Education and Career Forum

is there a common exam for all civil services like
The Indian Railway Personnel Service
The Indian Administrative Service
The Indian Police Service
The Indian Post & Telecommunication Accounts and Finance Service

All the higher posts of Central Government are filled through Civil Services Examination and this exam is conducted by UPSC. You can also call them Gazetted Officers or Group "A" posts. The services you have mentioned in your question also comes under Civil services examination. Therefore, if you have interest in above services, then surely you can apply for Civil Services Exam which is conducted by UPSC every year.

The following Services comes under UPSC Civil Services Examination.

1. Indian Administrative Service.
2. Indian Foreign Service.
3. Indian Police Service
4. Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Group ‘A’.
5. Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group ‘A’.
6. Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise), Group ‘A’.
7. Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group ‘A’.
8. Indian Revenue Service (I.T.), Group ‘A’.
9. Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group ‘A’ (Assistant Works Manager, Administration).
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. Post of Assistant Security Commissioner in Railway Protection Force, Group ‘A’
16. Indian Defence Estates Service, Group ‘A’.
17. Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group ‘A’.
18. Indian Trade Service, Group 'A' (Gr. III).
19. Indian Corporate Law Service, Group "A".
20. Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group ‘B’ (Section Officer’s Grade).
21. Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service, Group 'B'.
22. Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service, Group 'B'.
23. Pondicherry Civil Service, Group 'B'.
24. Pondicherry Police Service, Group 'B'.

For more information visit http://upsc.gov.in