UPSC IP & TAFS 2021
Qualifying papers in Indian Languages and English
| Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
| Part A: Indian Languages | Comprehension of given passages | 300 Marks |
| Précis Writing | ||
| Usage and Vocabulary | ||
| Short Essays | ||
| Part B: English | Comprehension of given passages | 300 Marks |
| Précis Writing | ||
| Usage and Vocabulary | ||
| Short Essays | ||
| Translation from English to the Indian Language and vice-versa |
Note 1: The papers on Indian Languages and English will be of Matriculation or equivalent standard and will be of qualifying nature only. The marks obtained in these papers will not be counted for ranking.
Note 2: The candidates will have to answer the English and Indian Languages papers in English and the respective Indian language (except where the translation is involved).
PAPER I - ESSAY
| Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
| Essay | Candidates may be required to write essays on multiple topics, They will be expected to keep close to the subject of the essay to arrange their ideas in an orderly fashion and to write concisely, Credit will be given for effective and exact expression | 250 Marks |
PAPER II - GENERAL STUDIES I
| Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
| General Studies-I: Indian Heritage and Culture, History, and Geography of the World and Society | Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, literature, and Architecture from ancient to modern times | 250 Marks |
| Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present significant events, personalities, issues | ||
| The Freedom Struggle — its various stages and important contributors/contributions from different parts of the country | ||
| Post-independence consolidation and reorganization within the country | ||
| History of the world will include events from the 18th century such as the industrial revolution, world wars, redrawing of national boundaries, colonization, decolonization, political philosophies like communism, capitalism, socialism, etc.— their forms and effect on the society | ||
| Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India | ||
| Role of women and women’s organization, population and associated issues, poverty and developmental issues, urbanization, their problems, and their remedies | ||
| Effects of globalization on Indian society. Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism | ||
| Salient features of the world’s physical geography | ||
| Distribution of key natural resources across the world (including South Asia and the Indian sub-continent); factors responsible for the location of primary, secondary, and tertiary sector industries in various parts of the world (including India) | ||
| Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, cyclone,s, etc., geographical features and their location-changes in critical geographical features (including water-bodies and ice-caps) and flora and fauna and the effects of such changes |
PAPER III - GENERAL STUDIES II
| Name of Test | Topic | Weightage |
| General Studies II: Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations | Indian Constitution—historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions, and basic structure | 250 Marks |
| Functions and responsibilities of the Union and the States, issues, and challenges about the federal structure, devolution of powers and finances up to local levels and challenges therein | ||
| Separation of powers between various organs disputes redressal mechanisms and institutions | ||
| Comparison of the Indian constitutional scheme with that of other countries | ||
| Parliament and State legislatures—structure, functioning, the conduct of business, powers & privileges, and issues arising out of these | ||
| Structure, organization, and functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary—Ministries and Departments of the Government; pressure groups and formal/informal associations and their role in the Polity | ||
| Salient features of the Representation of People’s Act | ||
| Appointment to various Constitutional posts, powers, functions, and responsibilities of various Constitutional Bodies | ||
UPSC IP & TAFS 2021
Only those candidates who are declared by the Commission to have qualified in the Preliminary/Stage-I Examination in the year will be eligible for admission to the Main/Stage-II Examination of that year provided they are otherwise eligible for admission to the Main/Stage- II Examination.
UPSC IP & TAFS 2021 : EXAM PATTERN
The written examination will consist of the following papers:—
Qualifying Papers :
Paper-A - Indian Language - 300 Marks
(One of the Indian Language to be selected by the candidate from the Languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution) -
Paper-B - English - 300 Marks
The written examination consists of 9 papers, out of which 2 papers are only qualifying in nature. The marks obtained in the remaining 7 papers and the interview test together are considered for making the final merit.
Papers to be counted for merit -
| Test Mode | Name of Test | Maximum Marks | Duration |
| Descriptive Type Offline Pen & Paper Based Test | Paper I Essay | 250 Marks | 180 Minutes |
| Paper II (General Studies I) | 250 Marks | 180 Minutes | |
| Paper III (General Studies II) | 250 Marks | 180 Minutes | |
| Paper IV (General Studies, III) | 250 Marks | 180 Minutes | |
| Paper V (General Studies IV) | 250 Marks | 180 Minutes | |
| Paper-VI Optional Subject - Paper I | 250 Marks | 180 Minutes | |
| Paper-VII Optional Subject - Paper II | 250 Marks | 180 Minutes | |
| Total | 1750 Marks | ||
| Personality Test | 275 Marks | 180 Minutes | |
| Grand Total (for merit calculation) | 2075 Marks |
Candidates may choose any one of the optional subjects from amongst the list of subjects mentioned below:
| Language | Script |
| Assamese | Assamese |
| Bengali | Bengali |
| Gujarati | Gujarati |
| Hindi | Devanagari |
| Kannada | Kannada |
| Kashmiri | Persian |
| Konkani | Persian |
| Malayalam | Malayalam |
| Manipuri | Bengali |
| Marathi | Devanagari |
| Nepali | Devanagari |
| Odia | Odia |
| Punjabi | Gurumukhi |
| Sanskrit | Devanagari |
| Sindhi | Devanagari or Arabic |
| Tamil | Tamil |
| Telugu | Telugu |
| Urdu | Persian |
| Bodo | Devanagari |
| Dogri | Devanagari |
| Maithili | Devanagari |
| Santhali | Devanagari or Olchiki |
Note: For the Santhali language, the question paper will be printed in Devanagari s
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Note :- Only those candidates who have been declared as qualified by the commission in Preliminary/Stage-I Examination are eligible to for Main/Stage- II Examination.
The candidate’s eligibility for UPSC IP & TAFS 2021 Examination is based on the fulfilment of the following conditions :-
INDIAN REVENUE SERVICE (IRS) 2021 : NATIONALITY
A candidate must be either:—
Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (2), (3), (4) and (5) shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.
A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary, may be admitted to the examination, but the offer of appointment may be given only after the necessary eligibility certificate has been issued to him/her by the Government of India.
UPSC IP & TAFS 2021 : AGE LIMIT & RELAXATIONS
A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 32 years on the 1st of August 2020 i.e., he/she must have been born not earlier than 2nd August 1988 and not later than 1st August 1999
Age Relaxation
| Categories | Age Relaxation |
| SC/ST | 5 Years |
| OBC | 3 Years |
| Defence Services Personnel, disabled in operations during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof | 3 Years |
| Ex-servicemen including Commissioned Officers and ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least five years Military Service and have been released | 5 Years |
| Visually challenged/hearing impaired/physically challenged candidates | 10 Years |
UPSC IP & TAFS 2021 : EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
UPSC IP & TAFS 2021 : PHYSICAL STANDARDS
Candidates must be physically fit according to physical standards for admission to Civil Services Examination, 2020 as per guideline for Examination published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary dated 12th February 2020.
UPSC IP & TAFS 2021 : NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS
The maximum number of attempts is as follows:
Note :-
UPSC IP & TAFS 2021 : ELIGIBILITY HIGHLIGHTS
UPSC IP & TAFS 2021
The notification for UPSC IP & TAFS 2021 Examination was released by UPSC on 4th March 2021. The online registration lasted till 24th March 2021.
The preliminary examination was scheduled to be held on 27th June 2021 but has been postponed due to COVID-19 outbreak in the country. The examination will now be held on 10th October 2021.
As per UPSC Revised Annual calendar, The Mains Examination for UPSC IP & TAFS 2021 has also been postponed and now has been scheduled to commence on 07th January 2022. The examination process will be completed in 5 days time.
The detailed schedule is given below :-
| Events | Dates |
| Notification Release Date | 04/03/2021 |
| Start of Application Process | 04/03/2021 |
| Last Date for receipt of Applications | 24/03/2021 |
| Prelims Admit Card Release Date | September 2021 |
| Prelims Exam Date | 10/10/2021 |
| Announcement of Prelims results | ---- |
| Mains Examination Dates | 07/01/2022, 08/01/2022, 09/01/2022, 15/01/2022, 16/01/2022, |
| Announcement of Mains results | ----- |
| Interview Schedule | ----- |
Note: The dates of notification, commencement and duration of Examinations/ RTs are liable to alteration, if the circumstances so warrant.
UPSC IP & TAFS 2020
| Events | Dates |
| Notification Release Date | 12/02/2020 |
| Start of Application Process | 12/02/2020 |
| Last Date for receipt of Applications | 03/03/2020 |
| Prelims Admit Card Release Date | 01/09/2020 |
| Prelims Exam Date | 04/10/2020 |
| Announcement of Prelims results | 26/10/2020 |
| Mains Examination Dates | 08/01/2021, 09/01/2021, 10/01/2021, 16/01/2021, 17/01/2021 |
| Announcement of Mains results | 23/03/2021 |
| Interview Schedule | 26/04/2021 |
UPSC IP & TAFS 2021
UPSC IP & TAFS 2020
UPSC conducted the mains examination for UPSC IP & TAFS (through Civil Services Main) 2020 in the month of January 2021. The examination process was completed in 5 days time.
Time-Table for Civil Services Mains Examination, 2020
| Date(Day) | Forenoon Session 9.00 A.M. to 12.00 Noon | Afternoon Session 2.00 P.M. to 5.00 P.M. |
| 08.01.2021 (Friday) | Paper-I Essay | No Paper |
| 09.01.2021 (Saturday) | Paper-II General Studies-I | Paper-III General Studies-II |
| 10.01.2021 (Sunday) | Paper-IV General Studies-III | Paper-V General Studies-IV |
| 16.01.2021 (Saturday) | Paper-A Indian Language | Paper-B English |
| 17.01.2021 (Sunday) | Paper-VI Optional Paper-I | Paper-VII Optional Paper-II |
PAPER I - ESSAY
Candidates found the essay paper quite tougher than previous year. It could be expected that the scoring of the essay paper this year could be on the lower side as seen in the past
ESSAY TOPICS
Section A
Section B
MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS
PAPER II - GENERAL STUDIES I
General Studies I paper was a relief to the candidates as essay paper was quite tough. Weightage allocation in General Studies-I Paper changed significantly as compared to previous year.
Indian Heritage and Culture
| Questions | Question no. (According to Question paper) | Difficulty Level | Marks |
| The rock-cut architecture represents one of the most important sources of our knowledge of early Indian art and history. Discuss | Q 1 | Moderate | 10 |
| Pala period is the most significant phase in the history of Buddhism in India. Enumerate | Q 2 | Moderate | 10 |
| Indian Philosophy and tradition played a significant role in conceiving and shaping the monuments and their art in India. Discuss | Q 11 | Difficult | 15 |
| Persian literary sources of medieval India reflect the spirit of the age. Comment | Q 12 | Difficult | 15 |
| Total | 4 Question | Moderate to Difficult | 50 marks |
Modern India
| Questions | Question no. (According to Question paper) | Difficulty Level | Marks |
| Evaluate the policies of Lord Curzon and their long term implications on the national movements | Q 3 | Easy | 10 |
| Since the decade of the 1920s, the national movement acquired various ideological strands and thereby expanded its social base. Discuss | Q 13 | Moderate | 15 |
| Total | 2 Question | Easy to Moderate | 25 marks |
World Geography/ Indian Geography/ Economic Geography
| Questions | Question no. (According to Question paper) | Difficulty Level | Marks |
| World Geography Discuss the geophysical characteristics of Circum- Pacific Zone. | Q 4 | Easy | 10 |
| World Geography The process of desertification does not have climate boundaries. Justify with examples. | Q 5 | Easy | 10 |
| Indian Geography How will the melting of Himalayan glaciers have a far- reaching impact on the water resources of India? | Q 6 | Easy |
UPSC IP & TAFS 2021
Candidates must go through the following factors in order to crack UPSC IP & TAFS 2021 Examination :-
UPSC IP & TAFS 2021 : SELECTION PROCEDURE
As part of the selection procedure of IP & TAFS, candidates have to clear all the 3 stages of the entrance exam through UPSC Civil Services Examination given below:-
UPSC IP & TAFS 2021 : EXAM PATTERN
The written examination will consist of the following papers:—
Qualifying Papers :
Paper-A - Indian Language - 300 Marks
(One of the Indian Language to be selected by the candidate from the Languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution) -
Paper-B - English - 300 Marks
The written examination consists of 9 papers, out of which 2 papers are only qualifying in nature. The marks obtained in the remaining 7 papers and the interview test together are considered for making the final merit.
Papers to be counted for merit -
| Test Mode | Name of Test | Maximum Marks | Duration |
| Descriptive Type Offline Pen & Paper Based Test | Paper I Essay | 250 Marks | 180 Minutes |
| Paper II (General Studies I) | 250 Marks | 180 Minutes | |
| Paper III (General Studies II) | 250 Marks | 180 Minutes | |
| Paper IV (General Studies, III) | 250 Marks | 180 Minutes | |
| Paper V (General Studies IV) | 250 Marks | 180 Minutes | |
| Paper-VI Optional Subject - Paper I | 250 Marks | 180 Minutes | |
| Paper-VII Optional Subject - Paper II | 250 Marks | 180 Minutes | |
| Total | 1750 Marks | ||
| Personality Test | 275 Marks | 180 Minutes | |
| Grand Total (for merit calculation) | 2075 Marks |
UPSC IP & TAFS 2021 : MARKING SCHEME
There shall be no negative marking in conventional (essay) type papers.
Note :- For Detailed information regarding exam Pattern & Marking Scheme for UPSC IP & TAFS 2021 visit our Format & Marking Scheme section
UPSC IP & TAFS 2021 : SYLLABUS
Qualifying papers :-
Part A: Indian Languages - Comprehension of given passages, Précis Writing, Usage and Vocabulary, Short Essays
Part B: English - Comprehension of given passages, Précis Writing, Usage and Vocabulary, Short Essays, Translation from English to the Indian Language and vice-versa
PAPER I - ESSAY
Candidates may be required to write essays on multiple topics, They will be expected to keep close to the subject of the essay to arrange their ideas in an orderly fashion and to write concisely, Credit will be given for effective and exact expression
PAPER II - GENERAL STUDIES I
Indian culture, Modern Indian history, Modern Indian history, Post-independence consolidation, History of the world, History of the world, Role of women and women’s organization, Effects of globalization on Indian society. Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, etc.
PAPER III - GENERAL STUDIES II
Indian Constitution, the Union and the State Government, Separation of powers between various organs disputes redressal mechanisms and institutions, Parliament and State legislatures, The Executive and the Judiciary, Appointment to various Constitutional posts, Welfare schemes, issues relating to poverty and hunger, Role of civil services in a democracy, Etc.
PAPER IV - GENERAL STUDIES III
Indian Economy, Government Budgeting, Major crops, Public Distribution System, Food processing, Land reforms in India, Infrastructure, Science and technology, Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, robotics, nanotechnology, biotechnology, Conservation, environmental pollution, and degradation, environmental impact assessment, Various Security forces and agencies and their mandate etc.
PAPER V - GENERAL STUDIES IV
Ethics and Human Interface, Attitude, Aptitude and foundational values for Civil Service, Emotional intelligence-concepts, Public/Civil service values and Ethics in Public administration: Status and problems, Probity in Governance, Case Studies etc
Paper VI and Paper VII are the optional subjects for Paper I & Paper II
Note :- For Detailed Syllabus of UPSC IP & TAFS 2021 Examination, visit our Syll
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