On 18th May , 2008	<< more details >>
Union Public Service Commission will conduct a Preliminary Examination of the Civil Services Examination for recruitment to the Services and posts mentioned below

Last Date for Receipt of Applications either by hand or by Post/Speed Post or by Courier : 28th January, 2008  Date of Examination : 18th May , 2008

Services/posts to which recruitment is to be made through the Examination are : Indian Administrative Service. Indian Foreign Service. Indian Police Service. Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Group ‘A’. Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group ‘A’. Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise) Group 'A' Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group ‘A’. Indian Revenue Service, Group ‘A’. Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group 'A' (Assistant Works Manager, Non-technical) Indian Postal Service, Group ‘A’. Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group ‘A’. Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group ‘A’. Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group ‘A’. Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group ‘A’. Post of Assistant Security Officer, Group 'A' in Railway Protection Force. Indian Defence Estates Service, Group ‘A’. Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group ‘A’. Indian Trade Service, Group "A" (Grade-III) Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group ‘B’ (Section Officer’s Grade) Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service, Group 'B'. Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service, Group 'B'. Age Limits : A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 30 years on 1st August, 2008, i.e. he must have been born not earlier than 2nd August, 1978 and not later than 1st August, 1987. The upper age limit is relexable for SC/ST/OBC and certain other categories of candidates to the extent specified in the notice. Educational Qualifications : A candidate must hold a Bachelor’s degree from recognised University or an equivalent qualification (with Physics and Mathematics at 10+2 level) or Bachelor of Engineering.   Candidates who are studying in final year Degree Course and have yet to pass final year degree examination or equivalent examination can also apply for examination, but they will be required to submit proof of passing by the specified dates published in Commission's Notice for Examination. Physical Standards :  Candidate must be physically fit according to the regulations How to Apply : Applications are now invited for the Preliminary Examination only. Candidates who are declared by the Commission to have qualified for admission to the Main Examination will have to apply again in the detailed application form which would be supplied to them. The Main Examination is likely to be held in October/November, 2008. Centre of Examination : Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Aligarh, Allahabad, Aurangabad, Bangalore, Bareilly, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi, Dharwar, Dispur, Gangtok, Hyderabad, Imphal, Itanagar, Jaipur, Jammu, Jodhpur, Jorhat, Kochi , Kohima, Kolkata, Lucknow, Madurai, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji (Goa), Patna, Pondicherry, Port blair, Raipur, Ranchi, Sambalpur, Shillong, Shimla, Sringar, Thiruvananthapuram, Tirupati, Udaipur and Vishakhapatnam

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