UPSC IES ISS Syllabus 2024, Prelims and Mains Exam Pattern

UPSC IES ISS Syllabus 2024 has been announced along exam by Union Public Service Commission on its official Notification. Candidate can check Prelims and Mains Exam Pattern

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Union Public Service Commission has released the UPSC IES ISS Syllabus 2024 and Official notification on its website, upsc.gov.in, for 48 Posts. Candidates preparing for the IES ISS Recruitment 2024 should know about the syllabus and exam pattern. Both the IES and ISS written exams have a total of 1000 marks and five disciplines. The viva voce or interview test carries a maximum of 200 marks. In this article, we have discussed all the information regarding the exam’s patterns, subjects, and topics.

UPSC IES ISS Syllabus 2024

UPSC Exams for Indian Economic Services and Indian Statistical Services have different syllabus, prerequisites, and formats. They are barely distinguishable from one another. The Indian Economic Service and Indian Statistical Services are critically summarized below.

UPSC IES/ISS Examination 2024
Particulars	Details
Name of Conducting Body	UPSC IES ISS Exam 2024
IES ISS Full form	IES (Indian Economical Services) ISS (Indian Statistical Services)
Conducting Body	UPSC
Frequency	Once in a year
Mode of Application	Online
Mode of Examination	Offline
Exam Levels	Part I: Written Examination
Exam Levels	Part II: Viva Voce
Language	English
Official Website	upsc.gov.in

UPSC Indian Statistical Services Syllabus

The syllabus of ISS includes 2 general papers as General English and General Studies. Here is the syllabus of UPSC ISS 2024 separately for better understanding:

UPSC ISS General English Syllabus

General English Syllabus
Writing Essay	General English language and vocabulary
Summary of Precis Writing	Passages

UPSC ISS General Studies Syllabus 2024

General Studies Syllabus
General Knowledge	Geography
Current Affairs	Current events
History of India

UPSC ISS Statistics 1 Syllabus

Statistics-I (MCQ Type)
Probability	Statistical Methods
Intraclass correlation	Concept of interpolation and extrapolation
Frequency of distribution	Bivariate normal distribution
Order statistics	Ratios
Frequency Distribution	Data/Charts/Diagrams/Histograms
Numerical analysis	Computer applications
Data processing	Basics of computer security
Operations of computer	The finite-difference of different orders
Low and High-level languages	Inverse Interpolation
Numerical Differentiations	Summation of Sets
Basics of Programming	Numerical solutions of differential equations

UPSC ISS Statistices 2 Syllabus

Statistics-II
Linear Models	Statistical Interferences
Hypothesis testing	Official Statistics
National Accounts	Index Numbers
Estimation Methods	Theory of linear estimation
Normal equations	Important surveys and census
Error and estimation space	Characteristics of good estimators
Socio-economic Indicators	National and International Official statistics
Misc	Population Census
Sector-wise statistics	National Statistical organization

UPSC ISS Statistics 3 Syllabus

Statistics-III(Descriptive)
Sampling of Techniques	Econometrics
Applied Statistics	Nature of economics
Index Numbers	Systematic sampling
Sampling with probability proportional to the size	Coherence and variance function
Time series analysis	Simultaneous linear equation model

UPSC ISS Statistics 4 Syllabus

Statistics-IV(Descriptive)(50% weightage)
Operation Research and Reliability	Demography and Vital Search
Survey analysis and clinical Trial	Quality Control
Multivariate Analysis	Design and Analysis of Experiment
Computing with C language and R language	Design and Analysis of Experiment

UPSC Indian Economic Services Syllabus

The syllabus of IES includes 2 general papers as General English and General Studies. Here is the syllabus of UPSC IES 2024 separately for better understanding:

UPSC IES General English Syllabus

General English
Writing an Essay	General English language and vocabulary
Summary of Precis Writing	Passages

UPSC IES General Studies Syllabus

General Studies
General Knowledge	Geography
Current Affairs	Current events
History of India

UPSC IES General Economics I Syllabus

Part A – General Economics-I
Theory of Consumer Demand	Theory of Production
Theory of Value	Theory of Distribution
Welfare Economics

UPSC IES General Economics 2 Syllabus

Part B: General Economics II
Thought of Economic	Different Concepts of national income and Social Accounting
Theory of Employment, output, inflation, and money	IS-LM Model Investment savings and Liquidity money supply) and AD-AS (Aggregate Demand-Aggregate Supply) Model
Finance and Capital Markets	Basics of endogenous theory
Economic Growth and development	International economics
Asian Finance Crisis 19970	Global Finance Crisis 2008
Euro zero crisis	Global Institutions

UPSC IES General Economics 3 Syllabus

General Economics-III
Public Finance	Environmental Economics
Rio process-1992 to 2012	Rio Conventions
UNFFC	Carbon markets
Industrial economics	State market and planning
Market mechanism	Climate change finance and green climate fund

UPSC IES Indian Economics Syllabus

Indian Economics
History of development and planning	Federal Finance
Budgetary as well as fiscal policy	Unemployment, Poverty, and human development
Agriculture and rural development strategies	Industry: Strategy of industrial development
Labour	Finance Trade
Money and banking	Bilateral trade agreements
Commodity Market In India-spot	Role of FMC (Forward Markets Commission)

UPSC IES/ISS Exam Pattern 2024

The candidate must go through two phases of selection, the first of which is a written test and the second of which is a viva voce or interview. Both IES and ISS applicants will sit for a written exam worth 1000 points. Candidates for the India Statistical Service are required to write descriptive and objective papers. Long and short response questions are included in descriptive papers. The viva voce or interview test carries a 200-mark maximum.

UPSC IES Exam Pattern 2024

Candidates preparing for IES exam can look into the table below which describes the written examination pattern, subjects, and duration of the Indian Economic Service Examination 2024

UPSC IES Exam Pattern 2024
Subjects Name	Marks Allotted	Time Allotted
General English	100	3 hours
General Studies	100	3 hours
General Economic-I	200	3 hours
General Economics-II	200	3 hours
General Economics-III	200	3 hours
Indian Economics	200	3 hours

Written examination includes 5 subjects for 1000 marks.
The duration for every subject is 3 hours

UPSC ISS Exam Pattern 2024

Candidates preparing for ISS exam can look into the table below which describes the written examination pattern, subjects, and duration of the Indian Statistical Service examination 2024

UPSC ISS Exam Pattern 2024
SubjectNames	Marks Allotted	Time Allotted
General English	100	3 hours
General Studies	100	3 hours
Statistics-I(Objective)	200	2 hours
Statistics-II(Objective)	200	2 hours
Statistics-III(Descriptive)	200	3 hours
Statistics-IV(Descriptive)	200	3 hours

The written test has a 1000-point maximum and covers 5 subjects.
The remaining examination will take 3 hours in addition to the 2 hours allotted for statistics I and II.
Both Statistics I and II include objective tests with 80 questions each and a 200-point maximum; the exam lasts two ho.
Small problems/short questions account for 50% of the descriptive papers in Statistics III and IV, whereas long answer questions make up the remaining 50%. Each section must have at least one mandatory short answer and one mandatory long response question.
Both the IES and ISS exams use the same general English and general education papers.

UPSC IES/ISS Interview

A call for the interview will be made to the candidate who passed the written exam. 200 points are awarded for the interview. The examination board representatives will interview the candidate. The purpose of the interview is to determine if the candidate will remain in the position. The purpose of the interview is to further assess the candidate’s general knowledge and abilities in addition to the written examination. The purpose of the interview procedure is to determine the candidate’s standards, not to perform a strict cross-verification. The candidate will be put to the test on their capacity for leadership as well as their capacity for intellectual curiosity and grasping power. They will also be put through mental agility exams.

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