What is the question pattern of IAS exam?

The Civil Services Exam is conducted by the UPSC every year and the exam is held in three stages and they are:Stage I: Preliminary ExaminationStage II: Main ExaminationStage III: Personality Test/Interview Round The stage 1 of the civil services exam is prelims, which is a screening test for candidates and comprises of two papers with questions of objective or MCQ type. The stage 2 of the Civil Services Exam for IAS is called as the Main Exam, which is a written examination and comprises of 9 papers. The 9 papers are as following Paper-A (Compulsory Indian Language); Paper B (English) are qualifying in nature, while the other papers like Essay, General Studies Paper I, II, III, and IV, and Optional Paper I and II are considered for the final ranking. Candidates who clear the Civil Services Main Exam with the set cutoff marks will qualify for the final stage of the exam i.e., the Personality Test or Interview round with the UPSC Board Members. The candidates who qualify to the final stage will be sent an e-summon by the commission for a face to face discussion round with the board members. In this round the board assesses the personality traits of the candidates and questions will be asked on their hobbies, current affairs, general knowledge, situation questions and etc. The final round that is the personality test will be held only in the UPSC Bhawan in New Delhi. All The Best

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