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Every year the UPSC conducts Civil Services Examination (CSE) to various key Civil Services of the Government of India, including the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and Indian Police Service (IPS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), etc. A candidate planning to prepare for CSE must get himself acquainted with the examination plan/pattern and its syllabus which would help him in getting an edge over others and in planning his preparation in a manner best suitable for him. Following are the complete details:

Plan/Pattern of Civil Services Examination:

The Civil Services Examination comprises three successive stages:

• Civil Services Preliminary Examination-Objective Type, for the selection of candidates for Main Examination.
• Civil Services Main Examination-Written, for the selection of candidates for Interview.
• Interview or Personality Test for the selection of candidates for the various Services and posts.

Overview of IAS Exam Pattern

IAS Exam pattern of Prelims

• Firstly, this stage consists of 2 compulsory papers - General Studies paper and (CSAT) Civil service aptitude test. Moreover, it will test the analytical skills of the candidate.
• Secondly, all questions are objective. So, the candidate has to choose any one option out of 4 answers given for each question.
• On the other hand, questions are in both Hindi and English language. However, comprehension questions in the English language in the CSAT paper are without Hindi translations.
• Also, prelims is a qualifying paper. The cut off of paper I is decided by UPSC every year. The CSAT paper requires the candidates to score at least 33% i.e. 66 marks to qualify and to be able to sit for the Mains exam.
• Moreover, the number of candidates that sit for the main exams is much higher than the vacancies.

IAS Prelims Exam Pattern

Marking Scheme of Prelims

The IAS Exam pattern is very important to understand to pass the prelims exam. Here is the marking scheme of prelims:

• Firstly, every question in paper I is of 2 marks. So, the question paper is a total of 200 marks.
• Secondly, every question in the Civil Service Aptitude Test carries 2.5 marks. So, the question paper is a total of 200 marks.
• Also, for every wrong answer by the student, 0.33 marks will be deducted i.E. 0.66 will be deducted from paper I and 0.83 marks will be deducted from paper II. But, there is no negative marking from Q74 - Q80 because these are decision-making questions.
• Moreover, if the candidate gives more than 1 answer, then it will be considered as wrong even if one of them is right.
• However, if there is no penalty then no negative marking will be done.
• In other words, candidates must cross the cut-off marks in Paper I and a minimum of 33% score in Paper II to sit for the main exam.

Negative Marking

The IAS Exam pattern is very different from other exams. Also, the candidates can easily get negative marking in the UPSC Exam. In other words, 3 incorrect answers will lead to around 1 mark deduction. In short, the candidate will get a 1/3 mark deducted for incorrect answers. Also, there is no negative marking for blank answers. Read everything about UPSC on its official website.

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