Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) - Civil Services Examination 2007
Instructions to candidates for filling up the Application Form for the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2007.
Column 16 : (I) Whether claiming age relaxation
If you are claiming age relaxation, darken circle 1 for Yes and write 1 in the box; or
If you are not claiming age relaxation, darken circle 2 for No and write 2 in the box.
(II) If Yes, indicate category code
Fill up this Column only if your response to Column 16(I) is Yes.
Darken the appropriate circles for category code given below and then write the same code in the boxes.
Category - Codes for Claiming Age Relaxation
(Refer Para 3(ii) (b) of Commission’s Notice published in the Employment News/Rozgar Samachar)
| Code No. | Category | Extent of Age Relaxation Permissible |
| 01 | SC and ST | 5 years
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| 02 | OBC | 3 years
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| 03 | Blind, deaf-mute and Orthopaedically handicapped persons. | 10 years |
| 04 | Blind, deaf-mute and Orthopaedically handicapped persons+ SC/ST | 15 years |
| 05 | Blind, deaf-mute and Orthopaedically handicapped persons+ OBC | 13 years |
| 06 | Defence Services Personnel disabled in operations during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof. | 3 years |
| 07 | Defence Services Personnel (as against Code No. 06) + SC/ST | 8 years |
| 08 | Defence Services Personnel (as against Code No. 06) + OBC | 6 years |
| 09 | Ex-Servicemen including Commissioned Officers and ECOs/ SSCOs who have rendered at least five years Military Service as on 1st August, 2007 and have been released (i) on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year from 1st August, 2007) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency; or (ii) on account of physical disability attributable to Military Service; or (iii) on invalidment. | 5 years |
| 10 | Ex-Servicemen including Commissioned officers and ECOs/SSCOs(as against Code No. 09) + SC/ST | 10 years |
| 11 | Ex-Servicemen including Commissioned officers and ECOs/SSCOs(as against Code No. 09) + OBC | 8 years |
| 12 | ECOs/SSCOs who have completed an initial period of assignment of five years of Military Service as on 1st August, 2007 and whose assignment has been extended beyond five years and in whose case the Ministry of Defence issues a certificate that they can apply for civil employment and that they will be released on three months notice on selection from the date of receipt of offer of appointment. | 5 years |
| 13 | ECOs/SSCOs (as against Code No. 12) + SC/ST | 10 years |
| 14 | ECOs/SSCOs (as against Code No. 12) + OBC | 8 years |
| 15 | Candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from 1st January, 1980 to31st December, 1989. | 5 years |
| 16 | Candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of J & K (as against Code No. 15) + SC/ST | 10 years |
| 17 | Candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of J & K (as against Code No. 15) + OBC | 8 years |
Columns 17 to 18 : Candidates applying for the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination are not required to fill any of these columns. They should, therefore, leave these columns blank.
Column 19 : Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination.
(I) Optional subject: Choose any one optional subject from the list given below and see its code. Darken the appropriate circles and then write the same code in the box. Do not indicate more than one optional subject.
List of Optional Subjects
| Subject | Code |
| Agriculture | 01 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 13 |
| Botany | 02 |
| Philosophy | 14 |
| Chemistry | 03 |
| Physics | 15 |
| Civil Engineering | 04 |
| Political Science | 16 |
| Commerce | 05 |
| Psychology | 17 |
| Economics | 06 |
| Sociology | 18 |
| Electrical Engineering | 07 |
| Zoology | 19 |
| Geography | 08 |
| Statistics | 20 |
| Geology | 09 |
| Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science | 21 |
| Indian History | 10 |
| Law | 11 |
| Public Administration | 22 |
| Mathematics 12 Medical Science | 23 |
(II) No. of attempts already made
Write the number of attempts already made by you in the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination in the boxes and darken the appropriate circles. If no attempt has been made by you earlier, darken circles ‘00’ and write ‘00’ in the boxes.
Columns 20 to 22 : Candidates appearing for the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination are not required to fill any of these columns. They should, therefore, leave these Columns blank.
Column 23 : Declaration. The candidate must read the declaration carefully before signing. In Sub-para (i), the candidates must fill up the Examination Notice number viz. 04/2007-CSP and date of publication of Notice in Employment News/Rozgar Samachar viz., 16.12.2006 in the spaces provided before the asterisk marks.
Column 24 : Signature of candidate. Make your usual signature in blue or black ball pen within the box provided. Your signature must not overflow or touch the border of the box provided. Do not merely write your name in capital letters in place of signature. Unsigned applications will be rejected.
Also write the place and date of signing the form in the spaces provided for the purpose. Verify the following before mailing the application
1. That you have used the application form purchased from the designated Head Post Offices/Post Offices only.
2. That you have filled in all the relevant columns of the application form by blackening the appropriate circles and also writing the corresponding code(s) in boxes. It may be carefully checked that there is no varation between the entries made by you by darkening the circles and those written in the accompanying boxes.
3. That you have affixed your recent photograph preferably in black & white (unsigned and unattested) in column 11 of the application form.
4. That in case you are required to pay fee, you have affixed a single Central Recruitment Fee Stamp of Rs. 50/- denomination in column 12 of the application form and have got it cancelled from the Post Office.
5. That you have signed in column 24 of the application form.
6. That only one application form and one acknowledgement card is being mailed in the envelope supplied to you with the Brochure and no other enclosure is attached therewith.
7. That you have written the name of examination viz., "Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2007" on the envelope meant for despatch of application form and acknowledgement card.
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) - Civil Services Examination 2007