UPSC CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION 2010

Civil Services Examination, 2010 Examination Notice No. 04/2010-CSP Dated : 02-01-2010 Last Date : 01.02.2010

F.1/8/2009-E.I.(B): Preliminary Examination of the Civil Services Examination for recruitment to the Services and posts mentioned below will be held by the Union Public Service Commission on the 23rd May , 2010 in accordance with the Rules published by the Department of Personnel & Training in the Gazette in India Extraordinary dated the 2nd January, 2010.The number of vacancies to be filled on the results of the examination is expected to be approximately 965. The number of vacancies is liable to alteration.

The Civil Services Examination will consist of two successive stages

(i) Civil Services Preliminary Examination (Objective type for the selection of candidates)

(ii) Civil Services Main Examination (Written and Interview) for the selection of candidates for the various Services and posts noted above.

Applications are now invited for the Preliminary Examination only. Candidates who are declared by the Commission to have qualified for admission to the Main Examination will have to apply again in the detailed application form which would be supplied to them. The Main Examination is likely to be held in October/November, 2010.

A. Preliminary Examination

The examination will consist of two papers

Paper1-General Studies-150marks

Paper2-Optional Subject-300marks

2. List of optional subjects for Preliminary Examination.

Agriculture Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science Botany Chemistry Civil Engineering Commerce Economics Electrical Engineering Geography Geology Indian History Law

Mathematics Mechanical Engineering Medical Science Philosophy Physics Political Science Psychology Public Administration Sociology Statistics Zoology 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.

(iii) The course content of the syllabi for the optional subjects will be of the degree level. Details of the syllabi are asper UPSC Notification

(iv) Each paper will be of two hours duration. Blind candidates will, however, be allowed an extra time of twenty minutes at each paper.

The above are only the gist of the notification and not detailed notification.For detailed UPSC Notification please visit www.upsc.gov.in

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