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General Turnout: Gentlemen Officer trainees shall always sport a shaven chin. If they chose to wear a moustache or
beard the same shall be trimmed and well kept. Hair shall be worn short to one cm and cut periodically. Wearing long
hair is strictly prohibited for males. Exemption shall be given for members of the Sikh religion in this. Nails shall be
trimmed and general hygiene maintained. Piercing or such body accessories shall not be permitted. Ladies shall take
care to dress soberly and with neutral colored clothes. Flashy and frivolous clothing is strictly prohibited.
Performance Evaluation
All IAS Officer Trainees will be assessed for their performance in the Phase I programme. Rule 10 of the IAS (Probation)
Rules 1954 provides for determination of inter-se seniority of the directly recruited Officer Trainees. The factors
deciding the inter-se seniority are the aggregate marks obtained by each officer trainees under different heads shown
in the table below:
Phase Marks
Civil Service Examination 2300
Assessments during Training
Foundation Course
Director's Assessment 150
Final Written Examination 150
IAS Professional Course Phase-I
Director's Assessment 200
Phase I Examination 300
IAS Professional Course Phase-II
District Training 200
Director's Assessment 200
Total for assessment during training 1200
GRAND TOTAL 3500
The assessment in IAS Professional Course Phase-I consists of the Final Examination and the Director's Assessment.
The final examination includes five main subjects – Law, Public Administration, Management, Economics and Political
Concepts and Constitution of India. In addition, there will be qualifying examinations in Information and
Communication Technology, and Hindi for those who allocated to non-Hindi speaking states.
Under the Rules, an Officer Trainees must pass in every subject in the written examination. An Officer Trainee who has
failed in a subject may be allowed to appear in a re-examination. In case of failure again, she/he will be liable to be
discharged from the Service.
One-third of the marks allotted for the final examination will be awarded on the basis of concurrent evaluation during
the Course. This evaluation would be on the basis of the periodic tests or written assignments, In the case of Political
Concepts and Constitution of India, 10 marks are set aside for the test conducted at the end of the BPST attachment.
The break-up of marks for the written examination is shown below:-
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