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Syllabus and Pattern of Civil Services Examination

If you ask any person in India that which is the most popular and rewarding job in India then he or she will definitely tell Civil Services i.e IAS, IPS, IFS, IRS etc. In these jobs there is not only prestige, good status in society but also relatively very high salary, perks and other benefits. Now the question comes, how difficult is to crack the civil services examination? There is no doubt that the Indian Civil Services Examination is one of the most competitive, difficult and rigorous examinations in the world.

Candidates must complete a three-phase process, with a success rate of about 0.1 percent of the total applicants:

Phase I: Civil Services Exam (Preliminary) – A qualifying test held in May every year.
Phase II: Civil Services Exam (Main) – Main test, held in October/November every year.
Phase III: Interview – Held in April/May every year.

Preliminary Exam Pattern

Papers	Details	Marks
Paper – I	General Studies	(150 Marks)
Paper -II	One of the optional subjects to be selected from the prescribed optional subjects	(300 Marks)

Optional Subjects for Prelims

Agriculture
Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
Botany
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Commerce
Economics
Electrical Engineering
Geography
Geology
Indian History
Law
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Medical Science
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Public Administration
Sociology
Statistics
Zoology

Mains Examination Pattern

Papers	Details	Marks
Paper-I	One of the Indian Languages to be selected by the candidate from the 22 languages included in the VIIIth Schedule to the Constitution (Qualifying Paper)	(300 Marks)
Paper-II	English (Qualifying Paper)	(300 Marks)
Paper-III	Essay	(200 Marks)
Papers IV & V	General Studies (300 Marks for each paper)	(600 Marks)
Papers VI, VII, VIII & IX	Any two subjects (each having 2 papers) to be selected from the prescribed optional subjects (300 marks for each paper)	(1200 Marks)