Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the UPSC Combined Geo-Scientist Examination 2024 Notification on 20 September, 2023. UPSC CGSE Perliminary Exam will be conducted on 18 February, 2024 and UPSC CGSE Mains Exam will be held on 22nd & 23rd June, 2024.
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the scheme, pattern and syllabus for the Combined Geo-Scientist Examination for 2024. The Commission has also changed the exam name from ''Combined Geo-Scientist and Geologist Examination (CGGE)'' to ''Combined Geo-Scientist Examination (CGSE)".
The UPSC Combined Geo-Scientist Examination consists of three stages. Candidates have to attend preliminary as well as mains examination for the final interview selection. Canddiates who are qualified in the preliminary exam will be shortlised for the mains and then for the final exam.
Candidates who are aiming for the CGSE examination can check the revised exam pattern for both Preliminary and Mains below.
The examination shall be conducted accoording to the following plan:
1. Stage - I: Combined Geo-Scientist (Preliminary) Examination consists of Objective questions for the selection of candidates for the Stage - II.
2. Stage - II: Combined Geo-Sceintist (Main) Examination shall be a Descriptive Type Paper.
3. Stage - III: Personality Test / Interview.
UPSC Combined Geo-Scientist 2024 Preliminary Exam is a computer-based online exam and CBT Test. The Combined Geo-Scientist Examination (Preliminary) comprises of two papers. The General Studies paper is common to all the streams.
Events | Details |
Mode of Exam | Computer Based Test (Online Test) |
Types of Questions | Objective Type Questions |
No. of Papers | Two (Paper 1 & Paper 2) |
Total Marks | 150 Marks |
Duration of Exam | 2 Hours |
Stream I: Geologist & Scientist B Hydrogeologist
Stream I: Geologist & Scientist B (Hydrogeology) | ||
Subject | Duration | Maximum Marks |
Paper I: General Studies | 2 Hours | 100 |
Paper II: Geology/Hydrogeology | 2 Hours | 300 |
Total | 400 |
Stream II: Geophysicist & Scientist 'B' Geophysics
Stream II: Geophysicist & Scientist 'B' (Geophysics) | ||
Subject | Duration | Maximum Marks |
Paper I: General Studies | 2 Hours | 100 |
Paper II: Geophysics | 2 Hours | 300 |
Total | 400 |
Stream III: Chemist & Scientist 'B' Chemical
Stream III: Chemist & Scientist 'B' (Chemical) | ||
Subject | Duration | Maximum Marks |
Paper I: General Studies | 2 Hours | 100 |
Paper II: Chemistry | 2 Hours | 300 |
Total | 400 |
The Combined Geo-Scientist (Main) Examination comprises of three papers.
All the papers are focused on a specific subject. The Main Exam will be conducted in a descriptive-type.
Stream I: Geologist
Stream I: Geologist | ||
Subject | Duration | Maximum Marks |
Paper I: Geology | 3 Hours | 200 |
Paper II: Geology | 3 Hours | 200 |
Paper III: Geology | 3 Hours | 200 |
Total | 600 |
Stream II: Geophysicist & Scientist 'B' Geophysics
Stream II: Geophysicist & Scientist 'B' (Geophysics) | ||
Subject | Duration | Maximum Marks |
Paper I: Geophysics | 3 Hours | 200 |
Paper II: Geophysics | 3 Hours | 200 |
Paper III: Geophysics | 3 Hours | 200 |
Total | 600 |
Stream III: Chemist & Scientist 'B' Chemical
Stream III: Chemist & Scientist 'B' (Chemical) | ||
Subject | Duration | Maximum Marks |
Paper I: Chemistry | 3 Hours | 200 |
Paper II: Chemistry | 3 Hours | 200 |
Paper III: Chemistry | 3 Hours | 200 |
Total | 600 |
Stream IV: Scientist 'B' (Hydrogeology)
Stream IV: Scientist 'B' (Hyderogeology) | ||
Subject | Duration | Maximum Marks |
Paper I: Geology | 3 Hours | 200 |
Paper II: Geology | 3 Hours | 200 |
Paper III: Geology | 3 Hours | 200 |
Total | 600 |
Combined Geo-Scientist Examination: Personality Test
Interview/ Personality Test of such candidates as may be called by the Commission, carrying a maximum of 200 marks.
The candidate will be interviewed by a Board of competent and unbiased observers who will have before them a record of their career. The object of the interview is to assess their suitability for the posts for which they have competed. Special attention will be paid in the Personality Test to assessing the candidate’s capacity for leadership, initiative and intellectual curiosity, tact and other social qualities, mental and physical energy, powers of practical application, the integrity of character and aptitude for adapting themselves to the field life.
Document Verification: Verification of eligibility conditions with reference to original documents is taken up only after the candidate is qualified for Interview/ Personality Test.
(a) Candidates completing for selection to the posts of Geologist, Geophysicist, Chemist and Scientist 'B' (Hydrogeology), Scientist 'B' (Chemical) and Scientist 'B' (Geophysics) will be required to appear in all the subject mentioned against respective category above.
(b) If any candidates failed to appear in any one or more of the above papers, meant for Stage-II/ Main Examination for selection to the posts of Geologist, Geophysicist and Chemist and Scientist 'B' (Hydrogeology), Scientist 'B' (Chemical) and Scientist 'B' (Geophysics), their candidature shall stand rejected and part of the Main Examination attempted by him / her shall not be evaluated and counted by any purpose.
(c) Credits will be given for orderly effective and exact expression combined with due economy of words in all subjects of Examination.
(d) Candidates should use only international form of Indian numerals (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc) While answering question papers.
(e) Candidates will be allowed the use of Non-programmable type Pocket Calculators in Descriptive / Conventional Type Papers of the Examination. Programmable type calculators will not be allowed and the use of such calculators shall tantamount to resorting to unfair means by the candidates.
Loaning or interchanging of calculators in the Examination Hall is not permitted.
(f) Candidates should not that if any irrelevant matters / signages / marks etc. are found written in the answer scripts, which would not be related to any question / answer and / or would be having the potential to disclose the candidate's identify, the Commission will impose a penalty of deduction of marks from the total otherwise accruing to the candidate or will not be evaluate the said scripts on this account.
City Names | City Names | City Names |
Ahmedabad | Bengaluru | Bhopal |
Chandigarh | Chennai | Cuttack |
Delhi | Dispur | Hyderabad |
Jaipur | Jammu | Kolkata |
Lucknow | Mumbai | Patna |
Prayagraj (Allahabad) | Shillong | Shimla |
Thiruvananthapuram | - | - |
Bhopal | Chennai | Delhi |
Dispur (Guwahati) | Hyderabad | Kolkata |
Lucknow | Mumbai | Shimla |
Note: The centres and dates of holding the examination as mentioned are liable to be changed at the discretion of the commission.