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Union Public Service Commission has released the UPSC IES ISS Syllabus 2024 and Official notification on its website, upsc.gov.in, for 48 Posts. Candidates preparing for the IES ISS Recruitment 2024 should know about the syllabus and exam pattern. Both the IES and ISS written exams have a total of 1000 marks and five disciplines. The viva voce or interview test carries a maximum of 200 marks. In this article, we have discussed all the information regarding the exam’s patterns, subjects, and topics.
UPSC IES ISS Syllabus 2024
UPSC Exams for Indian Economic Services and Indian Statistical Services have different syllabus, prerequisites, and formats. They are barely distinguishable from one another. The Indian Economic Service and Indian Statistical Services are critically summarized below.
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UPSC IES/ISS Examination 2024 |
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| Particulars | Details |
| Name of Conducting Body | UPSC IES ISS Exam 2024 |
| IES ISS Full form | IES (Indian Economical Services) ISS (Indian Statistical Services) |
| Conducting Body | UPSC |
| Frequency | Once in a year |
| Mode of Application | Online |
| Mode of Examination | Offline |
| Exam Levels | Part I: Written Examination |
| Part II: Viva Voce | |
| Language | English |
| Official Website | upsc.gov.in |
UPSC Indian Statistical Services Syllabus
The syllabus of ISS includes 2 general papers as General English and General Studies. Here is the syllabus of UPSC ISS 2024 separately for better understanding:
UPSC ISS General English Syllabus
| General English Syllabus | |
| Writing Essay | General English language and vocabulary |
| Summary of Precis Writing | Passages |
UPSC ISS General Studies Syllabus 2024
| General Studies Syllabus | |
| General Knowledge | Geography |
| Current Affairs | Current events |
| History of India | |
UPSC ISS Statistics 1 Syllabus
| Statistics-I (MCQ Type) | |
| Probability | Statistical Methods |
| Intraclass correlation | Concept of interpolation and extrapolation |
| Frequency of distribution | Bivariate normal distribution |
| Order statistics | Ratios |
| Frequency Distribution | Data/Charts/Diagrams/Histograms |
| Numerical analysis | Computer applications |
| Data processing | Basics of computer security |
| Operations of computer | The finite-difference of different orders |
| Low and High-level languages | Inverse Interpolation |
| Numerical Differentiations | Summation of Sets |
| Basics of Programming | Numerical solutions of differential equations |
UPSC ISS Statistices 2 Syllabus
| Statistics-II | |
| Linear Models | Statistical Interferences |
| Hypothesis testing | Official Statistics |
| National Accounts | Index Numbers |
| Estimation Methods | Theory of linear estimation |
| Normal equations | Important surveys and census |
| Error and estimation space | Characteristics of good estimators |
| Socio-economic Indicators | National and International Official statistics |
| Misc | Population Census |
| Sector-wise statistics | National Statistical organization |
UPSC ISS Statistics 3 Syllabus
| Statistics-III(Descriptive) | |
| Sampling of Techniques | Econometrics |
| Applied Statistics | Nature of economics |
| Index Numbers | Systematic sampling |
| Sampling with probability proportional to the size | Coherence and variance function |
| Time series analysis | Simultaneous linear equation model |
UPSC ISS Statistics 4 Syllabus
| Statistics-IV(Descriptive)(50% weightage) | |
| Operation Research and Reliability | Demography and Vital Search |
| Survey analysis and clinical Trial | Quality Control |
| Multivariate Analysis | Design and Analysis of Experiment |
| Computing with C language and R language | |
UPSC Indian Economic Services Syllabus
The syllabus of IES includes 2 general papers as General English and General Studies. Here is the syllabus of UPSC IES 2024 separately for better understanding:
UPSC IES General English Syllabus
| General English | |
| Writing an Essay | General English language and vocabulary |
| Summary of Precis Writing | Passages |
UPSC IES General Studies Syllabus
| General Studies | |
| General Knowledge | Geography |
| Current Affairs | Current events |
| History of India | |
UPSC IES General Economics I Syllabus
| Part A – General Economics-I | |
| Theory of Consumer Demand | Theory of Production |
| Theory of Value | Theory of Distribution |
| Welfare Economics | |
UPSC IES General Economics 2 Syllabus
| Part B: General Economics II | |
| Thought of Economic | Different Concepts of national income and Social Accounting |
| Theory of Employment, output, inflation, and money | IS-LM Model Investment savings and Liquidity money supply) and AD-AS (Aggregate Demand-Aggregate Supply) Model |
| Finance and Capital Markets | Basics of endogenous theory |
| Economic Growth and development | International economics |
| Asian Finance Crisis 19970 | Global Finance Crisis 2008 |
| Euro zero crisis | Global Institutions |
UPSC IES General Economics 3 Syllabus
| General Economics-III | |
| Public Finance | Environmental Economics |
| Rio process-1992 to 2012 | Rio Conventions |
| UNFFC | Carbon markets |
| Industrial economics | State market and planning |
| Market mechanism | Climate change finance and green climate fund |
UPSC IES Indian Economics Syllabus
| Indian Economics | |
| History of development and planning | Federal Finance |
| Budgetary as well as fiscal policy | Unemployment, Poverty, and human development |
| Agriculture and rural development strategies | Industry: Strategy of industrial development |
| Labour | Finance Trade |
| Money and banking | Bilateral trade agreements |
| Commodity Market In India-spot | Role of FMC (Forward Markets Commission) |
UPSC IES/ISS Exam Pattern 2024
The candidate must go through two phases of selection, the first of which is a written test and the second of which is a viva voce or interview. Both IES and ISS applicants will sit for a written exam worth 1000 points. Candidates for the India Statistical Service are required to write descriptive and objective papers. Long and short response questions are included in descriptive papers. The viva voce or interview test carries a 200-mark maximum.
UPSC IES Exam Pattern 2024
Candidates preparing for IES exam can look into the table below which describes the written examination pattern, subjects, and duration of the Indian Economic Service Examination 2024
| UPSC IES Exam Pattern 2024 | ||
| Subjects Name | Marks Allotted | Time Allotted |
| General English | 100 | 3 hours |
| General Studies | 100 | 3 hours |
| General Economic-I | 200 | 3 hours |
| General Economics-II | 200 | 3 hours |
| General Economics-III | 200 | 3 hours |
| Indian Economics | 200 | 3 hours |
- Written examination includes 5 subjects for 1000 marks.
- The duration for every subject is 3 hours
UPSC ISS Exam Pattern 2024
Candidates preparing for ISS exam can look into the table below which describes the written examination pattern, subjects, and duration of the Indian Statistical Service examination 2024
| UPSC ISS Exam Pattern 2024 | ||
| SubjectNames | Marks Allotted | Time Allotted |
| General English | 100 | 3 hours |
| General Studies | 100 | 3 hours |
| Statistics-I(Objective) | 200 | 2 hours |
| Statistics-II(Objective) | 200 | 2 hours |
| Statistics-III(Descriptive) | 200 | 3 hours |
| Statistics-IV(Descriptive) | 200 | 3 hours |
- The written test has a 1000-point maximum and covers 5 subjects.
- The remaining examination will take 3 hours in addition to the 2 hours allotted for statistics I and II.
- Both Statistics I and II include objective tests with 80 questions each and a 200-point maximum; the exam lasts two ho.
- Small problems/short questions account for 50% of the descriptive papers in Statistics III and IV, whereas long answer questions make up the remaining 50%. Each section must have at least one mandatory short answer and one mandatory long response question.
- Both the IES and ISS exams use the same general English and general education papers.
UPSC IES/ISS Interview
A call for the interview will be made to the candidate who passed the written exam. 200 points are awarded for the interview. The examination board representatives will interview the candidate. The purpose of the interview is to determine if the candidate will remain in the position. The purpose of the interview is to further assess the candidate’s general knowledge and abilities in addition to the written examination. The purpose of the interview procedure is to determine the candidate’s standards, not to perform a strict cross-verification. The candidate will be put to the test on their capacity for leadership as well as their capacity for intellectual curiosity and grasping power. They will also be put through mental agility exams.
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