UPSC Civil Services Exam - Exam List UPSC 2025

About UPSC Civil Services Exam

Civil Services Exam is the exam which is conducted by the Union Public Service Commission to recruit candidates for various Civil Services of the Government of India. The posts can be Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), and Indian Police Service (IPS), etc.

These exams are also known as UPSC. The Civil Services Exam is conducted in three papers. The preliminary examination consists of two objective-type papers, i.e., General Studies Paper I and General Studies Paper II. This test is known as Civil Service Aptitude Test or CSAT. The main Civil Services Exam consists of nine papers of conventional (essay) type. In this paper where two papers are qualifying and only mark of seven are counted. After this, personality test (interview) is taken.

The Union Public Service Commission organizes the Civil Services Exam to recruit candidates on various posts. The posts are IAS, IPS, IFS, IRS, IDAS, and CAPF-AC. It is responsible for appointments and examinations for All India services and group A & group B of Central services. The Department of Personnel and Training is the central personnel agency in India.

Civil Services Exam is conducted once in a year. All the aspirants can prepare for the exam and appear for it. To know more about any other exams or about any college, go to our website College Disha. This website will provide you all the details about all the colleges and various government and private exams.

In addition to this, College Disha provides up to 50% scholarship to the candidates who take admission in any college of Uttar Pradesh through the College Disha website.

IAS Exam

IAS exam is a Civil Services Exam. This Civil Services Exam is most popular exam in India which is conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). UPSC recruits the candidates on certain posts such as Indian Administrative Services (IAS), Indian Police Services (IPS) and Central Civil Services including the Indian Foreign Services.

The entire ministries and the entire departments in the union and state governments are headed by an IAS officer. Therefore, the IAS exam has gained this much of importance and popularity. The candidate who tops the IAS exam has the opportunity to become the Cabinet Secretary to the Government of India.

It is the highest position that one person can have in India. This is only because of the Civil Services Exam. So, prepare for this Civil Services Exam and try to get the best marks and rank.

IAS notification for the Civil Services Exam will be posted on the official website of UPSC. Generally, it starts in the month of February. The official website will also release the date for online registration and tell us the last date to fill the application form.

Other than that, candidates can also download the syllabus from the official website. Visit the official website of UPSC very frequently to know the detailed information about any civil services exam. 

UPSC organizes the IAS Exam for the following services in India:

All India Services

• Indian Administrative Services(IAS)
• Indian Police Servies(IPS) 
• Indian Forest Services(IFoS) (Prelims Only)

Central Civil Services

• Indian Foreign Services(IFS)
• Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Group ‘A’.
• Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group ‘A’.
• Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise), Group ‘A’.
• Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group ‘A’.
• Indian Revenue Service (I.T.), Group ‘A’.
• Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group ‘A’ (Assistant Works Manager, Administration).
• Indian Postal Service, Group ‘A’.
• Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group ‘A’.
• Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group ‘A’.
• Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group 'A'.
• Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group ‘A’.
• Post of Assistant Security Commissioner in Railway Protection Force, Group ‘A’
• Indian Defence Estates Service, Group ‘A’.
• Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group ‘A’.
• Indian Trade Service, Group 'A'.
• Indian Corporate Law Service, Group ‘A’.
• Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group ‘B’ (Section Officer’s Grade).
• Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service, Group 'B'.
• Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service, Group 'B'.
• Pondicherry Civil Service, Group 'B'.
• Pondicherry Police Service, Group ‘B’.

IAS Exam: Highlights

Name of the exam	Civil Services (IAS) Exam
Conducting Body	Union Public Service Commission
Exam Level	National
UPSC Vacancies	700+
Exam Frequency	Once a year
Exam Mode	Offline - Pen and Paper Mode
Exam Stages	Prelims - Mains(Written) - Mains(Interview)
Application Fee	100
Language	Prelims - English and Hindi
No. of Test Cities	Test centres across the nation
Exam Helpdesk No.	011-23098543 / 23385271 / 23381125 / 23098591
Official Website	https://www.upsc.gov.in/

IAS Exam Eligibility Criteria

Educational Qualification

The aspirants must hold a graduation degree in any stream from any recognized university which is established under the act passed by the Parliament of India or State legislature. 

The candidates who are in the final year of the graduation and whose results are awaiting are also eligible to apply for IAS preliminary exam. Such aspirants have to submit their proof of passing the exam at the time of applying for the Main exam.

Important Note: The candidates who have done MBBS or any other medical exam but have not completed their internship will be provisionally admitted to the exam at the time of submission of the Civil Services Main Exam applications.

However, the provisional admission will be given only if the candidates submit their copy of the certificate from the concerned authority of the university or institution that they had cleared the requisite final professional medical exam. This can be done at the time of filling the application form on the official website of UPSC.

Nationality

For the exam of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and Indian Police Service (IPS), the aspirant must be an India citizen. For all other exams, the aspirants can either be a citizen of India.

• A Tibetan refugee who came to India before January 1, 1962 with the intention to permanent settles in India.
• A subject of Nepal/ Bhutan.
• A person who belongs to India and who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the purpose to settle permanently in India.

NOTE: Candidates who are from Nepal/ Bhutan or Tibetan refugees are not eligible to apply for Indian Foreign Service (IFS).

Age Limit for IAS Exams

The aspirant must be minimum 21 years and maximum 32 years of age as on August 1, 2020. This denotes that the candidate must have born in between August 2, 1988 and August 1, 1999.

There is also some age relaxation for reserved category candidates. Have a look.

Category	Age Relaxation
SC/ ST	5 years
OBC	3 years
Defence Services Personnel, disabled in operations during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof	3 years
PwD [(a) blindness and low vision; (b) deaf and hard of hearing; (c) locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy; (d) autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability and mental illness; and (e) multiple disabilities from amongst persons under clauses (a) to (d) including deaf-blindness]	10 years
Ex-servicemen including commissioned officers and ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least five years of military service as on August 1, 2020 and have been released	5 years

Number of Attempts for the IAS Exam

All the IAS aspirants are allowed a maximum of six attempts in the IAS exam. However, it may be noted that the restriction of the number of attempts is not applicable for candidates belonging to SC/ST category. Also, candidates belonging to OBC and Persons with Benchmark Disabilities categories are allowed a maximum of nine attempts in the exam.

If a candidate appears in any one paper of the IAS Prelims Exam, then it is deemed that he has made an attempt in the IAS Exam.

Category	Number of Attempts
General/Economically Weaker Section(EWS)	6
Other Backward Classes	9
SC/ST	Till the age limit
Person with Disabilities	Till the age limit

IAS Exam Syllabus 2025

IAS Prelims Syllabus For General Studies Paper 1

• 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.

IAS Prelims Syllabus For General Studies Paper 2

• 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)

IAS Mains Syllabus – Indian Language & English

The pattern of questions is classified as follows: 

• Comprehension of given passages
• Precis Writing
• Usage and Vocabulary
• Short Essays

Indian Languages

• Comprehension of given passages
• Precise Writing
• Usage and Vocabulary
• Short Essays
• Translation from English to the Indian Language and vice-versa

IAS Mains Essay – Paper-I

Candidates have to write essays on multiple topics. Write the essay closely to the subject of the essay to arrange the ideas in orderly fashion, and concisely. The preference will be given to effective and exact expression.

IAS Mains General Studies-I Syllabus – Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society

• Indian Heritage: Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times. 
• Modern Indian History: Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present significant events, personalities, issues. The Freedom Struggle its various stages and important contributors/contributions from different parts of the country. Post-independence consolidation and reorganization within the country.  
• World History: History of the world will include events from 18th century such as industrial revolution, world wars, redrawal of national boundaries, colonization, decolonization, political philosophies like communism, capitalism, socialism etc.— their forms and effect on the society. 
• Indian Society: Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India. Role of women and women’s organization, population and associated issues, poverty and developmental issues, urbanization, their problems and their remedies. Effects of globalization on Indian society. Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism. 
• Geography: Salient features of world’s physical geography. Distribution of key natural resources across the world (including South Asia and the Indian sub-continent); factors responsible for the location of primary, secondary, and tertiary sector industries in various parts of the world (including India). Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, cyclone etc., geographical features and their location-changes in critical geographical features (including water-bodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes.  

IAS Mains General Studies-II Syllabus – Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International Relations 

• Indian Constitution: Historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure. Functions and responsibilities of the Union and the States, issues and challenges pertaining to the federal structure, devolution of powers and finances up to local levels and challenges therein.
• Indian Polity: Separation of powers between various organs dispute redressal mechanisms and institutions. Comparison of the Indian constitutional scheme with that of other countries. Parliament and State legislatures—structure, functioning, conduct of business, powers & privileges and issues arising out of these. Structure, organization and functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary—Ministries and Departments of the Government; pressure groups and formal/informal associations and their role in the polity. Salient features of the Representation of People’s Act. Appointment to various Constitutional posts, powers, functions and responsibilities of various Constitutional Bodies. Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies.
• Social Justice: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. Development processes and the development industry —the role of NGOs, SHGs, various groups and associations, donors, charities, institutional and other stakeholders. Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes; mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections. Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources. Issues relating to poverty and hunger.
• Indian Governance: Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance applications, models, successes, limitations, and potential; citizens charters, transparency & accountability and institutional and other measures.  Role of civil services in a democracy.
• International Relations: India and its neighborhood- relations. Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests. Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora. Important International institutions, agencies and fora- their structure, mandate.

IAS Mains General Studies-III Syllabus – Technology, Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management 

• Indian Economy: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization, of resources, growth, development and employment. Inclusive growth and issues arising from it. Government Budgeting. Major crops-cropping patterns in various parts of the country, - different types of irrigation and irrigation systems storage, transport and marketing of agricultural produce and issues and related constraints; e-technology in the aid of farmers. Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices; Public Distribution System- objectives, functioning, limitations, revamping; issue of buffer stocks and food security; Technology missions; economics of animal-rearing. Food processing and related industries in India- scope’ and significance, location, upstream and downstream requirements, supply chain management. Land reforms in India. Effects of liberalization on the economy, changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth.
• Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc. Investment models.
• Science and Technology: Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life. Achievements of Indians in science & technology; indigenization of technology and developing new technology. Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, robotics, nano-technology, bio-technology and issues relating to intellectual property rights.
• Environment & Bio-diversity: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment. Disaster Management: Disaster and disaster management.
• Security: Linkages between development and spread of extremism. Role of external state and non-state actors in creating challenges to internal security. Challenges to internal security through communication networks, role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges, basics of cyber security; money-laundering and its prevention. Security challenges and their management in border areas - linkages of organized crime with terrorism. Various Security forces and agencies and their mandate.

IAS Mains General Studies-IV Syllabus – Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude

• Ethics and Human Interface: Essence, determinants and consequences of Ethics in-human actions; dimensions of ethics; ethics - in private and public relationships. Human Values - lessons from the lives and teachings of great leaders, reformers and administrators; role of family society and educational institutions in inculcating values. 
• Attitude: content, structure, function; its influence and relation with thought and behaviour; moral and political attitudes; social influence and persuasion.
• Aptitude: Aptitude and foundational values for Civil Service, integrity, impartiality and non- partisanship, objectivity, dedication to public service, empathy, tolerance and compassion towards the weaker-sections. 
• Emotional Intelligence: Emotional intelligence-concepts, and their utilities and application in administration and governance. Contributions of moral thinkers and philosophers from India and world. 
• Public/Civil service values and Ethics in Public administration: Status and problems; ethical concerns and dilemmas in government and private institutions; laws, rules, regulations and conscience as sources of ethical guidance; accountability and ethical governance; strengthening of ethical and moral values in governance; ethical issues in international relations and funding; corporate governance.   
• Probity in Governance: Concept of public service; Philosophical basis of governance and probity; Information sharing and transparency in government, Right to Information, Codes of Ethics, Codes of Conduct, Citizen’s Charters, Work culture, Quality of service delivery, Utilization of public funds, challenges of corruption. Case Studies on above issues. 

Steps to Apply for the IAS Exam

1. Go to the official website of UPSC.
2. Click on the “New Registration” Tab.
3. Provide your basic details like name, email id, phone number, etc
4. Your application id and password will be sent to your mail.
5. Upload your photograph, signature, or left thumb impression.
6. Submit the application fee
7. Click on the Submit button.

How to Download IAS Exam Admit Card and Result 2025?

Admit Card	Result
Go to the official website of UPSC	Open the official website of UPSC
Click on the Download Admit Card link	Click on the Download Result link
Write your Application ID and Password	Inscribe your Application ID and Password
Click on Submit option	Hit the Submit option
Print your admit card for future use	Print it for future use

Indian Forest Service Examination (IFS)

The Indian Forest Service (IFS) is one of the Civil Services Exam which is conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). The purpose of this civil services exam is to recruit officers at the All India level by the Government of India for the scientific management of its forests. 

IFS are one of the three All India Services. This civil services exam is conducted to recruit into the forestry services of India. The other two Services are Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and Indian Police Service (IPS). Indian Forest Service (IFS) is one of the Civil Services of India which belongs to the top of All India Services group.

IFS services are conducted under a range of State cadres and joint cadres though they have the mandate to serve both under the State and Central Governments. The main mandate of IFS service is the execution of the National Forest Policy whose purpose is to ensure environmental stability and maintain ecological balance.

An IFS officer is totally independent of district administration and exercises administrative, judicial and financial powers in their own field. All the top positions in the state forest department are undertaken by an IFS officer.

IFS Exam: Key Highlights

IFS Notification	February
Organizing Body	Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)
Exam Mode	Offline
Number of attempts	6
Number of vacancies	Approx. 90
Starting date for online application	February
Last date to apply online	March
IFS admit card release date	May
Preliminary exam	May
Preliminary result	August
IFS main examination	December
IFS main result	January
IFS Interview	January
IFS final result	February

IFS Exam Pattern and Syllabus

For Preliminary Exam

The Civil Services (Preliminary) Exam is a civil services exam which is an objective type paper. This paper acts as a screening test to choose the candidates for the Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination.

The preliminary exam encompasses two objective type papers, i.e., multiple-choice questions for a total of 400 marks.

Each paper will be of 200 marks and 2 hours duration each. Though, the blind candidates will be given an extra 20 minutes for each paper.

As this is the qualifying exam, the marks secured in this exam are not counted for deciding the final order of merit of a candidate if he/she qualifies for the main exam.

The medium of the question paper is in both English and Hindi. Though, Language Comprehension skills of Class X level will be examined through the passages from English Language only without any Hindi translation.

NOTE: There will be a negative marking for any incorrect answers. However, some of the questions where the negative marking is inbuilt in the form of different marks being awarded to the most appropriate and not so appropriate answer for such questions.

1. Candidates will see four different choices for the answers to every question. For each wrong answer, 1/3rd of the marks fixed to that quested will be deducted.

2. If a candidate choose more than 1 answer for a question, it will also lead to deduction of 1/3rd marks of that question.

3. No negative marking is there for any unanswered questions.

NOTE: Candidates have to write the papers by themselves. No candidate, except the blind one, can take the help of a scribe to write the exam.

As there are common candidates for the Civil Services Examination and the Indian Forest Service Examination, separate lists will be prepared for the candidates who are eligible to appear in the Civil Service (Main) Examination and Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination, after the common Screening Test done through Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination. This classification is done based on the number of vacancies to be filled through the Civil Services Examination and the Indian Forest Service Examination.

Syllabus

Paper I - 200 marks, 2 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, 2 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)
• English Language Comprehension skills (Class X level)

For Mains Examination

The total marks of the Indian Forest Service (Main) Exam are 1700. 1400 marks for the written exam and 300 marks for the personality test.

Written Examination: The written exam encompasses 6 papers of the conventional essay type for a total of 1400 marks. The medium of the question paper is only English and the exam has to be written in only English. The duration of each six papers will be 3 hours. An extra 30 minutes per paper will be given to the blind candidates.

Candidates have to write the papers by themselves. No candidate, (except the blind ones) can take the help of a scribe to write the exam.

The UPSC has the authority to fix qualifying marks in any or all the papers of the examination. Marks will be deducted in case a candidate's handwriting is not clear or easy to understand. A plus point will be given for orderly, effective, and exact expression combined with due economy of words in all the subjects of the examination.

SI units are very important and should be used wherever required. Candidates have to use only international forms of Indian numerals (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, etc.) while answering the question papers.

Candidates will be allowed to use the Scientific (Non-programmable type) calculators at the conventional type examinations of UPSC. Programmable type calculators will not be allowed in the examination and the use of such calculators will be considered equal to resorting to the unfair means by the candidates. Taking calculators from others and interchanging them in the Examination Hall is not allowed.

Paper I	General English	300 marks
Paper II	General Knowledge	300 marks
Paper III	Any 2 subjects to be selected from the list of the optional subjects	200 marks
Paper IV	Any 2 subjects to be selected from the list of the optional subjects	200 marks
Paper V	Any 2 subjects to be selected from the list of the optional subjects	200 marks
Paper VI	Any 2 subjects to be selected from the list of the optional subjects	200 marks
Total	-	1400 marks

*The list of optional subjects is given below.

List of Optional Subjects

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

NOTE: that the candidates can't take the following combination of subjects:

1. Agriculture and Agricultural Engineering
2. Agriculture and Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
3. Agriculture and Forestry.
4. Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
5. Mathematics and Statistics
6. Of the Engineering subjects - Agricultural Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering - not more than one subject.

Indian Police Service (IPS) Exam

The IPS exam is a civil services exam which is one of the three All India Services of the Indian Government. In the year 1948, IPS was formed. The controlling body of an IPS is the Ministry of Home Affairs. IPS exam is a civil services exam which is conducted every year. The conducting body of this civil services exam is Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).

Duties of an IPS Officer

• The main duty of an IPS (Indian Police Service) officer is to safeguard public.
• An IPS Officer serves for the state as well as central. The primary duty of an IPS officer is to maintain peace among public.
• An IPS officer gives more importance to law and order. This is a collective responsibility of IPS and IAS officers (at the district level); detecting and minimising crime; and controlling of traffic, preventing drug, accident prevention, and management etc.
• The main role of an IPS officer is to lead and command the Indian Intelligence Agencies such as Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), Intelligence Bureau (IB), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Criminal Investigation Department (CID) etc., Indian Federal Law Enforcement Agencies, Civil and Armed Police Forces in all the states and union territories.

IPS Exam: Highlights

Name of the exam	Civil Services Exam
Exam Level	National
Organising Body	Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)
Exam Type	Pen and paper-based (offline)
Number of Services	24
Number of attempts	6 attempts
Number of vacancies	Approx 800
Expected Registration	Approx 8 Lakhs

IPS Exam Important Dates 2025

Civil Services Examination (CSE) notification	February
IPS online application form	February to March
IPS Preliminary admit card	May
IPS exam date	May
IPS Preliminary result	June
IPS Main exam date	September
IPS Main exam result	December
IPS personality test/ interview	February/ March
IPS final result	April

IPS Exam Eligibility Criteria

To give the civil services exam and to become an IPS officer in India, all the aspirants must go through some eligibility criteria which is set by the UPSC.

• Nationality – Must be a citizen of India.

• Age Limit – Minimum age of the candidate should be 21 years and the maximum age varies depending on the category and benchmark physical disability

• Minimum Educational Qualification – Candidate must be a Graduate from a recognised University.

• Number of Attempts – 6 attempts is there for the General category. However, more than 6 attempts are there for the other categories.

• Restriction on Applying – Officers already appointed as IAS or IFS are not eligible to give this civil services exam.

• Physical Standards – As per the Rules for Examination, certain rules are there regarding the physical standards. To know each in detail, visit the official website of UPSC.

IPS Exam Syllabus

For Preliminary Exam

Syllabus of Paper I (General Studies – I)

• Current events of national and international importance
• History of India and The 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 specialisation General Science

Syllabus for Paper II (CSAT/General Studies – II)

• 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) and data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. – Class X level)

For Mains Exam

Paper A – Modern Indian Languages – 300 Marks

The candidates have to write the following parameters:

• Comprehension of given passages
• Precise Writing
• Usage and Vocabulary
• Short Essay
• Translation from English to the Indian language and vice-versa

The given table encompasses the modern Indian languages that can be selected for this paper:

• Assamese
• Telugu
• Sindhi
• Marathi
• Bengali
• Urdu
• Gujarati
• Dogra
• Bodo
• Kashmiri
• Hindi
• Kannada
• Malayalam
• Konkani
• Maithili
• Nepali
• Manipuri
• Tamil
• Punjabi
• Oriya
• Santali
• Sanskrit

Paper B – English – 300 Marks

This civil services exam paper is intended to examine the candidate’s ability to read and understand serious discursive prose and to convey the ideas clearly and correctly in English.

The candidates ability will be tested on the following parameters:

• Comprehension of given passages
• Precise Writing
• Usage and Vocabulary
• Short Essay

Indian Revenue Service (IRS)

IRS is a civil services exam which is conducted by the Union Public Service Commission. The purpose of this civil services exam is to recruit candidates in Revenue Department. IRS is one of the Group A services. 

IRS is a Central Civil Service that works under the Department of Revenue in the Union Ministry of Finance. IRS is related to the collection and management of the various direct and indirect taxes, accruing the same to the Union Government.

IRS incorporates two branches:

• IRS (Income Tax)
• IRS (Customs and Central Excise)

IRS Exam Important Dates 2025

IFS Civil Services Date of Notification	February
Starting date of Online Registration	February
Closing date of Online Registration	March
Admit Card Release Date	May
Date of Civil Services Preliminary Examination	May
Date of IRS Civil Services Main Examination	September

Roles and Responsibilities of IRS Officers

• Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers perform the guardians of the Economic borders. IRS officers are selected to law enforcement and intelligence organisations like the Central Bureau of Investigation, Research and Analysis Wing, Intelligence Bureau etc.
• Responsibilities in the Income Tax and Customs Departments are so vast. IRS officers have the duty to profound responsibilities to identify the tax evasions. They embrace the statutory powers to look for and seize illegally accumulated wealth and arrest the culprits to avoid further evasions.
• Indian Revenue Service officer plays a major role in probing and exposing many scams in the country.
• IRS officer has the duty for all the important border postings and to protect the country from smuggling and safeguard its economic borders. In addition to this, they carry out patrolling missions in high seas and defensive operations against piracy and smuggling.

IRS Exam Syllabus 2025

For Preliminary Exam

IAS Prelims Syllabus For General Studies Paper 1 

• 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.

IAS Prelims Syllabus For General Studies Paper 2

• 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).

Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS)

IDAS is a civil services exam of group "A" gazetted central civil service of the government of India. IDAS is the oldest department under the government of India. 

The Ministry of Defence is the cadre controlling authority. 

The IDAS officer is in charge to maintain the complete accounts of the Defence Services. 

The IDAS officers manage the biggest budget allocation in the govt of India, i.e., the budget of the defence forces.

Duties of IDAS Officer

The main duty of an IDAS officer is to give financial advice, payment, and internal auditing and accounting functions for the Army, Air Force, Navy, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Ordnance Factories, Canteen Stores Department, Border Road Organisation and other allied organisations.

IDAS Exam Important Dates

IDAS Civil Services Date of Notification	February
Starting date of Online Registration	February
Closing date of Online Registration	March
Admit Card Release Date	May
Date of Civil Services Preliminary Examination	May
Date of IDAS Civil Services Main Examination	September

IDAS Exam Pattern 2025

1. Preliminary Examination (400 Marks)

(This civil services exam is also called Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT). This civil services exam is common for all the applicants) 

• The civil services exam of Prelims consists of two papers of 200 marks each.
• Both the question papers of this civil services exam are of the objective type (multiple choice questions) of two hours each.
• The question papers of this civil services exam will be set in both Hindi and English. However, the questions related to English Language Comprehension skills will be asked only in English. 
• Blind candidates will be given an extra 20 minutes of time for each paper.

2. Main Examination (2025 Marks)

• The aspirants who qualify for the Preliminary exam will be called for the Main exam and on the basis of marks secured in the Main exam, they will be called for the Interview.
• The total marks of the Main exam and Interview will be added to make the final result.

CAPF – AC Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF)

CAPF is a civil services exam and referred to the uniform nomenclature of seven security forces in India under the authority of the Ministry of Home Affairs. CAPF officers are the Assam Rifles (AR), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), National Security Guard (NSG), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).

Recruitment of CAPF Officer is done in 3 modes.

• Gazetted Officers: All the CAPF officers are recruited through the Central Armed Police Forces (Assistant Commandants) Examination. This CAPF exam is conducted by UPSC.
• Subordinate Officers: Sub Inspectors are recruited through the civil services exam which is conducted by the Staff Selection Commission and they are referred to as DASOs (Directly Appointed Subordinate Officers).
• Constables: Constables are recruited through the civil services exam conducted by the Staff Selection Commission.

CAPF Exam Highlights

Name of the Exam	Central Armed Police Forces Examination
Conducting Body	Union Public Service Commission
Name of the Post	Assistant Commandant
Number of Vacancies	Approximately 400
Frequency	Once a year
Age Limit	20 – 25 years
Educational Qualification	Graduation
Application Mode	Online
Application Fee	INR 200
Gender	Male and Female both are eligible
Selection Procedure	Written, physical test and interview
Number of Applications	Approximately 3 lakhs
E-Admit Card	3 weeks before the exam
Withdrawal of Application	Yes
Website	www.upsc.gov.in

CAPF Exam Important Dates 2025

CAPF AC Notification	April
Starting date of Online Registration	April
Closing date of Online Registration	May
Admit Card Release Date	July
CAPF AC Exam Date	August
CAPF AC Result	September