Indian Forest Service (IFS) is one of the Civil Services of India, the other two being the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and the Indian Police Service (IPS).

IFS 2014-15 Syllabus:-

• Agriculture
• Agricultural Engineering
• Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
• Botany
• Chemistry
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Forestry
• Geology
• Mathematics
• Mechanical Engineering
• Physics
• Statistics
• Zoology

IFS 2015 Paper Pattern:-

The competitive examination comprises two successive stages :

Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination (Objective Type) for the screening & selection of applicants for Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination; and

Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination (Written and Interview) for the selection of applicants against the vacancies identified and reported for the Indian Forest Service Examination.

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

The Examination shall comprise of two compulsory Papers of 200 marks each

Both the question papers will be of the objective type multiple choice questions only.

The questions will be 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.

Each paper will be of two hours time duration. Blind candidates will; however, be allowed an extra time of twenty minutes for each paper

MAIN EXAMINATION:-

The written examination consists of the following papers:-

Paper I General English 300 Marks

Paper II General Knowledge 300 Marks

Paper III Any two subjects 200 marks to be selected for

Paper IV from the list of each the optional paper

Paper V subjects set out

Paper VI Each subject will have two papers.

(C) Interview for Personality Test

(such candidates as may be called by the Commission)

Maximum Marks : 300 Marks