Civil Services Examination – Changes approved by the Government vide Notification dated 25th March, 2013 for CSE, 2013
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF
PERSONNEL,PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1462
ANSWERED ON-22.08.2013
Changes in Civil Service Examination
1462 . SHRI RASHEED MASOOD
(a) whether Government has
given approval to make changes in Civil Service Examination;
(b) if so, the details of
changes made therein; and
(c) whether essential paper
of English language has been dropped and if not, the reasons therefor?
ANSWER
Minister of State in the
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in
the Prime Minister’s Office. (SHRI V. NARAYANASAMY)
(a): Yes, sir.
(b): The details of the
changes are given in Annexure to this reply.
(c): No, Sir. English
language continues to be an essential paper of qualifying nature of
matriculation level, as before.
ANNEXURE
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Item No.
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System applicable upto CSE-2012
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Changes approved by the Government vide Notification
dated 25th March, 2013 for CSE, 2013
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1.
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Essay Paper III: Essay of 200 marks with an
Option to answer in any of the languages included in 8thSchedule of the
Constitution or English
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The Paper-III on Essay is of 250 marks now with
an option to answer in any of the languages included in 8th Schedule of the
Constitution or English.
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2.
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General Studies Paper IV & V:There used to be
two papers of General Studies of 300 marks each. The subject of paper-I
included components such as, History of Modern India and Indian Culture,
Geography of India, Constitution of India and Indian Polity and
CurrentNational Issues and Topics of Social Relevance. Paper-II included
component such as India and the World, India’s Economic Interaction with the
World, Development in the Field of Science & technology, IT and Space,
International Affairs and Institutions and Statistical analysis, graphs and
diagrams.
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This was replaced with Paper-IV, V, VI & VII
of General Studies carrying 250 marks each. The components of the subjects of
the papers were the following: -
Paper-IV(Indian Heritage & Culture, History
and Geography of the World and Society).
Paper-V(Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social
Justice and International relations)
Paper-VI(Technology, Economic Development, Bio
Diversity, Environment,Security and Disaster Management)
Paper-VII (Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude)
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3.
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Optional Papers VI, VII, VIII and IX: There used
to be two optional subject containing four papers of 300 marks each. The
candidate had to choose any TWO subjects to be selected from list a list of
25 core subj.00000ects and literature of 30 languages, which made the total
to 55 optional.
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This has been replaced with Optional Paper-VIII
& IX of 250 marks each. A candidate has to choose any ONE optional
subject to be selected from list of 25 coresubjects and literatures of 22
languages, included in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution and English.
Six Foreign languages (Arabic, Chinese, French,
German, Persian and Russian) and Pali have been deleted from the then
existing list of Literatures of Languages. This makes a total of 48 optional
subjects.
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4.
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Personality Test/Interview: There used to be a
Personality Test/Interview for 300 marks.
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Personality Test/Interview: The Personality
Test/Interview has been made of 275 marks.
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5.
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Total Marks: 2300
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Total Marks: 2025
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Source: rajyasabha.nic.in
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