The CSE is one of the toughest exams in the country. It is an exam held every year to recruit officers to the various services of the Central Government of India, and is organized by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
The CSE is also commonly known as the IAS exam and was erstwhile known as the Imperial Civil Service exam. Some of the common services which recruit its candidates through this exam are IAS, IPS, IFS (Foreign), IRS, IP & TAFS, IFoS (Forest), ITS, etc.
1. CANDIDATES TO ENSURE THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR THE EXAMINATION:
All candidates (male/female/transgender) are requested to carefully read the Rules of Civil Services Examination notified by the Government (Department of Personnel and Training) and this Notice of Examination derived from these Rules.
The Candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfill all eligibility conditions for admission to the examination. Their admission to all the stages of the examination will be purely provisional subject to satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions.
2. HOW TO APPLY: Candidates are required to apply Online by using the website https://upsconline.nic.in Detailed instructions for filling up online applications are available on the above mentioned website.
2.1 Candidate should have details of one Photo ID Card viz. Aadhaar Card/Voter Card/PAN Card/Passport/Driving Licence/Any other Photo ID Card issued by the State/Central Government.
The details of this Photo ID Card will have to be provided by the candidate while filling up the online application form. The candidates will have to upload a scanned copy of the Photo ID whose details have been provided in the online application by him/her. This Photo ID Card will be used for all future referencing and the candidate is advised to carry this Photo ID Card while appearing for the Examination/Personality Test.
2.2 The facility of withdrawal of Application is available for those candidates who do not want to appear for Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination. In this regard, Instructions are mentioned in Appendix IIB of this Examination Notice
3. LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS: The online Applications can be filled up to 24th March 2021 till 6:00 PM. The eligible candidates shall be issued an e-Admit Card three weeks before the commencement of the examination. The e-Admit Card will be made available in the UPSC website [ https://upsconline.nic.in ] for downloading by candidates. No Admit Card will be sent by post.
4. VACANCY: The number of vacancies to be filled through the examination is expected to be approximately 712. which include 22 vacancies reserved for Persons with Benchmark Disability Category, i.e. 5 vacancies for candidates of (a) blindness and low vision; 6 Vacancies for (b) deaf and hard of hearing; 6 Vacancies for (c) locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims, and muscular dystrophy; and 5 Vacancies for (e) multiple disabilities from amongst persons under clauses.
UPSC IAS PREPARATION TIPS
In this section, I have included some UPSC IAS preparation tips that you can read before starting with your IAS prep. I am sure that these tips will prove to be useful in your endeavour to draw up a good UPSC IAS exam preparation strategy before the exam.
So, without further ado, here are the tips:
1. Know the Exam
2. Prepare a Time Table
3. Know the Syllabus by Heart
4. IAS Current Affairs
5. Choose your Optional Wisely
6. Pick Up your NCERTs
7. Make Notes
8. Practice Answer writing
9. Solve Past year UPSC papers
10. Solve Mock Test Series
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