IAS is the One of the Civil Service Examination Conducted by UPSC Every year

The Examination has Two Parts
Preliminary Examination
Main Examination


Examination Pattern for Preliminary Examination

There would be two compulsory papers in the preliminary examination namely the General Ability test (GAT) and the Civil Service Aptitude Test (CSAT) to test the analytical skills of the candidates.

The papers would be objective in nature with multiple choice questions. The candidates will have to tick one from the 4 options provided there.

There is also a provision of negative marking in this examination. it will be equal to 1/4th of mark allotted to a correct answer. However, there is no negative marking for the question left unanswered.

The questions will be set in both Hindi and English language


Examination Pattern for Main Examination

There would two types of Papers in the examination: Qualifying Papers and Papers to be counted for Merit formation.
The candidates will have to appear in both the parts.
Failing in the qualifying papers would lead to the canceling of the candidature of the aspirant.
There would be 7 papers in the Main Examination as per the IAS Exam Pattern 2016 of 250 marks each


The Question Paper of the IAS Examination Kannada is given in the below Attachement

Attached Files

IAS Examination Question Paper of language Kannada.pdf (5.72 MB, 54 views)