Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the notification for Indian Economic Service (I.E.S) / Indian Statistical Service (I.S.S.) Examination Every Year .

Eligibility Criteria :

Age Limit

Candidate for Admission to this Exam Must Have Attained the Age of 21 years and must not Have Attained the Age of 30 Years

Educational Qualifications :

Candidate for the Indian Statistical Service must have obtained a Bachelor's Degree with Statistics/Mathematical Statistics/Applied Statistics as one of the subject or a Master's Degree in Statistics/Mathematical Statistics/Applied Statistics from a University incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other Educational Institutes established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as University u/s 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 or a Foreign University approved by the Central Govt. from time to time

Fee Details

Candidates (excepting Female/SC/ST/PH candidates who are exempted from payment of fee) are required to pay a fee of Rs.200/- either by depositing the money in any Branch of SBI by Cash or by using Net Banking facility of SBI


Examination Pattern :

Part I. Written examination carrying a maximum of 1000 marks in the subjects as shown below.

Part II. Viva voce of such candidates as may be called by the Commission, carrying a maximum of 200 marks.

PART-I

The subjects of the written examination under Part I, the maximum marks allotted to each subject/paper and the time allowed shall be as follows:-

Sl.No. Subject Max. marks Time allowed
1 General English 100 3 hours
2 General Studies 100 3 hours
3 Statistics-I 200 3 hours
4 Statistics-II 200 3 hours
5 Statistics-III 200 3 hours
6 Statistics-IV 200 3 hours

The question papers in all the subjects will be of Conventional (essay) type.

Question Papers will be set in English only and have to be answered in English.

Candidates must write the papers in their own hand. In no circumstances, will they be allowed the help of a scribe to write the answers for them.