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Saturday, 17 February 2018

Preparation tips for UPSC Combined Geo-Scientist and Geologist Examination 2018



UPSC Combined Geo-Scientist and Geologist Examination 2018 (For Geophysicist post only)

Hi everyone...I am Amardeep Singh and I got AIR-3 in UPSC Combined Geo-Scientist and Geologist Exam, 2017 for the post of Geophysicist. I completed M.Sc.Tech in Applied Geophysics from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad in 2016.

This is an effort to guide students for the preparation of UPSC Combined Geo-Scientist and Geologist Examination (Discipline-Geophysics).


Important Dates :

  1. Date of Notification and Application : 21st March, 2018
  2. Last Date of Application :16th April, 2018
  3. Examination Date: 29th June, 2018 (Friday)
  4. Duration of Exam: 3 Days (2 days for Geophysics Discipline)

Important Facts about the exam:
  1. Comprises of 4 subjective papers - One General English Paper comprising 100 marks, Three Geophysics Paper - Comprising 200 marks each (with 100 marks allocated to Geophysics portion and 100 marks to Physics portion).
  2. Link for syllabus from 2017 Notification : Click here
  3. Written Exam Total : 700 Marks
  4. Interview Marks : 200 Marks
  5. Selection Criteria: There is a separate cut off allocated for each written paper . In order to qualify in the written exam, one must secure minimum cut off marks of each paper that are assigned to it and also secure total marks equal/more than the total cut off . Candidate who qualify written are called for interview and a merit list of candidates is released who qualify the combined cut off of Written + Interview (out of 900 Marks).


Previous year Papers:


      
Year
General
OBC
SC
ST

Individual Cut-off of each paper
2014
142
125
91
99
# Subject to minimum 10% marks in each paper
2015
176
133
137
163
# Subject to minimum 15% marks in each paper
2016
200
168
145
151
Subject to minimum 15% marks in each paper
2017
259
247
229
180
# Subject to minimum 20% marks in each paper



Year wise Final (Written + Interview) cut off marks (out of 900):



Year
General
OBC
SC
ST

2014
293
270
257
200
2015
312
263
217
233
2016
349
308
275
267
2017
387
385
327
322


My Scorecard:






GOOD LUCK EVERYBODY!