What: Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2008 will be held by the Union Public Service Commission on May 18, 2008.

Details:

~ Candidates should note that their will be penalty (Negative Marking) answers marked by a candidate in the Objective Question Papers.

~ Services/posts to which recruitment is to be made through the examination are:

1.    Indian Administrative Service

2.    Indian Foreign Service

3.    Indian Police Service

4.    Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Group 'A'

5.    Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group 'A'

6.    Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise) Group 'A'

7.    Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group 'A'

8.    Indian Revenue Service, Group 'A'.

9.    Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group 'A' (Assistant Works Manager, Non-technical)

10.  Indian Postal Service, Group 'A'

11.  Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group 'A'

12.  Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group 'A'

13.  Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group 'A'

14.  Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group 'A'

15.  Post of Assistant Security Officer, Group 'A' in Railway Protection Force

16.  Indian Defence Estates Service, Group 'A'

17.  Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group 'A'. (xviii) Indian Trade Service, Group "A" (Grade-III)

18.  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'

19.  Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service, Group 'B'

20.  Pondicherry Police Service, Group 'B'. 
 
Eligibility:

~ The Candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfill all eligibility condition for admission to examination. Their admission at all the stages of the examination will be purely provisional subject to satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions.

~ Mere issue of admission certificate to the candidate will not imply that his candidature has been finally cleared by the Commission.

~ Commission take up verification of eligibility conditions with reference to original documents only after the candidate has qualified for interview/Personality Test.
 
How to apply:

~ Candidates must apply in the Common Application Form devised by the Commission for its examination, which can be purchased from the Designated Head Post Offices/Post Offices throughout the country against cash payment of Rs 20. Each such form can be used only once and only for one examination.

~ In case of any difficulty in obtaining Application Forms from the designated HPOs/POs, the candidates should immediately contact the concerned post Master or UPSC's "FORMS SUPPLY MONITORING CELL" over Telephone No. 011-23389366/FAX No 011-23387310.
 
~ All applications must reach the "Secretary, Union Public Service Commission, Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi - 110069" either by hand or by Post/Speed Post or by Courier, on or before the 28th January, 2008.

~ However, in respect of candidates residing abroad or in certain remote localities, the last date for receipt of application by Post/Speed Post only (not by Hand or by Courier) is February 4, 2008.

Contact:

Union Public Service Commission,
Facilitation Counter, near gate 'C', 
Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road,
New Delhi - 110069
Telephone No. 011-23385271/011-23381125/011-23098543

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