Syllabus

Civil Services Exams consists of 2 successive stages.,

1. Civil Services Preliminary Examination (Objective type) for the selection of candidates for the Main Examination  and
2. Civil Services Main Examination (Written and Interview) for the selection of candidates for the various Services and post

Preliminary Exam

 It consists of 2 papers that will be held in one day (on Sunday).,

Paper I -(200 marks) Duration : Two hours

1. Current events of national and international importance.
2. History of India and Indian National Movement.
3. Indian and World Geography-Physical, Social, Economic.
4. Geography of India and the World.
5. Indian Polity and Governance-Constitution, Political.
6. System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc.
7. Economic and Social Development-Sustainable.
8. Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social.
9. Sector Initiatives, etc.
10. General issues on Environmental ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change - that do not require subject specialization and Climate Change - that do not require subject specialization.

Paper II-(200 marks) Duration: Two hours

1. Interpersonal skills including communication skills;
2. Logical reasoning and analytical ability
3. Decision making and problem solving
4. General mental ability
5. Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, etc.) (Class X level), Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. - Class X level)

Note: It is mandatory for the candidate to appear in both the Papers of Civil Services (Prelim) Examination for the purpose of evaluation. Therefore a candidate will be disqualified in case he/she does not appear in both the papers of Civil Services (Prelim) Examination.