UPSC Indian Forest Service Recruitment 2022 – Apply Online
Brief Information: Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has published notification for the recruitment of the Indian Forest Service Exam 2022 vacancy through the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2022. Those candidates interested in the following vacancy and completed all Eligibility Criteria can read the notification & apply online.
Name of the Post: UPSC Indian Forest Services Online Form 2022
- Total Vacancy: 151
- Salary: Rs. 56100 – 177500 PM
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)
Examination Fee for Indian Forest Service Exam
- For Others: Rs. 100/-
- For Female/ SC/ ST/ PwBD candidate: NIL
- Payment Mode: Depositing the money in any Branch of SBI by cash/ Net Banking/ Credit/ Debit card.
Important Dates
- Starting Date to Apply Online: 02-02-2022
- Last Date to Apply Online: 22-02-2022
- Last Date for Payment of Fee (Pay-in-Slip): 21-02-2022 at 23:59 Hrs
- Last Date for Payment of Fee (Online): 22-02-2022 at 18:00 Hrs
- Dates for withdrawing of online Applications: 01 to 07-03-2021 till 6.00 PM
- Date for Prelims Exam: 05-07-2022
- Dates for Mains Exam: November 2022
Age Limit (as of 01-08-2022) For Indian Forest Service
- Minimum Age: 21 Years
- Maximum Age: 32 Years
- Candidate must have been born not earlier than 02-08-1990 and not later than 01-08-2001
- Age Relaxation is applicable as per rules.
Qualification For applying Indian Forest Service
· Candidates should possess Bachelor’s Degree (Relevant Disciplines).
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Selection Procedure:
The competitive examination comprises two successive stages:
I. Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination (Objective Type) for the screening & selection of candidates for Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination; and
II. Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination (Written and Interview) to select candidates against the vacancies identified and reported for the Indian Forest Service Examination.
I. Preliminary Examination:
The preliminary examination will consist of two papers of Objective type (multiple choice questions) and carry a maximum of 400 marks. This examination is meant to serve as a screening test only. Only those candidates declared by the Commission to have qualified in the Preliminary Examination in the year will be eligible for admission to the Main Examination of that year provided they are otherwise eligible for admission to the Main Examination.
II. Main Examination:
The Main Examination will consist of a written examination and an interview test. The marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination by the candidates who are declared qualified for admission to the Main Examination will not be counted for determining their final order of merit. The number of candidates to be admitted to the Main Examination will be about twelve to thirteen times the approximate number of vacancies to be filled in the year through this examination.
The Main Examination will consist of written examination and an interview test. The written examination consisting of the following papers. All Question Papers must be answered in English. Question Papers will be set in English only. Time duration will be three hours for each paper.
1. Paper I – General English 300 Marks
2. Paper II -General Knowledge 300 Marks
3. Papers III, IV, V and VI – Any two subjects to be selected from the list of the optional subjects. Each subject will have two papers, 200 marks for each paper.
| Paper | Subject | Maximum Marks |
| Paper-I | General English | 300 |
| Paper-II | General Knowledge | 300 |
| Paper-III | Any two subjects to be selected from the list of the optional subjects. | Each subject will have two papers, 200 marks for each paper. |
| Paper-IV | Any two subjects to be selected from the list of the optional subjects. | Each subject will have two papers, 200 marks for each paper. |
| Paper-V | Any two subjects to be selected from the list of the optional subjects. | Each subject will have two papers, 200 marks for each paper. |
| Paper-VI | Any two subjects to be selected from the list of the optional subjects. | Each subject will have two papers, 200 marks for each paper. |
| Total Marks | 1400 |
List of Optional Subjects:
(i). Agriculture
(ii). Agricultural Engineering
(iii). Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
(iv). Botany
(v). Chemistry
(vi). Chemical Engineering
(vii). Civil Engineering
(viii). Forestry
(ix). Geology
(x). Mathematics
(xi). Mechanical Engineering
(xii). Physics
(xiii). Statistics
(xiv). Zoology
1. Written Examination:
The written examination will consist of 6 papers of conventional essay type. Candidates, who obtain such minimum qualifying marks in the written part of the Main Examination as may be fixed by the Commission at their discretion, shall be summoned for an interview for a Personality Test. The number of candidates to be summoned for interviews will be about twice the number of vacancies to be filled.
2. Interview:
The interview will carry 300 marks (with no minimum qualifying marks). Marks thus obtained by the candidates in the Main Examination (written part and interview) would determine their final ranking.
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