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Note :
(i) Both the question papers will be of the
objective type (multiple choice questions).
(ii) The General Studies Paper-II of the
Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination
will be a qualifying paper with minimum
qualifying marks fixed at 33%
(iii) The question papers will be set both in
Hindi and English.
(iv) Details of the syllabi are indicated in
part A of Section III.
(v) Each paper will be of two hours duration.
Blind candidates and the candidates
with locomotor disability and cerebral
palsy where dominant (writing) extremity is affected to the extent of slowing the
performance of function (minimum of
40% impairment will; however, be
allowed an extra time of twenty minuts
per hour for each paper.
B. Main Examination
The written examination will consist of
the following papers :
Qualifying Papers :
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
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
Candidates may choose any one of the
optional subject from amongst the list
of subjects given in para 2 below
NOTE :
(i) The papers on Indian languages and
English (Paper A and Paper B) will be of
Matriculation or equivalent standard and
will be of qualifying nature. The marks
obtained in these papers will not be
counted for ranking.
(ii) Evaluation of the papers, namely,
Essay, General Studies and Optional
Subject of all the candidates would be
done simultaneously along with evaluation of their qualifying papers on 'Indian
Languages' and 'English' but the papers
on Essay, General Studies and Optional
Subject of only such candidates will be
taken cognizance who attain 25% marks
in Indian Language and 25% marks in
English as minimum qualifying standards in these qualifying papers.
(iii) The paper A on Indian Language will
not, however, be compulsory for candidates hailing from the States of Arunachal
Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram,
Nagaland and Sikkim.
(iv) Marks obtained by the candidates for
the Paper-I-VII only will be counted for
merit ranking. However, the Commission
will have the discretion to fix qualifying
marks in any or all of these papers.
(v) For the Language medium/literature of
languages, the scripts to be used by the
candidates will be as under:
Language
Script
Assamese
Assamese
Bengali
Bengali
Gujarati
Gujarati
Hindi
Devanagari
Kannada
Kannada
Kashmiri
Persian
Konkani
Devanagari
Malayalam
Malayalam
Manipuri
Bengali

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Marathi
Nepali
Oriya
Punjabi
Sanskrit
Sindhi

Devanagari
Devanagari
Oriya
Gurumukhi
Devanagari
Devanagari or
Arabic
Tamil
Tamil
Telugu
Telugu
Urdu
Persian
Bodo
Devanagari
Dogri
Devanagari
Maithili
Devanagari
Santhali
Devanagari or
Olchiki
Note : For Santhali language, question
paper will be printed in Devanagari script;
but candidates will be free to answer
either in Devanagari script or in Olchiki.
2. List of optional subjects for Main
Examination:
(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, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit,
Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu and
English.
NOTE:
(i) The question papers for the examination will be of conventional (essay) type.
(ii) Each paper will be of three hours
duration.
(iii) Candidates will have the option to
answer all the question papers, except
the Qualifying Language papers Paper-A
and Paper-B, in any of the languages
included in the Eighth Schedule to the
Constitution of India or in English.
(iv) Candidates exercising the option to
answer Papers in any one of the languages mentioned above may, if they so
desire, give English version within brackets of only the description of the technical
terms, if any, in addition to the version in
the language opted by them. Candidates
should, however, note that if they misuse
the above rule, a deduction will be made
on this account from the total marks otherwise accruing to them and in extreme
cases; their script(s) will not be valued for
being in an unauthorized medium.
(v) The question papers (other than the
literature of language papers) will be set
in Hindi and English only.
(vi) The details of the syllabi are set out in
Part B of Section III.
"General Instructions (Preliminary as
well as Main Examination)" :
(i) Candidates must write the papers in
their own hand. In no circumstances, will
they be allowed the help of a scribe to
write the answers for them. However,
blind candidates and candidates with
Locomotor Disability and Cerebral
Palsy where dominant (writing) extremity

All with corrections

Better eye Worse eye
1

Category O 6/9-6/18
Category I 6/18-6/36
Category II 6/60-4/60
or field of
vision 10-200
Category III 3/60-1/60
or field of
vision 100
Category IV F.C. at 1 ft
to nil field of
vision 1000
One eyed 6/6
person

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Percentage

of his/her career. He/she will be asked

questions on matters of general interest.
The object of the interview is to assess
the personal suitability of the candidate
for a career in public service by a Board
of competent and unbiased observers.
The test is intended to judge the mental
calibre of a candidate. In broad terms this
is really an assessment of not only
his/her intellectual qualities but also
social traits and his/her interest in current
affairs. Some of the
qualities to be
judged are mental alertness, critical powers of assimilation, clear and logical
exposition, balance of judgement, variety
and depth of interest, ability for social
cohesion and leadership, intellectual and
moral integrity.
2. The technique of the interview is not
that of a strict cross-examination but of a
natural, though directed and purposive
conversation which is intended to reveal
the mental qualities of the candidate.
3. The interview test is not intended to be
a test either of the specialised or general
knowledge of the candidates which has
been already tested through their written
papers. Candidates are expected to have
taken an intelligent interest not only in
their special subjects of academic study
but also in the events which are happening around them both within and outside
their own state or country as well as in
modern currents of thought and in new
discoveries which should rouse the
curiosity of well educated youth.

Section-III
Syllabi for the Examination

is affected to the extent of slowing the performance of function (minimum of 40%

impairment) will be allowed to write the
examination with the help of a scribe in both
the Civil Services (Preliminary) as well as in
the Civil Services (Main) Examination.
(ii) Compenstory time of twenty minutes
per hour shall be permitted for the Blind
candidates and the candidates with locomotor disability and cerebral palsy where
dominant (writing) extremity is affected to
the extent of slowing the performance of
function (minimum of 40% impairment) in
both the Civil Services (Preliminary) as
well as in the Civil Services (Main)
Examination.
Note (1) : The eligibility conditions of a
scribe, his/her conduct inside the examination hall and the manner in which and
extent to which he/she can help the blind
candidate in writing the Civil Services
Examination shall be governed by the
instructions issued by the UPSC in this
regard. Violation of all or any of the said
instructions shall entail the cancellation of
the candidature of the blind candidate in
addition to any other action that the
UPSC may take against the scribe.
Note (2) : For purpose of these rules the
candidate shall be deemed to be a blind
candidate if the percentage of visual
impairment is Fourty Percent (40%) or
more. The criteria for determining the percentage of visual impairment shall be as
follows :

6/24 to 6/36
6/60 to nil
3/60 to nil

20%
40%
75%

F.C. at 1 ft
to nil

100%

F.C. at 1 ft
to nil field of
vision 1000
F.C. at 1 ft
to nil

100%

30%

Note (3) : For availing of the concession

admissible to a blind candidate, the candidate concerned shall produce a certificate
in the prescribed proforma from a Medical
Board constituted by the Central/State
Governments alongwith their application for
the Main Examination.
Note 4 : The concession admissible to
blind candidates shall not be admissible
to those suffering from Myopia.
(ii) The Commission have discretion to fix
qualifying marks in any or all the subjects
of the examination.
(iii) If a candidates handwriting is not
easily legible, a deduction will be made
on this account from the total marks otherwise accruing to him.
(iv) Marks will not be allotted for mere
superficial knowledge.
(v) Credit will be given for orderly, effective and exact expression combined with
due economy of words in all subjects of
the examination.
(vi) In the question papers, wherever
required, SI units will be used.
(vii) Candidates should use only international form of Indian numerals (i.e.
1,2,3,4,5,6 etc.) while answering question
papers.
(viii) Candidates will be allowed the use
of Scientific (Non-Programmable type)
Calculators at the conventional (Essay)
type examination of UPSC. Programmable
type calculators will however not be
allowed and the use of such calculators
shall tantamount to resorting to unfair
means by the candidates. Loaning or
interchanging of calculators in the
Examination Hall is not permitted.
It is also important to note that candidates are not permitted to use calculators for answering objective type papers
(Test Booklets). They should not therefore, bring the same inside the
Examination Hall.
C. Interview test
The candidate will be interviewed by a
Board who will have before them a record

NOTE : Candiates are advised to go

through the Syllabus published in this
Section for the Preliminary Examination
and the Main Examination, as periodic
revision of syllabus has been done in
several subjects.
Part-A Preliminary Examination
Paper I - (200 marks) Duration : Two
hours
Current events of national and
international importance.
History of India and Indian
National Movement.
Indian and World Geography Physical,
Social,
Economic
Geography of India and the World.
Indian Polity and Governance Constitution, Political System,
Panchayati Raj, Public Policy,
Rights Issues, etc.
Economic
and
Social
Development
Sustainable
Development, Poverty, Inclusion,
Demographics, Social Sector initiatives, etc.
General issues on Environmental
Ecology,
Bio-diversity and
Climate Change - that do not
require subject specialisation
General Science.
Paper II- (200 marks) Duration: Two
hours
Comprehension
Interpersonal skills including communication skills;
Logical reasoning and analytical
ability
Decision-making and problemsolving
General mental ability
Basic numeracy (numbers and
their relations, orders of magnitude, etc.) (Class X level), Data
interpretation (charts, graphs,
tables, data sufficiency etc. Class X level)
Note 1 : Paper-II of the Civil Services
(Preliminary) Examination will be a
qualifying paper with minimum qualifying marks fixed at 33%
Note 2 : The questions will be of multiple
choice, objective type.
Note 3: It is mandatory for the candidate to appear in both the Papers of
Civil Services (Prelim) Examination for
the purpose of evaluation. Therefore a
candidate will be disqualified in case

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he/she does not appear in both the
papers of Civil Services (Prelim)
Examination.
Part-B Main Examination
The main Examination is intended to
assess the overall intellectual traits and
depth of understanding of candidates
rather than merely the range of their information and memory.
The nature and standard of questions in
the General Studies papers (Paper II to
Paper V) will be such that a well-educated person will be able to answer them
without any specialized study. The questions will be such as to test a candidate's
general awareness of a variety of subjects, which will have relevance for a
career in Civil Services. The questions
are likely to test the candidate's basic
understanding of all relevant issues and
ability to analyze and take a view on conflicting socio- economic goals, objectives
and demands. The candidates must give
relevant, meaningful and succinct
answers.
The scope of the syllabus for optional
subject papers (Paper VI and Paper VII)
for the examination is broadly of the honours degree level i.e. a level higher than
the bachelors' degree and lower than the
masters' degree. In the case of
Engineering, Medical Science and law,
the level corresponds to the bachelors'
degree.
Syllabi of the papers included in the
scheme of Civil Services (Main)
Examination are given as follows:QUALIFYING PAPERS ON INDIAN
LANGUAGES AND ENGLISH
The aim of the paper is to test the candidates ability to read and understand serious discursive prose, and express his
ideas clearly and correctly, in English and
Indian Language concerned.
The pattern of questions would be broadly as follows :(i) Comprehension of given passages
(ii) Precis Writing
(iii) Usage and Vocabulary
(iv) Short Essays
Indian Languages :(i) Comprehension of given passages
(ii) Precis Writing
(iii) Usage and Vocabulary
(iv) Short Essays
(v) Translation from English to the Indian
language and vice-versa.
Note 1 : The Papers on Indian
Languages and English will be of
Matriculation or equivalent standard and
will be of qualifying nature only. The
marks obtained in these papers will not
be counted for ranking.
Note 2 : The candidates will have to
answer the English and Indian
Languages papers in English and the
respective Indian language (except
where translation is involved).
PAPER-I
Essay: Candidates may be required to
write essays on multiple topics. They will
be expected to keep closely to the subject of the essay to arrange their ideas in
orderly fashion and to write concisely.
Credit will be given for effective and exact
expression.
PAPER-II
General Studies- I: Indian Heritage and
Culture, History and Geography of the
World and Society.
Indian culture will cover the salient
aspects of Art Forms, Literature
and Architecture from ancient to
modern times.
Modern Indian history from about
the middle of the eighteenth century until the present- significant
events, personalities, issues
The Freedom Struggle - its various stages and important contributors /contributions from different
parts of the country.
Post-independence consolidation
and reorganization within the
country.

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History of the world will include
events from 18th century such as
industrial revolution, world wars,
redrawal of national boundaries,
colonization, decolonization, political philosophies like communism,
capitalism, socialism etc.- their
forms and effect on the society.
Salient features of Indian Society,
Diversity of India.
Role of women and women's
organization, population and
associated issues, poverty and
developmental issues, urbanization, their problems and their
remedies.
Effects of globalization on Indian
society
Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.
Salient features of world's physical geography.
Distribution of key natural
resources across the world
(including South Asia and the
Indian sub-continent); factors
responsible for the location of primary, secondary, and tertiary sector industries in various parts of
the world (including India)
Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami,
Volcanic activity, cyclone etc.,
geographical features and their
location- changes in critical geographical features (including
water-bodies and ice-caps) and in
flora and fauna and the effects of
such changes.
PAPER-III
General Studies- II: Governance,
Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and
International relations.
Indian Constitution- historical
underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant
provisions and basic structure.
Functions and responsibilities of
the Union and the States, issues
and challenges pertaining to the
federal structure, devolution of
powers and finances up to local
levels and challenges therein.
Separation of powers between
various organs dispute redressal
mechanisms and institutions.
Comparison of the Indian constitutional scheme with that of other
countries
Parliament and State Legislatures
- structure, functioning, conduct of
business, powers & privileges and
issues arising out of these.
Structure, organization and functioning of the Executive and the
Judiciary
Ministries
and
Departments of the Government;
pressure groups and formal/informal associations and their role in
the Polity.
Salient
features
of
the
Representation of People's Act.
Appointment
to
various
Constitutional posts, powers,
functions and responsibilities of
various Constitutional Bodies.
Statutory, regulatory and various
quasi-judicial bodies
Government policies and interventions for development in various
sectors and issues arising out of
their design and implementation.
Development processes and the
development industry- the role of
NGOs, SHGs, various groups and
associations, donors, charities,
institutional and other stakeholders
Welfare schemes for vulnerable
sections of the population by the
Centre and States and the performance of these schemes;
mechanisms, laws, institutions
and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these
vulnerable sections.
Issues relating to development
and management of Social

Sector/Services relating to Health,

Education, Human Resources.
Issues relating to poverty and
hunger.
Important aspects of governance,
transparency and accountability,
e-governance- applications, models, successes, limitations, and
potential; citizens charters, transparency & accountability and institutional and other measures.
Role of civil services in a democracy.
India and its neighborhood- relations.
Bilateral, regional and global
groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India's
interests
Effect of policies and politics of
developed and developing countries on India's interests, Indian
diaspora.
Important International institutions, agencies and fora- their
structure, mandate.
PAPER-IV
General
Studies-III:
Technology,
Economic Development, Bio diversity,
Environment, Security and Disaster
Management.
Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of
resources, growth, development
and employment.
Inclusive growth and issues arising from it.
Government Budgeting.
Major crops cropping patterns in
various parts of the country, different types of irrigation and irrigation systems storage, transport
and marketing of agricultural produce and issues and related constraints; e-technology in the aid of
farmers
Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum
support prices; Public Distribution
System- objectives, functioning,
limitations, revamping; issues of
buffer stocks and food security;
Technology missions; economics
of animal-rearing.
Food processing and related
industries in India- scope and significance, location, upstream and
downstream requirements, supply
chain management.
Land reforms in India.
Effects of liberalization on the
economy, changes in industrial
policy and their effects on industrial growth.
Infrastructure: Energy, Ports,
Roads, Airports, Railways etc.
Investment models.
Science and Technology- developments and their applications
and effects in everyday life
Achievements of Indians in science & technology; indigenization
of technology and developing new
technology.
Awareness in the fields of IT,
Space, Computers, robotics,
nano-technology, bio-technology
and issues relating to intellectual
property rights.
Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment
Disaster and disaster management.
Linkages between development
and spread of extremism.
Role of external state and nonstate actors in creating challenges
to internal security.
Challenges to internal security
through communication networks,
role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges, basics of cyber security;
money-laundering and its prevention
Security challenges and their
management in border areas;

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linkages of organized crime with
terrorism
Various Security forces and agencies and their mandate
PAPER-V
General Studies- IV: Ethics, Integrity,
and Aptitude
This paper will include questions to test
the candidates' attitude and approach to
issues relating to integrity, probity in public life and his problem solving approach
to various issues and conflicts faced by
him in dealing with society. Questions
may utilise the case study approach to
determine these aspects. The following
broad areas will be covered.
Ethics and Human Interface:
Essence, determinants and consequences of Ethics in human
actions; dimensions of ethics;
ethics in private and public relationships. Human Values - lessons from the lives and teachings
of great leaders, reformers and
administrators; role of family, society and educational institutions in
inculcating values.
Attitude: content, structure, function; its influence and relation with
thought and behaviour; moral and
political attitudes; social influence
and persuasion.
Aptitude and foundational values
for Civil Service , integrity, impartiality and non-partisanship, objectivity, dedication to public service,
empathy, tolerance and compassion towards the weaker-sections.
Emotional intelligence-concepts,
and their utilities and application in
administration and governance.
Contributions of moral thinkers and
philosophers from India and world.
Public/Civil service values and
Ethics in Public administration:
Status and problems; ethical concerns and dilemmas in government and private institutions; laws,
rules, regulations and conscience
as sources of ethical guidance;
accountability and ethical governance; strengthening of ethical
and moral values in governance;
ethical issues in international relations and funding; corporate governance.
Probity in Governance: Concept of
public service; Philosophical basis
of governance and probity;
Information sharing and transparency in government, Right to
Information, Codes of Ethics,
Codes of Conduct, Citizen's
Charters, Work culture, Quality of
service delivery, Utilization of public funds, challenges of corruption.
Case Studies on above issues.
PAPER-VI & PAPER VII
Optional Subject Papers I & II
Candidates may choose any optional
subject from amongst the list of
Optional Subjects given in para 2.

AGRICULTURE
PAPER - I
Ecology and its relevance to man, natural
resources, their sustainable management
and conservation. Physical and social
environment as factors of crop distribution and production. Agro ecology; cropping pattern as indicators of environments. Environmental pollution and associated hazards to crops, animals and
humans. Climate change International
conventions and global initiatives. Green
house effect and global warming.
Advance tools for ecosystem analysis
Remote sensing (RS) and Geographic
Information Systems (GIS).
Cropping patterns in different agro-climatic zones of the country. Impact of highyielding and short-duration varieties on