The Civil Services (Preliminary) Exam, 2012 is also known as the Civil Services Aptitude Test or CSAT. This system of aptitude test has been implemented since the year 2011 and planned to help the examiners choose the prospective civil servants on the basis of their aptitude for the job rather than their scores in each subject alone.
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| Exam Date | May 20th, 2012 |
| Exam Time | There are two papers of 200 marks each and the duration of each paper is 2 hours. |
| Fees | Candidates who are applying through the official website will have to pay a reduced fee of INR 50. Offline applicants will have to pay INR 100. Females and SC/ST/Specially abled candidates will not have to pay any fee. |
| Registration Opening Date | February 4th, 2012 |
| Registration Closing Date | March 5th, 2012 |
| Eligibility Criteria: | The candidate should be between 21 and 30 years of age. For SC/ST candidates, the age bar can be relaxed up to 5 years. The applicants have to be graduates in any field from a recognized university. |
| Admit Card Availability | The admit cards will be sent by the UPSC to the candidates at their residential address through post. |
| Availability of Brochure and Forms | The candidates can either apply through the official website of the Union Public Service Commission or can purchase the forms for INR 30 from a designated post office. |
| Application Mode: Cash, Demand Draft, Credit Card, net Banking | The applications have to be done either through cash at any SBI branch or through the net banking facilities made available by the State Bank of India. |
| Centers of the Examination | Agartala, Srinagar, Gangtok, Aurangabad, Kolkata, Bhopal, Bareilly, Dispur, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Shimla, Hyderabad, Vishakhapatnam, Shillong, Madurai, Jodhpur, Imphal, Aligarh, Patna, Delhi, Jammu, Lucknow, Tirupati, Allahabad, Mumbai, Cuttack, Dehradun, Kochi, Sambalpur, Thiruvananthapuram, Dharwad, Pondicherry, Jorhat, Raipur, Port Blair, Jaipur, Ranchi, Aurangabad, Panaji, Nagpur, Udaipur, Jammu. |
Recruitments
The Civil Services (Preliminary) Exam, 2012 is held for the recruitment in the following fields:
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Syllabus
The Civil Services (Preliminary) Exam, 2012 will have objective type questions and there will be negative marking for each incorrect answer. The syllabus for the examination has been tabulated below:
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| Paper I - Current affairs (national and international), the national freedom struggle, history of India, general science, economics, world and Indian geography, bio-diversity, climate change, Indian political system, social sector initiatives. |
| Paper II - Analytical ability, logical reasoning, comprehension, general mental ability, problem solving and decision making, communication skills, numerical ability, data interpretation, knowledge of the English language. |
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