Candidates who qualified the Prelims are now appearing for the Mains Examination, which is descriptive in nature. This phase tests the candidate’s written expression, knowledge depth, and understanding. Key highlights:
Paper 1: General Hindi – Essay, Letter Writing, Grammar-based questions.
Paper 2: General Knowledge & Current Affairs – Descriptive answers on Indian polity, history, geography, recent events, etc.
Total Marks: 200 (100 per paper)
Mode: Offline (Pen-paper based)
Duration: Approximately 3 hours (90 minutes per paper)
Qualifying Nature: Minimum cut-off marks must be secured in both papers to proceed to the next stage