UPSC prelims
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is going to conduct Civil Service Preliminary Examination for the year 2015 on August 23, 2015.
Mode of exam
The exam is conducted as a screening test for the Civil Services (Main) examination 2015 as well as the Indian Forest Services Examination 2015. The Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) is a test conducted by UPSC, in order to select the candidates for prestigious Indian Government services like IAS, IFS, IPS, etc. The candidates who qualify in the Preliminary exam can obtain for main examination.
The Prelims exam is conducted in a single day, whereas the Civil Services (Main) examination or the IAS exam is conducted over 5 days. The Mains exam in 2015 will commence on December 18, 2015.
Exam pattern
Preliminary exam is divided in to two papers. Both papers are objective-type multiple-choice questions and are conducted on the single day.
The Paper I consists of General Studies where the time duration is 2 hours and the maximum marks is 200. The Paper II consists of Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) where the time duration is 2 hours and the maximum marks is 200 and the blind candidates get 20 minutes of extra time to solve the paper.
The exam is conducted in the offline mode and candidates can only use black ball point pen to mark answers in their OMR sheet.
Important dates
The last date to apply for the exam will be June 12, 2015. For more information, log on to http://www.upsc.gov.in/.