UPSC CSE and IFS Recruitment 2024: 1206 vacancies will be filled on various posts. Apply now !!

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the notification about the CSE and IFS recruitment against 1206 vacancies, hence interested and eligible candidates are welcome to submit their online application and fee submissions by 5th March 2024. To know the urgent piece of information such as eligibility criteria, selection procedure, pay scale, etc. please read below.

Important points related to this recruitment procedure are in the table below;

Overview of this Post and Exam (read the PDF for more details)

Job Name

Civil Service and Indian Forest Officer
Exam name

UPSC Civil Service Examination 2024 and UPSC Forest Service Examination 2024

Recruitment Body

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)
Reporting under

Government of India

Total Vacancies

CSE- 1056 + IFS- 150= 1206
Apply Mode

Online

Payment Mode

Online
Qualification

Graduate

Category

Govt Job
Age Limit

From 21 to 32 Years

Selection Process

Preliminary, Mains, Interview.
Nationality

Indian Citizenship

Head office

Delhi
Official Site

https://upsc.gov.in/

 

Find the relevant dates below;

Purpose

Date
Last date to apply

5th March 2024

Last date to Fee submission

5th March 2024
Application Modification Date

6th to 12th March 2024

UPSC Prelims Exam 2024

26th May 2024
UPSC Mains Exam 2024 20th September 2024 (Exam of 5 days)

 

Age Relaxation as per the candidates categories;

Name of the Category Age Relaxation
SC 5 Years
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- Serviceman including Commissioned Officers and ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least five years Military Service as on 1st August, 2024 and have been released 5 Years
PwD 10 Years

 

Check the Number of Attempts of the UPSC CSE & IFS Exam;

Name of the Category No. of Attempts
General 6
SC No Limit
ST No Limit
OBC 9

 

Application Fees for candidates category-wise;

Name of the Category

Application Fees

Female

Excluded

SC

ST

SC

PwBD

Other Categories

Rs. 100/-

 

Find the pattern of UPSC Prelims and Mains examination;

UPSC Prelims Exam-Pattern

Paper

Subjects Marks
I General Studies (GS)

200

II

CSAT 200

 

UPSC Mains Exam-Pattern

Qualifying Papers

Marks
Paper-A One of the Indian Language to be selected by the candidate from the Languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution

300

Paper-B

English

300

  • The total duration for the Prelims is 2 hours (Each of 2 papers).

UPSC Mains Exam-Pattern- Merit

Marks

Paper-I

Essay 250
Paper-II General Studies-I (Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society)

250

Paper-III

General Studies-II (Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International Relations)

250

Paper-IV

Genera Studies-III (Technology, Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management

250

Paper-V

General Studies-IV (Ethics, Integrity, and Aptitude) 250
Paper-VI Optional Subject – Paper 1

250

Paper-VII

Optional Subject – Paper 2 250
            Sub Total (Written Test)

1750

   Personality Test

275

Grand Total

2025
  • The total duration for the Mains is 3 hours (Each of 9 papers).

Please check name of posts under UPSC Civil Services below;

Posts of All India Civil Services
Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Indian Police Service (IPS)
Indian Forest Service (IFoS)

 

Posts of Group ‘A’ Civil Services
Indian Foreign Service (IFS)
Indian Audit and Accounts Service (IAAS)
Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS)
Indian Corporate Law Service (ICLS)
Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS)
Indian Defence Estates Service (IDES)
Indian Information Service (IIS)
Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS)
Indian Communication Finance Services (ICFS)
Indian Postal Service (IPoS)
Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS)
Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS)
Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS)
Indian Revenue Service (IRS)
Indian Trade Service (ITS)
Railway Protection Force (RPF)

 

Posts of Group ‘B’ Civil Services
Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service
DANICS
DANIPS
Pondicherry Civil Service
Pondicherry Police Service

 

To know about the syllabus and Exam Pattern of UPSC CSE and IFS in detail, please click on the PDF below;

PDF

Before applying the candidates must learn about the terms, conditions, and criteria for the recruitment procedures in detail by clicking on the PDFs below.

Exam Name Check detail here
UPSC CSE PDF
UPSC IFS PDF

 

Click here to submit the Online Application

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