UPSC ESE Selection Process Details: The candidates applying for the Engineering Services Examination should ensure that they fulfill all the eligibility conditions for admission to the Examination. The selection process for the Engineering Services Examination are given below….
UPSC ESE Selection Process:
Selection process will be done in three stages
(i) Stage-I: Engineering Services (Preliminary/Stage-I) Examination (Objective Type Papers) for the selection of candidates for the Stage-II: Engineering Services (Main/Stage-II) Examination;
(ii) Stage-II: Engineering Services (Main/Stage-II) Examination (Conventional Type Papers) and
(iii) Stage-III : Personality Test
I. Written Examination: The Engineering Services (Preliminary/Stage-I) Examination will consist of two objective type (multiple choices) questions papers and carrying a maximum of 500 marks (Paper 1 – 200 Marks & Paper II – 300 Marks). Only those candidates who are declared by the Commission to have qualified in the Preliminary/Stage-I Examination in the year will be eligible for admission to the Main/Stage-II Examination of that year provided they are otherwise eligible for admission to the Main/StageII Examination. The Marks obtained in Preliminary/Stage-I Examination by the candidates who are declared qualified for admission to the Main/Stage-II Examination will be counted for determining their final order of merit. The number of candidates to be admitted to the Main/Stage-II Examination will be about six to seven time the total approximate number of vacancies to be filled in the year through this examination.
Note I : The Commission will draw a list of candidates to be qualified for Engineering Services (Main/Stage-II) Examination based on the criterion of minimum qualifying marks in General Studies and Engineering Aptitude Paper (Paper-I) and Engineering Discipline specific paper (Paper-II) of Preliminary/Stage-I Examination.
Note II: There will be penalty (Negative Marking) for wrong answers marked by a candidate in the objective type question paper
(i) There are four alternative for the answers to every question. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one-third (1/3rd) of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty.
(ii) If a candidate gives more than one answer, it will be treated as a wrong answer even if one of the given answers happen to be correct and there will be same penalty as above for that question.
(iii) If a question is left blank i.e. no answer is given by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.
3. Candidates should note that if any irrelevant matter/signages/marks etc. are found written in the answer script(s), which would not be related to any question/answer and/or would be having the potential to disclose the candidate’s identity, the Commission will impose a penalty of deduction of marks from the total marks otherwise accruing to the candidate or will not evaluate the said script(s) on this account.
4.1 The Engineering Services (Main/stage-II) Examination will consist two conventional type papers in Engineering Discipline specific with duration of three hours and maximum marks of 600 (300 Marks in each paper).
4.2 The Stage-III will consist of Personality Test carrying 200 Marks.
5.1 Candidates who obtain such minimum qualifying marks in the Stage-I: Engineering Services (Preliminary/Stage-I) and Stage-II: Engineering Services (Main/Stage-II) Examination as may be fixed by the Commission as per its discretion, shall be summoned by them for Stage-III (Personality Test). The number of candidates to be summoned for Personality Test will be about twice the number of vacancies to be filled. The Personality Test will carry 200 marks (with no minimum qualifying marks).
5.2 Marks obtained by the candidates in the Stage-I:(Preliminary/Stage-I) Examination, Stage-II:(Main/Stage-II) Examination and Stage-III (Personality Test) would determine their final ranking. Candidates will be allotted to the various services keeping in view their ranks in the examination and the preference expressed by them for the various services/posts.
6. Candidates are advised to read carefully special instructions to candidates for conventional type tests and objective type tests given in Appendix-III (Part A and Part B) including the procedure regarding filing in the Answer Sheet of objective type tests in the Examination Notice uploaded on the Commission’s website (www.upsc.gov.in)
7. In the Personality Test special attention will be paid to assessing the candidate’s capacity for leadership, initiative and intellectual curiosity, tact and other social qualities, mental and physical energy, powers of practical application and integrity of character.
8. Conventional papers must be answered in English. Question paper will be set in English only.
9. Details of the syllabi for Stage-I: (Preliminary/stage-I) and Stage-II :(Main/Stage-II) are at Section III.
Section-II
Stage-I(Preliminary/Stage-I) Examination :-
The Examination shall comprise of two papers.
| Subject | Duration | Maximum Marks |
| Category-I Civil Engineering | ||
| Paper-I (General Studies and Engineering Aptitude) | 2 hrs. | 200 |
| Paper-II (Civil Engineering) | 3 hrs. | 300 |
| Total | 500 | |
| Subject | Duration | Maximum Marks |
| Category-II Mechanical Engineering | ||
| Paper-I (General Studies and Engineering Aptitude) | 2 hrs. | 200 |
| Paper-II (Mechanical Engineering) | 3 hrs. | 300 |
| Total | 500 | |
| Subject | Duration | Maximum Marks |
| Category-III Electrical Engineering | ||
| Paper-I (General Studies and Engineering Aptitude) | 2 hrs. | 200 |
| Paper-II (Electrical Engineering) | 3 hrs. | 300 |
| Total | 500 | |
| Subject | Duration | Maximum Marks |
| Category-IV Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering | ||
| Paper-I (General Studies and Engineering Aptitude) | 2 hrs. | 200 |
| Paper-II (Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering) | 3 hrs. | 300 |
| Total | 500 | |
(iii) Details of the syllabi are indicated in Section III.
B. Stage-II(Main/Stage-II) Examination:-
The Examination shall comprise of two papers.
| Subject | Duration | Maximum Marks |
| Category-I Civil Engineering | ||
| Paper-I ( Civil Engineering) | 3 hrs. | 300 |
| Paper-II (Electrical Engineering) | 3 hrs. | 300 |
| Total | 600 | |
| Subject | Duration | Maximum Marks |
| Category-II Mechanical Engineering | ||
| Paper-I ( Mechanical Engineering ) | 3 hrs. | 300 |
| Paper-II (Mechanical Engineering) | 3 hrs. | 300 |
| Total | 600 | |
| Subject | Duration | Maximum Marks |
| Category-III Electrical Engineering | ||
| Paper-I ( Electrical Engineering ) | 3 hrs. | 300 |
| Paper-II (Electrical Engineering) | 3 hrs. | 300 |
| Total | 600 | |
| Subject | Duration | Maximum Marks |
| Category-IV Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering | ||
| Paper-I ( Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering ) | 3 hrs. | 300 |
| Paper-II (Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering) | 3 hrs. | 300 |
| Total | 600 | |
III. Personality Test: Stage-III Personality test carrying a maximum of 200 marks of such of the candidates who qualify on the basis of the written examination.
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