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(A) Tentative Schedule

November/December of
(i) Notification of Examination
previous year
(ii) Conduct of Examination May

21-30 years as on 1st August of the year of

(B) Age - limits:
Examination.
Certain categories of persons as specified in the
Commission's Notice as published in
Employment News/Rozgar Samachar are eligible
for age relaxation.

(C) Educational Qualification

Degree of a Recognised University or equivalent.
Candidates appearing in the requisite Degree qualification are also eligible for appearing in the examination, however, they are
supposed to submit proof of passing the requisite qualification along with with Detailed Application Form for Civil Services (Main)
Examination.

Scheme of CS (Preliminary) Examination

The Preliminary Examination consists of two papers of objective type (multiple-choice questions) carrying a maximum of 400 marks.
The Question Papers (Test Booklets) are set in English & Hindi

General Studies Paper - I 200 Marks

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General Studies Paper - II 200 Marks

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Statistical Data CS (Preliminary)

No of Candidates
Year of Exam
Applied Appeared
1997 2,65,761 1,30,198
1998 2,71,517 1,22,363
1999 3,09,501 1,35,086
2000 2,25,555 1,19,398
2001 2,56,673 1,38,240
2002 3,01,585 1,57,486

Note : For further details, please refer to the Commission's Notice when it is published in the Employment News and some of the leading
newspapers.

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CS (Main)

Tentative Date of Examination : October - November

Scheme
List of Optional Subjects
List of Optional Subjects (Literature)
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Scheme - CS (Main)

One of the Indian Languages to be selected by the candidate from the 18 languages included in the
Paper-I 300 Marks
VIIIth Schedule to the Constitution (Qualifying Paper)
Paper-II English (Qualifying Paper) 300 Marks
Paper-III Essay 200 Marks
Papers IV & V General Studies (300 Marks for each paper) 600 Marks
Papers VI, VII, Any two subjects (each having 2 papers) to be selected from the prescribed optional subjects (300
1200 Marks
VIII & IX marks for each paper)
Total Marks for Written Examination 2000 Marks
Interview Test 300 Marks
Grand Total 2300 Marks

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List of Optional Subjects - CS (Main) - (Total 25)

See Note below List of Optional Subjects (Literature)

Agriculture Management

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Animal Husbandry & Vetinary Science Mathematics

Anthropology Mechanical Engineering
Botany Medical Science
Chemistry Philosophy
Civil Engineering Physics
Commerce & Accountancy Political Science & International Relations
Economics Psychology
Electrical Engineering Public Administration
Geography Sociology
Geology Statistics
Indian History Zoology
Law

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List of Optional Subjects (Literature) - CS (Main) - (Total 26)

Arabic Gujarati Manipuri Sanskrit

Assamese Hindi Nepali Sindhi
Bengali Kannada Oriya Tamil
Chinese Kashmiri Pali Telugu
English Konkani Persian Urdu
French Marathi Punjabi
German Malayalam Russian

Note : Total Optional Subjects : 51

Note (i) : Candidates have the option to answer all the question papers, except the language papers, viz, Paper-I and Paper-II, in any one of
the languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution or in English
Note (ii) : Candidates who have opted for an Indian Language as language medium for the Main Examination have an option of being
interviewed either in English or in the same language which they have opted for the Main Examination

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Statistical Data - CS (Main)

Vacancies Candidates Recommended

Year Of Exam
SC ST OBC GEN TOTAL SC ST OBC GEN TOTAL
1995 98 49 165 333 645 101 49 192 303 645
1996 125 57 174 383 739 138 59 212 330 739
1997 89 43 166 323 621 94 46 215 266 621
1998 53 28 114 275 470 60 30 142 238 470
1999 53 27 97 234 411 63 30 127 191 411
2000 54 29 100 244 427 58 34 128 207 427
2001 47 39 97 234 417 52 42 131 192 417
2002 38 22 88 162 310 38 22 88 138 286

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