The Union Public Service Commission is India's central agency authorised to conduct the Civil Services Examination, Every year the names of the Civil Service Examination May Include

Indian Forest Service examination,
Engineering Services Examination,
Combined Defence Services Examination,
National Defence Academy Examination,
Naval Academy Examination


(A) Tentative Schedule

(i) Notification of Examination November/December of previous year
(ii) Conduct of Examination May

Eligibility

Age - limits:
21-30 years as on 1st August of the year of Examination.


(C) Educational Qualification

Candidates appearing in the requisite Degree qualification are also eligible for appearing in the examination, however, they are supposed to submit proof of passing the requisite qualification along with with Detailed Application Form for Civil Services (Main) Examination.

Examination Pattern

The Preliminary Examination consists of two papers of objective type (multiple-choice questions) carrying a maximum of 400 marks.

The Question Papers (Test Booklets) are set in English & Hindi
General Studies Paper - I 200 Marks
General Studies Paper – II 200 Mark

List of Optional Subjects

Russian
Arabic
Gujarati
Manipuri
Sanskrit
Assamese
Hindi
Nepali
Sindhi
Bengali
Kannada
Oriya
Tamil
Chinese
Kashmiri
Pali
Telugu
English
Konkani
Persian
Urdu
French
Marathi
Punjabi
German
Malayalam
Russian