TNPSC IAS Exam

I want to apply for Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Exam of Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) so can you provide me the details of exam?

Indian Administrative Service (IAS) is the Civil Services Examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission UPSC for the recruitment of officers for the All India Administrative civil service.

IAS Exam Eligibility Criteria

Bachelor's Degree from any of the recognised universities

Candidates who have appeared for the qualifying examination and are awaiting results can also apply

Such candidates have to produce proof of passing the said examination along with the application for the Main Examination.

Candidates with professional and technical qualifications recognised by the Government or its equivalent are also eligible to apply

Candidates who have passed the final year of MBBS or any Medical Examination but are yet to complete the internship can also appear for the Main Examination.

However, they must submit a certificate from the concerned University that they have passed the final professional medical examination.

Age Limit :

A candidate should be minimum 21 years and maximum 32 years

The upper age limit prescribed above is relaxable for the following candidates:

5 years - Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST)

3 years - Other Backward Classes (OBC)

5 years - if a candidate had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from the 1st January, 1980 to the 31st December, 1989.

3 years - Defence Services personnel

5 years - ex-servicemen including Commissioned Officers

ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least 5 years Military Service as on 1st August, 2017

5 years in the case of ECOs/SSCOs 10 years - Blind, deaf-mute and orthopedically handicapped persons

Exam pattern-

The UPSC Civil Services Exam is conducted in two stages namely, Prelims and Mains, which are then followed by an interview.

Scheme and subjects for the Preliminary and Main Examinations are as follows:

Preliminary Examination (400 Marks)

(This is also called Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) and is a common test for all applicants)

The Prelims consists of two papers of 200 marks each

Both the question papers are of the objective type (multiple choice questions) of two hours each

The question papers will be set in both Hindi and English. However, questions related to English Language Comprehension skills would be provided only in English.

Blind candidates would be allowed an extra 20 minutes of time for each paper

Main Examination (2075 Marks)

Candidates who qualify Preliminary exam are called for Main exam and on the basis of marks secured in Main exam, they will be called for Interview

The total marks of Main exam and Interview sum up to produce final result

The written examination consists of the following papers:

Qualifying Papers

Paper I (Marks 300)

One of the Indian Languages to be selected by the candidates from the Languages included in the eighth schedule of the constitution

Paper II (Marks 300)

English

Paper to be counted or merits

(Technology, Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management)

Paper Subject Marks
Paper III Essay (Section 1) 200 Marks
English Comprehension and English Précis (Section 2) 100 Marks
(The level of paper would be Matriculation/10th standard level)
Paper IV General Studies-I 250 Marks
(Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society)
Paper V General Studies-II 250 Marks
(Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations)
Paper VI General Studies-III 250 Marks
(Technology, Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management)
Paper VII General Studies-IV 250 Marks
(Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude)
Paper VIII Optional Subject-Paper I 250 Marks
Paper IX Optional Subject-Paper II 250 Marks
Personality Test (Interview) 275 Marks
Grand Total 2075 Marks

Number of attempts:

Restriction on the maximum number of attempts is effective since 1984:

For General Candidates: 6 attempts.
Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Candidates (SC/ST): No Limits.
Other Backward Classes (OBC): 9 attempts.

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