UPSC IFS

1. UPSC IFS ELIGIBILITY SYLLABUS ADMIT CARD www.cheggindia.com

2. Introduction • The UPSC conducts the exam for IFoS. Candidates have to appear in this exam. This exam is of three stages. The three stages are: • The first stage is the preliminary exam • The second stage is the main’s exam, and • The third and final stage is the interview/ personality Test • The most important aspect of this exam is that every candidate must appear in all its stages and qualify for them. Moreover, the candidates who qualify for the preliminary stage become eligible for the mains exam. And the candidates who clear both stages of IFoS exams are eligible for its final stage. • Typically, the applicants submit their application forms online on the official website of UPSC https://www.upsc.gov.in/. Moreover, the tentative dates for the UPSC IFoS exam are available on the UPSC website.

3. Nationality • Firstly, any aspirant willing to become an IFoS officer must be a citizen of India • Secondly, any person of Indian origin or a subject of Nepal and Bhutan or a refugee from Tibet is also eligible. However, they should have settled in India before 1962. • Moreover, any person from Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Burma, Zaire, Ethiopia, etc., who are of Indian origin are also eligible. However, the condition is that they should intent to settle permanently in India after their migration. • Qualification • This section is about the educational qualifications of IFoS candidates. • The minimum qualification for candidates applying for this is graduation in science or engineering. • Apart from that, a candidate with degrees in agriculture or forestry is also eligible. • However, there is no barrier of minimum passing percentage for candidates to appear in exams. • The candidates who are in their final year of graduation with results awaited are also eligible. • Age • The UPSC requires the candidate to be between the ages of 21 years to 32 years. Thus, the candidate must not be born later than 1st August 2000. UPSC IFS Eligibility Criteria

4. UPSC IFS Syllabus UPSC IFS Pattern • The first stage of the IFS – Forest exam, which we often refer to as the prelims consist of two papers. The first is the General Studies Paper-I and the second is CSAT. CSAT stands for Civil Services Aptitude Test. We refer to this paper as General Studies Paper-II (CSAT). • The prelims of the IFoS exam work as a screening stage. However, the marks do not determine the final score of the IFoS exam. As these marks are not added there. UPSC added the CSAT paper in the IFoS exam in 2011. • IFoS pattern and syllabus for General Studies Paper-I and CSAT • Pattern for Paper-I and Paper-II • The pattern of Paper-I and II is similar. Both the papers are of two-hour duration. These papers include objective or multiple-type questions. • Moreover, all the candidates have to appear in the exam of both papers. • Nature wise both the papers are not the same. Paper-I is merit ranking in nature whereas CSAT is qualifying in nature. • In this stage, candidates have to appear in the exam for a total of six papers. However, only two papers are common to every candidate. These papers are Paper-I and Paper-II. All other four papers are optional. • Here Paper-III and Paper-IV create the first optional paper. Whereas, Paper-V and Paper-VI constitute the second optional paper. Besides, candidates need to select two optional subjects. For that purpose, they must select the combination from the available subject list. These candidates get a choice to select the desired subjects. Moreover, all these papers are of 300 marks each. • In the case of optional subjects, these are descriptive in nature. Candidates get a paper of eight questions. However, there is some relief for the candidates. They only have to answer five questions out of eight given questions. • Furthermore, this paper contains two sections, each of four questions. Here the duration of each exam is of three hours. Lastly, another important detail is the overall marks. All these papers make a total of 1400 marks for this stage.

5. UPSC IFS Admit Card • The admit card for the IFS – Forest mains and prelims is available three weeks before the exam. The candidates can visit the official website for this purpose. • Applicants can download admit cards after meeting the required conditions. One of them is to pay their fee finally after submitting their application form. • How to download IFoS admit card • We will first start with the downloading steps: • The first step is to open the UPSC website. • The second step is to click on admit card. • The third step is to click on admit cards for various examinations. • In the fourth step, read the constructions and click yes. • In the fifth step, enter your roll number or registration number. • Lastly, click on the download admit card.

6. UPSC IFS Result The UPSC will announce the IFS – Forest result for all its exam stages only on its website. In the form of a PDF, the UPSC will release the cut-off list. Subsequently, the candidates can download it later. However, the list will hold the name of the qualified candidates only. As a matter of fact, UPSC will conduct the IFoS prelims exam in October. Given that, the UPSC will declare its result later. This is because the UPSC has not announced the result date till now. Moreover, the candidates can check their results simply by putting in their details. These can either be their roll number or their registration number with date of birth details.

7. How to Check the UPSC IFS Result? • Normally, UPSC releases results on its official website. Whether it be results for prelim’s or main’s exam, results are only available there. Furthermore, carry out the following steps to get the result of IFoS exams. • Firstly, visit the official website of UPSC IFoS at www.upsc.gov • Then, search for results. • Subsequently, click on the results • Besides, search for the desired result link. • The next step is to enter the necessary details. These can be either your roll number or registration number. • Lastly, Download the PDF and save it. Candidates can use it for future references.

8. How ToApply? • UPSC does not release any separate IFS – Forest application forms. However, candidates can directly apply on their website in Civil Services Preliminary Section. Moreover, candidates need to take some points into consideration. These are: • All the eligibility criteria must be met. • Candidates must qualify for the screening test. In this case, it is the preliminary exam. • Then, the candidates who qualify for their prelims can fill in the Detailed Application Forms before the mains exam.

9. ImportantFAQ Q1: How many times can a candidate apply for the IFoS exam? Ans: Candidates of the general category get seven attempts to qualify for this exam. Q2: What is the new prelims exam date? Ans: UPSC will conduct the IFoS prelims on October 10, 2021 Q3: What are the total number of vacancies for the IFoS exam? Ans: The total vacancies for the IFoS exam 2021 are 110. Q4: What should be the educational qualifications of candidates to appear in the IFoS exam? Ans: Candidates must have done graduation in science or engineering subjects. Q5: Does IFoS syllabus changes yearly? Ans: As such there are no major changes. If there will be any future, UPSC will mention it in one of their notifications.

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