Date of Notification | 4th February 2012 |
Date of Civil Services PRELIM EXAM, 2012 | 20th May, 2012 (1 day) |
Date of Civil Services MAINS EXAM, 2012 | 5th October, 2012 (21 days) |
1. Scheme of Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2012/ Pattern of Civil Services Aptitude Test 2012
No. of Papers | 2 |
Nature of Papers |
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Paper I – General Studies |
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Paper II – Aptitude |
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2. Syllabus
Paper I | 200 marks | Duration: 2 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 | |||
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Paper II | 200 marks | Duration: 2 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) | |||
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