Civil Services Examination

**Civil Services Examination**
Acronym	UPSC CSE; UPSC CSPE (Preliminary); UPSC CSME (Mains);
Type	Paper-based test
Developer / administrator	Union Public Service Commission
Knowledge / skills tested	Writing, English, General knowledge, others
Purpose	Selection of candidates to the various posts of Civil Services of India
Year started	1922
Duration	2 hours/paper (Prelims) ; 3 hours/paper (Mains) ; 1 Variable duration of personality test
Score / grade range	0 - 200 (Prelims) ; 0 - 1750 (Mains) ; 0 - 275 (Interview) ; Total: 2025 ( Mains + Interview)
Offered	Once a year
Restrictions on attempts	6 (General) ; 9 (OBC & PwBD- General) ; no limits for SC & ST candidates
Countries / regions	India
Languages	Question paper is only given in Hindi or English. Answers can be given in any one of the scheduled languages of India
Annual number of test takers	10,40,060 Applicants (2020); 4,82,770 Appeared in Prelims (2020)
Prerequisites / eligibility criteria	Must be a graduate, and an Indian citizen.
Fee	₹ 100/- (for general male candidates). For other categories of candidates, the registration fee is exempted.
Scores / grades used by	Union Public Service Commission for the selection of the students to the various Civil Services of India
Qualification rate	0.07% when applied; 0.157% at prelims;
Website	upsc.gov.in; www.upsconline.nic.in;

The Civil Services Examination (CSE) is a national competitive examination in India conducted by the Union Public Service Commission for recruitment to higher Civil Services of the Government of India, including the Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, and Indian Police Service. It is also colloquially referred to as the UPSC examination, and UPSC CSE. and is conducted in three phases: a preliminary examination consisting of two objective-type papers (Paper I consisting of General Studies and Paper II, referred to as the Civil Service Aptitude Test or CSAT), and a main examination consisting of nine papers of conventional (essay) type, in which two papers are qualifying and only marks of seven are counted; finally followed by a personality test (interview). A successful candidate sits for 32 hours of examination during the complete process spanning around one year.

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