I. All India Services
a. Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
b. Indian Police Service (IPS)
II. Central Services
a. Indian Audit and Account Service (IAAS)
b. Indian Foreign Service (IFS)
c. Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS)
d. Indian Corporate Law Service (ICLS)
e. Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS)
f. Indian Defence Estates Services (IDES)
g. Indian Information Service (IIS)
h. Indian Postal Service (IPOS)
i. Indian Communication Finance Service (ICFS)
j) Indian Railway Protection Force Service (RPF)
k) Indian Revenue Service (Customs & Indirect Taxes)
l) Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax)
m) Indian Trade Service (ITS)
n) Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service
o) Delhi, Andaman and Nicober Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Services (DANICS)
p) Delhi, Andaman and Nicober Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Services (DANIPS)
q) Pondicherry Civil Service (PONDICS)
N.B.: Civil servants under the All India Services are appointed by the Central Government under the different state cadres; while the ones designated under the Central Services are appointed at the Centre and are directly part of the permanent executive of the country.
N.B: For candidates falling under the citizenship criteria: (b), (c), (d), ad (e), an issuance certificate from the Government of India is mandatory to be furnished for final appointment, after clearing the examination. Also, it should be noted that the candidates under categories: (b), (c), and (d), are not eligible for recruitment to the Indian Foreign Service.
II. Minimum and Maximum Age Limit: The UPSC has set the minimum age limit for sitting in the Civil service examination at 21 years, while the maximum age limits are set accordingly, as follows:
Various Categories | Age Relaxation | Maximum Age Limit |
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General | Nil | 32 years |
Scheduled Castes (SC) & Scheduled Tribes (ST) | Upto 5 years | 37 years |
Other Backward Classes | Upto 3 years | 35 years |
Defence Service persons, who were disabled at service | Upto 3 years | 35 years |
Ex-servicemen (with minimum of 5 years of service in the Military) | Upto 5 years | 37 years |
Visually challenged/ hearing impaired/physically challenged | Upto 10 years | 42 years |
III. Minimum Educational Qualification: A candidate applying for the IAS/IPS/IFOS/IFS/IRS, etc. examination should be a graduate from any recognized university of India. Interested candidates, who have appeared in their final year examination, and are awaiting the results, can also appear in the UPSC CSE examination. Also, the candidates who are about to appear in the final year graduation examination are eligible to write the CSE examination; however such candidates should produce their graduation marksheet during the Mains Examination.
Category | No. of Attempts |
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General | 6 |
OBC | 9 |
SC/ST | No limit |
Physically Handicapped (General) | 9 |
Physically Handicapped (OBC) | 9 |
Physically Handicapped (SC/ST) | No limit |
The CSE is conducted by the UPSC in the following stages:
a.Preliminary Examination: The preliminary examination comprises of two papers: General Studies (GS) and Civil Service Aptitude Test (CSAT). This is the screening examination, upon clearing which the candidates can appear for the Main examination. However, it should be noted that the marks obtained in the preliminary examination are not counted for deciding the final merit of the candidate.
Paper Name | Time Duration | No. of Questions | Total Marks | Nature of Paper |
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GS Paper I | 2 hours | 100 | 200 | Marks considered for Preliminary Exam Merit |
GS Paper II (CSAT) | 2 hours | 80 | 200 | Qualifying in nature |
b. Main Examination: The IAS Main examination is again split up into parts: Written examination and interview. The Written Examination is again split up in the following parts:
a. English paper (compulsory)
b. Regional language paper (compulsory)
c. General Studies Paper 1 (GS-I)
d. General Studies Paper 2 (GS-II)
e. General Studies Paper 3 (GS-III)
f. General Studies Paper 4 (GS-IV)
g. Optional Paper 1
h. Optional Paper 2
N.B.: Papers (a) and (b) and again of qualifying nature and there marks won’t be counting for calculating the final merit of the candidate. The merit of the candidate will hence be decided by the total marks of papers (c) to (h) and the interview.
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Stages of UPSC CSE 2020 | Tentative dates |
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Publication of Notification | February, 2020 |
Preliminary Examination | 31st May, 2020 |
Result of Preliminary Examination | End of July, 2020 or early August, 2020 |
Main Examination | 20th September, 2020 |
Result of Main Examination | End of December, 2020 or 1st week of January, 2021 |
Interview | February, March and April, 2021 |
Publication of Final Merit List | April/May, 2021 |
Candidates can choose any one of the following subjects:
01. Agriculture
02. Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
03. Anthropology
04. Botany
05. Chemistry
06. Civil Engg
07. Commerce & Acc
08. Economics
09. Electrical Engg
10. Geography
11. Geology
12. History
13. Law
14. Management
15. Mathematics
16. Mechanical Engg
17. Medical Science
18. Philosophy
19. Physics
20. Political Science & IR
21. Psychology
22. Public Administration
23. Sociology
24. Statistics
25. Zoology
26. Literature
Literature of any one of the following language (30) is also offered as an optional subject:
01. Arabic
02. Assamese
03. Bodo
04. Bengali
05. Chinese
06. Dogri
07. English
08. French
09. German
10. Gujarati
11. Hindi
12. Kannada
13. Kashmiri
14. Konkani
15. Maithili
16. Malayalam
17. Manipuri
18. Marathi
19. Nepali
20. Oriya
21. Pali
22. Persian
23. Punjabi
24. Russian
25. Sanskrit
26. Santali
27. Sindhi
28. Tamil
29. Telugu
30. Urdu
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