information about IFS job& other group 1jobs

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If you're enquiring for Indian Foreign Service, then it's part of civil service exams only, the exam structure is similar in the sense that it's conducted in three  stages namely prelims, mains and interview, the first stage has general studies paper and CSAT which is qualifying in nature both of which are 200 marks individually, Mains is descriptive type exam which consist of Paper A for 300 marks to be chosen amongst any indian language as per the eight schedule of the constitution, Part B is for English of 200 marks, Paper I is Essay of 250 marks, Paper II, III, IV, V are general studies paper which are individually of 250 marks, Paper VI and VII are optional subjects of 250 marks each, this stage is further followed by Interview. there are only limited posts in Indian Foreign Services unlike in case of other services, since this post mostly deals with foreign related matters and policy, it also involves a lot of travel outside the country as well, comparatively an IAS/IPS has more administrative power as their work is generally within the country directly influencing and impacting the lives people, but IFS candidates too play a very important role in their own way, and mostly  it depends on the interest and aptitude of the candidates to be prefer one post to another.