Thendral IAS Academy

Thendral IAS Academy provides comprehensive training and guidance program for all the stages of civil services exam – Preliminary Exam , Main exam (descriptive type written test) and Interview. The Academy was established with the aim to provide a complete solution to the students preparing for these exams here at karaikudi with dedication.

UPSC Syllabus:

The entrance for Civil Services comprises of two successive stages:

Preliminary Examination (objective type with negative marks)
Main Examination (Written and Interview)

Preliminary Examination
Main Examination

Paper	Subject	Duration	Maximum Marks
I	General Studies	2 hours	200
II	CSAT	2 hours	200
		Total	400

Both papers will consist of Objective (multiple choice answer) Type questions only.
Question Papers will be set both in Hindi and English.
Commission have discretion to fix qualifying marks (to qualify for Main Exam) in any or all the subjects of the examination.
The marks obtained in the Preliminary exam will not be counted in the final merit list/rank.

For the Syllabus of the Preliminary Exam check "Prelims" under Study Guide.
The Study guide also provides, syllabus, suggested readings, books, sathya and previous years question papers for all subjects.
For more detailed exam instructions for Conventional and Objective type papers go through Exam Instruction.

Paper	Subject	Duration	Maximum Marks
I	One of the Indian Languages chosen from the prescribed list	3 hours	300
II	English	3 hours	300
III	Essay	3 hours	250
IV	General Studies paper - I	3 hours	250
V	General Studies paper - II	3 hours	250
VI	General Studies paper - III	3 hours	250
VII	General Studies paper - IV	3 hours	250
VIII	Optional Subject - Paper 1	3 hours	250
IX	Optional Subject - Paper 2	3 hours	250
		Total	1750

The papers on Indian Languages and Englishwill be of Matriculation or equivalent standard and will be of qualifying nature; the marks obtained in these papers will not be counted for ranking.
The paper on Indian Languages will not, however, be compulsory for candidates hailing from the North-Eastern States of Arunachanl Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland and also for candidates hailing from the State of Sikkim.
All the papers will consist of Conventional (essay) Type questions only.
All Question Papers, other than language papers, will be set both in Hindi and English.
Commission have discretion to fix qualifying marks (to qualify for the Interview/Personality test) in any or all the subjects of the examination.
Candidates will have the option to answer all the question papers, except the language papers viz. Papers I and II above in any one of the languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution or in English.
Candidates exercising the option to answer papers III to IX in any one of the languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution may, if they so desire, give English version within brackets of only the description of the technical terms, if any, in addition to the version in the language opted by them.

For the list of optional subjects and syllabus for the Main Exam check “Mains” under Study Guide.
The Study guide also provides, syllabus, suggested readings, books, sathya and previous years question papers for all subjects.
For more detailed exam instructions for Conventional and Objective type papers go through Exam Instructions.

Interview :

The interview will carry 275 marks.
The number of candidates called for Interview will be twice the number of vacancies
Total marks obtained by the candidate in the Main Examination (written part as well as interview) would determine his/her final ranking.

Eligibility :

Nationality

A candidate must be either:

(a) A citizen of India, or
(b) a subject of Nepal, or
(c) a subject of Bhutan, or
(d) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India. or
(e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Srilanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India

Age Limits

A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 30 years on 1st August of notification year.

The upper age limit prescribed above will be relaxable in the follwing cases:

(a) Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe: upto a maximum of five years.
(b) Other Backward Classes: upto a maximum of three years.
(c) State of Jammu & Kashmir(Domiciled during the period from the 1st January, 1980 to 31st December, 1989: upto a maximum of five years.
(d) Defence Services personnel : upto a maximum of five years

Date of Birth Certificate

The date of birth accepted by the Commission is that entered in the Matriculation or Secondary School Leaving Certificate or in a certificate recognised by an Indian University as equivalent to Matriculation or in an extract from a Register of Matriculates maintained by a University, which extract must be certified by the proper authority of the University or in the Higher Secondary or an equivalent examination certificate.

Once the date of birth is recorded in the Commission, no change is allowed subsequently (or at any other Examination of the Commission) on any grounds whatsoever.

Educational Qualification

The candidate must hold a degree of any of Universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University Under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification.

How to Apply :

Application form

The application form is common for all their examinations which will be processed on computerized machines.
The application packet contains, the application form, information brochure, an acknowledgment card, and an envelope for sending the application.
The Application is available at designated Head Post Offices/Post Offices throughout the country. The form should be purchased from the designated Post Offices only.
The cost of the Applications is Rs. 20/- (Rupees twenty only).
This form can be used only once and for only one examination.
A photocopy/reproduction/unauthorized printed copy of the form is not allowed.
Acknowledgment cards with a postage stamp of Rs. 6/- should accompany the application form.
The name of examination, should be written on the envelope.
The application packet will contain the detailed instruction for filling the application form.

Note 1

Submit the application directly to the commission

All candidates, whether already in Government Service, or in Government owned industrial undertakings or other similar organizations or in private employment should submit their applications direct to the Commission

Information to the Head of Department of your Employer

Persons already in Government service, whether in a permanent or temporary capacity or as workcharged employees other than casual or daily rated employees or those serving under Public Enterprises are required inform (in writing) to their Head of Office/Department that they have applied for the Examination.

Employer's permission for the examination

In case a communication is received from their employer by the Commission withholding permission to the candidates applying for/appearing at the examination, their applications will be liable to be rejected/candidature will be liable to be canceled.

Note 2

Only one application for one examination

While filling in his/her application form, the candidate should carefully decide about his choice for the centre and optional subjects for the Examination. More than one application from a candidate giving Different centres and/or optional subjects will not be accepted in any case.

Note 3

No submission of certificates is required with the application

Candidates are not required to submit along with their applications any certificate(s) in support of their claims regarding Age, Educational Qualifications, Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes/Other Backward Classes and Physically disabled etc.

The certificates will be required only after the results of the written examination

Candidates are requested to keep ready the attested copies of the following documents for submission to the Commission soon after the declaration of the result of the written part of the examination.

Certificate of Age.
Certificate of Educational Qualification.
Certificate in support of claim to belong to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Other Backward Classes/Physically Disabled where applicable.
Certificate in support of claim for age/fee concession, where applicable.

Application Fees :

A Rs. 100/- application fees (Rs. 50 for SCRA, NDA/NA and Civil Services) should be paid to the Commission through a single Central Recruitment Fee Stamp of the requisite denomination. The stamp can be obtained from the post office.
Candidates residing abroad should deposit the prescribed fee in the office of India's High Commissioner, Ambassador or representative abroad as the case may be for credit to account head "051-Public Service Commission-Examination Fees" and attach the receipt with the application.
Candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes are not required to pay any fee.
OBC Candidates do not have fee exemption and they are required to pay the prescribed full fee.
Physically disabled persons are exempted from the payment of fee. They are required to submit along with his/her detailed application form, a certified copy of the certificate from a Government Hospital/Medical Board in support of his/her claim for being physically disabled.

Note

'Postage Stamps' will in no case be accepted instead of ‘Central Recruitment Fee Stamp’.
Indian Postal Orders, Bank Draft, Money Order, Crossed Cheque, Currency notes or Treasury Challan etc. will not be accepted by the Commission.
Fee will not be refunded in any case:whether your candidature is rejected, you want to withdraw your application or you were not selected.
Candidate who took the Examination held in 2006 and wish to apply for admission to this examination, he must submit his application so as to reach the Commission’s Office by the prescribed date without waiting for the results or an offer of appointment.