UPSC Exam

  Long story short – Gen:32, OBC:35, SC/ST:37, PWD:42 Compared to the criterion of educational qualification, the UPSC eligibility criteria of age limit, and nationality are things over which you, as a candidate, have no control. The most you can do is be done with your minimum educational qualification as soon as possible. That way you’ll be able to save yourself the required number of attempts that you’d need to crack the UPSC exams. However, there are certain variations to this rule as well, depending on a number of factors. I will be enumerating each one in detail in the lines below. I mention the issue of attempts here because it is common knowledge that very few candidates are able to crack the UPSC IAS exams in their first attempt itself. Do you think you are one of them? Well, if you do it’s well and good, but my experience as an educator over the years and the statistics stack the odds against you. ...

  Basically, to ace the UPSC exams also, knowing the UPSC exam pattern is of utmost importance. Everything that you’ll ever learn and prepare for during your  IAS preparations  will have to ultimately be calibrated to the IAS exam pattern. That’s how important the topic of the UPSC exam pattern is.   So, to get to the real thing the UPSC exam is comprised of  3 stages . The  first stage as per the examination pattern is the Prelims round , which is essentially an elimination round designed to filter out a majority of unsuitable candidates.    Then comes the  second phase as per the examination pattern or the Mains round , which is basically the core of the UPSC exams and the most important step of selection.    Lastly, comes the  third stage as per the examination pattern, or the Personal interview round , which is designed to test your personality ...

UPSC Cut off Let’s go through some of the important points based on how the Cut off for the UPSC is calculated:   The  marks of Prelims Cut off  are  based on paper 1 of the prelims  or the GS paper  only . The marks that you secure in Paper 2 will not be considered when counting your merit ranking.  Paper 2 is qualifying in nature  and you need to  score at least 33 % in it to qualify for the Mains  round. The  cut off marks  for the UPSC basically are the  marks secured that the last candidate  that was selected for that round. The cut off marks for both the UPSC rounds of Prelims and Mains are released only after the final IAS results of the exams for the year are declared. Given below are a few cases that the UPSC has offered clarifications on:   Case 1 – If 2 aspirants score equal aggregate marks in the UPSC exam, then the aspirant who has secured more marks in the compulsory papers + the IAS Interview,...