UPSC ESE 2024: Exam pattern of UPSC ESE exam explained
As per the direction of the Commission, candidates who secured minimum marks in the Preliminary and Main examination will be called for the Personality Test.
The Union Public Service Commission conducts the Engineering Services Examination (ESE) for recruitment to posts/services under 4 categories:
Category I: Civil Engineering
Category II: Mechanical Engineering
Category III: Electrical Engineering
Category IV: Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering
The examination will be conducted by the UPSC in three stages
Stage-I: Engineering Services (Preliminary/Stage-I) Examination (Objective Type Papers)
Stage-II: Engineering Services (Main/Stage-II) Examination (Conventional Type Papers
Stage-III: Personality Test
As per the UPSC Calendar 2024, the Preliminary examination will be conducted on February 18, 2024.
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Preliminary Examination
The Preliminary exam consists of two objective-type question papers and carries a total of 500 marks which is divided into Paper I = 200 marks and Paper II = 300 marks. Candidates who clear the preliminary exam will be eligible to attempt the main examination.
General Studies and Engineering Aptitude Paper = Paper-I - 2 Hours
Engineering Discipline specific paper = Paper-II- 3 Hours
In the objective-type questions of the Preliminary exam, negative marks will be assigned for every wrong answer marked.
Main Examination
In the Main examination, candidates are expected to answer two conventional type papers in Engineering Discipline specific with a duration of three hours.
The total marks for the main examination will be 600 (300 Marks in each paper).
A list of candidates selected by the commission based on the criterion of minimum qualifying marks in the Preliminary examination will be allowed to attempt the Main examination.
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Personality Test
As per the direction of the Commission, candidates who secured minimum marks in the Preliminary exam and Main examination will be called for the Personality Test. UPSC mentioned that the Personality Test would carry 200 marks. The marks obtained by the candidate in all the three stages would decide the final ranking.
