IAS- One Of The Biggest Civil Service Examination

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By Jamal D White


One of the toughest exams that you can think of in India is the IAS or the Indian Administrative Service Examination, which is very challenging for the individuals appearing it. The IAS exam is considered to be the most difficult exam that one can concern, according to a research made on the several Civil Service examinations. It is as difficult as the French Civil Service exam.

The preliminary which is otherwise also known as the CSAT exam is the base level exam or the 1st level exam among the three stage civil service pattern. The date or timing for the exam is fixed; you can find the exam being held either on the 2nd or the 3rd Sunday in the month of May.

Here a lot of around 2 lakhs individuals show up to give the preliminary examination, every year. Here the candidates have to go through two papers each having 200 marks, which is common to all the prospects. The fields from where the questions comes form is the General Knowledge, General Science, Geography, Current Affairs being the most important and also about Indian Constitution.

It is important to get the right concept about the exam in your mind in order be successful in the exam. If you are able to do the right preparation on a daily basis, success is not very far. Preparing for every stage wisely will definitely help you with an achievement in the first attempt itself.

Also there is no limit for the number of times that you can appear the exam till you attain the age of thirty. People who belong to weaker sections of the society are allowed to have age relaxations for the number of tries. There is special qualification needed for the individuals to be able to appear the exam, except that they should be graduates.

In the Mains the Candidates have to pick two papers, along with which General Science and the Essay Writing are compulsory for everyone. Also English and one other paper of Indian language are compulsory. However the qualifying nature and scores in this level is never revealed to make the merit determination.

The second phase of the exam is the Mains Examination, which only the people passing the Preliminary exams are allowed to sit for. It is important for an individual to pass the prelims to sit for the Civil Service Mains examinations. What you need to remember is that the prelims are just for qualifying and the scores that you have obtained in the preliminary will not be included in the Mains.

Candidates that are called for the civil service interview are thrice the number of seats available and the interview begins generally at the end of March and continues up to 1st week of May. The interview is taken by the UPSC member and other panel members specially called up for the interview. It may also comprise of the subject experts and even repute bureaucrats. The interview gets over at an average time of 20 minutes where you can also find individuals who get out of the interview room in 5 minutes too. You get to view the results finally just few days before the next IAS exam, which takes a completed one year of the time.




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