Tentative Schedule
Notification of Examination : November/December of previous year
Conduct of Examination      : May

Educational Qualification
A candidate must hold a degree of any of the 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 a deemed university under section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act 1956 or possesses an equivalent qualification.

Age Limits
A Candidate must have attained the age of 21 (twenty-one) years and must not have attained the age of 30 (thirty) years on the first of January, following the date of publication of the advertisement
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The combined competitive examination comprises two successive stages

• Prelims
(Objective types) for selection of candidates for Main Examination
• Mains
(written and interview) for selection of candidates for the various categories of services and posts.

Scheme of Preliminary Examination
The preliminary examination will consist of two papers of objective type (multiple choice questions) and carry a maximum of 450 marks as per scheme below

Paper - I	General Studies	150 Marks
Paper - II	One of the optional subjects to be selected from the prescribed optional subjects	300 Marks

List of Optional Subjects for Prelims

01	Agriculture	13	Economics
02	Animal Husbandary and Veterinary Science	14	Indian History
03	Zoology	15	Geography
04	Botany	16	Geology
05	Chemistry	17	Political Science
06	Physics	18	Public Administration
07	Mathematics	19	Sociology
08	Statistics	20	Criminology and Forensic Science
09	Civil Engineering	21	Psychology
10	Electrical Engineering	22	Philosophy
11	Mechanical Engineering	23	Law
12	Commerce

The number of candidates to be admitted to the Main Examination will be about Fifteen times the total number of vacancies to be filled in various categories of services and posts as indicated in the advertisement. Only those candidates who are declared by the Commission to have qualified in the preliminary examination under a particular advertisement will be eligible for admission to the Main Examination. To be eligible for main examination, candidates must secure a minimum of 40% marks in each subject of preliminary examination. For Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe and Other Backward Class. Candidates these minimum qualifying marks will be 30 %.

Scheme of Main Examination
The Written examination will consist of seven papers of conventional essay type questions as given below

Compulsory Papers

Paper I	General Studies	3 hrs.	300 Marks
Paper II	General Studies	3 hrs.	300 Marks
Paper III	General Hindi	3 hrs.	300 Marks

Optional Papers

Paper IV	Any two subjects are to be selected (from the list of optional subjects) each subject will have two papers.	3 hrs.	300 Marks
Paper V		3 hrs.	300 Marks
Paper VI		3 hrs.	300 Marks
Paper VII		3 hrs.	300 Marks

Interview Tests

- The interview test will carry 250 marks.

List of Optional Subjects for Mains

01	Agriculture	16	Geology
02	Animal Husbandary and Veterinary Science	17	Political Science and International Relations
03	Zoology	18	Public Administration
04	Botany	19	Sociology
05	Chemistry	20	Criminology and Forensic Science
06	Physics	21	Psychology
07	Mathematics	22	Philosophy
08	Statistics	23	Law
09	Civil Engineering	24	Hindi literature
10	Electrical Engineering	25	English literature
11	Mechanical Engineering	26	Sanskrit literature
12	Commerce & Accountancy	27	Urdu literature
13	Economics	28	Anthropology
14	History	29	Military Science
15	Geography