A

PRESENTATION
ON
COMPETITIVE
EXAMS IN INDIA
 WHAT ARE COMPETITIVE EXAMS?

• Competitive exams in India are intended for recruiting the suitable

candidates for a right job and mainly held for public sector
organizations.
• The major aspire of these competitive examinations is to get suitable
and merit candidates from each society of India, irrespective of
whatever the religion, race, caste, region or gender one belongs to.
• Thus we can say that, Competitive exams are those in which best one
are selected among the rest of the candidates.
 WHY DOES INDIAN STUDENTS
ASPIRE FOR GOVERNMENT JOBS ?

• Job Security.
• Handsome Salary.
• Low Work Pressure.
• Various Allowances.
• Fixed Promotions.
• Retirement And Pension Benefits.
• Fixed Holidays And More Sick Leaves.
DIFFERENT LEVELS OF COMPETITIVE
EXAMS IN INDIA.
• University level-Entrance tests.
• State level-State Public service Commission.
• Regional level- Railways, Banks
• National level- UPSC, SSC, Insurance Sector, Finance Companies,
NET.
• Thousands of private companies also conducts these exams to recruit
suitable candidates for their organizations.
One of the important constitutional body which conducts
major competitive exams in India is Union Public Service
Commission(UPSC).
Competitive exams by UPSC are held for,
a)Civil Service Exam(IAS,IPS,IFS).
b)Combined Defense Service Exam.
c)Combined Medical Service Exam.
d)Engineering Service Exam.
e)Indian forest service Exam.
f)Indian economic Service.
g)Indian Statistical service.
 Out of many competitive exams, one of the major exam
conducted by UPSC is Civil Service Examination(CSE).

• The Civil Service Examination (CSE) is a nationwide competitive

examination in India conducted by UPSC for recruitment to higher
civil services of the Government of India, including the Indian
Administration service, Indian Foreign Service and Indian Police
Service.
 EXAM PATTERN OF CIVIL SERVICE
EXAMINATION
UPSC conducts the Civil Service Examination in three phases namely:

 Preliminary Examination
Mains Examination
Personality Test (Interview)
 PHASE 1-PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION.
• UPSC CSE Prelims consists of two papers namely General Studies I and
CSAT (Civil Service Aptitude Test). While CSAT is qualifying in nature,
the marks obtained in the General Studies paper determine your selection
for UPSC Mains. It means your score in the General Studies Paper will be
considered for the Prelims cutoff.

• Additionally, there is negative marking for the wrong answers. 1/3rd of

the marks allotted for the question would be deducted as a penalty for
marking the wrong answer. However, if you do not attempt the question,
there will be no deductions.

• Qualifying Nature- Candidates will have to score 33% to qualify CSAT.

 SYLLABUS FOR PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

PAPER 1
For 200 marks of 100 questions, each question carries 2 marks.
The questions are related to the fields such as Indian polity and
constitution, Indian economy, Indian culture, History, General
Science, life science and science technology, Geography ,
environment and Current affair.

PAPER 2
For 200 marks of 80 questions each question carries 2.5 marks.
The paper comprises General Mental ability, Reasoning and
comprehension (Passage).
 PHASE2-MAINS EXAMINATION
• The IAS Mains Exam consists of two types of papers viz qualifying
and merit-ranking. Paper A and Paper B namely the Language paper
and English paper will be qualifying in nature. The marks obtained in
these papers will not be added to marks that may determine your rank.
All the other papers will be evaluated for merit purposes.
Paper Subject Duration Total marks Time Allotted Nature of Type of Paper
paper
Paper A Compulsory 3 hours 300 3 hours Qualifying Descriptive
Indian
Language
Paper B English 3 hours 300 3 hours Qualifying Descriptive
Paper I Essay 3 hours 250 3 hours Merit Descriptive
Paper-II General 3 hours 250 3 hours Merit Descriptive
Studies I
Paper III General 3 hours 250 3 hours Merit Descriptive
Studies II
Paper IV General 3 hours 250 3 hours Merit Descriptive
Studies III
Paper V General 3 hours 250 3 hours Merit Descriptive
Studies IV
Paper VI Optional I 3 hours 250 3 hours Merit Descriptive
Paper VII Optional II 3 hours 250 3 hours Merit Descriptive
The subjects which are covered in different General Studies
Paper in the Mains Exam are mentioned as under:
General Studies I Indian Heritage and Culture, History and
Geography, Society

General Studies II Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice,

International Relations

General Studies III Technology, Economic Development,

Biodiversity, Environment, Security and
Disaster Management

General Studies IV Ethics, Aptitude, Integrity

 List of Optional Subjects for UPSC Mains
Here's the list of optional subjects that can be opted for
UPSC Mains:
Agriculture Animal Husbandry Anthropology Botany Chemistry
and Veterinary
Science

Civil Engineering Commerce and Economics Electrical Geography

Accountancy Engineering

Geology History Law Management Mathematics

Mechanical Medical Science Philosophy Physics Political Science and

Engineering International
Relations

Psychology Public Sociology Statistics Zoology

Administration
 The options for literature
subjects are:

Assamese Bengali Bodo Dogri Gujarati

Hindi Kannada Kashmiri Konkani Maithali

Malayalam Manipuri Marathi Nepali Odia

Punjabi Sanskrit Santhali Sindhi Tamil

Telugu Urdu English

 PHASE 3-PERSONALITY TEST(INTERVIEW)

•The interview process is the last and final stage of the selection process. The
interview consists of 275 marks which makes the grand total of maximum
marks 2025. Some of the qualities that the board assess in a candidate are:

•Mental acuity
•Critical thinking
•Analytical thinking
•Risk assessment skills
•Crisis management skills
•Ability to become a leader
•Intellectual and moral integrity
 UPSC Exam Eligibility Snapshot
Broadly, you need to qualify the below parameters to be
eligible for the UPSC Civil Services Exam:
Age Limit 21 to 32 years

Age relaxation As per category.

Number of Attempts 06 (General and EWS) ; 09 (OBC);

SC/ST (Upto age limit)

Educational qualification for UPSC Civil Graduation from any recognized

Services university

Nationality Indian.
 HOW TO PREPARE FOR COMPETITIVE
EXAMINATION
• PREPARE YOURSELF

• Mentally.
• Physically.
• Socially.
• Economically.
• Technologically.
 KNOW THE SYLLABUS
• Syllabus must be in your mind.
• Make yourself comfortable with syllabus.
• Learn to relate any topic to the syllabus.
• Know what not to study rather than what to study.
• Avoid unnecessary time on knowing the syllabus
 MAKE A STRATEGY,
REGARDING,
• Time management(make a schedule and time table for
your studies.
• Management of family and friends.
• Management of different subjects.
• Choose the right, correct and least material
• Give utmost importance to revision.
• Make yourself master of current affairs.
• Be healthy and combat stress.
• Avoid mobile phones and social media unless it is related to your
studies
• Practice the question papers and appear for mock tests to evaluate
yourself periodically.
• Need of smart hard work.
• Enjoy your studies
Thank You….