IAS 2014

What are IAS Exams?

IAS Exams (popularly known as Civil Services Exams) are being conducted every year in India to fill prestigious posts like IAS (Indian Administrative Service), IPS (Indian Police Service), IFS (Indian Foreign Service), IRS (Indian Revenue Service) and many other central government services.

The Civil Services Exams (IAS Exams) are conducted in three phases.

Phase I	CSAT (Civil Services Aptitude Test) in August
Phase II	Mains (Civil Services Mains) in December
Phase III	Personality test (interview) in Feb/Mar of the following year

Preliminary Examination (CSP)

CSP consists of two papers which is common for all candidates from 2011 i.e., No optional paper is there in CSP form 2011.This is the first stage of Civil Services Examination. This is an Objective type examination consisting of Two Papers that is common to all candidates from 2011 having special emphasis on testing their “aptitude for civil services” as well as on “ethical and moral dimension of decision making”. Normally, there are about 3 lakh applications for the preliminary examination. From this, the UPSC selects 10 to 12 folds of vacancies for the main examinations. This is only for the selection and not to be taken into consideration in the main ranking.

Subjects for Preliminary Examination

• As per the decision of Government of India, there shall be change in the syllabus and pattern of the Preliminary Examination from 2011 in the scheme of the Civil Services Examination.

• The Preliminary Examination shall now comprise of two compulsory Papers of 200 marks each and of two hours duration each. Detailed below is the new syllabus and pattern of the Preliminary Examination, which is brought to the notice of the prospective candidates intending to appear at the Civil Services Examination (CSE) in 2011 onwards:

Paper I - (200 marks) Duration: Two hours

• 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.

Paper II- (200 marks) Duration: Two hours

• 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), Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. -Class X level)

• English Language Comprehension skills (Class X level).

• Questions relating to English Language Comprehension skills of Class X level (last item in the Syllabus of Paper-II) will be tested through passages from

English language only without providing Hindi translation thereof in the question paper.

• The questions will be of multiple choice, objective type.

Who is the eligible for IAS Exams?

Educational Qualification: Any degree holder (or degree final year students who can get the degree by July of the exam year) from any recognized University in any discipline with any percentage is eligible

Age Qualification: A general category candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 30 years on 1st August of the exam year. OBC/SC/ST/PH category candidates can avail age relaxation

Attempts limit: A general category candidates can attempt the exams up to 4 times (applying and not appearing for any paper does not count as an attempt. Appearing for one or more papers count as an attempt). OBC/PH category candidates can attempt the exams up to 7 times. SC/ST candidates can attempt any number of times as long as their age limit is within the eligibility range.

IAS Exam Dates:-

CIVIL SERVICES (PRELIMINARY) EXAM, 2014

DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF EXAM:- 24.08.2014 (SUNDAY)

CIVIL SERVICES (MAIN) EXAM., 2014

DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF EXAM:- 14.12.2014 (SUNDAY)

IAS Syllabus

Syllabus for CSAT 2013: - the CSAT test will be divided into two sections i.e. General Awareness and English Proficiency.

• For General Awareness:- Current affairs at national and international level, History of India (Indian National Movement), Indian and World Geography, Indian Constitution & Politics, Economic & Social Development and General Science.

• English: - Reading Comprehensions, Grammar, Communication skills, Logical Reasoning and mental ability.

IAS Syllabus - Mains 2013 - New Pattern

UPSC made major changes in the syllabus as well as pattern of the Main Exam.

 These changes will be applicable for IAS Main Exam-2013. Candidates

appearing for the IAS 2013 need to note about the changes in the scheme of

 civil services (main) examination. Also, it is very important to note that

certain changes have been implemented in respect to the choice of language

 medium in the Main examination. He Main examination will comprise of seven

 papers in all.

PAPER-I: English 300 marks (Section 1 Essay-200 Marks
Section 2 English Comprehension & English Précis-100 Marks)
PAPER-II: General Studies- I: Indian Heritage and Culture, History and
 Geography of the World and Society-250 Marks

PAPER-III: General Studies- II: Governance, Constitution,Polity, Social Justice
 and International relations-250 Marks

PAPER-IV: General Studies-III: Technology, Economic Development,
 Bio diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management-250 marks

PAPER-V: General Studies- IV: Ethics, Integrity, and Aptitude-250 Marks
PAPER-VI : Optional Subject Papers I 250 Marks
PAPER VII: Optional Subject Papers II 250 Marks
Personality Test (Interview)- 275 Marks

IAS Preparation

One of the essential tips to crack IAS exam is proper planning with devotion. Since

 IAS is among the toughest exams in India, it is recommendable for students to

 take up any of the top coaching institutes that prepare well to crack IAS. Candidates

 should improve writing skills as the exam includes important papers like English 

and Essay, in both the papers subjective questions are asked. Make sure that you

 have the best authors’ books thatcover almost entire portions of the subjects that

 you have chosen. Having a glance at previous years’ papers is always conduct.

IAS Notification

CIVIL SERVICES (PRELIMINARY) EXAM, 2014

DATE OF NOTIFICATION:- 17.05.2014

LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS:- 16.06.2014 (MONDAY)

DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF EXAM:- 24.08.2014 (SUNDAY)

DURATION OF EXAM:- 1 DAY

CIVIL SERVICES (MAIN) EXAM., 2014

DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF EXAM:- 14.12.2014 (SUNDAY)

LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS:- 5 DAYS

IAS BOOKS

Following is the list of IAS 2014 Preparation Books, Recommended  and Suggested Books for
 Prelims and Main Exam.

1.IAS - Civil Services Main Examination - Sociology Paper I & II : Chapterwise
 Explanatory Questionnaire 2nd Edition by Atul Kumar Mishra

2.UPSC IAS Civil Services Preliminary exam general studies solved papers, 1997 - 2012
 (paper - 1) 1st Edition by GKP

3.IAS Mains Civil Services Main Examination: General Studies Chapterwise Solved
 Papers 2012 - 1997  by Siddharth Mittal

4. IAS Preliminary General Studies: Topic Wise Solved Question Papers from 1998 - 2012
 by UPSC Portal

5.CSAT General Studies Manual 2014: IAS Preliminary Examination (Paper - 1) by Jha, Jha

6.CSAT Comprehensive Manual 2014: IAS Preliminary Examination with Solved Paper
 (Paper - 2) by Sachchida Nand Jha

7. IAS Mains History Solved Papers (2002 - 2011)  by Yagya Nand Jha

8.CSAT 2014 : IAS Preliminary Examination (Set of 2 Books)  by Sachchida Nand Jha

9.CSAT-UPSC: Theory and Problems with Explanations Civil Services Aptitude Test
 (Paper - 2) Nem Singh, IRS

10.CSAT Topic-wise Solved Papers: 19 Years General Studies 1995 - 2013 by Disha
 Expert -

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Marks obtained by UPSC Toppers in Mains 2012-13

Marks obtained by UPSC Toppers in Mains 2012-13

Marks Based on the results of the written part of Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2012 held by the 
Union Public Service Commission in October, 2012 and the interviews for Personality Test held in 
March-April, 2013, following is the list, in order of merit, of candidates who have been
 recommended for appointment to: -Indian Administrative Service;
Indian Foreign Service;
Indian Police Service; and
Central Services, Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’.

Rank	Roll No.	Name	Community	PH	Written	Interview	Total Marks
1	75502	Haritha V Kumar	General	0	1013	180	1193
2	494891	Sriram V	General	0	919	230	1149
3	38970	Stuti Charan	General	0	950	198	1148
4	72170	Alby John Varghese	General	0	935	198	1133
5	21963	Ruchika Katyal	General	0	905	210	1115
6	522630	Arun Thamburaj A	OBC	0	918	195	1113
7	490683	T Prabhushankar	OBC	0	880	225	1105
8	29178	Vandana	General	0	960	144	1104
9	318892	Chandni Singh	General	0	888	210	1098
10	22927	Ashish Gupta	General	0	875	219	1094
11	11131	Mayur Dixit	General	0	869	225	1094
12	149403	Raghvendra Singh	General	0	911	180	1091
13	33417	Rahul	General	0	879	210	1089
14	1123	Debasweta Banik	General	0	865	222	1087
15	114849	Diwegaonkar Kaustubh C	OBC	0	854	230	1084
16	263075	K Shashanka	General	0	896	184	1080
17	40596	Ankita Chakravarty	General	0	850	225	1075
18	446782	Tanu Priya	General	0	871	201	1072
19	284217	Apurva Dubey	General	0	885	186	1071
20	227629	Priyanka Niranjan	OBC	0	855	215	1070
21	464985	Raj Kamal Yadav	OBC	0	896	174	1070
22	365887	Harpreet Singh Sudan	General	0	834	235	1069
23	35545	Syed Sehrish Asgar	General	0	855	213	1068
24	127188	Aswathi S	General	0	846	220	1066
25	313380	Dharmendra Kumar	General	0	879	186	1065
26	281143	Ajit	General	0	824	240	1064
27	23808	Ananya Agarwal	General	0	833	231	1064
28	3364	Yogendra Singh	OBC	0	890	174	1064
29	20914	Agre Kshipra Suryakantrao	General	0	854	210	1064
30	169875	Avinash Menon Rajendran	General	0	883	180	1063
31	5254	Naveen Aggarwal	General	0	837	225	1062
32	45065	Rajendra K V	OBC	0	882	180	1062
33	454263	Soumya Gupta	General	0	871	190	1061
34	503464	Vijaya K	OBC	0	861	200	1061
35	149811	Nathmal Didel	OBC	0	889	171	1060
36	4988	Sonia Meena	ST	0	854	205	1059
37	76801	Gayathri Krishnan B	General	0	854	204	1058
38	443641	Selvamani R	OBC	0	888	168	1056
39	470602	Shailaza Sharma	General	2	860	195	1055
40	436965	Manish Kumar	General	1	880	174	1054
41	66391	Showkat Ahmad Parray	General	0	850	204	1054
42	133605	Namrata Gandhi	General	0	846	207	1053
43	11049	Aryaka Akhoury	General	0	887	164	1051

44	119727	Srijana G	General	0	809	240	1049
45	10359	Amanbir Singh Bains	General	0	824	225	1049
46	79188	Mullai Muhilan M P	OBC	0	857	192	1049
47	26901	Pattanshetti Ravi Subash	General	0	833	213	1046
48	28202	Harsh Dikshit	General	0	881	165	1046
49	943	Rishi Garg	General	0	827	218	1045
50	166080	Rajani Singh	General	0	859	186	1045
51	206612	Nitin Singhania	General	0	871	174	1045
52	293671	Deepa Agrawal	General	0	844	200	1044
53	38335	Somesh Mishra	General	0	924	120	1044
54	151734	Kana Ram	OBC	0	826	216	1042
55	268364	J Meghanatha Reddy	General	0	831	210	1041
56	133144	Vineeth S	OBC	0	827	213	1040
57	9511	Aman Gupta	General	2	815	225	1040
58	160688	Shitanshu Chaurasiya	General	0	814	225	1039
59	225641	Parth Gupta	General	0	847	190	1037
60	342783	Kumari Sangeeta Tetarwal	OBC	0	833	204	1037
61	211527	Priyank Mishra	General	0	838	198	1036
62	184347	Namrata Vrishni	OBC	0	815	220	1035
63	146779	K Manjulekshmi	General	0	855	180	1035
64	92914	Anjali	General	0	824	210	1034
65	1122	Suraj Kumar	OBC	0	854	180	1034
66	402016	Akanksha Ranjan	General	0	826	207	1033
67	16178	Mayank Agrawal	General	0	835	198	1033
68	177238	Divya Mittal	General	0	809	223	1032
69	199043	Girish Kumar Mishra	General	0	861	171	1032
70	138930	Navdeep Shukla	General	0	811	220	1031
71	399313	Satyendra Kumar	General	0	811	220	1031
72	105245	Ajeet Vasant	General	0	816	215	1031
73	274460	Raghav Sharma	General	0	805	225	1030
74	287145	Anuj Singh	General	0	837	192	1029
75	464609	Yashas R	General	0	824	205	1029
76	3588	Ramesh Ranjan	General	0	844	185	1029
77	123518	Snehal R	SC	0	824	204	1028
78	11079	Tapasya Raghav	General	0	848	180	1028
79	156968	Vikas Kundal	SC	0	811	217	1028
80	73567	Kriti Garg	General	0	824	204	1028
81	92337	Shubham Saxena	General	0	888	140	1028
82	64118	Shruti Ojha	General	0	823	204	1027
83	17500	Mansi Loiwal	General	0	816	210	1026
84	22033	Sucheta Chatterjee	General	0	809	216	1025
85	169335	Anup Kumar Singh	OBC	0	844	180	1024
86	387751	Shreya P Singh	OBC	0	814	210	1024
87	84937	Monisha Banerjee	General	0	813	210	1023
88	113565	Avny Lavasa	General	0	787	235	1022
89	5121	Jkeerthi	General	0	797	225	1022
90	381021	Gopalakrishnan K	OBC	0	818	204	1022
91	209089	Gangatharan D	OBC	0	827	195	1022
92	77939	Adwait Kumar Singh	General	0	781	240	1021
93	349521	Subrat Kumar Sen	OBC	0	835	186	1021
94	4088	Himanshu Shukla	General	0	846	174	1020
95	182909	Khursheed Ali Qadri	General	0	809	210	1019
96	14783	Aditya Kumar Anand	OBC	0	875	144	1019
97	38816	Jafar Malik	General	0	823	195	1018
98	68871	Joshi Mrunmai Shashank	General	0	843	175	1018
99	160193	Abhishek Sharma	General	0	808	210	1018
100	280305	Saravanan B	OBC	0	822	195	1017
101	144351	Narasimhugari T L Reddy	General	0	817	200	1017
102	123342	Nishant Kumar Yadav	OBC	0	828	189	1017
103	7536	Kritika Batra	General	0	882	135	1017
104	207728	Anshul Garg	General	0	808	208	1016
105	311971	Amit Prakash Yadav	OBC	0	836	180	1016
106	348562	Nawal Kishor Choudhary	OBC	0	857	159	1016
107	102469	Rajat Nanda	General	0	866	150	1016
108	30610	Nidhi	General	0	790	225	1015
109	139758	M Bharani Kumaar	General	0	805	210	1015
110	138932	Anshul Gupta	General	0	811	204	1015
111	194660	Kesavan R	OBC	0	841	174	1015
112	301077	Harshita Mathur	SC	0	819	195	1014
113	358520	Raut Abhijit Rajendra	OBC	0	788	225	1013
114	183543	Kailash Karthik N	General	0	848	165	1013
115	372895	Preeti Goyal	General	0	793	220	1013
116	140929	Panicker Harishanker	General	0	803	210	1013
117	284795	Arunt	OBC	0	857	156	1013
118	356523	S Ramamoorthy	OBC	0	838	174	1012
119	283801	Zeeshan Qamer	OBC	0	882	130	1012
120	34299	Ved Prakash Singh	General	0	786	225	1011
121	46658	Vikram K	General	0	823	188	1011
122	24442	Ankita Mittal	General	0	831	180	1011
123	6717	Kanishk Sharma	General	0	811	200	1011
124	15424	Ashish Srivastava	General	0	827	183	1010
125	67279	Komal Mittal	General	0	814	196	1010
126	7574	Suman D Pennekar	General	0	820	190	1010
127	8532	Ashutosh Garg	General	0	820	189	1009
128	48196	Devika Lal	General	0	784	225	1009
129	36159	Anurag Vats	General	0	828	180	1008
130	6213	Nirgude Yogesh Babanrao	OBC	0	817	190	1007
131	20243	Sakthi Ganesan S	OBC	0	812	195	1007
132	292738	Sagili Shan Mohan	OBC	0	767	240	1007
133	152638	Madhusmita Sahoo	OBC	0	785	222	1007
134	115696	Vasudev Ravi	General	0	832	174	1006
135	359524	Ajay Kumar	SC	0	796	210	1006
136	325122	Shanmugarajan S	OBC	0	823	183	1006
137	301290	Sathish Kumar S	OBC	0	796	210	1006
138	119881	Akash Tomar	General	0	780	225	1005
139	18089	Y Raghuvamshi	General	0	785	219	1004
140	15413	Anoop A Shetty	General	0	814	190	1004
141	307415	Aswathyv	General	0	824	180	1004
142	2573	Pradeep Dahiya	SC	0	824	180	1004
143	412457	S Krishna Chaitanya	OBC	0	798	205	1003
144	70026	Vipin Kumar	SC	0	808	195	1003
145	127022	Pandit Chinmay Suresh	General	0	813	190	1003
146	86225	Anshuman Kumar	General	0	811	192	1003
147	6425	Astha Modi	General	0	838	165	1003
148	22822	Nishant Kumar	OBC	0	795	207	1002
149	272097	S Sarvesh Raj	General	0	807	195	1002
150	394541	Sonia Mahajan	General	0	837	165	1002
151	7363	Smriti Tripathi	General	0	771	230	1001
152	129586	Rishi Kumar	General	0	818	183	1001
153	128330	Akhilesh B Variar	General	0	794	207	1001
154	483150	Anshupriya Goswamy	General	0	806	195	1001
155	69107	Richa Jaiswal	General	0	836	165	1001
156	1054	Mrityunjay Kumar Baranwal	OBC	0	809	192	1001
157	324581	Frank Noble A	OBC	0	814	186	1000
158	460440	Jaidev G	General	0	764	235	999
159/td>	234551	Anupama James	General	0	754	245	999