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a year ago
Contributor-Level 9
The Union Public Service Commission notify the IAS application fee in the Civil Service notification.
The Commission will mention the following application fee in the following manner:
| Category | Preliminary Exam Fee | Mains Exam Fee |
|---|---|---|
General/ OBC | INR 100 | INR 200 |
Females/ SC/ ST/ Persons with Benchmark Disability | Nil | Nil |
New answer posted
a year ago
Contributor-Level 9
The candidates need the UPSC registration number for fill the Civil Service application form. They are required to fill in the personal details in the registration form. The candidates need to upload their academic certificates on upsconline.nic.in.
New answer posted
a year ago
Contributor-Level 9
The Union Public Service Commission introduced the One-Time Registration (OTR) process for all exams. The OTR is a common regisration for all the applications where the candidates fill out registration one time only and these personal details are re-used for the application.
The OTR is common to all exam application. The candidates can take the registration number anytime irrespective of any active application.
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a year ago
Contributor-Level 9
The Union Public Service Commission introduced the Ethics paper in 2013. The ethics paper is an essential component of the IAS Main Examination. The Ethics syllabus is important because the right strategy can fetch good marks in the paper. The Ethics papers is designed to check the Integrity and Moral principles in the candidates.
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a year ago
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The Union Public Service Commission mention the Ethics syllabus in the IAS notification. The candidates can see below the IAS main Ethics syllabus as mentioned in the official notification:
- Ethics and Human Interface: Essence, determinants and consequences of Ethics in-human actions; dimensions of ethics; ethics - in private and public relationships. Human Values - lessons from the lives and teachings of great leaders, reformers and administrators; the role of family society and educational institutions in inculcating values.
- Attitude: Content, structure, function; its influence and relation with thought and behaviour; mo
New answer posted
2 years ago
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Yes, the IAS main result 2023 has been released online at upsc.gov.in. The Union Public Service Commission released the roll numbers of the candidates qualified for the candidates. The UPSC will conduct the IAS 2023 interviews from February to May and the final result is expected in May.
The Commission notified 1,105 vacancies for the IAS 2023 exam and in accordance with the number of vacancies, the Commission is expected to select over three thousand candidates for the interview stage.
New answer posted
2 years ago
Contributor-Level 9
As the name suggest, the IAS main exam has 9 descriptive papers. The details of these papers are given below:
| Paper | Description | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| A | One of the Indian language to be selected by the candidate from the languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the constitution (Qualifying only) | 300 |
| B | English (Qualifying Only) | 300 |
| 1 | Essay | 250 |
| 2 | General Studies-I (Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society) | 250 |
| 3 | General Studies –II (Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations) | 250 |
| 4 | General Studies –III (Technology, Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management) | 250 |
| 5 | General Studies –IV (Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude) | 250 |
| 6 | Optional Subject - Paper 1 | 250 |
| 7 | Optional Subject - Paper 2 | 250 |
New answer posted
2 years ago
Contributor-Level 9
The IAS prelims exam is an objective type exam. The IAS prelims is conducted offline and the candidates need to mark their answers on the answer sheet (OMR). There are two papers in the IAS prelims exam. The details of IAS prelims exam is given below:
- General Studies Paper 1
- General Studies Paper 2 ( Aptitude Test)
The Aptitude paper is qualifying only and the passing marks in the aptitude paper is 67.5 marks out of 200.
New answer posted
2 years ago
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The last date to apply for the UPSC IAS 2026 exam will be released soon at upsc.gov.in. The Commission postponed the IAS 2026 notification. The new application dates will be notified later.
New answer posted
2 years ago
Contributor-Level 9
The IAS 2023 Prelims exam was held on May 28th, 2023. The exam was moderately to difficult overall, with the General Studies Paper 1 being moderate to difficult and the GS Paper 2 CSAT being very lengthy. The exam also included more questions from the Environment and Geography section, and fewer questions from current affairs and international relations. The exam pattern changed, with altered Assertion and Reason questions, and a new format for multiples.
The cut-off for the exam was expected to be between 82 and 85, compared to 88 in 2022. Only 14,624 students scored above the cut-off and were eligible to proceed to the Mains round.
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