The Union Public Service Commission, commonly abbreviated as UPSC, is India’s premier central recruiting agency. UPSC conducts the Civil Services Examination every year for recruitment to All India services(IAS, IPS, IFS) and various Group A and Group B of Central services in the Government of India. 

Civil services exam is a highly popular examination in India as it provides an attractive and challenging career option to the candidates appearing for the exam. The wide variety of services within the fold of the UPSC Civil Services provide a greater authority, power and prestige than any other services in India. The first Home Minister of Independent India, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel famously referred to civil servants as the ‘Steel frame of India’. 

A candidate planning to prepare for CSE must get himself well acquainted with the examination pattern, syllabus, preparation strategy and nature of various services. Read below to know each and every aspect of this prestigious examination.