Scheme and subjects for the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary and Main Examinations

A. Preliminary Examination

The Examination shall comprise two compulsory papers of 200 marks each.

NOTE 
(i) Both the question papers will be of the objective type (multiple choice questions).
(ii) The question papers will be set both in Hindi and English. However, questions relating to English Language Comprehension skills of Class X level will be tested through passages from English Language only without providing Hindi translation thereof in the question paper.
(iii) Details of the syllabi are indicated in Part A of Section III.
(iv) Each paper will be of two hours duration. Blind candidates will however, be allowed an extra time of twenty minutes at each paper.


B. Main Examination

The written examination will consist of the following papers : Total IX Papers.

Paper I	One of the Indian languages to be selected by the candidate from the Languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution.	300 marks
Paper II	English	300 marks
Paper III	Essay	200 marks
Paper IV and V	General Studies	300 marks for each paper
Papers VI, VII, VII and IX	Any two subjects selected from the list of the optional subjects set out in para 2 below. Each subject will have two papers.	300 marks for each paper