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.
