(A) PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
The Examination consists of two papers.
Paper I:
General Studies (200 Marks, Duration Two Hours)
200 Marks
Current events of national and international importance.
History of India and Indian national movement.
Indian and World Geography – physical, social, economic geography of India and the world.
Indian Polity and governance – constitution, political system, Panchayati Raj, public policy, Rights Issues, etc.
Economic and social development – sustainable development, poverty, inclusion. Demographics, social sector initiative, etc.
General issues on environmental ecology, bio-diversity and climate change – that do not require subject specialization.
General Science.
Paper II:
Aptitude Test (200 Marks Duration Two Hours)
200 Marks
Comprehension
Interpersonal skill including communication skills
Logical reasoning and analytical ability
Decision making and problem solving
General mental ability
Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude etc (Class X level), Data interpretation (charts, graphs, cables, data sufficiency etc. - Class X level)
English Language comprehension skills (Class X level)
Total
400 Marks
Note :
Both the question papers are of objective type (multiple choice questions).
Medium English and Hindi
(B) MAIN EXAMINATION
The written Examination consists of the following papers.
Qualifying Papers :
Paper-A
One of the Indian Language (One of the Indian Language to be selected by the candidate from the Languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution).
300 marks
Paper-B
English
300 marks
Papers to be counted for merit
Paper 1
Essay
250 marks
Paper 2
General Studies - I
(Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society)
250 marks
Paper 3
General Studies –II
(Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations)
250 marks
Paper 4
General Studies –III
(Technology, Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management)
250 marks
Paper 5
General Studies –IV
(Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude)
250 marks
Paper 6
Optional Subject – Paper 1
250 marks
Paper 7
Optional Subject – Paper 2
250 marks
Total Marks
1750 marks
Candidates may choose any one of the optional subjects from amongst the list of subjects given in para 2 below :
Note :
The papers on Indian Languages and English (Paper A and Paper B) will be of Matriculation or equivalent standard and will be of qualifying nature. The marks obtained in these papers will not be counted for ranking.
Evaluation of the papers, namely, 'Essay', 'General Studies' and Optional Subject of all the candidates would be done simultaneously along with evaluation of their qualifying papers on 'Indian Languages' and 'English' but the papers on 'Essay', General Studies and Optional Subject of only such candidates will be taken cognizance of who attain such minimum standard as may be fixed by Commission at their discretion for the qualifying papers on 'Indian Language' and 'English'.
The paper A on Indian Language will not, however, be compulsory for candidates hailing from the States of runachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim.
Marks obtained by the candidates for the Paper I-VII only will be counted for merit ranking. However, the Commission will have the discretion to fix qualifying marks in any or all of these papers.
List of optional subjects for Main Examination : (Any One) :
1.
Agriculture
14.
Management
2.
Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
15.
Mathematics
3.
Anthropology
16.
Mechanical Engineering
4.
Botany
17.
Medical Science
5.
Chemistry
18.
Philosophy
6.
Civil Engineering
19.
Physics
7.
Commerce and Accountancy
20.
Political Science and International Relations
8.
Economics
21.
Psychology
9.
Electrical Engineering
22.
Public Administration
10.
Geography
23.
Sociology
11.
Geology
24.
Statistics
12.
History
25.
Zoology
13.
Law
26.
Literature of any one of the following languages :
Assamese, Bengali , Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu and, English.
Note :
(a)
The question papers for the examination will be of conventional (essay) type.
(b)
Each paper will be of three hours duration.
(c)
Candidates will have the option to answer all the question papers, except the Qualifying Language papers
Paper-A and Paper-B, in any of the languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India or inEnglish.
(d)
Candidates exercising the option to answer Papers in any one of the languages mentioned above may, if they so desire, give English version within brackets of only the description of the technical terms, if any, in addition to the version in the language opted by them. Candidates should, however, note that if they misuse the above rule, a deduction will be made on this account from the total marks otherwise accruing to them and in extreme cases; their script(s) will not be valued for being in an unauthorized medium.
(e)
The question papers (other than the literature of language papers) will be set in Hindi and English only.
(f)
The details of the syllabi are set out in Part B of Section III.
(C) PERSONALITY TEST : 275 MARKS
Total – (B) Main Examination - 1750 Marks + (C) Personality Test – 275 Marks = 2025 Marks
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