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Union Public Service Commission
UPSC finally released corrigendum for the IAS Notification 2013, which has clearly mentioned new pattern for IAS Exams 2013.
Scheme and subjects for the IAS Preliminary and Main Examinations
A. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION(CSAT):
The Examination shall comprise of two compulsory Papers of 200marks each.
Note :
(i) Both the question papers will be of the objective type (multiple choice questions).
(ii) The question papers will be set both in Hindi and English. However, questions relating to English Language Comprehension skills of Class X level will be tested through passages from English language only without providing Hindi translation thereof in the question paper.
(iii) Details of the syllabi are indicated in Part A of Section III.
(iv) Each paper will be of two hours duration. Blind candidates will; however, be allowed an extra time of twentyminutesfor each paper.
B. Main Examination
The written examination will consist ofthe following papers:
Qualifying Papers:
Paper‐ A
(One of the Indian Language to be selected by the candidate from the Languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution). 300 Marks
Paper‐ B
English 300 Marks
Papers to be counted for merit
Paper‐I
Essay 250 Marks
Paper‐II
General Studies–I 250Marks
(Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography oftheWorld and Society)
Paper‐III
General Studies –II 250 Marks
(Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and Internationalrelations)
Paper‐IV
General Studies –III 250 Marks
(Technology, EconomicDevelopment, Bio‐diversity, Environment, Security andDisaster Management)
Paper‐V
General Studies –IV 250Marks
(Ethics, Integrity andAptitude)
Paper‐VI
Optional Subject – Paper 1 250Marks
Paper‐VII
Optional Subject – Paper 2 250 Marks
Sub Total(Written test) 1750 Marks
Personality Test 275 Marks
Grand Total 2025 Marks
Candidates may choose any one of the optionalsubjects from amongstthe list of subjects given in Notification:‐
NOTE:
(i) The papers on Indian Languages and English (Paper A and Paper B) will be of Matriculation or equivalent standard and will be of qualifying nature. The marks obtained in these papers will not be counted forranking.
(ii) Evaluation of the papers, namely, ‘Essay’, ‘General Studies’ and Optional Subject of all the candidates would be done simultaneously along with evaluation of their qualifying papers on ‘Indian
Languages’ and ‘English’ but the papers on ‘Essay’, General Studies and Optional Subject of only such candidates will be taken cognizance of who attain such minimum standard as may be fixed by Commission at their discretion for the qualifying papers on ‘Indian Language’ and ‘English’.
(iii) The paper A on Indian Language will not, however, be compulsory for candidates hailing from the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram,Nagaland and Sikkim.
(iv) Marks obtained by the candidates for the Paper I‐VII only will be counted for merit ranking. However, the Commission will have the discretion to fix qualifyingmarksin any or all ofthese papers.
(v) Forthe Languagemedium/literature of languages, the scripts to be used by the candidates will be as under:—
Language Script
Assamese Assamese
Bengali Bengali
Gujarati Gujarati
Hindi Devanagari
Kannada Kannada
Kashmiri Persian
Konkani Devanagari
Malayalam Malayalam
Manipuri Bengali
Marathi Devanagari
Nepali Devanagari
Oriya Oriya
Punjabi Gurumukhi
Sanskrit Devanagari
Sindhi Devanagarior Arabic
Tamil Tamil
Telugu Telugu
Urdu Persian
Bodo Devanagari
Dogri Devanagari
Maithilli Devanagari
Santhali Devanagarior Olchiki
Note: For Santhali language, question paper will be
printed in Devanagari script; but candidates
will be free to answer either in Devanagari
scriptorinOlchiki.
2. List of optional subjects for Main Examination:
(i) Agriculture
(ii) AnimalHusbandryandVeterinaryScience
(iii) Anthropology
(iv) Botany
(v) Chemistry
(vi) CivilEngineering
(vii) CommerceandAccountancy
(viii) Economics
(ix) Electrical Engineering
(x) Geography
(xi) Geology
(xii) History
(xiii) Law
(xiv) Management
(xv) Mathematics
(xvi) MechanicalEngineering
(xvii) MedicalScience
(xviii) Philosophy
(xix) Physics
(xx) PoliticalScienceandInternationalRelations
(xxi) Psychology
(xxii) PublicAdministration
(xxiii) Sociology
(xxiv) Statistics
(xxv) Zoology
(xxvi) Literatureof any oneofthe following languages:
Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu and English.
NOTE:
(i) The question papers for the examination will be of conventional (essay) type.
(ii)Eachpaperwillbeofthreehoursduration.
(iii) Candidates will have the option to answer all the question papers, except the Qualifying Language papers Paper‐A and Paper‐B, in any of the languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India or in English.
(iv) Candidates exercising the option to answer Papers in any one of the languages mentioned above 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 theymisuse the above rule, a deductionwill bemade 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 unauthorizedmedium.
(v) The question papers (other than the literature of languagepapers) willbesetinHindiandEnglish only.
(vi) The details of the syllabi are set out in Part B of Section III
Source: http://upsc.gov.in/exams/notifications/2013/csp_ifs/corr_eng.pdf
Courtesy: www.upsc.gov.in
