UPSC has
released two major notifications on a single day giving a surprise to
candidates preparing for country’s top examinations. For details on civil
services examination, click here to read the complete details. candidates
applying for Indian Forest Service examination should note that they are
required to appear in the civil services (preliminary) examination and qualify
the same for going to the second stage of indian forest service (main)
examination (written and interview). Much of the procedure for application is
similar to UPSC Civil Services Examination. However, Mains Exam pattern is different
LAST DATE OF SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS:
The Online Applications can be filled up to 27th May, 2016 till 11.59 PM, after which the link will be disabled.
HOW TO
APPLY :
Candidates
are required to apply online only by using the website www.upsconline.nic.in
Brief instructions for filling up the online Application Form have been given
in Appendix‐II of notification
PENALTY
FOR WRONG ANSWERS :
Candidates
should note that there will be penalty (Negative Marking) for wrong
answers marked by a candidate in the Objective Type Question Papers. For both
writing and marking answers in the OMR sheet [Answer Sheet], candidates must
use black ball pen only. Pens with any other colours are prohibited. Do not use
Pencil or Ink pen. Candidates are further advised to read carefully the
"Special Instructions" contained in Appendix‐III of the Notice.
AGE LIMITS : A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 32 years on 1st August, 2016, i.e. he must have been born not earlier than 2nd August, 1984 and not later than 1st August, 1995. The upper age limit prescribed above will be relaxable as per the rules of government of India
Examination Fee:
Candidates applying (excepting Female/SC/ST/PH candidates who are exempted from payment of fee) for Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination are required to pay a fee of Rs.100/‐ (Rupees One Hundred only) either by depositing the money in any Branch of SBI by cash, or by using net banking facility of SBI, State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur/State Bank of Hyderabad/State Bank of Mysore/State Bank of Patiala/State Bank of Travancore or by using Visa/Master Credit/Debit card.
ELIGIBILITY
CONDITIONS :
(i)
NATIONALITY :
A
candidate must be either :‐
(a) A
citizen of India, or
(b) a
subject of Nepal, or
(c) a
subject of Bhutan, or
(d) a
Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st January, 1962 with the
intention of permanently settling in India, or
(e) a
person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Srilanka, East
African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia,
Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling
in India.
Provided
that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) shall be a
person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the
Government of India.
A
candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary, may be
admitted to the examination but the offer of appointment may be given only
after the necessary eligibility certificate has been issued to him/her by the
Government of India.
PHYSICAL
STANDARDS :
Candidates
must be physically fit according to physical standards for admission to Indian
Forest Service Examination,
2016 as per regulations given in Appendix‐III of the rules in the notification
for the Indian Forest Service Examination, 2016 published in Gazette of India
dated 27th April, 2016.
PLAN OF EXAMINATION
The Indian Forest Service Examination will consist of two successive stages (vide Appendix I Section‐I of notification).
(i) Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination (Objective type) for the selection of candidates for the Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination; and
(ii) Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination (Written and Interview) for the selection of candidates for the Indian Forest Service.
Scheme and
subjects for the Preliminary and Main Examination:
A.
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION :
The
Examination shall comprise of two compulsory Papers of 200 marks each.
Note :
(i) Both
the question papers will be of the objective type (multiple choice questions).
(ii) The
General Studies Paper‐II of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination will
be a qualifying paper
with
minimum qualifying marks fixed at 33%.
(iii) The
question papers will be set both in Hindi and English.
(iv)
Details of the syllabi are indicated in Part A of Section III.
(v)
Candidates must write the papers in their own hand. In no circumstances will
they be allowed the help of a scribe
to write the answers for them. However, Low Vision candidates (minimum 40%
impairment) will be
allowed to write the examination with the help of a scribe. Low Vision
candidates will also be allowed an
extra time of forty minutes for each paper @ twenty minutes per hour. Each
paper will be of two hours
duration.
B. MAIN
EXAMINATION :
(A) The
written examination consisting of the following papers:Paper
I General
English 300 Marks
Paper II General
Knowledge 300 Marks
Paper III Any two
subjects to be 200 marks
Paper IV selected from
the list of for each
Paper V the
optional subjects set paper
Paper VI out in
para 2
Each
subject will have two
papers.
(B)
Interview for Personality Test (See Part (C) of Section II of this Appendix) of
such candidates as may be
called by the Commission ‐
Maximum
Marks : 300 Marks
For complete details, read detailed notification on
To apply for UPSC INDIAN FOREST SERVICE EXAMINATION, 2016, visit: www.upsconline.nic.in
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