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sir i am interested to prepare for civils but i dont have proper guidance with a desire i have joined so that i could post my question to u

sir please give me details of what actually prelims is and main exam is. And also number of subjects one has to opt in civils exam?

The preliminary and mains exam are various stages in the Civil service. As part of the exam you need to first complete the preliminary test. Only after you clear the preliminary test can you appear for the final exam. For these test you need to well versed in the two optional subjects. You need to select bases on the subject you chose in graduation. Also you need to be well updated in the General Knowledge area.

Sir,i am interested in writing prelims bt when the test is going to be ?

Civil services exams are conducted by UPSC every year.You should ahve Graduation degree from a recognized university and your age 21 to 30 years.

Civil Services conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) comprises of two successive stages:

•Preliminary Examination: It is of objective type, which is a qualifying examination.

•Main Examination: It consists of written examination and interview.

Preliminary examinations
It has objective ie multiple choice questions. There are two papers (duration of each being 2 hrs).
a)General studies
b) Optional subject:you can choose from Psychology, Sociology, Philosophy, Agriculture, Maths, Phy, Chem, Stats etc. Important: It is not compulsory to choose the same subjects of your graduation.

Main examination
The main written examination usually comprises of 9 papers in all. Duration of each paper is 3 hrs. Language: one of the Indian languages, English, Essay GK and Current Affairs: 2 papers on general studies Optionals: papers from two subjects that fall in optional-1 and two papers from optional-2 (a choice of subjects is listed by the UPSC in the prospectus)

For more details,please refer to official website:
www.upsc.gov.in

Regards
Kapila

can you please tell in detail about the subject selection in main examination.

sir, i am interested in civil services exam. After premiliary exam when main exam given Is there any option to give interview in hindi before we choice english in written..

hello sir,i am doing MCA-IIyr.i am very much interested in groups but i dont have any idea regarding this particular exam.
As u said that preliminary is of option based exam, can u please help me out which book to prefer..???

hello sir,i am doing MCA-IIyr.i am very much interested in groups but i dont have any idea regarding this particular exam.
As u said that preliminary is of option based exam, can u please help me out which book to prefer..???

helo sir,i m dng B.arch 4yr.... i have completed my diploma in arch.. i am very much interested in civil service, i dont have any idea regarding this particular exam...am i eligible for this exam..and can u plz tell me about am i eligible for group exams...

hi, i am a student of class =12 ,my stream is commerce with finearts .i am interested in civil service but i don't have any idea about this, can u explain me what should i do after 12 standard.

hi sir i have completed my mca . i am very intersted in civils. but i dnt knw anything about this. can u suggest me how to prepare?