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UPSC IRS MAINS 2023 EXAM

The detailed syllabus of UPSC Mains Examination is given below:

QUALIFYING PAPERS ON INDIAN LANGUAGES AND ENGLISH

The aim of the paper is to test the candidates' ability to read and understand serious discursive prose, and to express ideas clearly and correctly, in English and Indian language concerned. The pattern of questions would be broadly as follows:

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

PAPER II GENERAL STUDIES I

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PAPER III GENERAL STUDIES II

UPSC IRS MAINS 2023 EXAM

The detailed syllabus of UPSC Mains Examination is given below:

QUALIFYING PAPERS ON INDIAN LANGUAGES AND ENGLISH

The aim of the paper is to test the candidates' ability to read and understand serious discursive prose, and to express ideas clearly and correctly, in English and Indian language concerned. The pattern of questions would be broadly as follows:

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

PAPER II GENERAL STUDIES I

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PAPER III GENERAL STUDIES II

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PAPER IV GENERAL STUDIES III

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PAPER V GENERAL STUDIES IV

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AGRICULTURE

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ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND VETERINARY SCIENCE

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ANTHROPOLOGY

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BOTANY

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COMMERCE AND ACCOUNTANCY

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ECONOMICS

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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

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UPSC IRS MAINS 2023 EXAM PATTERN

Qualifying Papers

There will be two qualifying papers mentioned below. It may be noted that marks for the below two papers will not be counted at the time of preparation of the rank list.

Papers to be counted for merit :

The UPSC Mains will comprise nine theory papers (essay descriptive type). Out of the nine papers, only seven will be counted for merit ranking. Candidates also have to choose one optional subject for UPSC Mains. The maximum marks for the UPSC Mains exam are 1750 (7 papers * 250 marks each). All papers are of three-hour duration.

Candidates may choose any one of the optional subjects from amongst the list of subjects mentioned below:

UPSC IRS MAINS 2023 EXAM PATTERN

Qualifying Papers

There will be two qualifying papers mentioned below. It may be noted that marks for the below two papers will not be counted at the time of preparation of the rank list.

Papers to be counted for merit :

The UPSC Mains will comprise nine theory papers (essay descriptive type). Out of the nine papers, only seven will be counted for merit ranking. Candidates also have to choose one optional subject for UPSC Mains. The maximum marks for the UPSC Mains exam are 1750 (7 papers * 250 marks each). All papers are of three-hour duration.

Candidates may choose any one of the optional subjects from amongst the list of subjects mentioned below:

NOTE: For the Santhali language, the question paper will be printed in Devanagari script, but candidates will be free to answer either in Devanagari script or in Olchik.

List of optional subjects for Main Examination

UPSC IRS MAINS MODE OF EXAMINATION

The question papers for the examination will be of conventional (essay) type.

UPSC IRS MAINS MEDIUM OF EXAMINATION

The question papers (other than the literature of language papers) will be set in Hindi and English only.

UPSC IRS MAINS MARKING SCHEME

1. There shall be no negative marking in conventional (essay) type papers.
2. The papers on Indian languages and English (Paper A and Paper B) will be of Matriculation or equivalent standard and will be of qualifying nature.
3. The total marks of the Mains Examination are 1750 marks.
4. Candidates will be graded based on opinion, Content flow, understanding of the problems/ situation, offering feasible solutions/strategies, presentation, and language.
5. Candidates can choose two optional papers on which they will be questioned. The candidates must check out the syllabus of several optional papers, such as English Literature before choosing any two.

UPSC IRS INTERVIEW / PERSONALITY TEST

All candidates who secured the Cut off Marks of the mains Examination will proceed toward the Personality Test.
1. This would include the Psychometric Test, Assessment Test as well as Personal Interview.
2. The objective of the interview is to assess the personal suitability of the candidate for a career in public service by a Board of competent and unbiased observers. The candidate will be asked questions on matters of general interest.
3. The test is intended to judge the mental calibre of a candidate.
4. In broad terms, this is an assessment of not only the candidate’s intellectual qualities but also his social traits and his interest in current affairs.
5. Some of the qualities to be judged are mental alertness, critical powers of assimilation, clear and logical exposition, the balance of judgment, variety, and depth of interest, the ability for social cohesion and leadership, and intellectual and moral integrity.
6. This test will be conducted in the language of choice.
7. The interview will be graded for 275 marks. The total marks of mains are 2025 marks.
8. Candidates will be ranked based on the total and called for the final interview.

UPSC IRS MAINS EXAM IMPORTANT FACTS

1. The papers on Indian languages and English (Paper A and Paper B) will be of Matriculation or equivalent standard and will be of qualifying nature.
2. The paper A on Indian Language will not, however, be compulsory for candidates hailing from the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Sikkim.
3. The paper A on Indian Language will not, however, be compulsory for Candidates belonging to Persons with Benchmark Disability (only Hearing Impairment sub-category).
4. Marks obtained by the candidates for the Paper I-VII only will be counted for merit ranking. However, the Commission will have the discretion to fix qualifying marks in any or all of these papers.
5. The question papers (other than the literature of language papers) will be set in Hindi and English only.

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UPSC IRS MAINS 2023 EXAM

Candidates who are willing to apply for the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) Examination are required to fulfill certain conditions to be eligible for it. The candidate who does not satisfy the Eligibility criteria like age, Minimum educational qualification, etc., their candidature shall be rejected by the authorities. The criteria for eligibility Indian Revenue Service (IRS) are decided by the conduction body itself. The candidate’s eligibility for the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) Examination is based on the fulfilment of the following conditions:

1. Indian Revenue Service (IRS) : Nationality
2. Indian Revenue Service (IRS) : Age Limit & Relaxations
3. Indian Revenue Service (IRS) : Educational Qualifications
4. Indian Revenue Service (IRS) : Physical Standards
5. Indian Revenue Service (IRS) : Number of Attempts

UPSC IRS EXAM NATIONALITY 

For the Indian Revenue Service, a candidate must be either:

a). a citizen of India, or
b). a subject of Nepal, or
c). a subject of Bhutan, or
d). a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or
e). a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia, and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.
Provided further that candidates belonging to categories (b), (c) and (d) above will not be eligible for appointment to the Indian Foreign Service.
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.

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UPSC IRS EXAM AGE LIMIT & RELAXATIONS

1. A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 32 years 

2. The upper age limit prescribed above will be relaxable:

a) up to a maximum of five years if a candidate belongs to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe;
b) up to a maximum of three years in the case of candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable to such candidates;
c) up to a maximum of three years in the case of Defence Services Personnel, disabled in operations during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof;
d) up to a maximum of five years in the case of ex-servicemen including Commissioned Officers and Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs)/ Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) who have rendered at least five years of Military Service .

i) on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year, otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency); or
ii) on account of physical disability attributable to Military Service; or
iii) on invalidment.

e). up to a maximum of five years in the case of ECOs/SSCOs who have completed an initial period of assignment of five years of Military Service and whose assignment has been extended beyond five years and in whose case the Ministry of Defence issues a certificate that they can apply for civil employment and that they will be released on three months notice on selection from the date of receipt of an offer of appointment.
f). up to a maximum of 10 years in the case of candidates belonging to Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) categories viz.

i) blindness and low vision;
ii) deaf and hard of hearing;
iii) locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims, and muscular dystrophy;
iv) autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability, and mental illness
v) multiple disabilities from amongst person under clauses (i) to (iv) including deaf-blindness.

NOTE 1. Candidates belonging to either the SC or the ST or the OBC category viz. those coming under the category of Ex-servicemen or PwBD will be eligible for a grant of cumulative age relaxation under both categories.

NOTE 2. The term Ex-servicemen will apply to the persons who are defined as Ex-servicemen in the Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Civil Services and Posts) Rules, 1979, as amended from time to time.

NOTE 3. The age concession will be admissible to Ex-servicemen i.e. a person who has served in any rank whether as a combatant or non-combatant in the Regular Army, Navy, and Air Force of the Indian Union and who either has been retired or relieved or discharged from such service whether at own request or being relieved by the employer after earning a pension.

NOTE 4. Notwithstanding the provision of age-relaxation candidates of the PwBD category will be considered to be eligible for appointment only if they (after such Medical Examination as the Government or appointing authority, as the case may be, may prescribe) are found to satisfy the requirements of physical and medical standards for the concerned Services to be allocated to the candidates of PwBD category by the Government.

3. The date of birth, accepted by the Commission is that entered in the Matriculation or Secondary School Leaving Certificate or in a certificate recognised by an Indian University as equivalent to Matriculation or in an extract from a Register of Matriculates maintained by a University which extract must be certified by the proper authority of the University or in the Higher Secondary examination certificate or an equivalent examination certificate. The certificate in support of the date of birth is required to be submitted by a candidate only at the time of applying for the Civil Services Examination.

Age Relaxation

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UPSC IRS EXAM EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

A candidate must hold a Graduate degree from any of the Universities incorporated by an Act of the central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University or possess an equivalent qualification.

NOTE 1. Candidates who have appeared at a qualifying examination the passing of which would render them educationally qualified for the Commission’s Examination but have not been informed of the result as also the candidates who intend to appear at such a qualifying examina

UPSC IRS MAINS 2023 EXAM

Candidates who are willing to apply for the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) Examination are required to fulfill certain conditions to be eligible for it. The candidate who does not satisfy the Eligibility criteria like age, Minimum educational qualification, etc., their candidature shall be rejected by the authorities. The criteria for eligibility Indian Revenue Service (IRS) are decided by the conduction body itself. The candidate’s eligibility for the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) Examination is based on the fulfilment of the following conditions:

1. Indian Revenue Service (IRS) : Nationality
2. Indian Revenue Service (IRS) : Age Limit & Relaxations
3. Indian Revenue Service (IRS) : Educational Qualifications
4. Indian Revenue Service (IRS) : Physical Standards
5. Indian Revenue Service (IRS) : Number of Attempts

UPSC IRS EXAM NATIONALITY 

For the Indian Revenue Service, a candidate must be either:

a). a citizen of India, or
b). a subject of Nepal, or
c). a subject of Bhutan, or
d). a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or
e). a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia, and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.
Provided further that candidates belonging to categories (b), (c) and (d) above will not be eligible for appointment to the Indian Foreign Service.
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.

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UPSC IRS EXAM AGE LIMIT & RELAXATIONS

1. A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 32 years 

2. The upper age limit prescribed above will be relaxable:

a) up to a maximum of five years if a candidate belongs to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe;
b) up to a maximum of three years in the case of candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable to such candidates;
c) up to a maximum of three years in the case of Defence Services Personnel, disabled in operations during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof;
d) up to a maximum of five years in the case of ex-servicemen including Commissioned Officers and Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs)/ Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) who have rendered at least five years of Military Service .

i) on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year, otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency); or
ii) on account of physical disability attributable to Military Service; or
iii) on invalidment.

e). up to a maximum of five years in the case of ECOs/SSCOs who have completed an initial period of assignment of five years of Military Service and whose assignment has been extended beyond five years and in whose case the Ministry of Defence issues a certificate that they can apply for civil employment and that they will be released on three months notice on selection from the date of receipt of an offer of appointment.
f). up to a maximum of 10 years in the case of candidates belonging to Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) categories viz.

i) blindness and low vision;
ii) deaf and hard of hearing;
iii) locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims, and muscular dystrophy;
iv) autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability, and mental illness
v) multiple disabilities from amongst person under clauses (i) to (iv) including deaf-blindness.

NOTE 1. Candidates belonging to either the SC or the ST or the OBC category viz. those coming under the category of Ex-servicemen or PwBD will be eligible for a grant of cumulative age relaxation under both categories.

NOTE 2. The term Ex-servicemen will apply to the persons who are defined as Ex-servicemen in the Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Civil Services and Posts) Rules, 1979, as amended from time to time.

NOTE 3. The age concession will be admissible to Ex-servicemen i.e. a person who has served in any rank whether as a combatant or non-combatant in the Regular Army, Navy, and Air Force of the Indian Union and who either has been retired or relieved or discharged from such service whether at own request or being relieved by the employer after earning a pension.

NOTE 4. Notwithstanding the provision of age-relaxation candidates of the PwBD category will be considered to be eligible for appointment only if they (after such Medical Examination as the Government or appointing authority, as the case may be, may prescribe) are found to satisfy the requirements of physical and medical standards for the concerned Services to be allocated to the candidates of PwBD category by the Government.

3. The date of birth, accepted by the Commission is that entered in the Matriculation or Secondary School Leaving Certificate or in a certificate recognised by an Indian University as equivalent to Matriculation or in an extract from a Register of Matriculates maintained by a University which extract must be certified by the proper authority of the University or in the Higher Secondary examination certificate or an equivalent examination certificate. The certificate in support of the date of birth is required to be submitted by a candidate only at the time of applying for the Civil Services Examination.

Age Relaxation

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UPSC IRS EXAM EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

A candidate must hold a Graduate degree from any of the Universities incorporated by an Act of the central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University or possess an equivalent qualification.

NOTE 1. Candidates who have appeared at a qualifying examination the passing of which would render them educationally qualified for the Commission’s Examination but have not been informed of the result as also the candidates who intend to appear at such a qualifying examination will also be eligible for admission to the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination. 

NOTE 2. In exceptional cases, the Commission may treat a candidate who does not have any of the foregoing qualifications as a candidate, provided that the candidate has passed an examination conducted by any other institution the standard of which in the opinion of the Commission justifies the admission to the Civil Services Examination.

NOTE 3. Candidates possessing professional and technical qualifications which are recognised by Government as equivalent to professional and technical degree would also be eligible for admission to the Civil Services Examination.

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UPSC IRS EXAM PHYSICAL STANDARDS

Candidates must be physically fit according to physical standards for admission to Civil Services Examination, as per guideline for Examination published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary.

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UPSC IRS EXAM NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS

Every candidate appearing at the examination, who is otherwise eligible, shall be permitted six (6) attempts at the CSE. However, relaxation in the number of attempts will be available to the SC/ST/OBC and PwBD category candidates who are otherwise eligible. The number of attempts available to such candidates as per relaxation is as under:

1. General Category Candidates: 6 attempts

2. Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) candidates: No restriction

3. Other Backward Class candidates: 9 attempts

NOTE 1. An attempt at a Preliminary Examination shall be deemed to be an attempt at the Civil Services Examination.

NOTE 2. If a candidate actually appears in any one paper in the Preliminary Examination, he/she shall be deemed to have made an attempt at the Examination.

NOTE 3. Notwithstanding the disqualification/cancellation of candidature, the fact of appearance of the candidate at the examination will count as an attempt.

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UPSC IRS EXAM ELIGIBILITY HIGHLIGHTS

1. The candidate must be a citizen of India or Nepal or Bhutan to get eligible for Indian Revenue Services.
2. The candidate must be at least 21 years of age, but should not be above 32 years.
3. The candidate should possess a minimum graduation degree from a recognized university.
4. Candidates must be physically fit.
5. There is a maximum limit of attempts prescribed for each category of candidates.
6. Candidates belonging to SC/ST have no limit of a maximum number of attempts.

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UPSC IRS MAINS 2021 EXAM DATES

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UPSC IRS MAINS 2020 EXAM DATES

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UPSC IRS MAINS 2021 EXAM DATES

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UPSC IRS MAINS 2020 EXAM DATES

UPSC IRS MAINS IMPORTANT FACTS

1. Indian Revenue Service exam is held Once a Year.

2. Online Application Validity Period- Approx 20 Days.

3. Candidates are advised to be clear about the exam schedule.

4. Candidates are advised to download and print the Admit Card timely.

5. Candidates should reach the Examination centre well before time in order to prepare themselves for the examination.

6. Candidates must be fully aware of all the barred items that are not permitted in the examination.

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UPSC IRS MAINS 2022 EXAM ANALYSIS

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducted the mains exam for the Civil Services Examination (CSE) from 16th September 2022 . The analysis of the exam helps the students to know the difficulty level of the questions and the topics . Candidates can view the UPSC IRS MAINS analysis of the previous year's paper here to prepare for the upcoming exams.

UPSC IRS MAINS ESSAY PAPER ANALYSIS ( 16th September )2022

The Paper I of the UPSC IRS i.e., Essay Paper was conducted on 16th September 2022. The overall level of the Paper I of the IRS Mains Exam was Moderate to Difficult. Paper I is divided into two sections - Section A and Section B.