## CIVIL SERVICES EXAM - AN INTRODUCTION

* The Civil Services Examination consists of two successive stages:

(i) Civil Services (Preliminary)
Examinations (Objective Type) for the selection of candidates of Main Examination;

(ii) Civil Services (Main) Examination (Written and Interview) for the selection of candidates for the various services and posts noted below.



* After appearing at the Preliminary Examination, candidates who are declared successful to have qualified for admission to the Main Examination (held during October/November) have to apply again, in the detailed application form which is supplied to them.

* Services/Posts
Services/posts to which recruitment is to be made through the Examination are :
i) Indian Administrative Service.

ii) Indian Foreign Service.

iii) Indian Police Service.

iv) Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Group ‘A’.

v) Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group ‘A’.

vi) Indian Customs and Central Excise Services Group 'A'

vii) Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group ‘A’.

viii) Indian Revenue Service, Group ‘A’.

ix) Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group 'A' (Assistant Works Manager, Non-technical)

x) Indian Postal Service, Group ‘A’.

xi) Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group ‘A’.

xii) Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group ‘A’.

xiii) Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group ‘A’.

xiv) Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group ‘A’.

xv) Post of Assistant Security Officer, Group 'A' in Railway Protection Force.

xvi) Indian Defence Estates Service, Group ‘A’.

xvii) Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group ‘A’.

xviii) Indian Trade Service, Group "A" (Grade-III)

xix) Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group ‘B’ (Section Officer’s Grade)

xx) Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar
Haveli Civil Service, Group 'B'.

xxi) Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar
Haveli Police Service, Group 'B'.