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UPSC conducts 3 stages of recruitment for the Civil Services Examination – Prelims, Mains, and Interview! UPSC Preliminary Examination is an objective type consisting of 9 descriptive examinations to shortlist the candidates for the Main Examination. Only the candidates who qualify for all the papers of the Main Examination will be called for the interview round to assess their intelligence, attentiveness, balance of judgment and human qualities like honesty, integrity, and leadership qualities, which will form part of the final selection process.
 

UPSC Prelims 2024 Exam Pattern:

UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) Preliminary Examination is the first stage of the examination and is qualifying in nature. Candidates must have obtained a minimum 33% marks with marks above the cut-off decided by UPSC. UPSC preliminary examination is conducted to shortlist a limited number of candidates for the main examination. The UPSC syllabus for the Prelims exam consists of two papers namely General Studies and CSAT (Civil Services Aptitude Test).

Important Points: 

• For each wrong answer, 1/3 of total marks will be deducted.
• No marks will be deducted for blank answers.
• In General Studies (Paper I), each question carries 2 marks and there is a negative marking of 0.66 marks
• In CSAT (Paper-II), each question carries 2.5 marks and there is a negative marking of 0.833 marks for each wrong answer.
• Marks of the preliminary examination will not be included in the final result (merit list).
• Paper II of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination will be a qualifying

UPSC Syllabus 2024 for Main Exam:

Candidates who qualify the preliminary examination will be eligible to appear for the main examination. This is the scoring and rank-determining stage of the examination process and the candidates have to qualify for each paper. The Main Examination tests the candidate's academic knowledge and ability to present understanding as per the requirements of the question in a time bound manner. UPSC Syllabus 2024 for Mains Exam is given below.

Important Points: 

• The Main Examination consists of two qualifying papers, namely “Paper A” and “Paper B”, each of 300 marks.
• The two qualifying papers are “Any Indian Language from the Eighth Schedule” and “English Language Paper”.
• Candidates must obtain 25% marks in both the qualifying papers i.e. 75 marks each.
• All other seven papers are of a scoring nature, their marks will be included in the final merit list.
• Candidates can answer all scoring items in English or any of the eight scheduled languages.
• Candidates must select any one subject from the table as their optional subject for Paper VI and Paper VII.