Since past few years, employment in India is at its best; never mind the insecurity that dangles over the Indian economy. Though the mushrooming of private sectors has produced plenty of employment opportunities for youths, but the pressure and deadline are few traits that today’s corporate world expect from their employees. After much dedication and hard work, the security of jobs keeps bothering employees. Keeping this thing in mind, there are many of us who aspire of attaining higher position in civil services. Civil Services not only offers job securities but also power, prestige, idealism and ability to change the system from within.
As far as Civil Services are concerned, IPS has no analogous in terms of above mentioned traits. Like IAS, IPS too makes an integral part of the Indian system. IPS comprises of higher level police officials, especially concerned with the maintenance of law and order across the country.
But, IPS service has an outer surface that reflects only few attributes like comfortable job and numerous benefits. However, the job consists of massive challenges that require a perfect skill to tackle.
Every year, lacs of aspirants apply to get admission into IPS. However, the procedure to become IPS is same as IAS. Aspirants have to go through its competitive exam i.e. CSE (Civil Service Examination) held every year under the supervision of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
IPS 2021 Eligibility:-
Age - A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 32 years on the 1st of August, 2021 i.e., the candidate must have been born not earlier than 2nd August, 1989 and not later than 1st August, 2000.
The upper age-limit prescribed above will be relaxable -
a) up to a maximum of five years if a candidate belongs to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe;
b) up to a maximum of three years in the case of candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable to such candidates.
Minimum Educational Qualification -
A candidate must hold a degree of any of the Universities incorporated by an Act of the central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 or possess an equivalent qualification.
Note I : Candidates who have appeared at a qualifying examination the passing of which would render them educationally qualified for the Commission’s Examination but have not been informed of the result as also the candidates who intend to appear at such a qualifying examination will also be eligible for admission to the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination. All candidates who are declared qualified by the Commission for taking the Civil Services (Main) Examination will be required to produce proof of passing the requisite qualifying examination along with their application (i.e. Detailed Application Form-I) for the Main Examination, failing which such candidates will not be admitted to the Main Examination. Such proof of passing the requisite qualifying examination should be dated earlier than the due date (closing date) of Detailed Application Form-I of the Main Examination.
IPS Registration / Application Form
IPS 2021 Application Form / Registration:-
Apply online at website - https://upsconline.nic.in from 04-03-2021 to 24-03-2021
The candidates are required to pay a fee of Rs.100/- (excepting Female/SC/ST/PwBD candidates who are exempted from payment of fee)
Mode of Payment - Deposit money in any branch of SBI by cash, or by using net banking facility of State Bank of India or by using any Visa/Master/RuPay Credit/Debit Card.
Before start filling up Online Application, a candidate must have his photograph and signature duly scanned in the .jpg format in such a manner that each file should not exceed 300 KB each and must not be less than 50 KB in size for the photograph and signature.
Candidate should also have details of one photo ID viz. Aadhar Card/Vote Card/PAN Card/Passport/Driving Licence/Any other photo ID Card issued by the State/Central Government. The details of this photo ID will have to be provided by the candidate while filling up the online application form. The candidates will have to upload a scanned copy of the Photo ID whose details have been provided in the online application by him/her. This photo ID will be used for all future referencing and the candidate is advised to carry this ID while appearing for Examination/Personality Test
IPS Exam Dates
IPS 2021 Date:-
Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2021 / Indian Forest Service (Preliminary) Examination 2021 through CS(P) Examination 2021 -
Apply online at website - https://upsconline.nic.in from 04-03-2021 to 24-03-2021
Date of Exam - 10th October 2021, Sunday.
Duration of Exam - 1 Day
Civil Services (Main) Examination 2021 -
Date of Exam - 07.01.2022, Friday
Duration of Exam - 5 Days.
Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2022 /Indian Forest Service (Preliminary) Examination, 2022 through CS(P) Examination 2022
Date of Notification - 02.02.2022
Last Date for receipt of Applications - 22.02.2022
Exam Date - 05.06.2022, Sunday
Duration of Exam - 1 Day
Civil Services (Main) Examination 2022
Exam Date - 16.09.2022, Friday
Duration of Exam - 5 Days
IPS Syllabus
IPS 2021 Syllabus:-
UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2021 Syllabus -
Paper I -
Current events of national and international importance.
History of India and Indian National Movement.
Indian and World Geography-Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World.
Indian Polity and Governance-Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc.
Economic and Social Development-Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector Initiatives, etc.
General issues on Environmental ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change - that do not require subject specialization.
General Science.
Paper II -
Comprehension;
Interpersonal skills including communication skills;
Logical reasoning and analytical ability;
Decision making and problem solving;
General mental ability;
Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, etc.) (Class X level), Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. — Class X level);
Note -
Paper II of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination will be a qualifying paper with minimum qualifying marks fixed at 33%.
It is mandatory for the candidate to appear in both the Papers of Civil Services (Prelim) Examination for the purpose of evaluation. Therefore a candidate will be disqualified in case he/she does not appear in both the papers of Civil Services (Prelim) Examination.
Paper Pattern
IPS 2021 Pattern:-
Civil Services (Preliminary) Examinations (Objective Type) for the selection of candidates for Main Examination; and (ii) Civil Services (Main) Examination (Written and Interview) for the selection of candidates for the various services and posts.
Part A - Preliminary Examination Pattern -
Type - Multiple Choice, Objective Type
Paper I - 200 marks (Duration - 2 hours)
Paper II - 200 marks (Duration - 2 hours)
There will be negative marking for incorrect answers as detailed below:
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 (0.33) 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.
IPS Preparation
One of the essential tips to crack IPS 2021 exam is proper planning with devotion. Since IPS is among the toughest exams in India, it is recommendable for students to take up any of the top coaching institutes that prepare well to crack IPS. Candidates should improve writing skills as the exam includes important papers like English and Essay, in both the papers subjective questions are asked. Make sure that you have the best authors’ books that cover almost entire portions of the subjects that you have chosen. Having a glance at previous years’ papers is always conducive.
IPS Books
IPS Preparation Tips
IPS Coaching Institutes
IPS Notification
IPS 2021 Notification:-
Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2021 / Indian Forest Service (Preliminary) Examination 2021 through CS(P) Examination 2021 -
Apply online at website - https://upsconline.nic.in from 04-03-2021 to 24-03-2021
Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2021 Date - 10th October 2021, Sunday.
Civil Services (Main) Examination 2021 -
Date of Exam - 07.01.2022, Friday
Duration of Exam - 5 Days.
Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2022 /Indian Forest Service (Preliminary) Examination, 2022 through CS(P) Examination 2022
Date of Notification - 02.02.2022
Last Date for receipt of Applications - 22.02.2022
Exam Date - 05.06.2022, Sunday
Duration of Exam - 1 Day
Civil Services (Main) Examination 2022
Exam Date - 16.09.2022, Friday
Duration of Exam - 5 Days
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