Hi
To be an IAS you need to clear UPSC civil services examination you can download UPSC civil services examination previous year question papers of both prelims and Mains examination by going through our page for which link is given below:-
https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-question-papers
Solving these papers will be very beneficial for you, it will help you to :-
------) know the pattern of the examination.
------) know the kind / types of questions which are there in your examination.
------) it will give you an idea of the difficulty level of the examination .
------) you will get to know the important topics which are covered and asked often in the exam , so that you can accordingly plan for your examination.
------) it will help you to check and gauge your level for preparation for the examination,
------) it will let you know your areas or the topics you are weak at so that you can work on them and can perform even better in your examination.
------) will help you to improve your time management skills so that in your actual examination you can solve questions with better speed and accuracy .
To help you further,
A brief of examination pattern is given below:-
name Of the exam
UPsc Civil services examination
Mode of the Exam
Offline
Exam stages
There are 3 levels :-
---------) Preliminary - MCQ/ objective
---------) Mains - Descriptive Mode)
---------) Interview
Total papers
---------) Prelims: 2 papers.
*** general studies 1
*** general studies II ( csat )
---------) Mains: 9 papers are there:-
*** Paper A :-Compulsory Indian language
*** Paper B :- English
*** Essay
*** General Studies I
*** General Studies II
*** General Studies III
*** General Studies IV
*** Optional I
*** Optional II
Marking scheme for prelims
---------) Paper 1: +2 marks
---------) Paper 2: +2.5 marks
***** Negative marking: 1/3rd of marks allotted for each question
Exam Duration
---------) Prelims: 2 hours for Each paper
---------) Mains: 3 hours for Each paper
Type of questions
---------) Prelims: Objective type
---------) Mains: Subjective type
For detailed examination pattern check out :- https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-exam-pattern
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