Physical Standards:
Candidates must be physically fit according to the prescribed physical standards.

Fee:
A candidate seeking admission to examination must pay to the Commission a fee of Rs. 50 (Rupees Fifty only) through single Central Recruitment Fee Stamp. Central Recruitment Fee Stamps of requisite denomination (NOT postage stamps) may be obtained from the post office and affixed on the application form in the space provided therein. The stamp may be got cancelled from the issuing Post Office with the date stamp of the post office in such a manner that the impression of the cancellation mark partially overflows on the application form itself But within the space provided on the form. The impression of the cancellation mark should be clear and distinct to facilitate the identification of date and the Post Office of issue.

Candidates residing abroad should deposit the prescribed fee in the office of Indias High Commissioner, Ambassador or Representative abroad as the case may be for credit to account head 051-Public Service Commission -Examination Fees and attach the receipt with the application.

Candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes are not required to pay any fee. No fee Exemption is, however, available to OBC candidate and they are required to pay the prescribed fee.
Physically handicapped persons are exempted from the payment of fee provided they are otherwise eligible for appointment to the Services/posts to be filled on the results of this examination on the basis of the standards of medical fitness for these Services/posts (including, any concessions specifically extended to the physically handicapped). A physically handicapped candidate claiming fee concession will be required by the Commission to submit along with their detailed application form, a certified copy of the certificate from a Government hospital/Medical Board in support of his claim for being physically handicapped.

Note:
Notwithstanding the aforesaid provision for fee exemption, a physically handicapped candidate will be considered to be eligible for appointment only if he (after such physical examination as the Government or the appointing authority, as the case may be, may prescribe) is found to satisfy the requirements of physical and medical standards for the concerned Services/ Posts to be allocated to Physically Handicapped candidates by the Government.

Postage Stamps will in no case be accepted in lieu of Central Recruitment Fee Stamps.
Candidates should note that the fee sent through Indian Postal Orders, Bank Draft, Money order, Crossed cheque, Currency notes or Treasury Challan etc. will not be accepted by the Commission and such applications will be treated as without fee and will be summarily rejected.

Note I: Applications not accompanied by the prescribed fee (Unless remission of fee is claimed) shall be summarily rejected.

Note II: Fee once paid shall not be refunded under any circumstances nor can the fee be held in reserve for any other examination or selection.

Note III: If any candidate who took the Civil Services Examination held in previous year wishes to apply for admission to this examination, he must submit his application so as to reach the Commissions Office by the prescribed date without waiting for the results or an offer of appointment.

Note IV: Candidates admitted to the Main Examination are required to pay a further fee of Rs. 100/- (Rs. one hundred only).

The UPSC have developed an application form common for all their examinations which is processed on computerised machines. This application form along with an information brochure containing general instructions for filling up the form, an acknowledgement card and an envelope for sending the application, is obtainable from the designated Head Post Offices/Post Offices throughout the country as listed on page no. 186 against payment of Rs.20/- (Rupees twenty only). Form should be purchased from the designated Post Offices only and not from any other agency. This form can be used only once and for only one examination (See further details in this regard on page no. 187). Candidates must fill in the application form as per detailed instructions given by the Commission.

(a) A candidate seeking admission to the Preliminary Examination must apply to the Secretary, Union Public Service Commission, Dholpur House, New Delhi 110069, through the prescribed applications form. A candidate should also write name of examination Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination……….. (mention year of Examination) on the envelope.

(b) All candidates, whether already in Government Service, or in Government owned industrial undertakings or other similar organisations or in private employment, should submit their applications direct to the Commission. If any candidate forwards his application through his employer and it reaches the Union Public Service Commission late, the application, even if submitted to the employer before the closing date, will not be considered.

Persons already in Govt. service whether in a permanent or temporary capacity or as work charged employees other than casual or daily rated employees or those serving under Public Enterprises are however, required to submit an undertaking that they have informed in writing their Head of Office/Department that they have applied for the Examination. Candidates should note that in case a communication is received from their employer by the Commission withholding permission to the candidates applying for/appearing at the examination, their applications shall be rejected/candidature shall be cancelled.

Note I: While filling in his/her application Form, the candidate should carefully decide about his/her choice for the centre and optional subject for the examination. More than one application from a candidate giving different centres and/or optional subjects will not be accepted in any case. Even if a candidate sends more than one completed application, the Commission will accept only one application at their discretion and the Commissions decision in the matter shall be final.

Any candidate who appears at a centre/optional subject other than the one indicated by the Commission in his admission certificate, the papers of such a candidate will not be valued and his candidature will be cancelled.

Note II: Since these application forms are to be processed in a computerised system, due care should be taken by the candidates to fill up their application form correctly. No column of the application should be left blank. Incomplete or defective applications shall be summarily rejected. No representation or correspondence regarding such rejection shall be entertained under any circumstances.

Candidates are not required to submit along with their applications any certificate in support of their claims regarding Age, Educational Qualifications, Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes/Other Backward Classes and Physically Handicapped etc. which will be verified at the time of the Main examination only. The candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfil all the eligibility conditions for admission to the examination. Their admission at all the stages of examination for which they are admitted by the Commission viz. Preliminary Examination, Main (Written) Examination and Interview Test will be purely provisional, subject to their satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions. If on verification at any time before or after the Preliminary Examination, Main (Written) examination and Interview Test, it is found that they do not fulfil any of the eligibility conditions, their candidature for the examination will be cancelled by the Commission.

If any of their claims is found to be incorrect, they may render themselves liable to disciplinary action by the Commission.

In case of any guidance/clarification/information regarding their applications, candidature etc., candtidates can contact UPSCs facilitation counter near C gate of its campus, in person or over Telephone: No. 011-23385271/011-23381125/011-23098543 on working days between 10-00 hrs. to 17-00 hrs.

Generally the Commission does not enter into any correspondence with the candidates about their candidature.

However, in exceptional cases (which are defined by the Commission in their notification in the Employment News). Candidates may write to the Commission.

Important: All communications to the Commission should invariably contain the following particulars:
(i) Name and year of the Examination.
(li) Application Form No. (8 digit).
(iii) Roll number (if received).
(iv) Name of candidate (in full and in block letters).
(v) Complete postal address as given in the application.

N.B. I: Communications not containing the above particulars may not be attended to by the Commission.

N.B. II: In case there is a change of address, same should be communicated to Commission at earliest opportunity. Although Commission make even effort to take account of such changes they cannot accept any responsibility in matter.

Withdrawal of Application: No request for withdrawal of candidature received from a candidate after he has submitted his application is entertained under any circumstances.

The competitive examination comprises two successive stages:

(i) Civil Services (Preliminary) Examinations (Objective Type) for the selection of candidates for Main Examination; and 1 (ii) Civil Services (Main) Examination (Written and Interview) for the selection of candidates for the various services and posts.

2. The Preliminary Examination consists of two papers of Objective type (Multiple choice questions) and carry a-maximum of 450 marks in the subjects set out in sub-section (A) of Section II. This xamination is meant to serve as a screening test only; the marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination by the candidates who are declared qualified for admission to the Main Examination will not be counted for determining their final order of merit. The number of candidates to be admitted to the Main Examination will be about twelve to thirteen times the total approximate number of vacancies to be filled in the year in the various Services and Posts. Only those candidates who are declared by the Commission to have qualified in the Preliminary Examination in a year will be eligible for admission to the Main Examination of that year provided they are otherwise eligible for admission to the Main Examination.

3. The Main Examination consists of a written examination and an interview test. The written examination will consist of 9 papers of conventional essay type in the subjects set out in sub-section (B) of Section II. Also see Note (ii) under para I of Section II (B).

4. Candidates who obtain such minimum qualifying marks in the written part of the Main Examination as may be fixed by the Commission at their discretion, shall be summoned by them for an interview for a Personality Test vide sub-section C of Section II. However, the papers on Indian languages and English will be of qualifying nature. Also see Note (ii) Under para 1 of Section II (B). The marks obtained in these papers will not be counted for ranking The Number of candidates to be summoned for interview will be about twice the number of vacancies to be filled. The interview will carry 300 marks (with no minimum qualifying marks).

Marks thus obtained by the candidates in the Main Examination (written part as well as interview) would determine their final ranking. Candidates will be allotted to the various Services keeping in view their ranks in the examination and the preferences expressed bv them for the various services and posts.

Scheme and subjects for the Preliminary Examination

The Preliminary Examination consists of two papers:

Paper I General Studies - 150 marks
Paper II One subject to be selected from the list of optional subjects set out in Para 2 below - 300 marks
Total: 450 marks

2. List of optional subjects for Preliminary Examination:
Agriculture - Law
Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science - Mathematics
Botany - Mechanical Engineering
Chemistry - Medical Science
Civil Engineering - Philosophy
Commerce - Physics
Economics - Political Science
Electrical Engineering - Psychology
Geography - Public Administration
Geology - Sociology
Indian History - Statistics
Zoology.

Note:
(i) Both the question papers are of the objective type (multiple choice questions).
(ii) The question papers are set both in Hindi and English,
(iii) The course content of the syllabi for the optional subjects are of the degree level. Details of the syllabi are indicated in Part A of Section III.
(iv) Each paper is of two hours duration. Blind candidates will, however, be allowed an extra time of twenty minutes at each paper.

The written examination consists of the following papers:

Paper I One of the Indian Languages to be selected by 300 marks
the candidates from the languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution
Paper II English - 300 marks
Paper III Essay - 200 marks
Papers IV General Studies - 300 marks
and V - for each paper
Papers VI, - Any two subjects to be selected from the 300 marks
VII, VIII - list of the optional subjects set out in para 2
for each paper
and IX below. Each subject will have two papers.

Interview Test carries 300 marks.
Note: (i) The papers on Indian Languages and English are of Matriculation or equivalent standard and are of qualifying nature; the marks obtained in these papers are not counted for ranking.

(ii) The papers on Essay, General Studies and Optional Subjects of only such candidates are evaluated as attain such minimum standard as may be fixed by the Commission in their discretion for the qualifying papers on Indian Language and English.

(iii) The Paper-I on Indian Languages is not, however compulsory for candidates hailing from the North-Eastern states of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland and also for candidates hailing from the State of Sikkim.

(iv) For the language papers, the script to be used by the candidates will be as under:
Language - Script - Language - Script
Assamese - Assamese : Manipuri - Bengali
Bengali - Bengali : Marathi - Devanagari
Bodo - Devanagari : Nepali - Devanagari
Dogri - Devanagari :Oriya - Oriya
Gujarati - Gujarati :Punjabi - Gurmukhi
Hindi - Devanagari :Sanskrit - Devnagari
Kannada - Kannada :Santali - Devnagari or Olchiki
Kashmiri - Persian :Sindhi - Devnagari/Arabic
Konkani - Devanagari :Tamil - Tamil
Maithili - Devanagari :Telugu - Telugu
Malayalam - Malayalam : Urdu - Persian

Note: For Santali Language question paper will be printed in Devanagari scrip but candidates will be free to answer either in Devanagari scrip or in Olchiki.

2. List of optional subjects for Main Examination:
Agriculture - Management
Animal Husbandry &; Veterinary Sc. - Mathematics
Anthropology - Mechanical Engineering
Botany - Medical Science
Chemistry - Philosophy
Civil Engineering - Physics
Commerce & Accountancy - Pol. Sc. & International Relations
Economics - Psychology
Electrical Engineering - Public Administration
Geography - Sociology
Geology - Statistics
History - Zoology
Law

Literature of one of the following languages: Arabic, Assamese, Bengali, Chinese, English, French, German, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Pali, Persian, Punjabi, Russian, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu.

Note: (i) Candidates will not be allowed to offer the following combination of subjects:

(a) Political Science & International Relations and Public Administration;

(b) Commerce & Accountancy and Management;

(c) Anthropology and Sociology;

(d) Mathematics and Statistics;

(e) Agriculture and Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science;

(f) Management and Public Administration;

(g) Of the Engineering subjects, viz., Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engg. -not more than one subject.

(h) Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science and Medical Science, (ii) The question papers will be of conventional (essay) type.
(iii) Each paper will be of three hours duration. Blind candidates will however, be allowed an extra time of thirty minutes at each paper.
(iv) Candidates will have the option to answer all the question papers, except the language papers viz. Paper I and II above in any one of the languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution or in English.
(v) Candidates exercising the option to answer papers III to IX in any one of the language 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.
Candidates should, however, note that if they misuse the above rule, a deduction will be made on this account from the total marks otherwise accruing to them and in extreme cases, their script (s) will not be valued for being in an unauthorised medium.
(vi) The question papers other than languages papers will be sent both in Hindi and English.
(vii) The details of the syllabi are set out in Part B of Section III.

(i) Candidates must write the papers in their own hand. In no circumstances, will they be allowed the help of a scribe to write the answers for them. However, blind candidates will be allowed to write the examination with the help of a scribe.

Note (1): The eligibility conditions of a scribe, his/her conduct inside the examination hall and the manner in which and extent to which he/she can help the blind candidate in writing the Civil Services Examination shall be governed by the instructions issued by the UPSC in this regard. Violation of all or any of the said instructions shall entail the cancellation of the candidature of the blind candidate in addition to any other action that the UPSC may take against the scribe.

Note (2): For purpose of these rules the candidate shall be deemed to be a blind candidate if the percentage of visual impairment is 40% or more

Note (3): For availing of the concession admissible to a blind candidate, the candidate concerned shall produce a certificate in the prescribed proforma from a Medical Board constituted by the Central/State Governments along with his application for the Main Examination.

Note (4): (i) The concession admissible to blind candidates shall not be admissible to those suffering from Myopia.

(ii) The Commission have discretion to fix qualifying marks in any or all the subjects of the examination.

(iii) If a candidates handwriting is not easily legible, a deduction will be made on this account from the total marks otherwise accruing to him.

(iv) Marks will not be allotted for mere superficial knowledge.

(v) Credit will be given for orderly, effective and exact expression combined with due economy of words in all subjects of the examination.

(vi) In the question papers, wherever required, SI Units will be used.

(vii) Candidates should use only International form of Indian numerals (i.e. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 etc.) while answering question papers.

(viii) Candidates will be allowed the use of scientific (non-programmable type calculators at the conventional (essay) type examination of UPSC. Programmable type calculators will however not be allowed and the use of such calculators shall tantamount to resorting to unfair means by the candidates. Loaning or interchanging of calculators in the examinational hall is not permitted. It is also important to note that candidates are not permitted to use calculator for answering objective type papers (Test Booklets).