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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 January 2025. Civil services examination in India This article is about the examination in India. For civil service examinations in general, see civil service entrance examination. This article may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia's quality standards. You can help. The talk page may ...
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC; ISO: Saṁgha Loka Sevā Āyoga) is a constitutional body tasked with recruiting officers for All India Services and the Central Civil Services (Group A and B) through various standardized examinations. [1] In 2023, 1.3 million applicants competed for just 1,255 positions. [2]
The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (Uttar Pradesh Lōk Sēvā Āyōg), abbreviated as UPPSC, is a government body of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, responsible for the recruitment of candidates for various government jobs, including the Provincial Civil Service (PCS), under the Government of Uttar Pradesh through competitive examinations.
The application fee for general-category male candidates is 200. No fee is required for female and reserved-category applicants. Stage 1 of the test is conducted during the first week of January; Stage 2 is conducted in June and July across India. The government of India changed the Engineering Services Examination in 2017.
Earlier the recruitment used to be through UPSC Engineering Services Exam for Engineers but now after 2 years halt it's through UPSC Civil Services Exam from 2022; an all India written test followed by interview for selected candidates.
The examination for all the papers is carried out in an online Computer Based Test (CBT) mode where the candidates are shown the questions in a random sequence on a computer screen. The questions consist of some Multiple Choice Questions or MCQs (four answer options out of which only ONE is correct, which has to be chosen).
The Tier I exam consists of a computer based objective multiple-choice exam with four sections, covering the subjects of: General intelligence and reasoning(25Q) General awareness(25Q) Quantitative aptitude(25Q) English comprehension((25Q) The exam consists of 100 Questions and each of 2 marks , for a total of 200 marks.
Ira Singhal is an Indian Administrative Service officer and computer science engineer. She was the highest-scoring individual in the UPSC's Civil Services Examination for the year 2014. She completed her BE from Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, University of Delhi [ 1 ] and MBA from FMS, University of Delhi .