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what's the portions for pcmb student for upsc exam


bhandarikarishma20 18th Mar, 2022
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ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 18th Mar, 2022

Hi

Your profile suggests that you are 12th student.

With qualification of just 12th you cannot appear in UPSC civil services examination.

This is because,

to be eligible you need a graduate   degree

So after your 12th  you need to pursue graduation like BA, Bsc, Btech or any  graduation course in any discipline from a recognised university to be eligible.

For reference, UPSC eligibility  criteria is provided below:-

------------------------) You  must  have  a bachelor's  degree in any discipline   from a  recognised university   . Those in final year of bachelor's degree are also provisionally eligible.

------------------------)  Minimum  age  limit :-  you  need to  be at least  21  years  old   to be  eligible as on 1st of August of the year of filling the form

------------------------)  Maximum  age  limit :-  32 years , also there's 3  year  relaxation on upper age limit for  obc and of  5 years  for sc/st category as on 1st August of the year of examination


------------------------) Attempt limit:- The maximum of times one can appear in UPSC is given below category wise :-


  • General/ EWS - 6

  • OBC or  General PwD - 9

  • SC/ ST - No limit ,   can appear till upper age limit

For detailed  information related to UPSC eligibility criteria ,  you can visit our page at

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-eligibility-criteria/amp

Your UPSC civil services examination consists of three stages

******** prelims exam

******** Mains exam.

******** Interview


Coming to portion/syllabus,

Syllabus of UPSC is same for everyone, it doesn't matter whether you have studied PCMB in 12th or any other subject. Even your graduation subject doesn't matter. EXAMINATION PATTERN & SYLLABUS IS SAME for everyone .

A gist of syllabus of both Prelims & mains is given below for  reference:-

PRELIMS :-

Your prelims exam consist of 2 papers: -

---------) general studies  1 :- You have History, Indian Polity, Geography, Environment, Current Affairs, Science and technology, etc.

--------) general studies II ( csat ) :- You have :-Reasoning, Maths, English, Hindi, etc.

UPSC papers( Prelims)

Subjects

Topics

GS Paper I

  • History,

  • Indian Polity,

  • Geography,

  • Environment,

  • Current Affairs,

  • Science and technology, etc.


----------)General issues on Biodiversity and Climate Change

---------)Current events of national and international importance.

---------)Environmental ecology

---------)Economic and Social Development

---------)General Science

---------)Indian Polity and Governance

---------)Indian and World Geography

---------)Art and culture

---------)Indian history

---------)Ancient history, etc.

GS Paper II(csat)

  • Reasoning,

  • Maths,

  • English,

  • Hindi, etc.


-------)Comprehension (english and hindi)

---------)Interpersonal skills including communication skills

---------)Fill in the blanks (english and hindi)

---------)Logical reasoning

---------)Analytical ability

---------)Decision making and problem-solving

---------)Questions on General mental ability

---------)numbers and their relations, basic numeracy - orders of magnitude,  (10th level)

---------)Data interpretation - graphs, charts, data sufficiency, tables etc.( 10th level)


MAINS :-

It is descriptive /written examination . There are a total of 9 papers  which are listed below:-


---------)GS-I  :- You have

*indian heritage and culture

*History and geography of the world and society


--------)GS-II :- it includes

* Governance,

*Polity

*Constitution,

*Social Justice and International Relations.


--------) GS-III :- it includes

*Technology,

*Economic Development,

*Security and Disaster Management

*Bio-Diversity,

*Environment,


--------) GS-IV :- it has

* Ethics

*Integrity

*Aptitude


---------) compulsory indian language paper

---------) english paper

---------) essay paper

---------) optional I paper

---------) optional II paper

†† You can choose optional subject of your choice from the list of available subjects

You can choose any  of the language included in the 8th Schedule of Indian Constitution for compulsory indian language paper and also select optional subject of your choice from the available list of subjects.

The compulsory indian language and english are qualifying in nature . You just need to qualify them. The marks obtained by you in these two papers will not be counted towards merit list.

You can get complete UPSC civil services examination syllabus for both PRELIMS & MAINS by visiting our page in the link for which is provided below:-

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-syllabus

Thank you



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