Plan of the examination: The examination comprises: 

(i) Written Examination

(ii) Viva-Voca test of such candidates as may be called by the commission carrying a maximum of 250 marks.

Written Examination: The subjects of written examination, the marks allotted to each subject will be as under:

• Each Paper is of 3 hours duration

• All question papers will be of conventional (essay) type

Standard of Papers

The standard of papers in General English and General Studies will be that of a graduate of an Indian University. The standard of papers of other subjects will be that of the Masters degree examination. 

Examination Centres

Agartla, Ahmedabd, Aizawl, Allahabad, Bangalore, Bareilly, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cuttack, Delhi, Dharwar, Dispur (Guwahati), Gangtok, Hyderabad, Imphal, Itanagar, Jaipur, Jammu, Jorhat, Kochi (Cochin), Kolkata (Calcutta), Kohima, Lucknow, Madurai, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji (Goa), Patna, Portblair, Raipur, Sambalpur, Shillong, Shimla, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram, Tirupati, Udaipur and Vishakhapatnam.