I.A.S. Prelims + Main Course

About I.A.S. Exam.

Civli services or I.A.S. Exam is not just an exam but dream of childhood to many, is corridor of power & responsibility or the best way to serve the country or stage to exhibit one's credentials and opportunity prove your metal on national / international level; at the same time ensuring great life style and economic stability. Whatever might be your point of view one thing is beyound argument i.e. this exam has it's own status & glamour. No wonder it is one of the toughest & still most popular exam. Needless to say hard work, smart strategies and directed studies is the only way towards success. Dhruv academy excels in 'strategies' through its experienced faculties, novel approach and personalised guidance. In short your commit us hard work & we commit you success!

Stucture of Exam

Exam is conducted in two stages:

1. Preliminary Exam : It is a screening test with objective type of questions.

2. Main Exam: Consists to two parts.

A) Written Exam Maximum Marks 2000 B) Personality Test Maximum Marks 300

Written Exam : Written Exam is a conventional Essay type exam and consisof following papers.

Total Papers 9 Total Marks 2000

B) Personality Test: Objective is to assess the personal suitability of the candidate for a career in Civil Services by a board of competant and unbiased observers.

Note: Papers of Indian Language & English are of matriculation level & qualifying in nature. Marks obtained in these papers are not counted in tally.

Did you know this ????

• Candidates just to have a degree from recognised university.

• There is no restriction like throughout first class etc.

• There is a restriction of attempts and age.

• Aspirant can choose any language mentioned in the eighth schedule of the constitution of lndia as a medium of Answer [e.g, Marathi] and that means excellent command over English is not mandatory to become I.A.S.

• From year 2007 negative marking is introduced in preliminary examinalion. For every wrong answer marked by candidate 1 /3rd (33%) of the marks assigned to the question will be deducted as penalty.

Posts Offered

• Indian Administrative Service.

• Indian Foreign Service.

• Indian Police Service.

• Indian P & L Accounts & Finance Service, Group 'A'.

• Indian Audit and Accounts Service Group 'A'.

• Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise), Group 'A'.

• Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group 'A'.

• Indian Revenue Service (l.T.), Group 'A'.

• Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group 'A' (Assistant Works Manager, Administration).

• Indian Postal Service, Group 'A'.

• Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group'A'.

• Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group 'A'.

• Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group 'A'.

• Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group 'A'.

• Post of Assistant Security Commissioner in Railway Protection Force, Group 'A'

• Indian Defence Estates Service, Group 'A',

• Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group 'A'.

• Indian Trade Service, Group 'A' (Gr. III).

• Indian Corporate Law Service, Group "A".

• Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group 'B' (section Officer's Grade).

• Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service, Group 'B'.

• Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service, Group 'B'.

• Pondicherry Civil Service, Group 'B'.

• Pondicherry Police Service, Group 'B'.

List of optional subjects for Main Examination

Literature of one of the following languages:

Arabic, Assamese, Bodo, Bengali, Chinese, Dogri, English, French, German, Gujarati, Hindi, annada, ashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Pali, Persian, Punjabi, ussian, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu.

NOTE

Candidates will not be allowed to offer the following combinations of subjects:-

• Political Science & International Relations and Public Administration;

• Commerce & Accountancy and Management;

• Anthropology and Sociology;

• Mathematics and Statistics;

• Agriculture and Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science.

• Management and PublicAdministration;

• Of the Engineering subjects, viz., Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering \and Mechanical engineering not more tlran one subject.

• Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science and Medical Science.