UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
APPENDIX I
SECTION I
PLAN OF EXAMINATION
The competitive examination comprises two successive stages :
(i) Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination (Objective Type) for
the screening & selection of candidates for Indian Forest Service (Main)
Examination; and
(ii) Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination (Written and
Interview) for the selection of candidates against the vacancies identified and
reported for the Indian Forest Service Examination.
2. The preliminary Examination will consist of two papers of
Objective type (multiple choice questions) and carry a maximum of 400 marks in
the subjects set out in subsection
(A) of Section II. This examination 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. Only those candidates who are declared by the
Commission to have qualified in the Preliminary Examination in the year will be
eligible for admission to the Main Examination of that year provided they are
otherwise eligible for admission, to the Main Examination.
Note I : Since there may be common candidates for Civil Services
Examination and the
Indian Forest Service Examination, after the common Screening Test
done through Civil Services (Prelimanary) Examination, separate lists will be
prepared for the candidates eligible to appear in the Civil Service (Main)
Examination and Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination, based on the number
of vacancies to be filled through the Civil Services Examination and Indian
Forest Service Examination.
Note II : There will be negative marking for incorrect answers (as
detailed below) for all questions except some of the questions where the
negative marking will be inbuilt in the form of different marks being awarded
to the most appropriate and not so appropriate answer for such questions.
(i) There are four alternatives for the answers to every question.
For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate,
one-third of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty.
(ii) If a candidate gives more than one answer, it will be treated
as a wrong answer even if one of the given answers happen to be correct and
there will be same penalty as above for that question.
(iii) If a question is left blank i.e. no answer is given by the
candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.”
Note III : Candidates must write the papers in their own hand. In
no circumstances will they be allowed the help of a scribe to write the answers
for them. However, blind candidates will be allowed to write the examination
with the help of a scribe.
3. The Main Examination will consist of written examination and an
interview test. The written examination will consist of 6 papers of
conventional essay type in the subjects set out in sub-section (B) of Section
II. Also see Note (ii) under para I of Section II(B).
4. Candidates who obtain such minimum qualifying marks in the
written part of the Main Examination as may be fixed by the Commission at their
discretion, shall be summoned by them for an interview for a Personality Test
vide sub-section ‘C’ of Section II. The number of candidates to be summoned for
interview will be about twice the number of vacancies to be filled. The
interview will carry 300 marks (with no minimum qualifying marks).
Marks thus obtained by the candidates in the Main Examination
(written part as well as interview) would determine their final ranking.
SECTION II
Scheme and subjects for the Preliminary and Main Examination.
A. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION:
The Examination shall comprise of two compulsory Papers of 200
marks each.
Note :
(i) Both the question papers will be of the objective type
(multiple choice questions). (ii) The question papers will be set both in Hindi
and English. However, questions relating to English Language Comprehension
skills of Class X level will be tested through passages from English language
only without providing Hindi translation thereof in the question paper. (iii)
Details of the syllabi are indicated in Part A of Section III.
(iv) Each paper will be of two hours duration. Blind candidates
will; however, be allowed an extra time of twenty minutes for each paper.
B. MAIN EXAMINATION:
The written examination consisting of the following papers:- Paper
!- General English 300 Marks Paper 11-General Knowledge 300 Marks Papers III,
IV, V and VI.-Any two subjects to be selected from the list of the optional subjects
set out in para 2 below. Each subject will have two papers.-:-200 marks for each
paper.
(C) Interview for Personality Test (See (C) of Section II of this
Appendix) of such candidates as may be called by the Commission-Maximum Marks :
300 2. List of optional subjects :
(i) Agriculture
(ii.) Agricultural Engineering
(iii) Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
(iv) Botany
(v) Chemistry
(vi) Chemical Engineering
(vii) Civil Engineering
(viii) Forestry
(ix) Geology
(x) Mathematics
(xi) Mechanical Engineering
(xii) Physics
(xiii) Statistics
(xiv) Zoology
Provided that the candidates will not be allowed to offer the
following combination of
subjects :
(a) Agriculture and Agricultural Engg.
(b) Agriculture and Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science.
(c) Agriculture and ·Forestry.
(d) Chemistry and Chemical Engg.
(e) Mathematics and Statistics.
(f) Of the Engineering subjects viz. Agricultural Engineering,
Chemical
Engineering, Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering- not
more than one subject;
NOTE - The standard and syllabi of the subjects mentioned above
are given in
Section III
General:
1. All the question papers for the examination will be of
conventional (essay) type.
2. ALL QUESTION PAPERS MUST BE ANSWERED IN ENGLISH. QUESTION
PAPERS WILL BE SET IN ENGLISH ONLY
3. The duration of each of the papers referred to above will be
three hours. 4. Candidates must write the papers in their own hand. In no
circumstances will they be allowed the help of a scribe to write the answers
for them. However, blind candidates will be allowed to write the examination
with the help of a scribe. An extra time of 30 minutes for each paper will also
be allowed to a blind candidate.
Note (I) : The eligibility conditions of a scribe, his/her conduct
inside the examination hall and the manner in which and extent to which he/she
can help the blind candidate in writing the Indian Forest Service Examination
shall be governed by the instructions issued by the UPSC in this regard.
Violation of all or any of the said instructions shall entail the cancellation
of the candidature of the blind candidate in addition to any other action that
the UPSC may take against the scribe.
Note (2): For purpose of these rules the candidate shall be deemed
to be a blind candidate if the percentage of visual impairment is forty per
cent (40%) or more. However, the extent of visual impairment should have to be corroborated
by a certificate in the prescribed proforma from a Medical Board constituted by
the Central/State Government along with their Detailed Application Form.
Note (3): The concession admissible to blind candidates shall not
be admissible to those suffering from Myopia.
5. The Commission have discretion to fix qualifying marks in any
or all the papers of the examination.
6. If a candidate's handwriting is not easily legible, deduction
will be made on this account from the total marks otherwise accruing to
him/her.
7. Marks will not be allotted for mere superficial knowledge.
8. Credit will be given for orderly, effective and exact
expression combined with due economy of words in all subjects of the
examination.
9. In the question papers, wherever required, SI units will be
used.
10. Candidates should use only international form of Indian
numerals (e.g. I, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, etc.) while answering question papers.
11. Candidates will be allowed the use of Scientific
(Non-programmable type) calculators at the conventional type examinations of
UPSC. Programmable type calculators will however not be allowed and the use of
such calculators shall tantamount to resorting to unfair means by the candidates.
Loaning and interchanging of calculators in the Examination Hall is not
permitted.
C PERSONALITY TEST
The candidate will be interviewed by a Board of competent and
unbiased observers who will have before them a record of his/her career. The object
of the Interview is to assess the personal suitability of the candidate for the
Service. The candidate will be expected to have taken an intelligent interest
not only in his/her subjects of academic study but also in events which are
happening around him/her both within and outside his/her own state or country,
as well as in modem currents of thoughts and in new discoveries which should
rouse the curiosity of well educated youth.
2. The technique of the interview is not that of a strict cross
examination, but of a natural, though directed and purposive conversation,
intended to reveal mental qualities
of the candidate. The Board will pay special attention to
assessing the intellectual curiosity, critical powers of observation and
assimilation, balance of judgment and alertness of mind, initiative, tact,
capacity for leadership; the ability for social cohesion, mental and physical
energy and powers of practical application; integrity of character; and other
qualities such as topographical sense, love for out-door life and the desire to
explore unknown and out of way places.·
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