IES Exam Pattern 2018 UPSC Indian Economic Service Exam & ISS Statistical Scheme of Exam, Syllabus

UPSC Indian Economic Service Exam & ISS Statistical Scheme of Exam, Syllabus, IES Exam Pattern 2018 in detail is given below:

SCHEME OF EXAMINATION

SECTION-I

The examination shall be conducted according to the following plan—

Part I-Written examination carrying a maximum of 1000 marks in the subjects as shown below. Part II-Viva voce of such candidates as may be called by the Commission carrying a maximum of 200 marks.

PART-I

The subjects of the written examination under Part-I, the maximum marks allotted to each subject/paper and the time allowed shall be as follows : A. Indian Economic Service

Sl.	Subject	Maximum	Time
No.		Marks	Allowed
1.	General English	100	3 hrs.
2.	General Studies	100	3 hrs.
3.	General Economics-I	200	3 hrs.
4.	General Economics-II	200	3 hrs.
5.	General Economics-III	200	3 hrs.
6.	Indian Economics	200	3 hrs.
B. Indian Statistical Service
Sl.	Subject	Maximum	Time
No.		Marks	Allowed
1.	General English	100	3 hrs.
2.	General Studies	100	3 hrs.
3.	Statistics-I (Objective)	200	2 hrs.
4.	Statistics-II (Objective)	200	2 hrs.
5.	Statistics-III (Descriptive)	200	3 hrs.
6.	Statistics-IV (Descriptive)	200	3 hrs.

Note-1 : Statistics I & II will be of Objective Type Questions (80 questions with maximum marks of 200 in each paper) to be attempted in 120 minutes.

Note-2 : Statistics III & IV will be of Descriptive Type having Short Answer/ 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. In Statistics-IV, equal number of questions i.e. 50% weightage from all the sub-sections below and candidates have to choose any two sub-sections and answer.

Note 3 : The papers on General English and General Studies, common to both Indian Economic Service and Indian Statistical Service will be of subjective type.

Note 4 : All other papers of Indian Economic Service will be of subjective type.

Note-5 : The details of standard and syllabi for the examination are given in Section-II below.

The question papers in all subjects in Indian Economic Service Examination and in Indian Statistical Service Examination will be of Conventional (essay) type except in Statistics Paper I and Statistics Paper II which are Objective Type Papers.

ALL QUESTION PAPERS MUST BE ANSWERED IN ENGLISH; QUESTION PAPERS WILL BE SET IN ENGLISH ONLY.
1. Candidates must write the papers in their own hand. In no circumstances will they be allowed the help of a scribe to write the answers for them. However, blind candidates and candidates with Locomotor Disability and Cerebral Palsy where dominant (writing) extremity is affected to the extent of slowing the performance of function (minimum of 40 % impairment) will be allowed to write the examination with the help of a scribe.

Compensatory time of 20 minutes per hour for each paper will also be allowed to a blind candidate and the candidates with locomotor disability and cerebral palsy where dominant (writing) extremity is affected to the extent of slowing the performance of function (minimum of 40% impairment).