UPSC Engineering Services Exam 2017 : See All Details Here

The Union Public Service Commission on Wednesday released a notification regarding Engineering Services Examination dates and procedure. The notification is for filling up 440 engineering positions in several departments of the Central Government.

The last date to fill the online application form is October 26, 2016 till 6 pm. The notification for the 2017 Engineering Services Examination was posted on the commission’s official website .

Approximately 440 posts in

1) Civil Engineering

2) Mechanical Engineering

3) Electrical Engineering

4) Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering categories would be filled through the examination.

Age Criteria

A candidate must be of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 30 years on the January 1, 2017. Age relaxation for reserved categories is granted as per the rules.

Exam Pattern

The UPSC will be conducted in three stages:

1) The preliminary

2) The Main

3) The Personality Test.

In the prelims, 200 marks questions will be asked from engineering aptitudes and general studies for paper 1. the paper duration will be of 2 hours. Paper 2 will be three hour long and 300 marks questions on civil / mechanical / electrical / electronics & telecommunication engineering will be asked. There will be negative marking for every wrong answers in the objective type question papers.

After the preliminary and main examination, there will be a personality test. Keep all your documents attested to avoid last minute rush.

Exam Fee
Candidates (excepting female/SC/ST/ PH who are exempted from payment of fee) are required to pay a fee of Rs 200.

Steps to check the UPSC ESE 2017 notification

Check the official website – upsc.gov.in
Under the ‘what’s new section’, select the link Engineering Services Examination notification link
Read the notification carefully
Take a print out of the form
Fill the required details

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