COMMON SYLLABUS FOR CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION
(NCS,
NPS, NSS & ALLIED SERVICES) w.e.f. 2012
There will be 3 (three) stages of examinations:
1. Preliminary
Examination
2. Main
Examination
3. Interview/Viva-voce
Section-I
Preliminary Examination:
The
Preliminary examination will consist of 1 (one) paper of objective type (MCQ
with OMR Answer Sheet) carrying a maximum of 200 marks in the syllabus given
below. This Examination is meant to serve as a screening test only; 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 shall be fixed as per provisions laid down in the
recruitment rules.
Syllabus for Preliminary Examination (MCQ) Marks: 200 Time: 3 Hrs
The subjects to be covered will be as follows:
1. General Science:
General appreciation and understanding of science, including matters of every
day observation and experience as may be expected of a well educated person who
has not made a special study of any scientific discipline.*
2. History:
Broad general understanding of the subject in its social, economic, political
aspects, social and cultural heritage of India, emphasizing unity in
diversity.
3. Nagaland:
Social, cultural and heritage of its people.
4. Geography:
Geography of India including the physical, social, economic,
geography and on the main features of Indian agricultural and natural
resources.
5. Indian
Polity and Economy: Country’s political, Executive, Judicial
System, Local Bodies, Rural and Community Development and Economic Planning
in India.
6. Indian
National Movement: Nature and character of the Nineteenth
century resurgence, growth of nationalism and attainment of independence.
7. General
Mental Ability Test: Analysis of classified data, logical and
behavioural reasoning, analogies, basic arithmetic, numerical ability and basic
concept of computers.*
8. Current
events: Latest development on all the fields detailed above
including science and technology and environmental awareness.
* Basic Science including basic numeric
(numbers and their relationships, orders of magnitude etc.), Data
interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc.) shall be of
class X level.
Section-II
Main Examination:
The Main
examination will consist of 3 (three) papers, namely:
(a) General
Essay, Comprehension and Grammar.
(b) General Studies
Paper-I in objective type (MCQ- with OMR Sheet) and
(c) General Studies
Paper-II in descriptive form of short and long answer type.
The above papers
carry a maximum of 200 marks each.
The number of
candidates to be called for interview / viva-voce shall be fixed by the
Commission at their discretion or as per provisions laid down in the
Recruitment Rules.
Syllabus for Main Examination (Descriptive & MCQ)
1. General Essay, Comprehension & Grammar Marks:
200 Time: 3 Hrs
(i) There will be
two General Essay Questions from the following topics:
Crisis management, Social problems, Analysis and
solutions.
Current events of national and international importance.
Current
events relating to State
of Nagaland. 50x2=100
(ii) Comprehension 80
(iii) Grammar 20
2. General
Studies Paper – I
(MCQ) Marks:
200 Time: 3 Hrs
(i) Modern
history of India and Indian culture.
(ii) Current
events of national and international importance.
(iii) Statistical
analysis, graphs and diagrams.
(iv) Basic
and everyday science.
(v) Nagaland
in all aspects. Modern
history of India and Indian culture will cover the broad history of
the country from about the middle of the nineteenth century (advent of European
invasion) and would include questions on Gandhi and Nehru. Statistical
analysis, graphs and diagrams will include exercises to test the candidate’s
ability to draw common sense conclusions from information presented in
statistical, graphical and diagrammatical form and to point out deficiencies,
limitations therein. Questions on basic and everyday science will cover matters
of everyday observation and experiences of a modern man. General information on
Nagaland will also be asked.
Paper – II (Descriptive) Marks: 200 Time: 3 Hrs
(i) Indian
polity and Public Administration.
(ii) Indian
economy and geography.
(iii) Social problems and
sensitive issues including environmental problems.
(iv) Nagaland-geography,
society, culture and heritage.
(v) Administration
in Nagaland.
· Indian polity and Public
Administration will include questions on Constitution, administration and
Political system in India.
· On Indian economy and
geography, questions will be put on planning, physical, economic and social
geography of India.
· Social problems and
sensitive issues will include problems like child labour, HIV/AIDS, gender
bias, minorities, SC/ST, illiteracy, poverty, employment etc. Global issues
such as environmental problems will be covered.
· Nagaland-geography,
society, culture and heritage and
· Nagaland administration
will cover topics in general administration like organizational structure,
local bodies, functions, control, social welfare oriented programmes, etc.
Paper-II
will have different segments of questions ranging from 2 (two) marks to 20
(twenty) marks.
Section-III
Interview:
The Interview is
intended to assess the overall intelligence and the personality of a candidate
and also the aptitude and attitude relevant to the services opted for, rather
than merely the range of their information and memory.
N.B.:
1. Penalty
for Wrong Answers – There will be penalty (negative marking) for wrong answers
marked by a candidate in the Objective Type Question papers in both the
Preliminary and Main Examinations. For each wrong
answer given by the candidate, one third (0.33) of the marks
assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty.
2. The
different units in the syllabus may figure in all the segments, as such, no
marks allotment will be shown in the curriculum for Preliminary Examination,
General Studies Paper-I (MCQ) and General Studies Paper-II (Descriptive Type
Questions).