Friends.. last day we have posted the
detailed notification of Civil Service Preliminary Exam 2015 published by UPSC.
In case you missed that post don't worry Click Here.
Eligible candidates may apply online from 23-05-2015 o 19-06-2015 till 11.59
PM. Many of you might be still wondering about the pattern of Civil Service
Preliminary Exam this year, as UPSC had made a lot of changes, of late. So in
this post, we are discussing about the pattern of Civil Services Preliminary
Exam 2015. Pattern of Mains Exam will be discussed in another post.
Here are the
important things that you should know about Civil Services Preliminary Exam
2015.
* Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination
2015 will be of objective type.
* The Preliminary Examination will consist
of two papers of Objective type (multiple choice questions) and carry a maximum
of 400 marks (200 marks for each paper).
* This examination is meant to serve as a
screening test only; the marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination by the
candidates who are declared qualified for admission to the Main Examination
will not be counted for determining their final order of merit.
* The number of candidates to be admitted
to the Main Examination will be about twelve to thirteen times the total
approximate number of vacancies to be filled in the year through this
examination.
* Only those candidates who are declared by
the Commission to have qualified in the Preliminary Examination in the year
will be eligible for admission to the Main Examination of that year provided
they are otherwise eligible for admission to the Main Examination.
Scheme and subjects for the Preliminary are as follows:
* The Examination shall comprise of two
compulsory papers of 200 marks each.
* Both the question papers will be of the objective
type (multiple choice questions).
* The General Studies Paper-II of the Civil
Services (Preliminary) Examination will be a qualifying paper with minimum
qualifying marks fixed at 33%. The question papers will be set both in Hindi
and English.
* Each paper will be of two hours duration.
* There will be negative marking for
incorrect answers for all questions except some of the questions where the
negative-marking will be inbuilt in the form of different marks being awarded
to the most appropriate and not so appropriate answer for such questions.
* There are four alternatives for the
answers to every question. For each question for which a wrong answer has been
given by the candidate, one-third (0.33) of the marks assigned to that question
will be deducted as penalty.
Syllabi for the Preliminary Examination 2015
Preliminary Examination- Paper I - (200 marks)
Duration : Two hours
1) Current events of national and
international importance.
2) History of India and Indian National
Movement.
3) Indian and World Geography - Physical,
Social, Economic Geography of India and the World.
4) Indian Polity and Governance -
Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues,
etc.
5) Economic and Social Development -
Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector
initiatives, etc.
6) General issues on Environmental Ecology,
Bio-diversity and Climate Change - that do not require subject specialisation.
7) General Science.
Paper
II- (200 marks) Duration: Two hours
1) Comprehension.
2) Interpersonal skills including
communication skills;
3) Logical reasoning and analytical ability
4) Decision-making and problemsolving
5) General mental ability
6) Basic numeracy (numbers and their
relations, orders of magnitude, etc.) (Class X level), Data interpretation
(charts, graphs,tables, data sufficiency etc. -Class X level)
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 he/she does not
appear in both the papers of Civil Services (Prelim) Examination. In case of
any further doubts, please feel free to comment.
Civil Services (Preliminary) Exam 2015 Notification: Click Here
Apply Online: Click Here
