CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION

The vision of a career in the civil services cojures up a vision of unlimitedauthority, power and prestige. But the reality is that this career is somewhere between being glamorous and challenging. Like any other profession it has its own share of weakness and strengths. But it is true that at the higher echelons of the services, there is the potent combination of power and prestige that is not easily available in other professions.

Powerful, glamorous and the most coveted of the lot these services attract some of the best brains of the country. It is this non-political entity - the bureaucracy that gives permanency to policy-making and its implementation and also serves as an advisory body to the ministers. This highly centralized and hierarchical body is in charge of almost all aspects of administration in the country. The job involves greater interaction with people, touring, supervising and non-governmental agencies and receiving ministers, senior officers etc.

For entry into civil services examination there is a multi-step examination process.

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION :

There is a screening test or the preliminary examination ,which is conducted as the candidates appearing in this exam are very large .this exam is conducted in the first week of june ,every year .

The test consists of 2 papers :

1) OPTIONAL PAPER : 120 questions 2.5marks each 300 marks 2 hrs duration

2)GENERAL STUDIES:150 questions 1 mark each 150 marks 2 hrs duration

MAIN EXAMINATION : Main examination includes written tests and an interview .

Paper I :One Indian Language to be selected fr the 18 languages 300 marks (qualifying paper)

Paper II: English (qualifying paper) 300 marks

Paper III: Essay 200 marks

Paper IV & V: General Studies (300 each) 600 marks

Papers VI & VII : Any two subjects (each having 2 papers) 1200 marks VIII &IX Total Marks 2000 marks Interview Test 300 marks

GRAND TOTAL 2300 MARKS