UPSC Combined Geo-Scientist Preliminary Examination 2024

UPSC Combined Geo-Scientist Preliminary Examination 2024: Union Public Service Commission has already released the Combined Geo Scientist Examination 2024 and the online application was from 20/09/2023 to 10/10/2023. The UPSC Combined Geo-Scientist Preliminary Examination 2024 will be conducted on 18/02/2024 to fill total 56 post.

UPSC Combined Geo-Scientist Preliminary Examination 2024 – Short details

Important Dates	Application Fees
Date of Notification: 20/09/2023 Date of Examination:18/02/2024 Last Date of Applications: 10/10/2023 – 6:00pm Last Date for Fee Payment:10/10/2023 Correction / Modification date: Oct 11 to Oct 17 2023	General / OBC : 200/- SC / ST / PH : 0/- (Nil) All Category Female : 0/- Pay the Examination Fee via Debit Card, Credit Card, Net Banking.

UPSC Geo-Scientist Preliminary Examination 2024 – Educational Qualification

Vacancy details for UPSC Geo-Scientist Preliminary Examination 2024

Post Name	Qualification	Vacancy	Age Limit
Geologist Group A	Candidates must be Passed / Appearing Master Degree Geological Science or Geology or Applied Geology or Geo-Exploration or Mineral Exploration or Engineering Geology or Marine Geology or Earth Science or Any Other Equivalent Degree from a recognized University.	34	21-32
Geophysicist Group A	Candidates must be Passed or Appearing Master Degree in Science with Physics / Applied Physics / Geophysics / Marine Geophysics or Any Other Equivalent Degree from a recognized University.	01	21-32
Chemist Group A	Candidates having Master Degree in Science with Chemistry / Applied Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry Passed / Appearing from a Recognized University in India.	13	21-32
Scientist B (Hydrogeology, Chemical, Geophysics)	Candidates must be Passed / Appearing Master degree  in  Geology  or  Applied  Geology  or  Marine  Geology or Any Equivalent Degree from a Recognized University in India.	08	21-32

UPSC Combined Geo-Scientist Preliminary Examination 2024 – Exam Pattern

The Examination shall be conducted according to the following plan.

Stage-I : Combined Geo-Scientist (Preliminary) Examination (Objective Type Papers) – 400.

Stage-II :Combined Geo-Scientist (Main) Examination (Conventional Type Papers) – 600

Stage-III : Personality Test/Interview – 200

Combined Geo-Scientist (Preliminary/Stage-I) Examination, which includes two sets of multiple-choice question papers for each stream.

Stream-I : Geologist & Scientist B (Hydrogeology)

Subject	Duration	Maximum Marks
Paper-I : General Studies	2 Hours	100 Marks
Paper-II : Geology/Hydrogeology	2 Hours	300 Marks

Stream-II : Geophysicist and Scientist ‘B’(Geophysics)

Subject	Duration	Maximum Marks
Paper-I : General Studies	2 Hours	100 Marks
Paper-II : Geophysics	2 Hours	300 Marks

Stream-III : Chemist and Scientist ‘B’(Chemical)

Subject	Duration	Maximum Marks
Paper-I : General Studies	2 Hours	100 Marks
	2 Hours	300 Marks

It is noted that there will be negative marking for each wrong answers. For each wrong answer one third marks will be deducted.

Important Link

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UPSC Combined Geo-Scientist Preliminary Examination notification	Click here

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