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(A) Tentative Schedule:: Engineering Services Examination
(A) Tentative Schedule:: Engineering Services Examination
TheEngineeringServicesExaminationisconductedtocatertherequirementofEngineersinfour
streams of engineering viz. Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and
Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering for various posts/services to the Govt. of India. The
Examinationhasthreestages.(i)EngineeringServices(Preliminary)Examination,(ii)EngineeringServices
(Main)Examinationand(iii)PersonalityTest(Interview).
(A)TentativeSchedule:
(i)NotificationofExamination
September/Octoberofprecedingyearofexamination
(ii)PreliminaryExamination
January/Februaryoftheyearofexamination
(iii)MainExamination
July/Augustoftheyearofexamination
(B)Agelimits:
2130 years on 1stJanuary of the year of Examination. Certain categories of persons including
departmentalcandidatesasspecifiedintheCommission'sNoticeuploadedontheCommissionswebsite
(www.upsc.gov.in)areeligibleforagerelaxation.
(C)EducationalQualification:
AdegreeinEngineeringfromarecognizedUniversityorequivalent.M.Sc.degreeoritsequivalentwith
WirelessCommunications,Electronics,RadioPhysicsorRadioEngineeringasspecialsubjectsalso
acceptableforcertainServices/postsonly.
Candidatesappearingattheirengineeringdegreeorequivalentexaminationarealsoeligibletocompete.
CandidatesqualifyingonthePreliminaryExaminationwillberequiredtosubmittheproofofpassingthe
requisiteexaminationalongwiththeirdetailedapplicationformtobefilledupatthatstage.
(D)SchemeofExamination
PreliminaryExamination(Objectivetypemultiplechoicepaper)
PaperI(GeneralStudiesandEngineeringAptitude)
200Marks2Hrs.duration
(Commonforallcandidates)
PaperII(Engineeringdisciplinespecific)
300Marks3Hrs.duration
MainExamination(Conventionaltypepaper)
PaperI(Engineeringdisciplinespecific)
300Marks3Hrs.duration
PaperII(Engineeringdisciplinespecific)
300Marks3Hrs.duration
PersonalityTest(Interview)
200Marks
Total
1300Marks
N.B.MarkssecuredinPreliminaryExamination,MainExaminationandPersonalityTestwillbe
countedformerit.
NOTE:For further details, please refer to the Commissions Notice for the Examination when it is
uploadedonthecommissionswebsite(www.upsc.gov.in).