Indian Administrative Service
small note on Indian Administrative Service
The Indian Administrative Service (IAS) is the administrative civil service of the executive branch of the Government of the Republic of India.
The officers of the IAS play a major role in managing the bureaucracy of both the Union Government (Central Government) and the state governments, with its officers holding strategic posts across the country. It is one of the three All India Services.
Entry and Examination
The Civil Services Examination is used for recruitment for many Indian administrative bodies. Civil Service Exam is conducted by Union Public Service Commission. It has three stages: a preliminary exam, a main exam, and an interview, and is known for being extremely challenging. Recently the preliminary exam pattern has changed. There used to be 23 optional subjects along with a general studies paper. Now there will be no optional subjects in the preliminary examination. Instead there will be a second paper which will be common for all candidates. It covers aptitude, general mathematics, comprehensive English,social studies etc. Entry into the IAS is considered very difficult; most applicants rank the Indian Administrative Service as their top choices because of the high prestige, salary, and benefits that come with such positions. For example, in the 2005 batch, of the 425 selected candidates, 398 indicated IAS as their first preference, 18 chose IRS, and just nine chose IPS. But when it came to second preference, 200 candidates marked IPS as their choice, while only 195 marked IRS as their second choice.
Repeated attempts are allowed up to four times for General Merit candidates, seven times for OBC candidates. There is no bar on the number of attempts for SC/ST candidates. The upper age limit to attempt the examination is 35 for SC/ST and 30 years for the General Merit Candidate. The candidate should not be older than 30 years of age as on 1 August of that year. The minimum age is 21 years.
About 850 candidates are finally selected each year out of the nearly 300,000, but only a rank i.e. top 50 guarantees an IAS or IFS selection—an acceptance rate of 0.001 percent, which makes it the most competitive exam in the world.
The direct recruitment of a candidate into IAS is by Civil Service Exam conducted by Union Public Service Commission. However, also the recruitment into IAS is done by appointment by selection through powers conferred by section 3 of the All India Services Act of 1951 (61 of 1951) and in pursuance of sub-rule (2) of rule 8 of the Indian Administrative Service (Recruitment) Rules of 1954 and in supersession of the Indian Administrative Service (Appointment by Selection) Regulations of 1956.
Other than direct recruit through the civil service exam, candidates from State Civil Service through promotion and Non State Civil Service through appointment are recruited into IAS.
Important Dates :
CIVIL SERVICES (PREL) EXAM : notification in the December-january month ..every yearDATE OF EXAM : IN THE 6TH MONTH OF YEAR
CIVIL SERVICES (MAIN) EXAM: mainly in the 10th month
Minimum Qaulification : Graduation
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Civil Services (Preliminary) Exam, 2009
1.GENERAL STUDIES
Optional subjects Preliminary Exam, 2009
- Agriculture
- Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
- Botany
- Chemistry
- Civil Engineering
- Commerce
- Economics
- Economics (for Visually Impaired candidates)
- Electrical Engineering
- Geography
- Geology
- Geology (for Visually Impaired candidates)
- Indian History
- Law
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Medical Science
- Philosophy
- Philosphy (for Visually Impaired candidates)
- Physics
- Political Science
- Public Administration
- Psychology
- Statistics
- Sociology
- Zoology
Civil Services (Main) Exam, 2010
Essay
General Studies
Paper I
Paper II
English Language 2010
English Language (Compulsory)
One Indian Languages (Compulsory) 2010
Essay
General Studies
Paper I
Paper II
English Language 2010
English Language (Compulsory)
One Indian Languages (Compulsory) 2010
- Assamese
- Bengali
- Bodo
- Dogri
- Gujarati
- Hindi
- Kannada
- Kashmiri
- Konkani
- Maithili
- Malayalam
- Manipuri
- Marathi
- Nepali
- Oriya
- Punjabi
- Sanskrit
- Santali
- Sindhi (Arabic)
- Sindhi (Devnagiri)
- Tamil Telugu
- Urdu
Optional Subjects for Main Examination 2010
- Agriculture Paper I
- Agriculture Paper II
- Animal Husbandary & Veterinary Science Paper I
- Animal Husbandary & Veterinary Science Paper II
- Anthropology Paper I
- Anthropology Paper II
- Botony Paper I
- Botony Paper II
- Chemistry Paper I
- Chemistry Paper II
- Civil Engineering Paper I
- Civil Engineering Paper II
- Commerce & Accountancy Paper I
- Commerce & Accountancy Paper II
- Economics Paper I
- Economics Paper II
- Electrical Engineering Paper I
- Electrical Engineering Paper II
- Geography Paper I
- Geography Paper II
- Geology Paper I
- Geology Paper II
- History Paper I
- History Paper II
- Law Paper I
- Law Paper II
- Management Paper I
- Management Paper II
- Mathematics Paper I
- Mathematics Paper II
- Mechanical Engineering Paper I
- Mechanical Engineering Paper II
- Medical Science Paper I
- Medical Science Paper II
- Philosphy Paper I
- Philosphy Paper II
- Physics Paper I
- Physics Paper II
- Political Science & Internation Relations Paper I
- Political Science & Internation Relations Paper II
- Psychology Paper I
- Psychology Paper II
- Public Administration Paper I
- Public Administration Paper II
- Sociology Paper I
- Sociology Paper II
- Statistics Paper I
- Statistics Paper II
- Zoology Paper I
- Zoology Paper II
Literature Subjects for Main Examination
- Arabic Paper I
- Arabic Paper II
- Assamese Paper I
- Assamese Paper II
- Bengali Paper I
- Bengali Paper II
- Bodo Paper I
- Bodo Paper II
- Dogri Paper I
- Dogri Paper II
- English Paper I
- English Paper II
- French Paper I
- French Paper II
- German Paper I
- German Paper II
- Gujarati Paper I
- Gujarati Paper II
- Hindi Paper I
- Hindi Paper II
- Kannada Paper I
- Kannada Paper II
- Manipuri Paper I
- Manipuri Paper II
- Maithili Paper I
- Maithili Paper II
- Malayalam Paper I
- Malayalam Paper II
- Marathi Paper I
- Marathi Paper II
- Oriya Paper I
- Oriya Paper II
- Pali Paper I
- Pali Paper II
- Persian Paper I
- Persian Paper II
- Punjabi Paper I
- Punjabi Paper II
- Sanskrit Paper I
- Sanskrit Paper II
- Santali Paper I
- Santali Paper II
- Sindhi (Arabic) Paper I
- Sindhi (Arabic) Paper II
- Sindhi (Devanagiri) Paper I
- Sindhi (Devanagiri) Paper II
- Tamil Paper I
- Tamil Paper II
- Telugu Paper I
- Telugu Paper II
- Urdu Paper I
- Urdu Paper II