Indian Administrative Service  (IAS)

The IAS exam (officially known as the Civil Services Examination) is conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) annually. Those who clear all the three stages of the IAS exam enter into the prestigious civil services of the country, and become officers in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), and a host of other services. Although regarded as one of the toughest exams in the country, with the right approach and strategy, an aspirant can crack the IAS examination in the very first attempt. 

The IAS Exam pattern is:

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UPSC Personality Test (IAS Interview)

Mains Examination (IAS Mains)

Preliminary Examination (IAS Prelims)

The Karnataka Public Service Commission (KAS)

The Karnataka Public Service Commission recruits for several Group A and Group B posts via the Gazetted Probationers Exam (GPE). For a career in the Karnataka Administrative Service (KAS), the KPSC GPE is the entry point. With an exemplary performance record, the KAS officers can also be promoted to IAS officers. The KPSC sets the KAS syllabus for the Gazetted Probationers exam. This KPSC syllabus is common for posts of Assistant Commissioner, Dy. Superintendent of Police, Assistant Labour Commissioner, Tehsildar etc.

The KPSC KAS exam is conducted in three stages:

Preliminary Exam – 2 papers – objective type (MCQs)

Mains – 7 papers – essay/descriptive type (Earlier there were 2 optional papers which are have been scrapped now.)

Interview

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