IAS Exam Pattern for Preliminary Entrance Exam 2018

Indian Administrative Services (IAS), one of the wings of Civil Services Examination, is conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). The Exam Pattern of IAS is designed to test candidate’s academic knowledge and understanding level.

The exam pattern for IAS 2018 will be released in the official notification which is expected to be declared in the first week of February 2018. No major changes in the exam pattern are to be expected. So, here is the UPSC IAS exam pattern based on the previous year’s question paper.

IAS Entrance Exam

 UPSC IAS Exam Pattern

The UPSC IAS Exam is conducted in three stages:

•  Preliminary: It is objective type test and shortlists the candidates for Mains exams.
•  Mains: It is a descriptive test which further shortlists the candidates for interview round.

Interview round/Personality Test: This is the last stage of selection process. It is done to select candidates for various posts.

UPSC IAS Exam Pattern: Preliminary Exam

    The Preliminary exam consist of two papers –

·        General Ability Test (GAT) and

·        Civil Service Aptitude Test (CSAT)

• Both these papers are compulsory but their marks are not considered to prepare the final result.
• The questions are of objective type with 4 answer choices. Candidates have to select the correct answer.
• There is a provision of negative marking where ¼ of the total marks allotted to the question are deducted for incorrect answer.
• The question papers will be in two languages – Hindi and English. The question on reading comprehension will be only in English.

1AS Preliminary Exam Pattern: Quick Overview

Paper 1: General Ability Test (GAT) —2 Hours- 200 marks
Paper 2: English Language and Aptitude  — 2 Hours- 200 marks

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