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In earlier <a href="http://www.upscsite.com/2014/07/csat-preliminary-examination-pattern.html">post</a> we have already told about preliminary examination 
pattern which is most commonly known as CSAT pattern as of now. After 
qualifying the preliminary examination, an aspirant will be able to sit 
for the mains 
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examination. The mains examination is of written type and 
it consist of following papers: 
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Papers of Qualifying Nature:</h2>
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Paper : A - One
 of the Indian Language to be selected by the candidate from the 
Languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution. It will be of 300 Marks</div>
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Paper : B -  English is another paper of qualifying nature but its compulsory for all candidates appering into the mains examination.</div>
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Papers to be evaluated for qualifying the civil services examination:</h2>
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<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFCC">Paper</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFCC">Subject Name</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFCC">Marks</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFCC">Paper-1</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFCC">Essay</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFCC">250</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFCC">Paper-2</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFCC">General Studies–I (Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society)</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFCC">250</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFCC">Paper-3</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFCC">General Studies –II (Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations)</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFCC">250</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFCC">Paper-4</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFCC">General Studies –III  (Technology, Economic Development, Bio‐diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management)</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFCC">250</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFCC">Paper-5</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFCC">General Studies –IV (Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude)</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFCC">250</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFCC">Paper-6</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFCC">Optional Subject – Paper 1</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFCC">250</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFCC">Paper-7</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFCC">Optional Subject – Paper 2</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFCC">250</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFCC"> </td><td bgcolor="#FFFFCC">Sub Total (Written test)</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFCC">1750</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFCC"> </td><td bgcolor="#FFFFCC">Personality Test</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFCC">275</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFCC"> </td><td bgcolor="#FFFFCC">Grand Total</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFCC">2025</td></tr>
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Candidates may choose any one of the optional subjects from amongst the list of subjects given below:</h2>

<pre>Language Script
Assamese Assamese
Bengali Bengali
Gujarati Gujarati
Hindi Devanagari
Kannada Kannada
Kashmiri Persian
Konkani Devanagari
Malayalam Malayalam
Manipuri Bengali
Marathi Devanagari
Nepali Devanagari
Oriya Oriya
Punjabi Gurumukhi
Sanskrit Devanagari
Sindhi Devanagari or Arabic
Tamil Tamil
Telugu Telugu
Urdu Persian
Bodo Devanagari
Dogri Devanagari
Maithilli Devanagari
Santhali Devanagari or Olchiki</pre>

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List of optional subjects for Main Examination:</h2>
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<li>Agriculture</li>
<li>Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science</li>
<li>Anthropology</li>
<li>Botany</li>
<li>Chemistry</li>
<li>Civil Engineering</li>
<li>Commerce and Accountancy</li>
<li>Economics</li>
<li>Electrical Engineering</li>
<li>Geography</li>
<li>Geology</li>
<li>History</li>
<li>Law</li>
<li>Management</li>
<li>Mathematics</li>
<li>Mechanical Engineering</li>
<li>Medical Science</li>
<li>Philosophy</li>
<li>Physics</li>
<li>Political Science and International Relations</li>
<li>Psychology</li>
<li>Public Administration</li>
<li>Sociology</li>
<li>Statistics</li>
<li>Zoology</li>
<li>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.</li>
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Interview Process: 
 
After completing the mains examination candidates will need to appear in the Interview process. 
There will be a board of members assigned for candidates to appear before them. They ask questions based on their academic career and personal thoughts about different things of their interest. They try to assess the personality of candidates, whether they are internally ready for becoming a civil servant or not? Their mental awareness and intellectual capability along with their balance of judgement, ability of tackling with social situations and leadership qualities are also evaluated. 
Interview process held in very comfortable environment. The panel always try to assess the best qualities within a candidate. The panel never consider your academic or general knowledge test, which has already been evaluated in the preliminary and main examinations.</div>

UPSC mains and interview pattern + Syllabus details

In earlier post we have already told about preliminary examination pattern which is most commonly known as CSAT pattern as of now. After ...

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The Civil Services Examination conducted by the Union Public Service 
Commission of India every year. The pattern of preliminary examination 
conducted by the UPSC had been changed now and the present pattern is 
known as CSAT. This change was bring by the UPSC to evaluate the actual 
ability of a civil servant that he needs at critical situations. It's a 
test of their moral and ethical value, along with comprehensive test of 
their analytical ability, their communication and interpersonal skill 
etc. The change was brought by the UPSC for creating challenging 
aspirants in the near future. UPSC has changed their pattern to take out
 the real juice from the crowd. 
The examination is conducted for the appointment on various posts as mentioned below. (i) Indian Administrative Service. (ii) Indian Foreign Service. (iii) Indian Police Service. (iv) Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Group ‘A’. (v) Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group ‘A’. (vi) Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise), Group ‘A’. (vii) Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group ‘A’. (viii) Indian Revenue Service (I.T.), Group ‘A’. (ix) Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group ‘A’ (Assistant Works Manager, Administration). (x) Indian Postal Service, Group ‘A’. (xi) Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group ‘A’. (xii) Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group ‘A’. (xiii) Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group 'A'. (xiv) Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group ‘A’. (xv) Post of Assistant Security Commissioner in Railway Protection Force, Group ‘A’ (xvi) Indian Defence Estates Service, Group ‘A’. (xvii) Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group ‘A’. (xviii) Indian Trade Service, Group 'A' (Gr. III). (xix) Indian Corporate Law Service, Group "A". (xx) Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group ‘B’ (Section Officer’s Grade). (xxi) Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service, Group 'B'. (xxii) Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service, Group 'B'. (xxiii) Pondicherry Civil Service, Group 'B'. 
 
The pattern of present CSAT examination is as follows: 
The Preliminary Examination shall comprise of two compulsory papers of 200 marks each. Note (i) Both the question papers will be of the objective type (multiple choice questions). (ii)
 The question papers will be set both in Hindi and English. However, 
questions relating to English Language Comprehension skills of Class X 
level will be tested through passages from English Language only without
 providing Hindi translation thereof in the question paper. (iii) Details of the syllabi are indicated in Part A of Section III. (iv)
 Each paper will be of two hours duration. Blind candidates will 
however, be allowed an extra time of twenty minutes for each paper.

The present Syllabus for the CSAT preliminary Examination is follows:
 
Part-A Preliminary Examination 
Paper I - (200 marks) Duration : Two hours 
> 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 initiatives, etc. 
> General issues on Environmental Ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change
- that do not 
require subject specialisation 
> General Science.

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Paper II- (200 marks) Duration: Two hours 
> Comprehension 
> Interpersonal skills 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, tables, data
sufficiency etc. - 
Class X level) 
> English Language Comprehension skills (Class X level). 
Note 1 : Questions relating to English Language Comprehension skills of Class 
X level (last item in the Syllabus of Paper-II) will be tested through passages
from 
English language only without providing Hindi translation thereof in the
question paper. 
Note 2 : The questions will be of multiple choice, objective type. 
Note 3: It is mandatory for the candidate to appear in both the Papers of Civil
Services (Prelim) Examination for the purpose of evaluation.

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