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Civil Services Mains Exam |
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About IAS > Overview Civil Services Exam > Civil Services Mains Exam |
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Main Examination | Descriptive/Essay Type |
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The Main written examination comprises a total of nine (9) papers of two types: |
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2 papers of non-ranking types |
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7 papers of ranking type |
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Non-ranking Papers
Two papers of non-ranking type include: |
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Paper I: |
Indian language, to be selected by the candidate out of languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution, and - 300 marks |
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Paper II: |
English, which is a compulsory paper - 300 marks |
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Ranking Papers |
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Paper III: |
Essay - 200 marks |
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Paper
IV & V: |
General Studies - 300 marks per paper |
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Paper
VI, VII, VIII, IX: |
Two optional subjects with two papers each - 300 marks per paper |
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Notes |
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The papers on Indian Languages and English 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. |
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The papers on Essay, General Studies and Optional Subjects of only such candidates will be evaluated as attain such minimum standard as may be fixed by the Commission in their discretion for the qualifying papers on Indian Language and English. |
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The paper-Ion Indian Languages will not, however, be compulsory for candidates hailing from the North-Eastern States of Arunachanl Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland and also for candidates hailing from the State of Sikkim. |
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For the Language papers, the script to be used by the candidates will be as under: |
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Language |
Script |
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Assamese |
Assamese |
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Bengali |
Bengali |
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Gujarati |
Gujarati |
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Hindi |
Devanagari |
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Kannada |
Kannada |
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Kashmiri |
Persian |
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Konkani |
Devanagari |
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Malayalam |
Malayalam |
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Manipuri |
Bengali |
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Marathi |
Devanagari |
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Nepali |
Devanagari |
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Oriya |
Oriya |
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Punjabi |
Gurmukhi |
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Sanskrit |
Devanagari |
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Santhali |
Devanagari or olchiki |
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Sindhi |
Devanagari or Arabic |
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Tamil |
Tamil |
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Telugu |
Telugu |
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Urdu |
Persian |
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Segments/portions of General Studies paper |
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There are 4 segments in GS paper 1: |
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History of Modern India & Indian culture |
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Geography of India |
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Constitution of India & Indian Polity |
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Current National Issues & Topics of Social Relevance |
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There are 5 segments in GS paper 2 |
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a) |
India & the World |
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India's Economic Interaction with the World |
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Developments in the field of Science & Technology, IT and Space |
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d) |
International Affairs & Institutions |
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e) |
Statistical Analysis, Graphs & Diagrams |
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List of optional subjects for Main Examination |
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a) |
Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science |
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Anthropology |
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Botany |
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Chemistry |
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Civil Engineering |
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Commerce and Accountancy |
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Economics |
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h) |
Electrical Engineering |
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i) |
Geography |
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j) |
Geology |
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k) |
History |
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l) |
Law |
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m) |
Management |
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n) |
Mathematics |
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Mechanical Engineering |
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p) |
Medical Science |
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q) |
Philosophy |
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Physics |
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s) |
Political Science and International Relations |
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t) |
Psychology |
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u) |
Pubic Administration |
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v) |
Sociology |
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w) |
Statistics |
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Zoology |
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y) |
Literature of one of the following languages: |
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Arabic, Assamese, Bodo, Bengali, Dogri, Chinese, English, French, German, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Pali, Persian, Punjabi, Russian, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu. |
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Notes |
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Candidates will not be allowed to offer the following combinations of subjects: |
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Political Science & International Relations and Public Administration |
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Commerce & Accountancy and Management |
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Anthropology and Sociology |
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Mathematics and Statistics |
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Agriculture and Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science |
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Management and Public Administration |
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Of the Engineering subjects, viz., Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering–not more than one subject |
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viii) |
Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science and Medical Science |
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The question papers for the examination will be of conventional (essay) type |
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Each paper will be of three hours duration. Blind candidates will, however be allowed an extra time of thirty minutes at each paper. |
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Candidates will have the option to answer all the question papers, except the language papers viz. Papers I and II above in anyone of the languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution or in English. |
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Candidates exercising the option to answer papers III to IX in anyone of the languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution 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 unauthorised medium. |
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The question papers other than language papers will be set both in Hindi and English. |
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