UPSC IES – ISS Exam Pattern and Syllabus

UPSC IES/ ISS Exam Notification Out – Union Public Service Commission has released the official notification of the Indian Economic Service/ Indian Statistical Service Exam 2022 for the recruitment of Junior Time Scale of the Services on 06th April 2022. The last date to apply for IES/ ISS is 26-04-2022 (06:00 PM).

UPSC IES/ ISS Exam 2022 Notification Released
Last Date- 26-04-2022

 

UPSC IES/ ISS Exam Quick Overview

Exam NameUPSC IES/ ISS Exam
Conducted byUnion Public Service Commission (UPSC)
Post NameJunior Time Scale
Vacancies53
Type of TestsObjective and Descriptive
Negative Marking1/3 of the correct answer

Indian Economic Service/ Indian Statistical Service Exam will be conducted on 24th June 2022. Candidates looking for UPSC Recruitment must know about the eligibility criteria, selection procedure, exam pattern, syllabus, etc. of the exam. We have given all details here regarding UPSC IES/ ISS Exam.

UPSC IES/ ISS Exam Pattern

Indian Economic Service/ Indian Statistical Service Examination shall be conducted according to the following plan:-

Part-I: Written Exam

The written examination carries a maximum of 1000 marks. The subjects of the written examination under Part-I, the maximum marks allotted to each subject/ paper and the time allowed shall be as follows :

Indian Economic Service
Name of SubjectsDurationMaximum Marks
General English3 Hours100
General Studies3 Hours100
General Economics-I3 Hours200
General Economics-II3 Hours200
General Economics-III3 Hours200
Indian Economics3 Hours200

 

Indian Statistical Service
Name of SubjectsDurationMaximum Marks
General English3 Hours100
General Studies3 Hours100
Statistics-I (Objective)2 Hours200
Statistics-II (Objective)2 Hours200
Statistics-III (Objective)3 Hours200
Statistics-IV (Objective)3 Hours200

Statistics I & II will be of Objective Type Questions (80 questions with maximum marks of 200 in each paper) to be attempted in 120 minutes. Statistics III and IV will be of Descriptive Type having Short Answer/ Small Problems Questions (50%) and Long Answer and Comprehension problem questions (50%). At least one Short Answer and One Long Answer Question from each section is compulsory. In Statistics-IV, there will be SEVEN Sections in the paper. Candidates have to choose any TWO Sections out of them. All Sections will carry equal marks.

The papers on General English and General Studies, common to both Indian Economic Service and Indian Statistical Service will be of subjective type. All other papers of the Indian Economic Service will be of subjective type.

Part-II: Viva Voce

The candidate will be interviewed by a Board of competent and unbiased observers who will have before them a record of his/ her career. The object of the interview is to assess his/her suitability for the service for which he/ she has competed. The interview is intended to supplement the written examination for testing the general and specialised knowledge and abilities of the candidate. The technique of the interview is not that of a strict cross-examination, but of a natural, though directed and purposive conversation intended to reveal the candidate’s mental qualities and his/her grasp of problems.

UPSC IES/ ISS Exam Eligibility Criteria

Candidates who wish to apply for UPSC IES/ ISS should ensure that they fulfil the minimum eligibility criteria. To apply for IES/ ISS Exam, a candidate should have a Post-Graduate Degree in Economics/ Applied Economics/ Business Economics/ Econometrics or Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics/ Mathematical Statistics/ Applied Statistics as one of the subjects or a Master’s degree in Statistics/ Mathematical Statistics/ Applied Statistics.

UPSC IES/ ISS Exam Syllabus

The standard of papers in General English and General Studies will be such as may be expected of a graduate of an Indian University. The standard of papers in the other subjects will be that of the Master’s degree examination of an Indian University in the relevant disciplines. The candidates will be expected to illustrate the theory by facts, and to analyse problems with the help of theory. The 13 will be expected to be particularly conversant with Indian problems in the field(s) of Economics/Statistics. The topics that are covered in Written Exam are given below.

SubjectTopics
General StudiesThe paper will also include questions on Indian Polity including the political system and the Constitution of India, the History of India and the Geography of nature which a candidate should be able to answer without special study.
General Economics-ITheory of Consumer’s Demand, Theory of Production, Theory of Value, Theory of Distribution, Welfare Economics, Quantitative Methods in Economics
General Economics-IIEconomic Thought, Concept of National Income and Social Accounting, Theory of employment, Output, Inflation, Money and Finance, Financial and Capital Market, Economic Growth and Development, International Economics, Balance of Payments, Global Institutions
General Economics-IIIPublic Finance, Environmental Economics, Industrial Economics, State, Market and Planning
Indian EconomicsHistory of development and planning, Federal Finance, Budgeting and Fiscal Policy, Poverty, Unemployment and Human Development, Agriculture and Rural Development Strategies, India’s experience with Urbanisation and Migration, Industry: Strategy of industrial development, Labour, Foreign Trade, Money and Banking, Inflation
Statistics-I (Objective)Probability, Statistical Methods, Numerical Analysis, Computer application and Data Processing
Statistics-II (Objective)Linear Models, Statistical Inference and Hypothesis Testing, Official Statistics
Statistics-III (Descriptive)Sampling Techniques, Econometrics, Applied Statistics
Statistics-IV (Descriptive)Operations Research and Reliability, Demography and Vital Statistics, Survival Analysis and Clinical Trial, Quality Control, Multivariate Analysis, Design and Analysis of Experiments, Computing with C and R
General English Candidates will be required to write an essay in English.

The result of the UPSC IES/ ISS Exam will be released after the completion of each phase of the examination. Must visit Results Page to check UPSC IES/ ISS Result.

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