UPSC Marking Scheme

Candidates appearing in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) must refer to the marking scheme to prepare better for the entrance exam. The marking scheme for the Preliminary and Main examinations is mentioned below.

Preliminary Examination

The examination contains two compulsory papers of 200 marks each.

Note

• Both the papers will be of objective type [MCQs] and the duration of the exam will be of two hours
• The General Studies Paper-II of the Civil Service [Preliminary] examination will be qualifying in nature with minimum marks of 33%
• The question papers will be available in both Hindi and English

Paper 1 – General Studies	200
Paper 2 – General Studies	200
Total Marks	400

Main Examination

The details of the written examination are as follows:

Paper A – One of the Indian languages to be selected by the candidate		300
Paper B – English		300
Papers To Be Counted for Merit
Paper I	Essay	250
Paper II	General Studies I – Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society	250
Paper III	General Studies II – Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations	250
Paper IV	General Studies III – Technology, Economic Development, Biodiversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management	250
Paper V	General Studies IV – (Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude	250
Paper VI	Optional Subject – Paper 1	250
Paper VII	Optional Subject – Paper 2	250
	Personality Test	275
Total Marks		2025

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