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CSAT and Civil Services Exam (India): What is the new pattern of mains 2013?

• U.P.S.C, Pattern Change in mains 2013 of civil services exam...

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  1. The preliminary Examination will consist of two papers of Objective type (multiple choice questions) and carry a maximum of 400 marks. This examination 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 through this examination. Only those candidates who are declared by the Commission to have qualified in the Preliminary Examination in the year will be eligible for admission to the Main Examination of that year provided they are otherwise eligible for admission, to the Main Examination. 2. The Main Examination will consist of 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 of the official corrigendum by the http://www.upsc.gov.in dated March 05, 2013 out of which two papers will be of qualifying in nature.Marks obtained for all the compulsory papers (Paper–I to Paper‐VII) and Marks obtained in Interview for Personality Test will be counted for ranking. 3. 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. The number of candidates to be summoned for interview will be about twice the number of vacancies to be filled. The interview will carry 275 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 by them for the various services and posts. Since you asked particularly about the mains, here is the info about the same: Main Examination The written examination will consist of the 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 of the World and Society) Paper‐III General Studies –II - 250 Marks (Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations) Paper‐IV General Studies –III - 250 Marks (Technology, Economic Development, Bio‐diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management) Paper‐V General Studies –IV - 250 Marks (Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude) Paper‐VI Optional Subject – Paper 1 - 250 Marks Paper‐VII Optional Subject – Paper 2 - 250 Marks Sub Total (Written test) - 1750 Marks Personality Test - 275 Marks Grand Total - 2025 Marks List of optional subjects for Main Examination: (i) Agriculture (ii) Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science (iii) Anthropology (iv) Botany (v) Chemistry (vi) Civil Engineering (vii) Commerce and Accountancy (viii) Economics (ix) Electrical Engineering (x) Geography (xi) Geology (xii) History (xiii) Law (xiv) Management (xv) Mathematics (xvi) Mechanical Engineering (xvii) Medical Science (xviii) Philosophy (xix) Physics (xx) Political Science and International Relations (xxi) Psychology (xxii) Public Administration (xxiii) Sociology (xxiv) Statistics (xxv) Zoology (xxvi) Literature of any one of the following languages: Assamese, Bengali , Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, M a i t h i l i , Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu and English.