INDIAN STATISTICAL SERVICE EXAMINATION
The UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) conducts a combined competitive examination for recruitment to Grade IV officers of the services of Indian Economic and Indian Statistical Serives.
Applications
- Candidates are required to apply online using the www.upsconline.nic.in
- Detailed instructions for filling up Online Applications are available on the above-mentioned website. The applicants are advised to submit only single application
- The applicants who are submitting multiple applications should note that only the applications with higher RID (Registration ID) shall be entertained by the Commission and fee paid against one RID shall not be adjusted against any other RID
- All candidates, whether already in Govt. Service, or in Govt. owned industrial undertakings or other similar organizations or in private employment should apply directly to the Commission
- All the applicants are required to provide valid and active email id and mobile numbers while filling up online application forms as the Commission will be using electronic mode for communication
Eligibility
- A candidate may compete for anyone of the Service only viz. the Indian Economic Service or the Indian Statistical Service, for which he/she is eligible in terms of the Rules
- A candidate must be either (a) a Citizen of India, (b) a subject of Nepal, (c) a subject of Bhutan, (d) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India, before the 01st January 1962, with the intention of permanently settling in India or; (e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethiopia or Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India
- Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) & (e) above shall be person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Govt. of India
Education:
- A candidate for the Indian Statistical Service must have obtained a Bachelor's Degree with Statistics/Mathematical Statistics/Applied Statistics as one of the subject or a Master's degree in Statistics/Mathematical Statistics/Applied Statistics from a University incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other Educational Institutes established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as University u/s 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 or a Foreign University approved by the Central Govt. from time to time
Age limit:
You must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 30 years on 1stAugust of the year of exam. The upper age-limit is relaxable under certain conditions.
The upper age-limit prescribed above will be relaxable:
- Up to a maximum of 5 years if a candidate belong to a SC/ST;
- Up to a maximum of 3 years in the case of candidate belonging to OBC who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable to such candidates;
- Up to a maximum of 5 years if a candidate has ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu and Kashmir during the period from the 01st Jan. 1981 to the 31st Dec. 1990;
- Up to a maximum of 3 years in the case of Defence Services Personnel disabled in operations during hostilities with any foreign country
- Up to a maximum of 5 years in the case of ex-servicemen including Commissioned Officers and ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least five years Military Service as on 01st August 2017
- Up to a maximum of 10 years in the case of blind, deaf-mute and orthopedically disabled persons
Physical Standards
- Candidates must be physically fit according to physical standard for admission to Indian Economic Service/Indian Statistical Service Exam 2018 as per Regulations given in Appendix III of the rules for the Indian Economic Service/Indian Statistical Service Exam
Exam Pattern
Part I is written examination carrying a maximum of 1000 marks. Part II is viva-voce of such candidates as may be called by the commission, carrying a maximum of 200 marks.
s.no
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Subject
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Marks
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Time
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1
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General English
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100
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3 hr
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2
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General Studies
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100
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3 hr
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3
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Statistics - I (Objective)
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200
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2 hr
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4
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Statistics - II (Objective)
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200
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2 hr
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5
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statistics - III (Descriptive)
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200
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3 hr
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6
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Statistics - IV (Descriptive)
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200
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3 hr
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Statistics I and II are of Objective Type Questions containing 80 questions with maximum marks of 200 in each paper to be attempted in 120 minutes. Statistics III and IV are of Descriptive Type with Short Answer or 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.
The papers on General English and General Studies, common to both Indian Economic Service and Indian Statistical Service are of subjective type.
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