| 1. | The Civil Services (Main) Examination consist of a Written Examination and an Interview/Personality Test. |
| 2. | The Written Examination will consist of 9 papers of conventional essay type out of which two papers will be of qualifying in nature. |
| 3. | Marks obtained for all the compulsory papers (Paper-I to Paper-VII) and Marks obtained in Interview/Personality Test will be counted for ranking. |
| 4. | The number of candidates to be summoned for Interview/Personality Test (no minimum qualifying marks) will be about twice of the number of vacancies to be filled. |
| 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 (English) | 300 Marks |
| Paper I Essay | 250 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 - Paper 1 | 250 Marks |
| Paper VII Optional Subject - Paper 2 | 250 Marks |
| Sub Total (Written test) | 1750 Marks |
| Interview/Personality Test | 275 Marks |
| Grand Total | 2025 Marks |
| Year | General | EWS | OBC | SC | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 809 | - | 770 | 756 | 749 |
| 2018 | 774 | - | 732 | 719 | 719 |
| 2019 | 751 | 696 | 718 | 706 | 699 |
| 2020 | 736 | 687 | 698 | 680 | 682 |
| 2021 | 745 | 713 | 707 | 700 | 700 |
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