INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION - SOME USEFUL INFORMATION

Indian Civil Services
Civil  Service  Examination  2012  result  has  been  announced  First rank  holder  from  Kerala To  see the  list  of  winners Please  click  List
A  Real  picture  of Civil   Service  Exam  from  2007 to  2011
Year/Details	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11
Prelims Applied	333680	325433	409110	497187
Prelims Appeared	161469	167035	193091	NA
Mains applied	9158	11669	11894	11984
Interviewed	1883	2136	2281	NA
Selected	638	791	875	920
Civil Service Aptitude Test (CSAT) which involves 1 paper on general studies and 1 paper on aptitude test
Main test which has 9 papers, followed by an interview.
The Civil Services Exam is conducted for the recruitment of various administrative services of the government including Indian Revenue Service (IRS), Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and more.
must be a minimum of 21 years of age or maximum of 30 years of age on the first august of the year of the examination. The age restrictions on the Civil Services Exams may be relaxed for students from scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, other backward classes, disabled Defence personnel, and a few more.
Minimum educational qualification  ----------------    must hold a degree from any recognised state, central or deemed university
If you   would like  to  appear for  civil  service exam   -  please click   Question  Bank     to  get question  paper  for  previous   year  examination  of   Civil  service  exam
Stage I: Preliminary examination - This is qualifying test held in May/June every year. Notification for this is published in December/January. Results are published in the first half of August. Stage II: Main examination - This is the main test, held in October/November every year. Results are usually published in the second week of March. Stage III: Personality Test (Interview) - It is the final test and is held in April/May every year. Final results are usually announced a few days before the next preliminary examination.
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