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UPSC Civil Services: FAQs about the preliminary exam



The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducts the prestigious civil services examination for recruiting candidates into prestigious posts in the administration including IAS, IRS, IPS, IFS etc. UPSC is an organisation that works under the government of India to recruit staff for various posts in various ministries and departments and in subordinate offices.
(Read: Civil service as a career: How to crack the civil service)
So as to clear any doubts regarding the exam, we have answered here a few commonly asked questions regarding the same:
Q. What are the civil services?
The UPSC conducts the civil services examination for recruitment to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and other central services and posts in accordance with the rules published by the Department of Personnel and Training in the gazette of India extraordinary.
This preliminary examination is meant to serve as a screening test only.

Q. What are the types of services offered?
Group- A services
Indian Administrative Service
Indian Foreign Service
Indian Police Service
Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service
Indian Audit and Accounts Service
Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise)
Indian Defence Accounts Service
Indian Revenue Service (I.T.)
Indian Ordnance Factories Service (Assistant Works Manager, Administration)
Indian Postal Service
Indian Civil Accounts Service
Indian Railway Traffic Service
Indian Railway Accounts Service
Indian Railway Personnel Service
Indian Railway Protection Force (Assistant Security Commissioner)
Indian Defence Estates Service
Indian Information Service (Junior Grade)
Indian Corporate Law Service
Group - B services
Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service (Section Officer's Grade)
Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service
Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu, and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service
Pondicherry Civil Service
Pondicherry Police Service
Indian Forest Service
Q. How to get into civil services of India?
A candidate has to clear all the three rounds of the civil services examination, which included:
Stage I:  Preliminary
Stage II: Mains
Stage III: Interview
Q. What is the salary of an IAS officer?
As per the 7th pay commission, following is the pay scale distribution:
Junior Scale: Rs 50,000 to Rs 1,50,000 along with grade pay of Rs 16,500
Senior Time Scale: Rs 50,000 to Rs 1,50,001 along with grade pay of Rs 20,000
Junior Administrative Grade: Rs 50,000 to Rs 1,50,002 along with grade pay of Rs 20,000
Selection Grade: Rs 1,00,000 to Rs 2,00,000 along with grade pay of Rs 26,000
Super Time Scale: Rs 1,00,000 to Rs 2,00,000 along with grade pay of Rs 30,000
Above Super Time Scale: Rs 1,00,000 to Rs 2,00,000 along with grade pay of Rs 30,000
Apex Scale: Rs 12,25,000 (fixed)
Cabinet Secretary Grade: Rs 12,25,000 (fixed)
Q. What is the educational qualification needed to appear in IAS exam?
The candidate must hold a degree of any of universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or any other educational institution established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a university under section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification.
Q. What are the age limit?
According to the latest advertisement issued by UPSC 2016, minimum age required to appear in this exam is 21 years.

Q. What are the number of attempts permitted to write UPSC Civil Services Exam?
For general category candidates: 6
For OBC: 9  --- read more next blog

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