UPSC Civil Services Exam 2020 Notification Out for 796 Vacancies – Apply Online Here

UPSC Civil Services Exam 2020 – UPSC invites online application for Civil Services Examination (Preliminary) for 796 vacancies for various Civil Services Posts. Candidates with the qualification of any degree within the age limit of 21 to 32 years are eligible to apply for this post. The selection process is based on the preliminary exam, main exam and personality test (interview). Interested and eligible candidates can apply online at (www.upsconline.nic.in) website on or before 03 March 2020. The detailed eligibility and application process are given below.

UPSC Civil Services Exam 2020:

UPSC Civil Services Exam 2020 – Detailed Eligibility:

Educational Qualifications:

• Candidate must hold a degree of any of Universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University Under Section-3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification

Age Limit (As on 01.08.2020): 21 to 32 years

Relaxations in upper Age Limit:

• 5 years for SC/ST Candidates
• 3 years for OBC candidates
• 10 years for PWD candidates (13 years for OBC, 15 years for SC/ST)
• Others as per Govt rules.

UPSC Civil Services Exam Vacancies in following services: 796 Posts

• Indian Administrative Service.
• Indian Foreign Service.
• Indian Police Service.
• Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Group ‘A’.
• Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group ‘A’.
• Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise), Group ‘A’.
• Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group ‘A’.
• Indian Revenue Service (I.T.), Group ‘A’.
• Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group ‘A’ (Assistant Works Manager, Administration).
• Indian Postal Service, Group ‘A’.
• Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group ‘A’.
• Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group ‘A’.
• Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group ‘A’.
• Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group ‘A’.
• Post of Assistant Security Commissioner in Railway Protection Force, Group ‘A’
• Indian Defence Estates Service, Group ‘A’.
• Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group ‘A’.
• Indian Trade Service, Group ‘A’.
• Indian Corporate Law Service, Group “A”.
• Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group ‘B’ (Section Officer’s Grade).
• Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar
  Haveli Civil Service, Group ‘B’.
• Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar
  Haveli Police Service, Group ‘B’.
• Pondicherry Civil Service, Group ‘B’.
• Pondicherry Police Service, Group ‘B’

UPSC Civil Services Exam 2020 Selection Process:

The competitive examination comprises two successive stages :

• Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination (Objective Type) for the selection of candidates for Main Examination; and
• Civil Services (Main) Examination (Written and Interview) for the selection of candidates for the various Services and posts.

Preliminary Examination:

• The Preliminary Examination will consist of two papers of Objective type (multiple choice questions) and carry a maximum of 400 marks.
• This examination is meant to serve as a screening test only, the marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination by the candidates who are declared qualified for admission to the Main Examination will not be counted for determining their final order of merit.
• For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one-third (0.33) of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty.
• The question papers will be set both in Hindi and English.
• Each paper will be of two hours duration.

Minimum qualifying marks: The General Studies Paper-II of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination will be a qualifying paper with minimum qualifying marks fixed at 33%.

Main Examination:

• The Main Examination will consist of written examination and an interview test.
• The written examination will consist of 9 papers of conventional essay type in the subjects set out in sub-section (B) of Section II out of which two papers will be of qualifying in nature.
• Section II (B) Marks obtained for all the compulsory papers (Paper-I to Paper-VII) and Marks obtained in Interview for Personality Test will be counted for ranking.

UPSC Civil Services Exam – Scheme of Main Examination

Qualifying Papers:

• Paper-A (One of the Indian Language to be selected by the candidate) – 300 Marks
• Paper-B (English) – 300 Marks

Papers to be counted for merit:

Application Fee: Rs. 100/-

Note: No fee for SC/ST/PH/Female candidates

Mode of Payment:

• Offline mode by remitting the money in any Branch of State Bank of India or
• Online mode by using Visa/Master/RuPay Credit/Debit Card or by using Internet Banking of SBI.

How to Apply for UPSC Civil Services Exam 2020?

All interested and eligible candidates can apply for this position online at (www.upsconline.nic.in) website on or before 03 March 2020 till 6 PM.

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Important Dates:

• Starting date for submission of Online Application: 12.02.2020
• Closing date for submission of Online Application: 03.03.2020 up to 6 PM
• The last date for payment of Application Fee(Pay by Cash): 02.03.2020
• The last date for payment of Application Fee(Online Payment): 03.03.2020
• Available of e-Admit Card in UPSC Website: Three weeks before the commencement of the examination
• Date of Preliminary Examination: 31 May 2020