Government & Defence Entrance Exam

In the IAS interview test, candidates will be judged on different skills stated below: Mental Alertness, Critical Powers of Assimilation, Clear and Logical Exposition, Balance of Judgement, Variety and Depth of Interest, Ability for Social Cohesion and Leadership, Intellectual and Moral Integrity. The above information is taken from the notification and prescribed by the Union Public Service Commission.

 As the name suggest, the IAS main exam has 9 descriptive papers. The details of these papers are given below:

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.

The candidates must prepare the five fundamental subjects as notified for the IAS prelims exam. These are History, Geography, Economy, Polity, Current Affairs, General Science. The candidates should also prepare the Environmental issues too.

There are three stages in the IAS selection process namely

1. IAS prelims
2. IAS main (written) 
3. IAS main (personality test)

IAS selection process takes more than one year to complete. The official IAS notification 2026 has been postponed and will be released soon at upsc.gov.in. The Civil Service result 2026 (final) will be declared in May 2027. The Commission conduct the exam in offline mode and the candidates are required to appear and clear all the stages of IAS selection process. There are three stages in the IAS selection process. These are

1. IAS prelims
2. IAS main (written) 
3. IAS main (personality test)

The SSC MTS job is a central government job and it is governed by the Central Government service rules notified from time to time. The salary of the SSC MTS posts change with the city of posting and the corresponding Dearness Allowance fixed by the Government of India from Time to time. Apart from that, the expected increment in the SSC MTS salary is given as per the following time :

The Staff Selection Commission changed the SSC MTS Tier 1 exam pattern and introduced partial negative markings in the SSC MTS Tier 1 exam. The Commission also changed the number of questions asked in the exam. The Commission divided the paper into two parts and fixed a separate timeline for each session. The Commission can see below the SSC MTS Tier 1 paper sections and the questions associated with each session:

SSC MTS 2023 Tier 1 Cutoff is expected to remain high because of the less number of SSC MTS vacancies in the exam. The candidates can see below the SSC MTS 2023 expected cutoff:

Yes, the SSC MTS exam centres are present across the nation. The Staff Selection Commission releases the list of SSC MTS exam centres with the official notification. The list shows that the SSC MTS exam centres are spread across the nation.The SSC MTS exam centres can be changed by the Commission any time. The candidates should check the SSC MTS application form to get the final list of SSC MTS exam centres.