UPSC Engineering services examination-2012
Last date for receipt of applications: 09th April, 2012
The candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfil all eligibility conditions for admission to the examination. Their admission at all the stages of the examination will be purely provisional subject to satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions.
Issue of e-Admission certificate to the candidate will not imply that his/her candidature has been finally cleared by the Commission. Commission take up verification of eligibility conditions with reference to original documents only after the candidate has qualified for interview/personality test.
Candidates are required to apply online only by using the website www.upsconline.nic.in
Detailed instructions for filling up online applications are available on the above mentioned website
The on-line applications can be filled upto 09th April, 2012 till 11.59 p.m. after which the link will be disabled
The eligible candidates shall be issued an e-Admission certificate three weeks before the commencement of the examination
The e-Admission certificate will be made available in the UPSC website www.upsc.gov.in for downloading by candidates
No admission certificate will be sent by post
All the applicants are requested to provide valid and active e-mail ID while filling up on-line application form as the commission may use electronic mode for contacting them
Candidates should note that there will be penalty (negative marking) for wrong answers marked by a candidate in the objective type question papers
In case of any guidance/information/clarification regarding their applications, candidature etc, candidates can contact UPSC’s facilitation counter near gate ‘C’ of its campus in person or over Tel 011-23385271/011-23381125/011-23098543 on working days between 10.00 hrs and 17.00 hrs
The commission also has website www.upsc.gov.in over which the candidates can obtain details of the examination as well as information about registration of their applications, venue of the examination and results etc
No.F.2/8/2011-E.I(B): A combined competitive examination for recruitment to the services/posts will be held by the union public service commission at Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Aligarh, Allahabad, Bangalore, Bareilly, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi, Dharwad, Dispur, Gangtok, Hyderabad, Imphal, Itanagar, Jaipur, Jammu, Jorhat, Kochi (Cochin), Kohima, Kolkata, Lucknow, Madurai, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji (Goa), Patna, Port Blair, Raipur, Ranchi, Sambalpur, Shillong, Shimla, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram, Tirupati, Udaipur, Vishakhapatnam commencing on 15th June, 2012
The candidates should note that no request for change of centre will be entertained
Recruitment on the results of this examination will be made to the services/posts under the following categories
Category I-Civil Engineering
Category II-Mechanical Engineering
Category III-Electrical Engineering
Category IV-Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering
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The number of vacancies to be filled on the results of the examination is expected to be approximately 560 including 47 PH vacancies
Reservations will be made for candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC/Physically Disabled Category in respect of vacancies as may be fixed by the Govt of India
Category-1 (Civil Engineering)
Group A Services/Posts: Indian Railway Service of Engineers, Indian Railway Stores Services (Civil Engineering Posts); Central Engineering Service; Indian Defence Service of Engineers (Civil Engineering Posts); Indian Ordnance Factories Services; Central Water Engineering Gr 'A' Service (Civil Engineering Posts); Central Engineering Service (Roads) Group-A (Civil Engg Posts); Assistant Executive Engineer (Civil Engineering Post) (in Border Roads Engineering Service Gr ‘A’)
Category-II (Mechanical Engineering)
Group A Services/Posts: Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers; Indian Railway Stores Service (Mechanical Engineering Posts); Central Water Engineering Gr ‘A’ Service (Mechanical Engineering Posts); Central Power Engineering Service (Mechanical Engineering Posts); Indian Ordnance Factories Service; Indian Naval Armament Service (Mechanical Engineering Posts); Assistant Executive Engineer Group ‘A’ (Mech Engg Posts) in the corps of EME, Ministry of Defence; Assistant Naval Stores Officer, Grade-I (Mechanical Engineering Posts) in Indian Navy; Central Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Service (Mechanical Engineering Posts); Assistant Executive Engineer (Electrical and Mechanical) (Mechanical Engineering post) in Border Roads Engineering Service Group ‘A’); Indian Supply Service, Group ‘A’ (Mechanical Engineering Posts); Indian Defence Service of Engineers (Mechanical Engineering Posts); Central Engineering Service (Roads) Group ‘A’ (Mechanical Engg posts)
Category-III (Electrical Engineering)
Group A Services/Posts: Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers; Indian Railway Stores Service (Electrical Engineering Posts); Central Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Service (Electrical Engg Posts); Indian Naval Armament Service (Electrical Engineering Posts); Indian Ordnance Factories Service; Central Power Engineering Service (Electrical Engineering Posts); Indian Defence Service of Engineers (Electrical Engineering Posts); Assistant Naval Stores Officer, Grade-I (Electrical Engineering Posts) in Indian Navy; Indian Supply Service Group ‘A’ (Electrical Engineering Posts); Assistant Executive Engineer Group ‘A’ (Electrical Engg post] in the corps of EME, Ministry of Defence
Category-IV (Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering)
Group A & B Services/Posts: Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers; Indian Railway Stores Service (Telecommunication/Electronics Engineering Posts); Indian Naval Armament Service (Electronics Engineering Posts); Assistant Executive Engineer Group ‘A’ (Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering Posts) in the Corps of EME, Ministry of Defence; Central Power Engg Service, Group ‘A’ (Electronics and Tele Communication Engg Service); Engineer (GCS-Gr-‘A’) in Wireless Planning and Co-ordination Wing/Monitoring Organisation (M/o Communications & I.T., D/o Telecommunications); Assistant Naval Stores Officer Grade-I (Electronics and Telecom Engineering Posts) in Indian Navy; Indian Supply Service, Group ‘A’ (Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering Posts); Indian Inspection Service Group ‘A’ (Electronics and Telecommunication Engg Posts); Indian Telecommunication Service Gr ‘A’; Junior Telecom officer (General Central Service Group ‘B’ Gazetted Non-Ministerial)
Eligibility conditions
Nationality: A candidate must be either (a) a citizen of India, or (b) a subject of Nepal, or (c) a subject of Bhutan, or (d) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before the 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or (e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka or East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethiopia or from Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India. Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Govt of India
A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary, may be admitted to the examination but the offer of appointment may be given only after the necessary eligibility certificate has been issued by the Govt of India
Age Limits: A candidate for this examination must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 30 years on the 01st January, 2012, he/she must have been born not earlier than 2nd January, 1982 and not later than 1st January, 1991
The upper age limit will be further relaxable SC/ST 5 years; OBC 3 yeas; Candidate had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from the 1st January, 1980 to the 31st December, 1989-5 years; Defence Service personnel disabled in operations during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area, and released as a consequence thereof-3 years; Ex-servicemen including Commissioned Officers and ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least five years Military Service as on 01st January, 2012 and have been released on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year from 01st January, 2012) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency, or (ii) on account of physical disability attributable to Military service or, on invalidment-5 years; PwD 10 years
Educational Qualification: For admission to the examination, a candidate must have obtained a degree in Engineering from a University incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other Educational Institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as Universities u/s 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956; or passed Sections A and B of the Institution Examinations of the Institution of Engineers (India); or obtained a degree/diploma in Engineering from such foreign University/College/Institution and under such conditions as may be recognised by the Govt for the purpose from time to time; or passed Graduate Membership Examination of the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (India); or passed Associate Membership Examination Parts II and III/Sections A and B of the Aeronautical Society of India; or passed Graduate Membership Examination of the Institution of Electronics and Radio Engineers, London held after November, 1959
Provided that a candidate for the post of Indian Naval Armament Service (Electronics Engineering Posts) and Engineer, Gr ‘A’ in Wireless Planning and Coordination Wing/Monitoring Organisation may possess any of the above qualifications or the qualification mentioned below namely; M.Sc degree or its equivalent with Wireless Communication, Electronics, Radio Physics or Radio Engineering as a special subject
A candidate who has appeared at an examination the passing of which would render him educationally qualified for this examination, but has not been informed of the result, may apply for admission to the examination
A candidate who intends to appear at such a qualifying examination may also apply
Such candidates will be admitted to the examination, if otherwise eligible, but their admission would be deemed to be provisional and subject to cancellation, if they do not produce proof of having passed the requisite qualifying examination along with the detailed application form which will be required to be submitted by the candidates who qualify on the result of written part of the examination
Fee: Candidates (excepting SC/ST/Female/PH who are exempted from payment of fee) are required to pay a fee of Rs 100/- (Rs one hundred only) either by remitting the money in any Branch of SBI by cash or by using net banking facility of State Bank of India/State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur/State Bank of Hyderabad/State Bank of Mysore/State Bank of Patiala/State Bank of Travancore or by using Visa/Master
Credit/Debit card
For the applicants in whose case payments details have not been received from the bank they will be treated as fictitious payment cases and a list of all such applicants shall be made available on the
Commission website within two weeks after the last day of submission of online application
How to apply: Candidates are required to apply online using the link www.upsconline.nic.in
Detailed instructions for filling up online applications are available on the above mentioned website
The applicants are advised to submit only single application; however, if due to any unavoidable situation, if he/she submits another/multiple applications, then he/she must ensure that application with the higher RID is complete in all respects like applicants’ details, examination centre, photograph, signature, fee etc
The applicants who are submitting multiple applications should note that only the applications with higher RID (Registration ID) shall be entertained by the commission and fee paid against one RID shall not be adjusted against any other RID
All candidates, whether already in Govt service, or in Govt owned industrial undertakings or other similar organisations or in private employment, should apply online direct to the commission
Persons, already in Govt service whether in a permanent or temporary capacity or as work-charged employees other than causal or daily rated employees or those serving under public enterprises are, however, required to inform their Head of Office/Department that they have applied for the examination
Candidates should note that in case communication is received from their employer by the Commission withholding permission to the candidates applying for/appearing at the Examination, their application will be liable to be rejected/candidature will be liable to be cancelled
The candidates applying for the Examination should ensure that they fulfil all the eligibility conditions for admission to the examination. Their admission at all the stages of examination for which they are admitted by the Commission; written examination and interview test will be purely provisional, subject to their satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions. If on verification at any time before or after the written examination or interview test, it is found that they do not fulfil any of the eligibility conditions, their candidature of the examination will be cancelled by the Commission
Candidates are requested to keep ready the attested copies of the following documents for submission to the commission soon after the declaration of the results of the written examination which is likely to be declared in the month of December, 2012
Certificate of Age, Certificate of Educational Qualification, Certificate in support of claim to belong to SC/ST/OBC wherever applicable; Certificate in support of claim for age/fee concession, wherever applicable
Immediately after the declaration of the written results successful candidates will be required to fill in detailed application form online
Attested copies of the above mentioned certificates will have to be sent to the commission at that time
The originals will have to be produced at the time of interview
The online applications can be filled upto 09th April, 2012 till 11.59 p.m. after which the link will be disabled
UPSC IES Exam Question Papers 2012
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