Syllabus of UPSC Indian Forest Service Examination 2019

Brief information of the UPSC Indian Forest Service Examination 2019:
The Union Public Service Commission has issued the syllabus of the Indian Forest Service Examination 2019 for the recruitment of the 90 vacant posts.
The desiring candidate must hold a Bachelor’s degree with at least one of the subjects namely Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science, Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and Zoology or a Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Forestry or in Engineering of any of Universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification.

A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 32 years on 1st August, 2019, i.e. he must have been born not earlier than 2nd August, 1987 and not later than 1st August, 1998. The upper age limit will be relaxable.

Candidates applying (excepting Female/SC/ST/PwBD candidates who are exempted from payment of fee) for Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination are required to pay a fee of Rs.100/- (Rupees One Hundred only) either by depositing the money in any Branch of SBI by cash, or by using net banking facility of State Bank of India or by using Visa/Master/RuPay Credit/Debit card.

The Indian Forest Service Examination will consist of two successive stages (vide Appendix I Section-I below):
(i) Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination (Objective type) for the selection of candidates for the Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination; and
(ii) Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination (Written and Interview) for the selection of candidates for the Indian Forest Service.

Scheme and subjects for the Preliminary and Main Examination:
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION : The Examination shall comprise of two compulsory Papers of 200 marks each.

Note : (i) Both the question papers will be of the objective type (multiple choice questions).
(ii) The General Studies Paper-II of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination will be a qualifying paper with minimum qualifying marks fixed at 33%.
(iii) The question papers will be set both in Hindi and English.
(iv) Details of the syllabi are indicated in Part A of Section III.

B. MAIN EXAMINATION: (A) The written examination consisting of the following papers:—
Paper I—General English 300 Marks
Paper II—General Knowledge 300 Marks
Papers III, IV, V and VI.—Any two subjects to be selected from the list of the optional subjects set out in para 2 below. Each subject will have two papers.— 200 marks for each paper.

Note : Answer scripts of only those candidates who have obtained the minimum marks as decided by the Commission for Paper II (General Knowledge) will be evaluated.

(B) Interview for Personality Test (See Part C of Section II of this Appendix) of such candidates as may be called by the Commission— Maximum Marks : 300

2. 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

Provided that the candidates will not be allowed to offer the following combination of subjects :
(a) Agriculture and Agricultural Engg.
(b) Agriculture and Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science.
(c) Agriculture and Forestry.
(d) Chemistry and Chemical Engg.
(e) Mathematics and Statistics.
(f) Of the Engineering subjects viz. Agricultural Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering—not more than one subject;

Syllabus of UPSC Indian Forest Service Examination 2019: Intending and eligible candidates can check the official detailed syllabus of the examination from the link: Click here

Candidates are also suggested to visit the official website for more details : www.upsconline.nic.in