TARGET IAS EXAM

The Civil Services Exams commonly known as IAS exam are the most highly respected jobs in india and are said to be the most difficult exams of the world, a wrong conception. This is the most interesting competetive exams and manageble if planned and targetted well........ if u have aim for this, surely you win this, what it needs is a planning and motivationa and hardwork...............Here i shall be venturing to provide some tips for cracking IAS ....... We shall start with mains exams since the pre is in transition stage from 2011.. IAS mains exams: Only those who are declared by the Commission to have qualified in the Preliminary Examination in a year, are eligible for the Main examination of that year, provided they are otherwise eligible for the Main Examination. Civil Services Main examination has two optional subjects (two papers each carries 300 marks), one General Studies (two papers each carries 300 marks), one essay (carries 200 marks) - total 2000 marks. Other than this,

The following are the eligibility criteria for the application of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Examination I. Nationality II. Age Limits III. Minimum Educational Qualifications IV. Number of attempts V. Restrictions on applying for the examination VI. Physical Standards I. Nationality a. For the Indian Administrative Service and the Indian Police Service, a candidate must be a citizen of India. b. For other services, a candidate must be either: i. A citizen of India, or ii. a subject of Nepal, or iii. a subject of Bhutan, or iv. a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India. or v. a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Srilanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India. Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) shall be a p

Among 875 selected candidates, this year, 21 are Muslims. Last year, out of 791 selected candidates, 31 were Muslims. Hence, from around 4% in 2009 the Muslims’ selection in the Civil Services Examination, popularly known as IAS exams, has come down to around 2.5%. Only remarkable achievement this year is that the topper is a Muslim, Shah Faesal, coming from Kashmir. Before Faesal, the IAS topper from the community was Amir Subhani of Bihar in the year 1987. Jawed Usmani of UP was IAS topper in 1977. Syed Shahabuddin, ex-Member of Parliament and, presently, the President of All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat, was the first Muslim from Bihar to get second rank in civil services exam in 1958. That was then the highest rank a Muslim got since Independence. In 2001 Shahla Nigar, also from Bihar, became the first Muslim woman to get second rank, the highest ever in 50 years for a Muslim woman. Many of the analysts are observing that since the percentage of Muslim graduates works out to be

The Union Service Public Commission (UPSC) has announced the result of the Civil Services (Main) Examination 2009. A total of 875 candidates have been recommended for appointment including 399 General (including 21 Physically Challenged candidates), 273 Other Backward Classes(including 09 Physically Challenged candidates), 127 Scheduled Castes and 76 Scheduled Tribes candidates. The number of vacancies reported by the Government for the Indian Administrative Service is 131 (66 General, 38 Other Backward Classes, 18 Scheduled Castes and 09 Scheduled Tribes); for the Indian Foreign Service is 30 (15 General, 10 Other Backward Classes, 01 Scheduled Castes and 04 Scheduled Tribe); for the Indian Police Service is 150 (77 General, 39 Other Backward Classes, 21 Scheduled Castes and 13 Scheduled Tribes); for the Central Services Group ‘A’ is 582 (298 General, 159 Other Backward Classes, 81 Scheduled Castes and 44 Scheduled Tribes) and for Central Services Group ‘B’ is 96 ( 57 General, 27 Othe

The UPSC Chairman made it clear on Nov 12, 2009 that the existing optionals in CSE Prelims would be substituted with a Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT). Even among the much hyped heated discussions, I had warned the candidates that the decision will be implemented only after approval from the Union Cabinet. In March, the Prime Minister has declared in Parliament that approval has been accorded by the Union Cabinet for the CSAT and that the changed pattern will be implemented from 2011 onwards. This was stated as a reply to a question by an MP. The question was prompted by the fact that the UPSC has never shown the courtesy to make it clear whether the declared changes will take effect or not. The UPSC still keeps a mysterious silence as to what will be the nature of the CSAT. Many guess works are going on in the media. Often, the candidates themselves resort to the guessing game. With the available information, I would inform you that CSE Prelims will have two papers in future; (i)

Union Public Service Commission - UPSC HISTORICAL BACKGROUND : Indianisation of the superior Civil Services became one of the major demands of the political movement compelling the British Indian Government to consider setting up of a Public Service Commission for recruitment to its services in the territory. The first Public Service Commission was set up on October 1st, 1926. However, its limited advisory functions failed to satisfy the people’s aspirations and the continued stress on this aspect by the leaders of our freedom movement resulted in the setting up of the Federal Public Service Commission under the Government of India Act 1935. Under this Act, for the first time, provision was also made for the formation of Public Service Commissions at the provincial level. The Constituent Assembly, after independence, saw the need for giving a secure and autonomous status to Public Service Commissions both at Federal and Provincial levels for ensuring unbiased recruitment to Civil Serv

PLAN OF EXAMINATION: The Civil Services Examination consists of two successive stages: (I) Civil Services Preliminary Examination(Expected to be replaced by Civil Services Aptitude Test(CSAT) from 2011; and(ii) Civil Services Main Exam(Written & Interview) for selection of candidates for the various services and posts given below: 1. Indian Administrative Service 2. Indian Foreign Service 3. Indian Police Service 4. India P&T Accounts & Finance Service, Group A 5. Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group A 6. Indian Customs and Central Excise Service, Group A 7. Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group A 8. Indian Revenue Service, Group A 9. Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group A 10.Indian Postal Service, Group A 11.Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group A 12.Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group A 13.Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group A 14.Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group A 15.Posts of Assistant Security Officer, Group A in Railway Protection Force 16.Indian Def