Free Demo Class
The Union Public Service Commission conducts recruitment exams for a variety of Group A and a few Group B posts in the Indian government every year. The most prestigious and the most competitive exam conducted by the UPSC is the Civil Services Examination.
The pattern of UPSC Civil Service Exam 2022 and the respective important dates are as follows:
This article covers, in-depth, the written stage of the Civil Services exam i.e. UPSC Mains for the year 2022. Reliable Academy taking an initiative for the 1st time in Mumbai to start the UPSC coaching classes in Thane & Mumbai. Delhi's best expert team of theIAShub is going to be participating to teach UPSC preparations.
The UPSC Notification 2022 was released on 2nd February 2022. The Civil Services (Preliminary) Exam 2022 is scheduled to be conducted on 5th June 2022. After the Prelims exam result declaration, the eligible candidates who have cleared the Prelims 2022 have to fill DAF-I to appear in UPSC Mains 2022 which is expected to commence from 16th September 2022 onwards.
All the updates related to UPSC 2022 exam, will be notified here for candidates’ reference.
Topics covered in this article:
The UPSC Mains exam is the second stage of the Civil Services Examination. IAS aspirants who clear the Prelims i.e. those who score above the cutoff in General Studies Paper I and more than 33% marks in General Studies Paper-II (CSAT) are eligible to appear for the UPSC Mains.
Candidates who aspire to become IAS, IPS, IFS and IRS officers have to give UPSC Mains before they are cleared for the IAS interview/UPSC Personality Test stage.
As per UPSC, the total candidates allowed to appear for UPSC mains are twelve to thirteen times the number of Civil Sevice vacancies for that exam year. For UPSC 2021, the total number of vacancies is 712 so accordingly around 10 thousand candidates are expected to have written the UPSC Mains 2021.
Once the Civil Services Exam (Preliminary) results are declared, successful candidates will have to fill out the online Detailed Application Form (DAF) for UPSC Mains on the official website (upsc.gov.in).
The DAF for UPSC Mains has six modules/sections:
Some fields like name, Date of birth, exam centre for UPSC Mains, etc will be prepopulated in the UPSC Mains DAF from the information provided at the time of filling the UPSC online application for CSE(Preliminary).
Note – Once Final Submission is done no changes are allowed online, so candidates should be extra careful and cross-check all details which filling the DAF for UPSC Mains.
Also, this DAF forms the basis of a lot of questions in the IAS interview/UPSC Personality test stage so make sure that you keep a copy of it for your reference.
The UPSC Mains or CSE (Main) pattern was revised in 2015. As per the revised pattern, the UPSC Mains 2022 will comprise nine theory papers (essay descriptive type). Out of the nine papers, only seven will be counted for merit ranking. Candidates also have to choose one optional subject for UPSC Mains. More on UPSC Mains optional later in the article.
The maximum marks for the UPSC Mains exam are 1750 (7 papers * 250 marks each). All papers are of three-hour duration.
The UPSC Mains pattern for Civil Services Exam 2022 is given below:
S.No | Papers | Subject | Nature of Exam | Total Marks |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Paper A | Indian Language | Qualifying | 300 |
2 | Paper B | English | Qualifying | 300 |
3 | Paper I | Essay | Counted for Merit | 250 |
4 | Paper II | General Studies (GS) I | Counted for Merit | 250 |
5 | Paper III | General Studies (GS) II | Counted for Merit | 250 |
6 | Paper IV | General Studies (GS) III | Counted for Merit | 250 |
7 | Paper V | General Studies (GS) IV | Counted for Merit | 250 |
8 | Paper VI | Optional Subject Paper-I | Counted for Merit | 250 |
9 | Paper VII | Optional Subject Paper-II | Counted for Merit | 250 |
The UPSC Mains syllabus 2022 can be divided into two parts:
Read on for the paper-wise syllabus for UPSC Mains 2020. Also, you can download the updated
In UPSC Mains, candidates have to score a minimum of 25% marks in Paper A and Paper B otherwise their marks in other papers will not be taken into account. The pattern/syllabus for qualifying papers in UPSC Mains is given below:
Paper | Exam Pattern |
---|---|
Paper A – Indian Language (any of the Indian languages listed in the 8th schedule of the Constitution) |
|
Paper B – English |
|
Important information regarding UPSC Mains qualifying papers:
As such the UPSC Mains syllabus doesn’t have a prescribed section for the Essay paper. In the essay paper in UPSC Mains, candidates have to write two essays out of a few given options for a total of 250 marks. As per the UPSC, “Candidates are expected to keep close to the subject of the essay to arrange their ideas in an orderly fashion and to write concisely. Credit will be given for effective and exact expression.”
The UPSC Mains syllabus for GS papers covers broadly the following subjects/areas:
UPSC Mains Paper II – General Studies I | UPSC Mains Paper III – General Studies II | UPSC Mains Paper IV – General Studies III | UPSC Mains Paper V – General Studies IV |
---|---|---|---|
Indian Heritage and Culture | Governance | Technology | Ethics |
History and Geography of the World | Constitution | Economic Development | Integrity |
Society | Polity | Environment, Biodiversity | Aptitude |
Social Justice | International relations | Security and Disaster Management | - |
Since the pattern change in UPSC Mains, candidates now have to choose only one optional subject. There are two papers based on the optional subject for a total of 500 marks (250 marks * 2 papers) which are counted for the merit ranking.
The list of optional subjects for the UPSC IAS exam 2022 and links to the detailed syllabi for each optional subject are given below:
List of optional subjects in UPSC Mains 2022 | Detailed Syllabus | |
1 | Agriculture | Syllabus for UPSC Mains Optional – Agriculture |
2 | Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science | Syllabus for UPSC Mains Optional – Animal Husbandry & Vet Science |
3 | Anthropology | Syllabus for UPSC Mains Optional – Agriculture |
4 | Botany | Syllabus for UPSC Mains Optional – Botany |
5 | Chemistry | Syllabus for UPSC Mains Optional – Chemistry |
6 | Civil Engineering | Syllabus for UPSC Mains Optional – Civil Engg |
7 | Commerce & Accountancy | Syllabus for UPSC Mains Optional – Commerce & Accountancy |
8 | Economics | Syllabus for UPSC Mains Optional – Economics |
9 | Electrical Engineering | Syllabus for UPSC Mains Optional – Electrical Engg |
10 | Geography | Syllabus for UPSC Mains Optional – Geography |
11 | Geology | Syllabus for UPSC Mains Optional – Geology |
12 | History | Syllabus for CSE(Main) Optional – History |
13 | Law | Syllabus for CSE (Main) Optional – Law |
14 | Management | Syllabus for CSE (Main) Optional – Management |
15 | Mathematics | Syllabus for CSE(Main) Optional – Mathematics |
16 | Mechanical Engineering | Syllabus for CSE(Main) Optional – Mech Engg |
17 | Medical Science | Syllabus for CSE(Main) Optional – Medical Science |
18 | Philosophy | Syllabus for CSE(Main) Optional – Philosophy |
19 | Physics | Syllabus for CSE(Main) Optional – Physics |
20 | Political Science & International Relations | Syllabus for CSE(Main) Optional – Political Science & IR |
21 | Psychology | Syllabus for CSE(Main) Optional – Psychology |
22 | Public Administration | Syllabus for CSE(Main) Optional – Public Administration |
23 | Sociology | Syllabus for CSE(Main) Optional – Sociology |
24 | Statistics | Syllabus for CSE(Main) Optional – Statistics |
25 | Zoology | Syllabus for CSE(Main) Optional – Zoology |
26 | Assamese (Literature) | Syllabus for IAS Mains Optional – Assamese Lit |
27 | Bengali (Literature) | Syllabus for IAS Mains Optional – Bengali Lit |
28 | Bodo (Literature) | Syllabus for IAS Mains Optional – Bodo Lit |
29 | Dogri (Literature) | Syllabus for IAS Mains Optional – Dogri Lit |
30 | Gujarati (Literature) | Syllabus for IAS Mains Optional – Gujarati Lit |
31 | Hindi (Literature) | Syllabus for IAS Mains Optional – Hindi Lit |
32 | Kannada (Literature) | Syllabus for IAS Mains Optional – Kannada Lit |
33 | Kashmiri (Literature) | Syllabus for IAS Mains Optional – Kashmiri Lit |
34 | Konkani (Literature) | Syllabus for IAS Mains Optional – Konkani Lit |
35 | Maithili (Literature) | Syllabus for IAS Mains Optional – Maithali Lit |
36 | Malayalam (Literature) | Syllabus for IAS Mains Optional – Malayalam Lit |
37 | Manipuri (Literature) | Syllabus for IAS Mains Optional – Manipuri Lit |
38 | Marathi (Literature) | Syllabus for IAS Mains Optional – Marathi Lit |
39 | Nepali (Literature) | Syllabus for IAS Mains Optional – Nepali Lit |
40 | Oriya (Literature) | Syllabus for IAS Mains Optional – Oriya Lit |
41 | Punjabi (Literature) | Syllabus for IAS Mains Optional – Punjabi Lit |
42 | Sanskrit (Literature) | Syllabus for IAS Mains Optional – Sanskrit Lit |
43 | Santhali (Literature) | Syllabus for IAS Mains Optional – Santhali Lit |
44 | Sindhi (Literature) | Syllabus for IAS Mains Optional – Sindhi Lit |
45 | Tamil (Literature) | Syllabus for IAS Mains Optional – Tamil Lit |
46 | Telugu (Literature) | Syllabus for IAS Mains Optional – Telugu Lit |
47 | Urdu (Literature) | Syllabus for IAS Mains Optional – Urdu Lit |
48 | English (Literature) | Syllabus for IAS Mains Optional – English Lit |
Reliable Academy, 3rd Floor & 6th Floor, Laxmi Commercial Complex, Senapati Bapat Marg, Opp. Dadar Railway Station, Dadar - 400028, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Copyright - 2022. Reliable Academy | All rights reserved.
Copyright - 2022. Reliable Academy | All rights reserved.