UPSC releases civil services prelims exams 2018 notification at upsconline.gov.in

UPSC Civil Services 2018: The exam is conducted annually by the UPSC in three stages — preliminary, main and interview — to select officers for Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) among others.

UPSC CSE 2018 application form to release at upsc.gov.in

UPSC Civil Services 2018: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will release the notification of the Civil Services preliminary examination 2018 on February 7. Last year, the application process started on February 22. The civil services examination is conducted by the UPSC to select candidates to fill administrative positions in different All-India Services and central civil services including IAS, IPS, IFS, IRS, and IRTS.

The exam is conducted annually by the UPSC in three stages — preliminary, main and interview — to select officers for Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) among others.

Eligibility criteria: The candidate has to be an Indian national for IAS and IPS posts. For others, they can be a citizen of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Tibetan refugee. Check more for in the official notification.

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Age limit: A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 32 years on August 1, 2018. This means they must not be born earlier than August 2, 1986 and not later than August 1, 1997. There is age relaxation for reserved category.

Educational qualification: The candidate must hold a degree of any of Universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University Under Section-3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification.

UPSC Civil Services 2018: Exam pattern

The preliminary test has two papers — objective type and general studies.

In the objective type, multiple choice questions are asked that carry a total of 400 marks. In the general studies paper – II, a candidate has to qualify with minimum 33 per cent marks.

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In August 2015, UPSC constituted an expert committee under the chairmanship of former human resource development secretary and retired IAS officer BS Baswan to review the scheme of civil services examination. As per reports, some of the recommendations include a reduction in the upper age limit of 32 years to appear in the civil service exam.

UPSC Civil Service exam calendar 2018:

Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Notification release for Civil service exams 2018

Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Last date to apply for the exam

Sunday, June 3, 2018
Date of commencement of preliminary exam

Monday, October 1, 2018
Date of commencement of Civil service main exams