How to apply for IRS? Syllabus of IRS and the selection procedure?

How to apply for IRS? Syllabus of IRS and the selection procedure?

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IRS stands for Indian Revenue Services.

You can IRS through Civil Services Examination which is conducted by UPSC every year.

The CSE is conducted in two stages mainly.

1. Preliminary Examination
This is also called Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) and is common test
for all applicants.
This cotains questions from General studies(History, Geography,
Politics, Economics and social development, General Science) English
Mathematical Aptitude etc.

2. Main Exam and Interview
Those who qualify Preliminary exam are called for Main exam and
on the basis of marks in Main exam, candidates are called for
Interview. The total marks of Main exam and Interviw are sum up to
produce final result.

The Main examination will contain following papers
1. Essay type Indian Language Qualifying Paper (300 marks)
2. English Qualifying Paper (300 marks)
3. General Essay type paper (200 marks)
4. General Studies (Paper-I & II 300 marks each)
5. Optional subject-I(Paper-I & II 300 marks each)
6. Optional subject-II(Paper-I&II 300 marks each)


You can choose any two optional papers from the subjects named below.

Agriculture
Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
Anthropology
Botany
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Commerce and Accountancy
Economics
Electrical Engineering
Geography
Geology
History
Law
Management
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Medical Science
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science and International Relations
Psychology
Public Administration
Sociology
Statistics
Zoology

But following combinations of two optional subjects are not permissible
- Political Science & International Relations and Public Administration;
- Commerce & Accountancy and Management;
- Anthropology and Sociology;
- Mathematics and Statistics;
- Agriculture and Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science.
- Management and Public Administration;
- Any two engineering subjects
- Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science and Medical Science.

You should obtain the syllabus of these subjects from www.upsc.gov.in

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