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 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) EXAM SCHEME

1. The IAS Preliminary exam (objective / multiple choice questions type) has two
papers:
i. Paper - I (General Studies: duration - 2 hours; Marks - 200)
ii. Paper - II (CSAT duration - 2 hours; Marks - 200)
Note:
i. The minimum qualifying marks for Paper II is 33 percent.
ii. In both Paper I and Paper II for each wrong answer there is a
negative marking of 1/3rd of the allotted marks of that question.

2. The second stage of the civil services is IAS Mains Exam (subjective or
descriptive type) and it consists a total of 9 papers which is divided as given
below:

1. Essay
2. English
3. General Studies Paper I (Indian Heritage and Culture, History and
Geography of the World and Society)
4. General Studies Paper II (Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social
Justice and International relations)
5. General Studies Paper III (Technology, Economic Development, Bio-
diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management)
6. General Studies Paper IV (Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude)
7. Optional Subject Paper I
8. Optional Subject Paper II
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