UPSC Civil Services Main Examination 2014 Syllabus: Indian Language and English:

This paper is Qualifying!

The aim of the paper is to test the candidates ability to read and understand serious discursive prose, and express his ideas clearly and correctly, in English and Indian Language concerned.

Level of Question Papers in Civil Service Main Examination 2014

The Civil Service Main Examination is intended to assess the overall intellectual traits and depth of understanding of  candidates rather than merely the range of their information and memory.

Bird's Eye View: UPSC Civil Services Main Examination 2014 Subjects and Question Paper

The UPSC Civil Services Main Examination 2014  Written Test will consist of the following papers :

Qualifying Papers :

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

Criteria of Negative Marking in UPSC Civil Services Examination 2014

The UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2014 is Multiple Choice Type / Objective Type Test / Screening Test for the selection of candidates to write Civil Services Main Examination Written Test and Interview. The Criteria of Negative Marking in Screening Test is given below:

UPSC Civil Services Main Exam Pattern 2014

The Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2014 is meant to serve as a screening test only; the marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination by the candidates who are declared qualified for admission to the Main Examination will not be counted for determining their final order of merit.

The number of candidates to be admitted to the Main Examination will be about twelve to thirteen times the total approximate number of vacancies to be filled in the year through this examination.

UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam Syllabus 2014

The Civil Services Preliminary Exam 2014 is a Two Paper Examination. Writing both paper i.e. Civil Services Prelims Paper I and Civil Services Prelims Paper II is compulsory.