IES exam is conducted every year by for recruitment of engineers in the Engineering Services of the Government of India

Pattern-

You have to appear for 3 Stages in the UPSC IES Exam Pattern:

1)      UPSC IES Prelims Stage-

(a)    Paper 1- General Studies &
Engineering Aptitude

(b)   Paper 2- Mechanical Engineering

·         The Prelims will be a total of 500 marks.

·         Paper I will be 200 marks & Paper II will be 300 marks.

·         Negative Marking – 1/3rd marks deducted for each wrong answer.

2)      UPSC IES Mains Stage-

                     (a) Paper I- Mechanical Engineering          

                     (b) Paper II- Mechanical Engineering

·         A total of 2 papers will be conducted at this stage.

§  300 marks each will be allotted to the exam.

§ Total marks of the exam will be 600 marks.

3)      UPSC IES Interview-

·         The Interview will be of 200 marks.

·         This will be a personality Test to judge your personality & communication skills.

 Source (syllabus): http://www.ignitedengineers.com/ies/syllabus/mechanical-engineering/