UPSC Exam Pattern: Prelims, Mains Exam & Interview

  In this section, I shall be explaining to you the Online Application process for the UPSC exams.   The notification stated that the UPSC notification for 2022 will be posted on February 2, 2022, and that online registrations will begin on that day and continue until February 22, 2022. The UPSC Prelims test for 2022 will be held on June 5, 2022, and the Mains exam for the same will be held on September 16, 2022, over the next 5 days, according to the notice. It's also worth noting that the UPSC CSE (Civil Services Test) announcement for 2021 was released on March 4, 2021, the same day that registrations for the IAS exam began. By the 24th of March 2021, the time for new registrations has closed. UPSC has decided to postpone the UPSC 2021 Prelims to October 10th, 2021, due to the second wave of COVID-19. The UPSC 2021 Mains were held on January 7, 8, 9, 15, and 16, 2022. UPSC Apply Online Process The following are the steps that you normally need to follow while UPSC apply onl...

UPSC Exam Pattern Exam Pattern Prelims Mains Exam Mode Offline Offline Exam Duration 2 papers of 2 hours each 9 papers of 3 hours each Type of Paper Objective Descriptive Type of Questions MCQs Descriptive Total Number of Questions CSAT: 80 questions GS: 100 questions Usually, 20 questions per paper Total Marks 400 1750 Marking Scheme +2 for correct answer, negative marking of 1/3 of 2 marks No negative marking As I have mentioned before, to ace in any field, may it be at sports or at academics, you’d need to analyse and know the playing ground like the back of your hand. As a sportsman and a successful academician, I can vouch for the importance of knowing your playing field and the rules of the game wholeheartedly.  Basically, to ace the UPSC exams, knowing the UPSC exam pattern is of utmost importance. Everything that you’ll ever learn and prepare for during your IAS preparations will have to ultimately be calibrated to the IAS exam pattern. That’s how important t...

Overview of the UPSC Syllabus Without beating much around the bush let me get straight to the point. The UPSC exam is a 3-phase affair: Phase 1 is the UPSC Preliminary Examination, also called UPSC Prelims. This exam contains questions of the objective type. Phase 2 is the UPSC Mains Examination, also called UPSC Mains. This exam contains descriptive-type questions. Phase 3 is the Personal Interview round conducted to test the Personality of the Candidate. Having said that I will now start off with the first part of the article which is the UPSC prelims syllabus. Are you ready? Oh, and if by any chance you want to directly get to know the UPSC Syllabus without going through the article, I have prepared for you a UPSC syllabus PDF. In this PDF of the UPSC syllabus, I have mentioned the syllabus of both, Prelims and Mains in much detail.     Also, this UPSC Syllabus PDF is made as per the latest UPSC CSE 2021 official notification.   You can Download the UPSC Syllabus...

The following are the steps that you normally need to follow while applying for the UPSC exam. You need to go to the official UPSC website,  www.upsc.gov.in , and look for the “apply online” button on the homepage. Click on it you’d be directed to a new page. On the new page, there’d be a link, “online application for various examinations”. Select the UPSC Civil Services exams by clicking on this link and proceed to apply for them. You can also alternatively directly go  upsconline.nic.in  and click on it. Clicking on it will direct you to a new page, where you should click on “part-1 registration”. Before you fill the registration form, make sure to meticulously go over the “important instructions to keep in mind while filling the UPSC application form ” that I have written below. Online Fee Payment for UPSC Online Application The  Application fee  for applying for the UPSC exams is  100 INR  for general category can...