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In Ias I can't understand about Mains what is main exam and what are the subject in main exam how much the mark.

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    Sujeet Kumar Preparing for UPSC CSE 2021 | Guide-Level 15

    5 years ago
    Total marks of Mains exam is 1750. Mains exam is a subjective exam that takes place after prelims exam. You need to qualify prelims exam for giving Mains exam. Mains exam consists of total of 9 papers. 4 papers are of general studies, 2 papers are of optional subjects, 1 paper essay, 1 paper English language and 1 paper is of any Indian language. Duration of all papers is 3 hours. Language paper will be of 300 marks each and rest every paper will be of 250 marks. In language paper, you need to score qualifying marks only that is 33%.

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