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About UPSC Civil Service Examination Schedule and Subject list :

Sr.No.	Details
1	UPSC advertises normally in the month of November / December in Employment News
2	Preliminary Examination of objective type is held every year in MAY.
3	Preliminary examination result - JULY / AUGUST.
4	Mains Examination Descriptive type test held in - OCTOBER / NOVEMBER.
5	Mains Examination result in MARCH
6	Interview (viva - voce ) APRIL-MAY at New Delhi.
7	Final Result – MAY

Preliminary Examination

The Examination consists of two papers.
Sr.No.	Paper Details	Total
Paper I:	General Studies	150 Marks
Paper II:	One Subject to be selected from the list of optional Subject set out below.	300 Marks
	Total	450 Marks

List of Prelim optional Subjects (Select one subject) :

Sr.No.	Subject Details	Sr.No.	Subject Details
1.	Agriculture	2.	Botany
3.	Chemistry	4.	Civil Engineering
5.	Commerce	6.	Economics
7.	Electrical Engineering	8.	Geography
9.	Geology	10.	Indian History
11.	Law	12.	Mathematics
13.	Mechanical Engineering	14.	Philosophy
15.	Physics	16.	Political Science
17.	Psychology	18.	Sociology
19.	Zoology	20.	Statistics
21.	Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science	22.	Public Administration
23.	Medical Science

Note :

i	Both the question papers are of objective type (multiple choice questions).
ii	The Course content of the syllabi for the optional subjects are of the degree level.
iii	Medium English and Hindi

Main Examination

The written Examination consists of the following papers.
Sr.No.	Paper Details	Total Marks
Paper I:	One of the recognised Indian Languages ( Gujarati/ Marathi etc.)	300 marks
Paper II:	English	300 marks
(The marks obtained in these two papers are not considered for the written score.)
Paper III:	Essay	200 x 1 = 200 marks
Paper IV and V :	General Studies	300 x 2 = 600 marks
Paper VI, VII :	Optional Subjects (1)	300 x 2 = 600 marks
Paper VIII and IX	Optional Subjects (2)	300 x 2 = 600 marks
	Total Marks	2000 marks

The Candidates can also appear in all papers of main through Gujarati Medium except the compulsory English Paper.

List of Mains optional Subjects( two subjects needs to be chosen from the list below) :

Sr.No.	Subject Details	Sr.No.	Subject Details
1.	Agriculture	2.	Botany
3.	Chemistry	4.	Civil Engineering
5.	Commerce & Accountancy	6.	Economics
7.	Electrical Engineering	8.	Geography
9.	Geology	10.	History
11.	Law	12.	Mathematics
13.	Mechanical Engineering	14.	Philosophy
15.	Physics	16.	Political Science & International
17.	Psychology	18.	Sociology
19.	Zoology	20.	Statistics
21.	Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science	22.	Public Administration
23.	Medical Science	24.	Anthropology
25.	Management	26.	Literature any one (Gujarati, Hindi etc.)
Note : You are not allowed to offer the following combinations of subjects:
1	Political Science & International Relations - Public Administration.	4	Mathematics - Statistics
2	Commerce & Accountancy - Management	5	Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science - Agriculture
3	Anthropology - Sociology	6	Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science - Medical Science
7.	Of the Engineering Subjects viz. Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering & Mechanical Engineering - not more than one subject.

Total - Main Examination - 2000 Marks + 300 Marks Interview = 2300 Marks

Note :- If any confusion prevails about the UPSC Civil Service Examination or its syllabus or any other point, please refer UPSC website ( www.upsc.gov.in) as well as employment news in which detailed advertisement of examination is published.

Recruitment is made in following services through Civil Services Exam

Sr.No.	Details
1	Indian Administrative Service ( IAS )
2	Indian Foreign Service ( IFS )
3	Indian Police Service ( IPS )
GROUP–A SERVICE
4	Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service
5	Indian Audit & Accounts Service
6	Indian Customs and Central Excise Service
7	Indian Defence Accounts Service
8	Indian Revenue Service
9	Indian Ordnance Factories Service Group –A (Asst. manager, Non-technical)
10	Indian Postal Service
11	Indian Civil Accounts Service
12	Indian Railway Traffic Service
13	Indian Railway Account Service
14	Indian Railway Personnel Service
15	Posts of Assistant Security Officer, Group-A in Railway Protection Force
16	Indian Defence Estates Service
17	Post of Assistant Commandant, Group –A in Central Industrial Security Force
GROUP – B SERVICE
18	Central Secretarial Service, (Section Officer Grade)
19	Railway Board Secretariat Service, (Section Officer Grade)
20	Armed Forces, Headquarters Civil Service,(Assistant Civilian Staff Officer’s Grade)
21	Custom Appraisers Service, Group-B
22	Delhi and Andaman & Nicobar Islands Civil Service, Group B
23	Delhi and Andaman & Nicobar Islands Police Service
24	Posts of Deputy Superintendent of Police in the Central Bureau of Investigation, Group –B
25	Pondicherry Civil Service
26	Pondicherry Civil Service
Note : It is advised to refer the Syllabus given in the “ Eployment News “ of December every year.

Reference Book for General Studies and Optional Subjects

Sr.No.	Details	Download
1	General Studies –Prelims
2	General Study - Mains
3	PAPER – 1 Commerce & Accountancy Mains
4	PAPER – II Commerce & Accountancy
5	History Book List - Prelims
6	Mains Examination
7	BOOK LIST PRELIMS – MAINS I & II
8	Sociology – UPSC Prelim’s & Mains books list
9	Topicwise suggested books Sociology
10	Economics Subject Book List : Prelims
11	GEOGRAPHY – PRELIMS
12	UPSC-IAS : Gujarat Book List
Note : - The above books' list is only illustrative and not exhaustive for the purpose of guidance to the candidates.