The UPSC Civil Services Examination schedule for 2022 has been issued by the Union Public Service Commission. The Civil Services Examination (CSE) is a national competitive exam held in India by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to recruit candidates for various civil service positions in the Indian government, such as the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Police Service (IPS), and Indian Revenue Service (IRS).

The examination is divided into three stages, which are as follows:

1. A preliminary examination that consists of two objective-type papers (General Studies Paper-I and CSAT Paper-II)
2. Mains examination consists of nine papers of conventional (descriptive) type
3. Finally, the personality test or interview round

The complete civil service examination procedure takes about a year, from notification of the preliminary examination to the announcement of the final results. The applicants

who are chosen are then recruited and trained by the Central Government for various duties before being assigned to various State Cadres.

The UPSC has announced that the IAS Exam Prelims 2022 would be held on June 5, 2022.

List of Indian Civil Services Post

UPSC uses the Civil Services Exam to recruit candidates for 24 services, including Group A services such as IAS, IPS, and IFS, as well as Group B services such as DANICS, DANIPS, & PPS., etc.

The official announcement includes a list of services and jobs for which the UPSC vacancy 2022 has been announced.

The UPSC Posts List 2022 is now available. The following are the services and posts for which UPSC vacancies have been announced for 2022:

UPSC Civil Service Exam Date 2022:

Age:

Candidates must be at least 21 years old and no older than 32 years old as of August 1, 2022, which means they must have been born between August 2, 1990, and August 1, 2001. The age criterion for the reserved category has been relaxed.

UPSC Syllabus and Exam Pattern

Education:

• The candidate must have a degree from a government-recognized university or an equivalent qualification to sit for the UPSC 
• Candidates in their final year or awaiting results may also take the UPSCpreliminary  All such candidates who intend to take the IAS exams must submit proof of passing the said examination along with their application for the main IAS examination.
• Candidates with professional and technical credentials that the government recognizes as equal to professional and technical 
• IAS is also open to medical students who have completed their final year of MBBS but have not yet completed their  A certificate of course completion (including internship) from the University/concerned Institution’s authorities must be presented with the Main Examination application.

Nationality:

For the Indian Administrative Service, the Indian Foreign Service, and the Indian Police Service, a candidate must be an Indian citizen.

To join the Indian Revenue Service, an applicant must be one of the following:

• An Indian citizen

• A person of Indian ancestry who has moved to India permanently from Pakistan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia, or 

To qualify for other services, a candidate must be one of the following:

• Beingan Indian citizen
• A Nepalese or Bhutanese citizen or subject
• An Indian national who has immigrated to India permanently from Pakistan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia, or 

Number of Attempts:

The number of times a candidate can take the exam is limited, and it is decided by the category, as follows:

• Candidates in the General Category: 6
• Candidates from the OBC category: 9
• SC/ST candidates have an unlimited number of attempts until they reach the age 

It is considered an attempt if a candidate appears for one of the papers in the preliminary examination, which also includes ineligibility or withdrawal of the application.

However, if a candidate applies for the exam but does not show up, it is not deemed an attempt.

Civil Services Posts/Vacancies and Selection:

The UPSC has increased the IAS vacancy number from 2022 to 1011. Under the IAS Civil Service exam 2022, the commission has added 150 jobs. On February 2, 2022, UPSC notified 861 people of the UPSC Syllabus and Exam Pattern.

The number of UPSC 2022 vacancies is 299 higher than the number of vacancies in 2021. For IAS 2021, there are a total of 712 vacancies.

The number of UPSC vacancies varies based on the needs of various ministries. After the Cadre Controlling Authorities provide a firm number of vacancies, the final number of vacancies for the UPSC test 2022 may alter.

Civil Services Exam Pattern 2022:

UPSC Prelims Exam Pattern 2022:

There will be 2 papers in the UPSC IAS prelims test. Both papers will consist of multiple-choice questions in an objective format. There will be two papers at this stage of the exam: Paper I (General Studies) and Paper II -Aptitude Test. Candidates who pass this level will be considered for the following round, which is the main test. The UPSC prelims exam pattern is mentioned in the table below.

• Each question in Paper I General Studies is worth 2 
• Each question in the paper II Aptitude Test is worth 5 marks.
• Both papers will take two hours to 
• The exam will be conducted in 
• Paper-II(Aptitude Test) will be a qualifying paper, with applicants needing a score of at least 33% to advance to the next level of the 
• Each correct answer will result in a ⅓ point deduction.
• Even if one of the offered answers is right, if a candidate gives more than one answer, it will be considered  The same penalty will apply as before.
• There will be no penalty for leaving a question 

 UPSC Mains Exam Pattern 2022:

A compulsory Indian language paper, an English paper, an essay, four general papers, and two optional subjects will be included in the UPSC IAS Mains test. We can now look at the UPSC Mains exam pattern in detail.

• The Mains exam will have nine papers, each lasting three hours, plus an additional 30 minutes for blind 
• Candidates will be judged on their topic knowledge and 
• The questions will be subjective, and they will be asked in Hindi and 
• There are two sorts of Mains exams: qualifying and 
• Candidates will have to choose between two optional 

UPSC Mains Optional Subjects:

Optional Subjects are incredibly essential in the UPSC Exam since they account for 500 marks out of a total of 1750 in the UPSC Main Exam. In the IAS Exam, there are over 45 optional subjects to choose from, including several Literature selections. The UPSC Exam offers the following optional subjects.


The following languages’ literature is also included in the UPSC optional subjects for the UPSC Mains test, from which you can select your strongest UPSC optional subject:

Candidates who pass the qualifying papers are graded based on their performance in previous papers and are chosen and invited for an interview or a personality test at the commission’s discretion.

Interview:

The interview stage, officially known as the “UPSC Personality Test,” is the final hurdle to overcome in order to pass the UPSC CSE. The primary goal of the personality test, as the name implies, is to examine the candidate’s personality. Through the interview, a competent panel of distinguished persons known as the UPSC board assesses the candidate’s qualities and readiness for a position in challenging public services.

The UPSC 2022 personality test dates are not yet known. Only those candidates who pass the main examination will be invited to the UPSC 2022 interview. Typically, the number of individuals who take the personality test is double the number of positions allocated for that year.

In the linked article, we have a full explanation of the IAS Interview process. You can also take part in free mock interviews with us. For further details, go to the UPSC official website.