UPSC Exams: Revised Scheme, New Pattern And Syllabus To Be Implemented from 2020

In a major development, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) in consultation with the Government (Ministry of Mines, the Nodal Ministry) has decided to revise the Scheme, Pattern and Syllabus of the Combined Geo-Scientist and Geologist Examination.

The salient features of the same are as under:

(i) The nomenclature of this Examination has been changed to “Combined Geo-Scientist Examination” in place of “Combined Geo-Scientist and Geologist Examination”.

(ii) There will a three tier examination pattern i.e. (i) Stage-I : Preliminary Examination (ii) Stage-II : Main Examination (iii) Stage-III : Personality Test.

(iii) Preliminary Examination will screen the candidates for taking the Main Examination (Stage–II).

(iv) The Preliminary Examination will be of objective type having two Papers.

Marks secured in this Examination will be counted for deciding the final merit.

(v) The Preliminary Examination will be a Computer Based Examination.

(vi) The Main Examination will have three Papers for each Stream and all Papers will be of descriptive type. Marks secured in this Examination will be counted for deciding the final merit.

(vii) Existing General English Paper has been discontinued.

(viii) The Revised Scheme, Pattern and Syllabus of the Examination will be made effective from the 2020 Examination to give sufficient preparation time to the aspirants.

Plan of Examination

1. The Examination shall be conducted according to the following plan:—

(i) Stage-I: Combined Geo-Scientist (Preliminary) Examination (Objective Type Papers) for the selection of candidates for the Stage-II: Combined Geo-Scientist (Main) Examination;

(ii) Stage-II: Combined Geo-Scientist (Main) Examination (Descriptive Type Papers) and (iii) Stage-III: Personality Test

2. The detailed scheme and syllabi of Combined Geo-Scientist Examination is as under:

A. Stage-I : Combined Geo-Scientist (Preliminary) Examination [Objective-type]:- The Examination shall comprise of two papers

For details of the revised Scheme, Pattern and Syllabus, CLICK HERE.