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 :
- Date of Notification and Application : 21st March, 2018
- Last Date of Application :16th April, 2018
- Examination Date: 29th June, 2018 (Friday)
- Duration of Exam: 3 Days (2 days for Geophysics Discipline)
Important Facts about the exam:
- 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).
- Link for syllabus from 2017 Notification : Click here
- Written Exam Total : 700 Marks
- Interview Marks : 200 Marks
- 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:
2014 English
2014 Geophysics-I
2014 Geophysics-II
2014 Geophysics-III
2015 English
2015 Geophysics-I
2015 Geophysics-II
2015 Geophysics-III
2016 English
2016 Geophysics-I
2016 Geophysics-II
2016 Geophysics-III
2017 English
2017 Geophysics-I
2017 Geophysics-II
2017 Geophysics-III
Year wise Written Cut-off marks (out of 700):
2014 Geophysics-I
2014 Geophysics-II
2014 Geophysics-III
2015 English
2015 Geophysics-I
2015 Geophysics-II
2015 Geophysics-III
2016 English
2016 Geophysics-I
2016 Geophysics-II
2016 Geophysics-III
2017 English
2017 Geophysics-I
2017 Geophysics-II
2017 Geophysics-III
Year wise Written Cut-off marks (out of 700):
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!
