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Candidates who have passed graduation or postgraduation in any discipline can apply for IAS Exam 2022. The application is also open even for the people who are working in any organisation. However, the age criteria has to be met for applying for the exam.
The applicants have to preferably be in the age group of 21 to 32 years. Relaxations with regards to age limit are provided for the candidates from the reserved categories. The details about the age relaxation available for candidates would be available when the notification of the exam will be released on the website at the appropriate time every year.
The exam pattern for IAS Exam 2022 will have questions in both objective and descriptive formats. Objective type questions will mostly be in multiple choice format where the answers have to marked on a separate answer sheet. The application process is online while the IAS Exam 2022 will be conducted in offline mode.
The format for the exam is being provided below for the sake of the applicants in a tabular format:
Prelims
| IAS Exam | Marks | Duration |
| General Studies Paper – I
|
200 Marks | 2 Hours |
| CSAT/ General Studies Paper-II
|
200 Marks | 2 Hours |
Mains
| Paper | Subject | Duration | Marks |
| Paper A | Compulsory Indian language | 3 hours | 300 (Qualifying) |
| Paper B | English | 3 hours | 300 (Qualifying) |
| Paper I | Essay | 3 hours | 250 |
| Paper II | General Studies I – Indian Heritage & Culture, History & Geography of the World & Society | 3 hours | 250 |
| Paper III | General Studies II – Governance, Constitution, Welfare Initiatives, Social Justice & International Relations | 3 hours | 250 |
| Paper IV | General Studies III – Technology, Economic Development, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Security & Disaster Management | 3 hours | 250 |
| Paper V | General Studies IV – Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude | 3 hours | 250 |
| Paper VI | Optional Subject – Paper I | 3 hours | 250 |
| Paper VII | Optional Subject – Paper II | 3 hours | 250 |
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