{"id":6250,"date":"2024-09-29T14:35:23","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T14:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/invictaa.com\/exams\/?p=6250"},"modified":"2024-11-19T06:18:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T06:18:50","slug":"upsc-exam-pattern-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/invictaa.com\/exams\/upsc\/upsc-exam-pattern-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"UPSC Exam Pattern 2024 For Prelims and Mains Exam Pattern"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>UPSC Exam Pattern 2024:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducts the UPSC CSE Exam every year and thousands of UPSC aspirants attempt the examination. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The beginning of UPSC CSE Exam starts with a Preliminary Examination followed by the main examination and Interview (Group discussion). planning to start your preparation for the upcoming UPSC CSE 2024 Exam, then you must understand the UPSC Exam Pattern 2024 first.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/search?q=invictaa%20plus&amp;c=apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><em><button><strong>Download Invictaa Plus App For Exam Preparation<\/strong><\/button><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>UPSC Exam Pattern 2024<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The selection of the candidates for the UPSC Civil Service Examination will be done through three stages- Prelims, Mains, and Interviews. There are 2 papers in the UPSC CSE Prelims Exam which are of Objective type while there are 9 papers in the UPSC CSE Mains Exam of descriptive type. The elaborated details for UPSC Exam Pattern 2024 for both Prelims and Mains have been tabulated below.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 461px;\" width=\"851\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><b>UPSC CSE Exam Pattern 2024<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Parameters<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>UPSC Prelims<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>UPSC Mains<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Medium of Exam<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">English &amp; Hindi<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">English &amp; Hindi (Except for language)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Type of Questions<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MCQs (Objective)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Descriptive<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Number of Questions<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CSAT: 80 questions<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GS: 100 questions<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Usually, 20 questions per paper<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Total Marks<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">400<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1750<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exam Duration<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2 papers\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9 papers<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exam Duration<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2 hours for each paper<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3 hours for each paper<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Negative Marking<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1\/3rd of 2 marks<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No negative marking<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><strong>UPSC Prelims Exam Pattern 2024<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In UPSC Prelims there are 2 papers &#8211; GS Paper and CSAT Paper.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There will be 100 questions in GS paper with 2 marks for each question and there will be a negative marking of 1\/3rd or 0.66 marks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0In the CSAT paper there will be 80 questions contains with 2.5 marks for each question with 1\/3rd or 0.83 marks of negative marking.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The marks scored in UPSC CSE Prelims Exam, marks will not be counted in preparing the merit list.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<table style=\"height: 240px;\" width=\"854\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"5\"><b>UPSC Prelims Exam Pattern 2024<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Papers<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Subjects<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>No. of questions<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Total Marks<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Duration<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Paper 1<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>General Studies (GS)<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">100<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">200<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2 hours<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Paper 2<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>CSAT<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">80<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">200<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2 hours<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><b>Total<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">180<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">400<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4 hours<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/invictaa.com\/exams\/upsc\/upsc-mains-exam-centres-list-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>UPSC Mains Exam Centres List 2024<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>UPSC Mains Exam Pattern 2024<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UPSC CSE Exam is the Mains Examination which consists of 9 papers with different subjects.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paper 1 (Language Paper) and Paper 2 (English language) with 300 marks each. The minimum qualifying marks in papers 1 and 2 is 25%.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attempting all papers is compulsory.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a03 hours (180 minutes) duration of each paper<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The subject-wise papers consist of 250 marks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In case you don&#8217;t qualify in Paper 1 and Paper 2 then you will be declared disqualified\/failed.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><b>UPSC Mains Exam Pattern 2024<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Papers<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Subjects<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Marks<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Duration<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paper A<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Any Indian language (compulsory) \u2013 [Qualifying paper]<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">300<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3 hours<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paper B<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">English \u2013 [Qualifying paper]<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">300<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3 hours<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paper I<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Essay (you can choose to write it in a medium of your choice)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">250<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3 hours<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paper II<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">General Studies 1 (Indian and World History, Culture, Heritage, &amp;Geography)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">250<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3 hours<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paper III<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">General Studies 2 (Polity, Constitution, Governance, International Relations &amp; Social Justice)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">250<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3 hours<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paper IV<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">General Studies 3 (Economic Development, Technology, Disaster Management &amp; Security, Biodiversity)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">250<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3 hours<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paper V<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">General Studies 4 (Aptitude, Ethics, &amp; Integrity)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">250<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3 hours<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paper VI<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Optional Subject: Paper 1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">250<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3 hours<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paper VII<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Optional Subject: Paper 2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">250<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3 hours<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><b>UPSC Exam Pattern 2024 FAQs<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Q 1. What are the total marks that can be scored in UPSC prelims?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Ans.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Two papers are conducted, each for 200 marks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Q2. How many papers are there in UPSC Mains Exam?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Ans.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In UPSC CSE Mains Exam, there are 9 papers and attempting all papers are compulsory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Q3. Is there negative marking in the UPSC IAS Exam 2024?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Ans. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, there is a negative marking in the UPSC IAS exam pattern 2024<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPSC Exam Pattern 2024: the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducts the UPSC CSE Exam every year and thousands of UPSC aspirants attempt the examination. The beginning of UPSC CSE Exam starts with a Preliminary Examination followed by the main examination and Interview (Group discussion). planning to start your preparation for the upcoming UPSC CSE [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6253,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[178],"tags":[274,276,275],"class_list":["post-6250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upsc","tag-upsc-exam-pattern-2024","tag-upsc-mains-exam-pattern-2024","tag-upsc-prelims-exam-pattern-2024","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/invictaa.com\/exams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/invictaa.com\/exams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/invictaa.com\/exams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invictaa.com\/exams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invictaa.com\/exams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6250"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/invictaa.com\/exams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6254,"href":"https:\/\/invictaa.com\/exams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6250\/revisions\/6254"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invictaa.com\/exams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/invictaa.com\/exams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invictaa.com\/exams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invictaa.com\/exams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}