New Revised Time table for Civil Services Mains Exam 2012

New Revised Time table for Civil Services Mains Exam 2012

http://www.upsc.gov.in/exams/time-tables/csm/2012/revised240812/Time%20Table%202012%20CSME.pdf

Detailed Application Form (DAF) - Civil Services Main Examination 2012 - Important Instructions

1. In case of NIL information, candidates are advised to clearly write NIL or NA or “0” in the relevant module. No module should be left blank.
2. All relevant enclosures relating to educational qualifications, age, community, Physical disability etc. should be enclosed with the printed copy of the Application Form sent to the Commission.
3. The printed copy of online application form must reach the Under Secretary (CSM), Union Public Service Commission, Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi-110069 on or before 27/08/2012 The envelope containing the application should be superscribed “Application for Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2012”.
4. Candidates are also advised that the hard copy of the DAF to be submitted by them should be printed back to back. (deleted from the latest instructions pdf)
5. A candidate seeking admission to examination must pay to the Commission a fee of Rs. 200.00 (Rupees Two Hundred only) through Central Recruitment Fee Stamps.
6. Every candidate for this examination will be informed at the earliest possible date of the receipt of his/her application. If, however, a candidate does not receive from the Union Public Service Commission a communication confirming receipt of his/her application two weeks before the commence of the examination, he/she should at once contact the Commission, web_upsc@nic.in or 011-23385271. Failure to comply with this provision will deprive the candidate of any claim to consideration.
7. Candidates admitted to the examination will be given E-Admit Card which they will have to download from the Commission’s website and which will permit  them to take the examination.
8. Two self-addressed unstamped envelopes of approximately 11.5 cms × 27.5 cms size will have to be enclosed by the candidate along with his/her application form.
9. A candidate must submit along with this form an attested/certified copy of a certificate showing that he has one of the qualification prescribed in Rule 7. The certificate submitted must be one issued by the authority (i.e. University or other examining body) awarding the particular qualification.
10. A candidate must enclose with his/her application an attested/certified copy of certificate of age (indicating his date of birth).
11. Candidates are advised to ensure that all the copies of photographs affixed by them on the application form are identical. If, on verification at any stage any variation is found in the copies of Photographs affixed by a candidate on the application form for the Preliminary Examination and on the application form of Main examination, his candidature will be liable to be cancelled by the Commission.

Source : http://upscdaf.nic.in/daf_csp/CSM_Instructions_2011.pdf

General Guidelines for Mains General Studies, Essay and Interview

MAIN EXAMINATION : 

The main Examination is intended to assess the overall intellectual traits and depth of understanding of candidates rather than merely the range of their information and memory. The scope of the syllabus for the optional subject papers for the examination is broadly of the honours degree level i.e. a level higher than the bachelors degree and lower than the masters degree. In the case of Engineering and law, the level corresponds to the bachelor's degree.

ESSAY : Candidates will be required to write an essay on a specific topic. The choice of subjects will be given. They will be expected to keep closely to the subject of the essay to arrange their ideas in orderly fashion, and to write concisely. Credit will be given for effective and exact expression.

GENERAL STUDIES : General Guidelines: The nature and standard of questions in the General Studies papers will be such that a well-educated person will be able to answer them without any specialized study. The questions will be such as to test a candidate’s general awareness of a variety of subjects, which will have relevance for a career in Civil Services. The questions are likely to test the candidate’s basic understanding of all relevant issues, and ability to analyze, and take a view on conflicting socio-economic goals, objectives and demands. The candidates must give relevant, meaningful and succinct answers.

INTERVIEW TEST :

1. The candidate will be interviewed by a Board who will have before them a record of his/her career. He/she will be asked questions on matters of general interest. The object of the interview is to assess the personal suitability of the candidate for a career in public service by a Board of competent and unbiased observers. The test is intended to judge the mental calibre of a candidate. In broad terms this is really an assessment of not only his intellectual qualities but also social traits and his interest in current affairs. Some of the qualities to be judged are mental alertness, critical powers of assimilation, clear and logical exposition, balance of judgement, variety and depth of interest, ability for social cohesion and leadership, intellectual and moral integrity.

2. The technique of the interview is not that of a strict cross-examination but of a natural, though directed and purposive conversation which is intended to reveal the mental qualities of the candidate.

3. The interview test is not intended to be a test either of the specialised or general knowledge of the candidates which has been already tested through their written papers. Candidates are expected to have taken an intelligent interest not only in their special subjects of academic study but also in the events which are happening around them both within and outside their own state or country as well as in modern currents of thought and in new discoveries which should rouse the curiosity of well educated youth.

Detailed Application Form (DAF) - Civil Services Main Examination 2012

1. The Detailed Application Form (DAF), which would be available on the website of the Union Public Service Commission www.upsc.gov.in. All the qualified candidates are advised to fill up the DAF and submit the same ONLINE for admission to the Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2012 to be held from 05.10.2012.
2. The DAF will be available on the website of the Commission from 1st August, 2012 till 11.59 PM on 21/08/2012.
3. Important instructions regarding filling up of the DAF and submitting the same ONLINE to the Commission would also be available on the website. 
4. The candidates who have been declared successful have to first get themselves registered on the relevant page of the website before filling up the ONLINE Detailed Application Form.
5. The qualified candidates are further advised to refer to the Rules of the Civil Services Examination, 2012 published in the gazette of India (Extraordinary) of Department of Personnel and Training notification dated 04.2.2012, which is also available on the website of the Commission.
6. After submitting the DAF duly filled in ONLINE, the candidates are required to take out a print out of the finally submitted DAF separately and will have to send the printed copy of the DAF duly signed by the candidates alongwith all relevant documents including the prescribed fees, wherever applicable as enclosures addressed to the Under Secretary [CS(M)], Union Public Service Commission, Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi-110069, so as to reach the Commission's Office latest by 27/08/2012. 
7. The envelope containing the print out of the DAF submitted ONLINE should be superscribed “Application for Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2012”. It can also be delivered at Union Public Service Commission counter by hand till 27/08/2012 (5.00 P.M). It may be noted that mere submission of application form does not, ipso facto, confer on any right for admission to the Main Examination.
8. The admission certificate alongwith the time table of the Main Examination will be issued to the eligible candidates 2-3 weeks before the commencement of the examination. 
9. Changes, if any, in the postal address after submission of the DAF may be communicated to the Commission at once.