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Q: Key aspects of exposure that officers get once they pass the Civil Services Exam

1. Policy Formulation: You have the opportunity to work on policy formulation and implementation. 2. Social Impact: Civil services officers have the power to positively impact the lives of millions of people. They work to improve governance, reduce corruption, and ensure the efficient delivery of government services. 3. Challenging Environments: Officers often work in challenging and diverse environments, from urban centers to remote and underdeveloped areas. This exposure helps them understand the complexities of India’s social, economic, and cultural diversity.

Q: What is the UPSC Prelims cutoff trend from last 7 years?

The Cutoff has come down drastically from 116 marks in 2016 to 88.2 marks in 2022 for the general category Various factors are contributing to the decline in cutoffs like the difficulty of the exam, the number of vacancies, and the level of competition in a particular year

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Key aspects of exposure that officers get once they pass the Civil Services Exam

1. Policy Formulation: You have the opportunity to work on policy formulation and implementation.

2. Social Impact: Civil services officers have the power to positively impact the lives of millions of people. They work to improve governance, reduce corruption, and ensure the efficient delivery of government services.

3. Challenging Environments: Officers often work in challenging and diverse environments, from urban centers to remote and underdeveloped areas. This exposure helps them understand the complexities of India’s social, economic, and cultural diversity.

What is the UPSC Prelims cutoff trend from last 7 years?

The Cutoff has come down drastically from 116 marks in 2016 to 88.2 marks in 2022 for the general category

Various factors are contributing to the decline in cutoffs like the difficulty of the exam, the number of vacancies, and the level of competition in a particular year

Can a candidate write different papers of Civil Service (Main) Examination in different languages?

No, the Candidates have the option to write their answers either in

English or in any one of the Eighth Schedule languages except the Qualifying Language papers Paper-A and Paper-B, which they have indicated at the time of filling up of their online application form for the Civil Service (Preliminary) Examination.

What are the Cut-off Marks for the compulsory language Papers?

The minimum qualifying standards in each of the two Qualifying Papers i.e. English and Indian Languages is indicated in the Examination Rules, is at present 25%.

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The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is a constitutional body which conducts the recruitment exams for the prestigious Civil Services, Defense Services and other Government Services. The Commission was established in 1926 based on the recommendations of the Lee Commission (Royal Commission on the Superior Civil Services in India) and was renamed as Federal Public Service Commission in 1937 under the provisions of the Government of India Act, 1935. Post Independence, the Federal Public Service Commission came to be known as the Union Public Service Commission, with the enforcement of the Constitution of India on January 26, 1950. Since then UPSC has been tasked with selecting ideal candidates for the Civil Services in India.

UPSC conducts the Civil Service Exam every year to select the candidates for these Services. The recruitment to these services is a challenging task as it is very difficult to select the best candidates from a vast pool of aspirants. Consequently, the selection process has been designed in a manner that tests knowledge as well as personality traits of the candidates in an objective manner. The Civil Service Examination (CSE) is conducted by UPSC for induction of suitable candidates in posts which are very important and necessary for the overall administration of the country. These posts include IAS (Indian Administrative Service), IFS (Indian Foreign Service), IPS (Indian Police Service), IRS (Indian Revenue Service) and other Central Services like the Audits and Accounts, Railway Technical Services etc..

The Civil Services Examination (CSE) is conducted in three stages namely Preliminary, Mains, and Personality test. The Preliminary Examination consists of two papers in an objective format and it is the first and the most important screening test of the selection process. In the second stage, qualified candidates appear in Mains Examination which is in subjective format with descriptive answers and consists of 9 papers which include one Essay paper, 4 General Studies papers, Optional subject (paper 1 & paper 2), one English paper and one Indian Language Paper. In the last stage, the candidates qualifying the Mains Examination are called for a Personality Test. This stage is mainly for testing the suitability for the job and overall personality of the candidate by a group of experts.

The competition for the CSE is becoming fiercer every year. Over the last 3-4 years the number of applicants has hovered around 1,000,000 out of which approximately 500,000 appear for the Preliminary Exam. On an average 10,000 candidates qualify for the Mains Examination and less than 2,500 are called for the Personality Test. Finally, only about 1,000 or less candidates qualify to be part of the Services.

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