UPSC CIVIL SERVICES PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2012 notification and syllabus

UPSC CIVIL SERVICES  PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION, 2012

Preliminary Examination of the Civil Services Examination for
recruitment to the Services and Posts mentioned below will be held by the Union Public
Service Commission on 20th May, 2012 in accordance with the Rules published by the
Department of Personnel & Training in the Gazette of India Extraordinary dated 4th
February, 2012.

(LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS : 05.03.2012)

More Details Check http://www.upsc.gov.in

HOW TO APPLY :

Candidates are required to apply online using the website http://www.upsconline.nic.in   Detailed instructions for filling up online applications are available on the above mentioned website.

Syllabus for UPSC CIVIL SERVICES PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2012

CIVIL SERVICES àà SYLLABI FOR THE EXAMINATION  {PART-A}  PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION The Examination shall comprise two compulsory papers of 200 marks each.

Paper I - (200 marks) Duration : Two hours

v  Current events of national and international importance.

v  History of India and Indian National Movement.

v  Indian and World Geography - Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World.

v  Indian Polity and Governance - Constitution,Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc.

v   Economic and Social Development -Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion,Demographics, Social Sector initiatives, etc.

v  General issues on Environmental Ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change - that do not require subject specialisation

v   General Science.

Paper II- (200 marks) Duration: Two hours

v  Comprehension

v  Interpersonal skills including communication skills;

v  Logical reasoning and analytical ability

v   Decision-making and problemsolving

v  General mental ability

v  Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, etc.)(Class X level), Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. - Class X level)

v   English Language Comprehension skills (Class X level).

Note 1 : Questions relating to English Language Comprehension skills of Class  X level (last item in the Syllabus of Paper- II) will be tested through passages from English language only without providing Hindi translation thereof in the question paper.

Note 2 : The questions will be of multiple choice, objective type.

Note 3: It is mandatory for the candidate to appear in both the Papers of Civil Services (Prelim) Examination for the purpose of evaluation. Therefore a candidate will be disqualified in case he/ she does not appear in both the papers of Civil Services (Prelim) Examination.