Friday 24 August 2012

CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION 2013 (NEW)


THE CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION, 2013

The Civil Services Examination (CSE) is conducted every year by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) as a common examination for  recruitment to various services like the Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service and Indian Police Service, as well as Group A and Group B Central Services. The notifi cation for the examination, (giving  rules and the syllabus for all subjects included in the exam) is published in the month of  November/December every year in Employment News/Rozgar Samachar and Gazette of  India as well as in some Newspapers. All students are advised to get a copy of  this notifi cation from the Employment News or other publications.

The Civil Services Examination, 2013 will consist of

a.  The Civil Services Preliminary Examination (Objective Type) for the selection of  candidates for the Main        Examination
b. Civil Services Main Examination (Written) and
c.  A Final Interview for those who pass the Main Exam.

SCHEME OF EXAMINATION

I. Prelim Test

The Prelim Test will be held by the UPSC normally on a Sunday in the 
latter half of May every year. The exact date will be published in the 
Notifi cation.
The Prelim Test will have two papers (Papers I & II) of  the Objective 
(Multiple Choice) type questions and carries a maximum of  200 marks 
each. Each paper will be of  two hour duration. 
  • Penalty for Wrong Answers
  1.  There will be a  penalty (negative marking) for wrong answers  marked by a candidate in the objective papers except for some questions where the negative marking will be inbuilt in the form of different marks being awarded to most appropriate and not so appropriate answer for such questions. For each question for which a wrong answer has been marked, 1/3rd of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty

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