Hi I am interested in having the information about Indian Forest Service as well as the details of the examination held for the recruitment through IFS examination?

Indian Forest Service is one of the Civil Services of India and has a place with the peak All India Services gather. Uncertainties administrations are put under different State units and joint frameworks however they have the order to serve both under the State and Central Governments. The principle order of IFS administration is the execution of the National Forest Policy which intends to guarantee natural solidness and upkeep of environmental adjust.

Qualification Criteria

Age: Your age must be between 21 years 32 years on first August of the time of exam. Upper age breaking point is relaxable now and again.

Instruction: You should hold a Bachelor's degree with no less than one of the subjects - Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and Zoology or a Bachelor's degree in Agriculture, Forestry or in Engineering.

Number of Attempts: Six endeavors not appropriate if there should arise an occurrence of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe.

IFS Exam consists of two stages:
I. Civil Services Preliminary Examination (Objective Type)
II. Indian Forest Service Main Examination (Written and Interview).

UPSC 2017 IFS Exam Stage I. Preliminary Examination: The Examination consists of 2 compulsory Papers of 200 marks each.
(i). Both the question papers will be of the objective type (multiple choice questions).
(ii). The question papers will be set both in Hindi and English. However, questions relating to English Language Comprehension skills of Class X level will be tested through passages from English language only without providing Hindi translation thereof in the question paper.
(iii).There are four alternatives for the answers to every question. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one-third of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty.
(iv). Each paper will be of two hours duration. Blind candidates will; however, be allowed an extra time of twenty minutes for each paper.

UPSC 2017 IFS Exam Stage II. Main Examination:
The Main Examination will comprise of written examination and an interview test. The written examination consisting of the following papers. All Question Papers must be answered in English. Question Papers will be set in English only. Time duration will be three hours for each paper.
1. Paper I- General English 300 Marks
2. Paper II-General Knowledge 300 Marks
3. Papers III, IV, V and VI.-Any two subjects to be selected from the list of the optional subjects. Each subject will have two papers, 200 marks for each paper.

Paper
Subject
Maximum Marks

Paper-I
General English
300

Paper-II
General Knowledge
300

Paper-III
Paper-IV
Paper-V
Paper-VI
Any two subjects to be selected from the list of the optional subjects.
Each subject will have two papers, 200 marks for each paper.

Total Marks
1400

List of Optional Subjects:
(i). Agriculture
(ii). Agricultural Engineering
(iii). Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
(iv). Botany
(v). Chemistry
(vi). Chemical Engineering
(vii). Civil Engineering
(viii). Forestry
(ix). Geology
(x). Mathematics
(xi). Mechanical Engineering
(xii). Physics
(xiii). Statistics
(xiv). Zoology

Provided that the candidates will not be allowed to offer the following combination of subjects :
(a) Agriculture and Agricultural Engg.
(b) Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
& Veterinary Science.
(c) Agriculture and •Forestry.
(d) Chemistry and Chemical Engg.
(e) Mathematics and Statistics.
(f) Of the Engineering subjects viz. Agricultural Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering- not more than one subject.