Part A-Preliminary Examination

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​Paper I - (200 marks) 

 

• Current events of national and international importance.​

• History of India and Indian National Movement.

• Indian and World Geography-Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World

• ​Indian Polity and Governance-Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights
  Issues, etc.

• Economic and Social Development-Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social
  Sector Initiatives, etc.

• General issues on Environmental ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change - that do not require
  subject specialization.

• General Science.

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​Paper II-(200 marks) 

• Comprehension;

• Interpersonal skills including communication skills;

• Logical reasoning and analytical ability;

• Decision making and problem solving;

• General mental ability;

• Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, etc.) (Class X level), DataBas

       interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. — Class X level);

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Part B-Main Examination

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The standard of papers in General English and General Knowledge will be such as may be expected of a Science or Engineering graduate of an Indian University.

GENERAL ENGLISH
Candidates will be required to write an essay in English. Other questions will be designed to test their understanding of English and workmanlike use of words. Passages will usually be set for summary or precis.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
General Knowledge including knowledge of current events and of such matters of every day observation and experience in their scientific aspects as may be expected of an educated person who has not made a special study of any scientific subject. The paper will also include questions on Indian Polity including the political system and the Constitution of India, History of India and Geography of a nature which the candidate should be able to answer without special study.

OPTIONAL SUBJECTS
Total number of questions in the question papers of optional subjects will be eight. All questions will carry equal marks. Each paper will be divided into two parts, viz. Part A and Part B, each part containing four questions. Out of eight questions, five questions are to be attempted. One question in each part will be compulsory. Candidates will be required to answer three more questions out of the remaining six questions, taking at least one question from each Part. In this way, at least two questions will be attempted from each Part i.e. one compulsory question plus one more.