This exams are same.The civil service examination (CSE) is a nationwide competitive examination in india Conducted by the union public service commission for recruitment to higher civil services of the government of India,including the Indian administrative service,indian foreign service and Indian police service.Also simply reffered to as the UPSC Examination.It is conducted in 3 phases a preliminary examination consisting of 2 Objective type papers(General studies paper 1 and general studies paper 2 also popularly known as civil service apptitue test or CSAT,and main Examination consisting of 9 papers of conventional (essay) type,in which two papers are qualifying and only marks of 7 are counted followed by a personality test(interview).A successful candidate sits for 32 hours of examination during the complete process.