The entrance for Civil Services comprises of two successive stages: Preliminary Examination (Written) and Main Examination (Written and Interview).
A. Preliminary Examination
Both Paper I and II in the Prelims are of two-hour duration and carry maximum marks of 200 each. Both papers will consist of Objective (multiple choice answer) Type questions only. Both the question papers would be bilingual (English and Hindi), except for some questions specifically intended to test English Language Comprehension skills, which would be in English only.
B.1. Main Examination
Paper: I
Subject: One of the Indian Languages chosen from the prescribed list
Duration: 3 hours
Maximum Marks: 300
Paper: II
Subject: English
Duration: 3 hours
Maximum marks: 300
Paper: III
Subject: Essay
Duration: 3 hours
Maximum marks: 200
Paper: IV
Optional Subject 1
Duration: 3 hours
Maximum marks: 300
Paper: V
Optional Subject 1
Duration: 3 hours
Maximum marks: 300
Paper: VI
Optional Subject 2
Duration: 3 hours
Maximum marks: 300
Paper: VII
Optional Subject 2
Duration: 3 hours
Maximum marks: 300
Total: 2000
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. The paper on 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.
All the papers will consist of Conventional (essay) Type questions only. All Question Papers, other than language papers, will be set both in Hindi and English. Commission have discretion to fix qualifying marks (to qualify for the Interview/Personality test) in any or all the subjects of the examination. Candidates will have the option to answer all the question papers, except the language papers viz.
Papers I and II above in any one of the languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution or in English. Candidates exercising the option to answer papers III to IX in any one 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.
B.2. Interview
The interview will carry 300 marks. The number of candidates called for Interview will be twice the number of vacancies. Total marks obtained by the candidate in the Main Examination (written part as well as interview) would determine his/her final ranking.
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