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UPSC Exam Pattern Process

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  The Civil Services Examination is based on the British era   Imperial Civil Service   tests, as well as the civil service tests conducted by old Indian empires such as the   Mauryan Empire   and   Mughal Empire . It is considered to be the most difficult competitive examination in India. A single attempt takes two complete years of preparation - one year before the prelims and one year from prelims to interview. In total, one sits in actual exam for 32 hours from prelims till interview. On average, 900,000 to 1,000,000 candidates apply every year and the number of candidates sitting in the preliminary examination is approximately 550,000.   Results for the Prelims are published in mid-August, while the final result is published in May of the next year. Stage I: Preliminary Examination - Held in June every year. Results are announced in August. Stage II: Mains Examination - Held in October every year. Results are announced in January. Personality Test...

What is UPSC ?

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  The  Civil Services Examination  ( CSE ) is a nationwide  competitive examination  in  India  conducted by the  Union Public Service Commission  for recruitment to various  Civil Services of the Government of India , including the  Indian Administrative Service ,  Indian Foreign Service , and  Indian Police Service . Also simply referred to as the  UPSC examination ,  it is conducted in three phases - a preliminary examination consisting of two objective-type papers (General Studies Paper I and General Studies Paper II also popularly known as Civil Service Aptitude Test or CSAT), and a main examination consisting of nine papers of conventional (essay) type, in which two papers are qualifying and only marks of seven are counted followed by a personality test (interview).