The Syllabus and previous year question paper of Combined Medical Service Exam as conducted by UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) are as follows:

Combined Medical Service: Syllabus

(a) General Ability
1. Indian Society, Heritage & Culture, Polity, Economy, Human Development Indices and the Development Programmes;
2. Natural Resources, their distribution, exploitation, conservation and related issues;
3. Basic concepts of Ecology and Environment and their impact on health and economy;
4. Impact of changing demographic trends on health, environment and society;
5. Indian Agriculture, Industry, Trade, Transportation and Service Sectors;
6. Natural and man made disasters and their management;
7. Food adulteration, Food processing, food distribution, food storage and their relevance to public health;
8. Recent trends in Science and Technology

(b) General Medicine (General Medicine including Cardiology, Neurology, Dermatology and Psychiatry)
1. Cardiology
2. Respiratory diseases
3. Gastro-intestinal
4. Genito-Urinary
5. Neurology
6. Hematology
7. Endocrinology
8. Metabolic disorders
9. Infections/Communicable Diseases
i. Virus
ii. Rickets
iii. Bacterial
iv. Spirochetal
v. Protozoan
vi. Metazoan
vii. Fungus
10. Nutrition/Growth
11. Diseases of the skin (Dermatology)
12. Musculoskelatal System
13. Psychiatry
14. General

(c) Paediatrics
Paper II (Code No. 2) : Maximum Marks : 250
(a) Surgery - 40 questions
(b) Gynaecology & Obstetrics - 40 questions
(c) Preventive & Social Medicine - 40 questions
Total questions in Paper II = 120 (40 Surgery, 40 Gynaecology & Obstetrics and 40 Preventive & Social Medicine)

Syllabus of Paper - II

(a) Surgery
(Surgery including ENT, Opthalmology, Traumatology and Orthopaedics)
i. General Surgery
a. Wounds
b. Infections
c. Tumours
d. Lymphatic
e. Blood vessels
f. Cysts/sinuses
g. Head and neck
h. Breast
i. Alimentary tract
1. Oesophagus
2. Stomach
3. Intestines
4. Anus
5. Developmental
j.
1. Liver, Bile, Pancreas
2. Spleen
3. Peritoneum
4. Abdominal wall
5. Abdominal injuries
k. Urological Surgery
l. Neuro Surgery
m. Otorhinolaryngology E.N.T.
n. Thoracic surgery
o. Orthopedic surgery
p. Ophthalmology
q. Anesthesiology
r. Traumatology

(b) GYNAECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS
I OBSTETRICS
i. Ante-natal conditions
ii. Intra-natal conditions
iii. Post-natal conditions
iv. Management of normal labours or complicated labour

II GYNAECOLOGY
i. Questions on applied anatomy
ii. Questions on applied physiology of menstruation and fertilization
iii. Questions on infections in genital tract
iv. Questions on neoplasma in the genital tract
v. Questions on displacement of the uterus
III FAMILY PLANNING
i. Conventional contraceptives
ii. U.D. and oral pills
iii. Operative procedure, sterilization and organization of programmes in the urban and rural surroundings
iv. Medical Termination of Pregnancy

(c) PREVENTIVE SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY MEDICINE
1. Social and Community Medicine
2. Concept of Health, Disease and Preventive Medicine
3. Health Administration and Planning
4. General Epidemiology
5. Demography and Health Statistics
6. Communicable Diseases
7. Environmental Health
8. Nutrition and Health
9. Non-communicable diseases
10. Occupational Health
11. Genetics and Health
12. International Health
13. Medical Sociology and Health Education
14. Maternal and Child Health
15. National Programmes

2. The written examination in both the papers will be completely of objective (Multiple choice answer) type. The question Papers (Test Booklets) will be set in English only.

Combined Medical Services Examination Paper

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