All you need to Know
about Civil Service Exam 2017
The Union Public Service Commission is all set to conduct
civil service preliminary examination to be held in June 18, 2017. While
preparing for this highly competitive exam, there is no standard answer for the
most commonly asked questions like the number of hours you need to spend every
day to crack IAS, but the factors that does influence the most would be the UPSC Syllabus
2017 and your grasping power.
The UPSC conducts CS exam to select candidates for Indian
Administrative Service, Indian Police Service and Indian Foreign Service.
IAS exam is held in three stages namely:
❖
Preliminary
❖
Main
❖
Interview
Eligibility
Criteria
The
interested candidates need to own a degree from a recognized university by an
Act of State Legislature or Central in India or declared to be deemed
university under section 3 of UGCA.
Age
Limit- Based on the official notice 2016
Category
|
No. of
attempts
|
Maximum
age limit
|
General
|
06
Attempts
|
32
Years
|
OBC
|
09
Attempts
|
35
Years
|
SC/ST
|
No
bar
|
37
Years
|
PH ( Deaf, Blind,
Orthopaedic)
|
OBC/GEN=
9 Attempts
ST/SC=
No bar
|
42
Years
|
Disabled servicemen.
|
No
bar
|
GEN=37
Yrs, SC/ST=40 Yrs, OBC=40 Yrs
|
Important
Dates
The
official notification will out on
|
22nd
February 2017
|
The
Civil Services Exam 2017(Pre)
|
18th
June 2017
|
Last
date for submission of application form
|
17th
March 2017
|
Main
examination date
|
28th
October 2017
|
Application
form
The application
forms of IAS exam 2017 will be out from 22nd February 2017. The applicants are
required to apply online on the exam’s official website since the applications
are received and accepted only through online mode.
Selection
Procedure
The selection procedure of civil service exam follows three stages namely Preliminary exam which includes MCQs, Main Exam is all about descriptive and finally the personal interview. The shortlisted aspirants of preliminary exam are called for main exam followed by final round in the form of personal interview.
Admit
Card
The admit cards for the preliminary exam will be out
before 3 weeks the exam dates. You can download the admit cards from UPSC
official website.