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.
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