UPSC IFS Syllabus 2021 ~ Download Prelims & Mains Exam Pattern

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UPSC IFS Syllabus 2021

Board Name	Union Public Service Commission Board
Post Name	Civil Service (IFS)
Vacancy	800+
Exam Date	Announced Soon
Selection Process	Prelims & Mains Exam
Status	Syllabus Available

UPSC IFS Syllabus 2021:

General Studies:

• Current Event of National and International importance
• History of India and Indian National Movement
• Indian and World Geography
• Indian polity and Governance
• Economic and Social Development- Sustainable development, Poverty, Inclusion
• General Science
• General Issues on Environmental Ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change.

CSAT:

• Comprehension
• Interpersonal skills including communication skills
• Logical reasoning and analytical ability
• Decision-making and problem solving
• General mental ability
• Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, etc.) (Class X level), Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. – Class X level)
• English Language Comprehension skills (Class X level).

Part A-Preliminary Examination:

Paper I – (200 marks)                                          Duration : Two hours

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

Paper II- (200 marks)                                         Duration: Two hours

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

List of optional subjects:

• Agriculture
• Agricultural Engineering
• Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
• Botany
• Chemistry
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Forestry
• Geology
• Mathematics
• Mechanical Engineering
• Physics
• Statistics
• Zoology

Part B-Main Examination:

GENERAL ENGLISH:

Candidates will be required to write an essay in English. Other questions will be designed to test their understanding of English and workmanlike use of words. Passages will usually be set for summary or precis.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE General Knowledge including knowledge of current events and of such matters of every day observation and experience in their scientific aspects as may be expected of an educated person who has not made a special study of any scientific subject. The paper will also include questions on Indian Polity including the political system and the Constitution of India, History of India and Geography of a nature which the candidate should be able to answer without special study.

 OPTIONAL SUBJECTS Total number of questions in the question papers of optional subjects will be eight. All questions will carry equal marks. Each paper will be divided into two parts, viz. Part A and Part B, each part containing four questions. Out of eight questions, five questions are to be attempted. One question in each part will be compulsory. Candidates will be required to answer three more questions out of the remaining six questions, taking at least one question from each Part. In this way, at least two questions will be attempted from each Part i.e. one compulsory question plus one more.

UPSC IFS Exam Pattern 2021:

Prelims Exam Pattern 2021:

The UPSC IFS Preliminary Exam is for screening purposes only with a minimum of 33% to be secured to appear for the Mains examination and will not be counted for determining a candidate’s final order of merit.

Paper	Subjects	Maximum Marks	Time Duration
Paper 1	General Studies	200	2 hours
Paper 2	Civil Services Aptitude Test	200	2 hours

Mains Exam Pattern 2021:

Paper	Subject	Total Marks
Paper I	General English	300
Paper I	General Knowledge	300
Paper III	Optional I	200
Paper IV	Optional I	200
Paper V	Optional II	200
Paper VI	Optional II	200

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