UPSC Civil Services Notification 2018

UPSC Civil Services notification 2018 – Complete Notification, vacancy, eligibility criteria, application process, important dates and more

UPSC Civil Services Notification 2018

Union Public Service Commission has released notification for UPSC Civil services Examination. UPSC has released UPSC Civil services notification for filling approximately 782 vacancies for various posts like IAS, IPS, IFS, etc.

Important Dates for UPSC Civil Services Examinations:

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UPSC Civil Services Prelims Eligibility Criteria:

1. Nationality : For the Indian Administrative Service and the Indian Police Service, a candidate must be a citizen of India.

2. Age Limits: A candidate must be 21 years of age and must not be more than 32 years on the 1st of August, 2018 i.e, he must have been born not earlier than 2nd August, 1986 and not later than 1st August, 1997.

UPSC Civil Services Age Relaxation:

(iv) Number of attempts: Every candidate appearing at the examination who is otherwise eligible, shall be permitted six attempts at the examination.

Application Fee: Rs. 100

Candidates with less than 40% disability will not be considered for any relaxation which are applicable to PH candidates and are required to pay fee if not exempted by rules.

Vacancies for UPSC Civil Services Notification 2018:

UPSC has released tentative list of vacancies for the following posts: The number of vacancies to be filled is approximately 782. Preliminary Examination of the Civil Services Examination will be held by UPSC on 3^rd June, 2018 for the following posts:

1. Indian Administrative Service.
2. Indian Foreign Service.
3. Indian Police Service.
4. Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Group ‘A’.
5. Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group ‘A’.
6. Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise), Group ‘A’.
7. Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group ‘A’.
8. Indian Revenue Service (I.T.), Group ‘A’.
9. Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group ‘A’ (Assistant Works Manager, Administration).
10. Indian Postal Service, Group ‘A’.
11. Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group ‘A’.
12. Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group ‘A’.
13. Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group ‘A’.
14. Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group ‘A’.
15. Post of Assistant Security Commissioner in Railway Protection Force, Group ‘A’ (xvi) Indian Defence Estates Service, Group ‘A’.

17. Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group ‘A’.

18. Indian Trade Service, Group ‘A’.

19. Indian Corporate Law Service, Group “A”.

20. Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group ‘B’ (Section Officer’s Grade).

21. Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service, Group ‘B’.

22. Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service, Group ‘B’.

23. Pondicherry Civil Service, Group ‘B’.

24. Pondicherry Police Service, Group ‘B’.

Selection process for UPSC Civil Services Examination:

The competitive examination comprises two successive stages :

1. Civil Services Preliminary Examination of Objective Type questions for the selection of candidates for Main Examination
2. Civil Services of Main Examination comprising of Written test and Interview for the selection of various posts

The written examination will consist of the following papers :—

Qualifying Papers for UPSC Civil Services Notification 2018:

Paper-A

One of the Indian Language to be selected by the candidate from the Languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the

Constitution 300 Marks Paper-B

Qualifying Papers :

5. For the Language medium/literature of languages, the scripts to be used by the candidates will be as under :—

Language	Script
Assamese	Assamese
Bengali	Bengali
Gujarati	Gujarati
Hindi	Devanagari
Kannada	Kannada
Kashmiri	Persian
Konkani	Devanagari
Malayalam	Malayalam
Manipuri	Bengali
Marathi	Devanagari
Nepali	Devanagari
Odia	Odia
Punjabi	Gurumukhi
Sanskrit	Devanagari
Sindhi	Devanagari or Arabic
Tamil	Tamil
Telugu	Telugu
Urdu	Persian
Bodo	Devanagari
Dogri	Devanagari
Maithilli	Devanagari
Santhali	Devanagari or Olchiki

.List of optional subjects for Main Examination :

1. Agriculture

2. Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science

3. Anthropology

4. Botany

5. Chemistry

6. Civil Engineering

7. Commerce and Accountancy

8. Economics

9. Electrical Engineering

10. Geography

11. Geology

12. History

13. Law

14. Management

15. Mathematics

16. Mechanical Engineering

17. Medical Science

18. Philosophy

19. Physics

20. Political Science and International Relations

21. Psychology

22. Public Administration

23. Sociology

24. Statistics

25. Zoology

26. Literature of any one of the following languages:

    Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu and English.

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How to apply online for UPSC Civil Services Notification 2018?

1. Click Here to apply for UPSC Civil Services – Click Here
2. Candidates may please note that changes are not allowed in the online application, once it is submitted. Online Application Form is available in English and in Hindi Language but it can filled only in English.
3. Part I of Application form: Part I registration, candidate will have to fill basic information
4. Part II of Application Form: filling up Payment details, selection of examination centre, uploading of Photograph and Signature and agreeing to terms and conditions. 
5. Rules for Uploading Photograph and Signature:

• Scanned photograph should be in JPG format. The file must be less than 40 kb and greater than 3 kb and resolution of 140-pixel height by 110-pixel width and Bit Depth of image file should be 24 bit.
• Upload your scanned signature in JPG format. The file must be less than 40 kb and greater than 1 kb and have a resolution of 110-pixel height by 140-pixel width and Bit Depth of image file should be 24 bit.

4. Candidates can pay application fee online through SBI net banking or by cash through SBI bank challan or through credit card/debit card.
5. On successful completion of your complete application, an auto-generated email will be sent on your registered email-id.

Center of Examination for UPSC Civil Services Notification 2018: 

The Preliminary Examination will be held at the following Centers:

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