The competitive examination comprises
two successive stages
:
Civil
Services (Preliminary) Examinations (Objective Type) for the selection
of candidates
for Main Examination;
and
Civil Services (Main) Examination (Written and
Interview) for the selection of candidates for the various services and
posts.
2. The Preliminary Examination will consist of two papers
of Objective type(multiple choice questions) and carry a maximum of 450
marks in the subjectsset out in subsection (A) of Section II.
This examination is meant to serve as a screening test
only; the marksobtained in the Preliminary Examination by the
candidates who are declaredqualified for admission to the Main
Examination will not be counted fordetermining their final order of
merit.
The number of candidates to be admitted to the Main
Examination will beabout twelve to thirteen times the total approximate
number of vacancies to befilled in the year in the various Services and
Posts.
Only those candidates who are declared by the Commission to
have qualifiedin the Preliminary Examination in a year will be eligibe
for admission to theMain Examination of that year provided they are
otherwise eligible foradmission to the Main
Examination.
3. The Main Examination will consist of a written
examination and aninterview test. The written examination will consist
of 9 papers ofconventional essay type in the subjects set out in
sub-section (B) of SectionII. Also see Note (ii) under para I of
Section II (B).
4. Candidates who obtain such minimum qualifying marks in
the written partof 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 videsub-section ?C? of Section II.
However, the papers on Indian Languages andEnglish will be of
qualifying nature.
CSE Preliminary
Examination
Preliminary Examination of
the Civil Services Examinationfor recruitment to the Services and posts
mentioned below will be held by theUnion Public Service
Commission
Services/posts to which recruitment is to be made through
the
Examinationare:
Indian
Administrative
Service.
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' (Assistant Works Manager,
Non-technical)
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 Railway Protection
Force.
Indian Defence Estates
Service, Group
?A?.
Indian Information Service
(Junior Grade), Group ?A?.
Indian Trade Service, Group
"A" (Grade-III)
Armed Forces Headquarters
Civil Service, Group ?B? (Section Officer?s
Grade)
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 Police
Service, Group 'B'
Pondicherry Police
Service, Group
'B'
1. Candidates to ensure theireligibility
for the
Examination:
The Candidates applying for the examination should ensure
that they fulfillall eligibility condition for admission to
examination. Their admission at allthe stages of the examination will
be purely provisional subject to satisfyingthe prescribed eligibility
conditions.
Mere issue of admission certificate to the candidate will
not imply that hiscandidature has been finally cleared by the
Commission.
Commission take up verification of eligibility conditions
with reference tooriginal documents only after the candidate has
qualified forinterview/Personality
Test.
2. Application
Form:
Candidates must apply in the Common Application Form
devised by theCommission for its examination, which can be purchased
from the Designated HeadPost Offices/Post Offices (specified in
Appendix III of the notice) throughoutthe country against cash payment
of Rs. 20/- (Rupees Twenty only). Each suchform can be used only once
and only for one
examination.
In case of any difficulty in obtaining Application Forms
from the designatedHPOs/POs, the candidates should immediately contact
the concerned post Masteror UPSC's "FORMS SUPPLY MONITORING CELL" over
Telephone No. 011-23389366/FAXNo
011-23387310.
Civil Service Examination Eligibility 2013 - CSE
PreliminaryExamination
i)
Nationality
(1) For the Indian
Administrative Service and the IndianPolice Service, a candidate must
be a citizen of India.
(2) For other services, a
candidate must be either
:?
(a) A citizen of
India,
or
(b) a subject of
Nepal,
or
(c) a subject of
Bhutan,
or
(d) a Tibetan refugee who
came over to India before 1st January, 1962
with theintention of permanently settling in India.
or
(e) a person of Indian origin
who has migrated fromPakistan, Burma, Srilanka, East African countries
of Kenya, Uganda, the UnitedRepublic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi,
Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with theintention of permanently settling
in India.
Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c),
(d) and (e)shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of
eligibility has been issuedby the Government of
India.
(ii) Age Limits
:
(a)Acandidate must have attained the age of 21
years and must not have attained theage of 30
years
(iii) Minimum Educational Qualifications
:
The candidate must hold a degree of any of Universities
incorporated by anAct of the Central or State Legislature in
India or
other educationalinstitutions established by an Act of Parliament or
declared to be deemed as aUniversity Under Section 3 of the University
Grants Commission Act, 1956, orpossess an equivalent
qualification.
(iv) Number of attempts
:
Every candidate appearing at
the Civil Services Examination,who is otherwise eligible, shall be
permitted four attempts at the
examination.
Provided that this
restriction on the number of attemptswill not apply in the case of
Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidateswho are otherwise
eligible.
Provided further that the
number of attempts permissible tocandidates belonging to Other Backward
Classes, who are otherwise eligible,shall be seven. This relaxation
will be available to the candidates who areeligible to avail of
reservation applicable to such
candidates.
Provided further that a
Physically handicapped will get asmany attempts as are available to
other non-physically handicapped candidatesof his or her community,
subject to the General Category shall be eligible forseven attempts.
The relaxation will be available to the physically
handicappedcandidates who are eligible to avail of reservation
applicable to
suchcandidates.
(vi) Physical Standards
:
Candidates must be physically fit according to physical
standards foradmission to Civil Services
Examination.
Civil Service Examination Application
Fee
A candidate seeking admission to examination must pay to
the Commission afee of Rs. 50.00 (Rupees Fifty only) through a single
Central Recruitment FeeStamp of requisite denomination. Central
recruitment Fee Stamp (NOT postagestamps) may be obtained from the post
office and affixed on the applicationform in the space provided
therein.
Last date of Submission
5th January, 2009 for remote area 12th January, 2009
