Indian Forest Service Examination (IFS) 2024 - Exam Notifications, Exam Dates, Course, Questions & Answers, Preparation Material.
<h3><font size="1">Indian Forest Service Examination 2009 (IFS Exam)</font></h3> <p align="justify"><font size="1">A competitive examination for recruitment to the Indian Forest Service will be held by the Union Public Service Commission commencing on the <strong>11 July 2009 (Saturday).</strong><strong>14th Feburary, 2009.</strong></font> in accordance with the Rules published by the Ministry of Environment and Forests in the Gazette of India dated the </p> <p><font size="1">Last Date for receipt of Appli...
<h3><font size="1">Indian Forest Service Examination 2009 (IFS Exam)</font></h3> <p align="justify"><font size="1">A competitive examination for recruitment to the Indian Forest Service will be held by the Union Public Service Commission commencing on the <strong>11 July 2009 (Saturday).</strong><strong>14th Feburary, 2009.</strong></font> in accordance with the Rules published by the Ministry of Environment and Forests in the Gazette of India dated the </p> <p><font size="1">Last Date for receipt of Applications: <strong>16 Mar 2009 (Monday).</strong></font></p> <p><font size="1"><strong>Duartion of IFS 2009 Exam:</strong> 10 Days.</font></p> <p><font size="1"><strong>Website:</strong> <a href="http://www.upsc.gov.in/" title="www.upsc.gov.in" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">www.upsc.gov.in</a>.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1">The number of vacancies to be filled on the results of the examination is expected to be approximately 75. The number of vacancies is liable to alteration.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1">Reservation will be made for candidates belongings to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes in respect of vacancies as may be fixed by the Government. However, no reserved post for physically disabled categories has been identified by the M/o Environment & Forest.</font></p> <p><font size="1"><strong>Important</strong></font></p> <p><font size="1"><strong>1. Candidates to Ensure their Eligibility for the Examination</strong></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1">The Candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfill all eligibility condition for admission to examination. Their admission at all the stages of the examination will be purely provisional subject to satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1">Mere issue of admission certificate to the candidate will not imply that his/her candidature has been finally cleared by the Commission.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1">Commission take up verification of eligibility conditions with reference to original documents only after the candidate has qualified for interview/Personality Test.</font></p> <p><font size="1"><strong>2. Application Form</strong></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1">Candidates must apply in the Common application form devised by the Commission for its examinations, which can be purchased from the designated Head post Offices/Post Offices (specified in Appendix-III of the Notice) throughout the country against cash payment of Rs. 20/- (Rupees Twenty Only). Each such Form can be used only once and only for one examination.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1">In case of any difficulty in Application Forms from the designated HPOs/POs, the candidates should immediately contact the concerned post Master or UPSC's "FORMS SUPPLY MONITORING CELL" over Telephone No. 011-23389366/FAX No. 011-23387310. </font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1">Candidates are advised to read carefully the "Instructions for filling up the Application form".</font></p> <p><font size="1"><strong>3. Last Date for Receipt of Applications</strong></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1">All applications must reach the "Secretary, Union Public Service Commission, Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi - 110069" either by hand or by Post/Speed Post or by Courier, on or before the 16th March, 2009.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1">The candidate should note that applications will be received by hand only one at a time at the designated counter(s) and not in bulk till 5 PM only.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1">However, in respect of candidates residing abroad or in certain remote localities specified in Para 6 of this Notice the last date for receipt of applications by Post/Speed Post only (not by Hand or by Courier) is 23rd March, 2009.</font></p> <p><font size="1"><strong>4. Facilitation Counter for Guideance of Candidates:</strong></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1">In case of any guidance/information/clarification regarding their applications, candidature etc. candidates can contact UPSC's Facilitation Counter near 'C' gate of its campus in person or over Telephone No. 011-23385271/FAX No. 011-23381125/011-23098543 on working days between 10.00 hrs to 17.00 hrs.</font></p> <p><font size="1"><strong>5. Mobile Phone Not Allowed:</strong></font></p> <ol type="a"><li><p align="justify"><font size="1">Mobile phones, pagers or any other communication devices are not allowed inside the premises where the examination is being conducted. Any infringement of these instructions shall entail disciplinary action including ban from future examinations. </font></p></li><li><p align="justify"><font size="1">Candidates are advised in their own interest not to bring any of the banned item including mobile phones/pagers to the venue of the examination, as arrangement for safekeeping can not be assured. </font></p></li></ol> <p align="justify"><font size="1">6. Candidates are advised not to bring any valuable/costly items to the Examination Halls, as safe keeping of the same cannot be assured. Commission will not be responsible for any loss in this regard.</font></p><h3><font size="1">Indian Forest Service Examination 2009 - (IFS Eligibility)</font></h3> <p><font size="1"><strong>3. Eligibility for Indian Forest Service Examination IFS Exam 2009 (UPSC IFS 2009) :</strong></font></p> <p><font size="1">(i) Nationality</font></p> <p><font size="1">A candidate must be either :�</font></p> <ol type="a"><li><p><font size="1">A citizen of India, or</font></p></li><li><p><font size="1">a subject of Nepal, or</font></p></li><li><p><font size="1">a subject of Bhutan, or</font></p></li><li><p align="justify"><font size="1">a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India. or</font></p></li><li><p align="justify"><font size="1">a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Srilanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.</font></p></li></ol> <p align="justify"><font size="1">Provided that a candidate belonging to ca-tegories (b), (c), (d) and (e) shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1">A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary, may be admitted to the examination but the offer of appointment may be given only after the necessary eligibility certificate has been issued to him by the Government of India.</font></p> <p><font size="1"><strong>(ii) Age Limits :</strong></font></p> <ol type="a"><li><p align="justify"><font size="1">A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 30 years on 1st July, 2009, i.e. he must have been born not earlier than 2nd July, 1979 and not later than 1st July, 1988.</font></p></li><li><p align="justify"><font size="1">The upper age limit prescribed above will be relaxable :�</font></p></li></ol> <p align="justify"><font size="1">(i) upto a maximum of five years if a candidate belongs to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1">(ii) upto a maximum of three years in the case of candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable to such candidates.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1">(iii) upto a maximum of five years if a candidate had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from the 1st January, 1981 to the 31st day of December, 1990.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1">(iv) upto a maximum of three years in the case of Defence Services personnel disabled in operations during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof:</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1">(v) upto a maximum of five years in the case of ex-servicemen including Commissioned Officers and ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least five years Military Service as on 1st July, 2009 and have been released (i) on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year from 1st July, 2009) 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.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1">(vi) Upto a maximum of five years in the case of ECOs/SSCOs who have completed an initial period of assignment of five years of Military Service as on 1st July, 2009 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 month's notice on selection from the date of receipt of offer of appointment.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1">(vii) upto a maximum of 10 years in the case of blind, deaf-mute and Orthopaedically handicapped persons.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1"><strong>NOTE I:</strong> Candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and the Other Backward Classes who are also covered under any other clauses of para 3(ii) (b) above, viz. those coming under the category of Ex-servicemen, persons domiciled in the State of J & K, blind, deaf-mute and orthopadically handicapped etc. will be eligible for grant of cumulative age-relaxation under both the categories.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1"><strong>NOTE II:</strong> The term ex-servicemen will apply to the persons who are defined as ex-servicemen in the Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Civil Services and Posts) Rules, 1979, as amended from time to time.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1"><strong>Note III:</strong> The age concession under Para 3(ii)(b)(v) and (vi) will not be admissible to Ex-Servicemen and Commissioned Officers including ECOs/SSCOs, who are released on own request.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1"><strong>NOTE IV:</strong> Notwithstanding the provision of age-relaxation under para 3(ii) (b) (vii) above, a physically disabled candidate will be considered to be eligible for appointment only if he/she (after such physical examination as the Government or appointing authority, as the case may be, may prescribe) is found to satisfy the requirements of physical and medical standards for the concerned Services/posts to be allocated to the physically disabled candidates by the Government.</font></p> <p><font size="1">Save as provided above the age limits prescribed can in no case be relaxed.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1">The date of birth accepted by the Commission is that entered in the Matriculation or Secondary School Leaving Certificate or in a certificate recognised by an Indian University as equivalent to Matriculation or in an extract from a Register of Matriculates maintained by a University, which extract must be certified by the proper authority of the University or in the Higher Secondary or an equivalent examination certificate.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1">No other document relating to age like horoscopes, affidavits, birth extracts from Municipal Corporation, service records and the like will be accepted.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1">The expression Matriculation/Secondary Examination Certificate in this part of the instruction includes the alternative certificates mentioned above.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1"><strong>Note 1:</strong> Candidates should note that only the Date of Birth as recorded in the Matriculation/Secondary Examination Certificate or an equivalent certificate on the date of submission of applications will be accepted by the Commission and no subsequent request for its change will be considered or granted.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1"><strong>Note 2 :</strong> Candidates should also note that once a Date of Birth has been claimed by them and entered in the records of the Commission for the purpose of admission to an Examination, no change will be allowed sub- sequently (or at any other Examination of the Commission) on any grounds whatsoever.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1"><strong>Note 3 :</strong> The candidate should exercise due care while entering their date of birth in column 8 of the application form. If on verification at any subsequent stage, any variation is found in their date of birth from the one entered in their matriculation or equivalent Examination certificate, disciplinary action will be taken against them by the commission under the Rules.</font></p><h3><font size="1">Indian Forest Service Examination 2009 - Educational Qualifications</font></h3> <p><font size="1"><strong>(iii) Minimum Educational Qualifications for IFS Exam 2009 (UPSC IFS 2009) :</strong></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1">The candidate must hold a Bachelor�s degree with at least one of the subjects namely Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science, Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and Zoology or a Bachelor�s degree in Agriculture, Forestry or in Engineering of any of Universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University Under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1"><strong>Note I:</strong> Candidates who have appeared at an examination the passing of which would render them educationally qualified for the Commission�s examination but have not been informed of the results as also the candidates who intend to appear at such a qualifying examination will also be eligible for admission to this examination.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1">Such candidates will be admitted to the examination if otherwise eligible but their admission would be deemed to be provisional and subject to cancellation, if they do not produce proof of having passed the requisite examination along with the detailed application which will be required to be submitted to the Commission by the candidates who qualify on the result of the written part of the examination.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1"><strong>Note II: </strong> In exceptional cases the Union Public Service Commission may treat a candidate who has not any of the foregoing qualifications as a qualified candidate provided that he/she has passed examination conducted by the other Institutions, the standard of which in the opinion of the Commission justifies his/her admission to the examination.</font></p> <p><font size="1"><strong>IFS Exam 2009 Educational Qualification Code</strong></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1">Codes prescribed for educational qualification are as follows :</font></p> <p><table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr><th><font size="1">Code</font></th><th><font size="1">Educational qualification</font></th></tr> <tr valign="top"><td align="center"><font size="1">01</font></td><td><font size="1"> If you have already passed the requisite qualifying Examination, with prescribed subject;</font></td></tr> <tr valign="top"><td align="center"><font size="1">02</font></td><td><font size="1">If you have appeared/appearing at the requisite qualifying Examination, with prescribed subject;</font></td></tr> </tbody></table></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1">Choose the correct code applicable in your case and darken the appropriate circles. Write the same code in the boxes.</font></p> <p><font size="1"><strong>(iv) Number of attempts :</strong></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1">Every candidate appearing at the Examination, who is otherwise eligible, shall be permitted four attempts at the examination.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1">The restriction is effective from the examination held in 1984.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1">Provided that this restriction on the number of attempts will not apply in the case of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates who are otherwise eligible.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1">Provided further that the number of attempts permissible to candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes, who are otherwise eligible, shall be seven.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1"><strong>Note 1</strong> � A candidate shall be deemed to have made an attempt at the examination if he actually appears in any one or more papers.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1"><strong>Note 2</strong> � Notwithstanding the disqualification/cancellation of candidature the fact of appearance of the candidate at the examination will count as an attempt.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1"><strong>(v) Physical Standards :</strong>Candidates must be physically fit according to physical standards for admission to Indian Forest Service Examination, 2009 of the rules for the Indian Forest Service Examination, 2009 published in Gazette of India dated 14th February, 2009.</font></p><h3><font size="1">Indian Forest Service Examination 2009 - Exam Fee</font></h3> <p align="justify"><font size="1"><strong>4. Indian Forest Service Examination IFS 2009 Exam (UPSC IFS 2009) FEE:</strong> A candidate seeking admission to examination must pay to the Commission a fee of Rs. 100.00 (Rupees One Hundred only) through a single Central Recruitment Fee Stamp of the requisite denomination (NOT postage stamps) may be obtained from the post office and affixed on the application form in the space provided therein. The stamp must be got cancelled from the issuing Post Office with the date stamp of the post office in such a manner that the impression of the cancellation mark partially overflow on the application form itself but within the space provided on the form. The impression of the cancellation mark should be clear and distinct to facilitate the identification of date and the Post Office of issue.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1">Candidates residing abroad should deposit the prescribed fee in the office of India's High Commissioner, Ambassador or representative abroad as the case may be for credit to account head "051-Public Service Commission-Examination Fees" and attach the receipt with the application.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1">Candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes are not required to pay any fee. No Fee exemption is, However, Available to OBC Candidates and they are required to pay the prescribed full fee.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1">Physically disabled persons are exempted from the payment of fee provided they are otherwise eligible for appointment to the Services/Posts to be filled on the results of this examination on the basis of the standards of medical fitness for these Services/Posts (including any concessions specifically extended to the physically disabled). A physically disabled candidate claiming age relaxation/fee concession will be required by the Commission to submit along with his/her detailed application form, a certified copy of the certificate from a Government Hospital/Medical Board in support of his/her claim for being physically disabled.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1"><strong>Note:</strong> Notwithstanding the aforesaid provision for age relaxation/fee exemption, a physically disabled candidate will be considered to be eligible for appointment only if he (after such physical examination as the Government or the appointing authority, as the case may be, may prescribe) is found to satisfy the requirements of physical and medical standards for the concerned Services/Posts to be allocated to Physically Disabled candidates by the Government.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1">'Postage Stamps' will in no case be accepted in lieu of �Central Recruitment Fee Stamp�.Candidates should note that the fee sent through Indian Postal Orders, Bank Draft, Money Order, Crossed Cheque, Currency notes or Treasury Challan etc. will not be accepted by the Commission and such applications will be treated as without fee and will be summarily rejected.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1"><strong>Note I:</strong> Applications not accompanied by the prescribed Fee (Unless remission of Fee is claimed) shall be summarily rejected.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1"><strong>Note II:</strong> Fee once paid shall not be refunded under any circumstances nor can the fee be held in reserve for any other examination or selection.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1"><strong>Note III:</strong> If any candidate who took the Indian Forest Services Examination held in 2008 wishes to apply for admission to this examination, he must submit his application so as to reach the Commission�s Office by the prescribed date without waiting for the results or an offer of appointment.</font></p><h3><font size="1">Indian Forest Service Examination 2009 - IFS Exam Pattern</font></h3> <p><font size="1"><strong>IFS Scheme of Examination:</strong></font></p> <p><font size="1">The competitive examination for the Indian Forest Service comprises:</font></p> <p><font size="1">(A) The written examination consisting of the following papers:</font></p> <p><table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr valign="top"><td><font size="1">Paper I</font></td><td><font size="1">General English</font></td><td><font size="1">300 marks</font></td></tr> <tr valign="top"><td><font size="1">Paper II</font></td><td><font size="1">General Knowledge</font></td><td><font size="1">300 marks</font></td></tr> <tr valign="top"><td><font size="1">Paper III<br>Paper IV<br>Paper V<br>Paper VI</font></td><td><div align="justify"><font size="1">Any two subjects to be selected from the list of the optional subjects set out in para 2 below. Each subject will have two papers.</font></div></td><td><font size="1">200 Marks for each paper</font></td></tr> <tr valign="top"><td><font size="1"> </font></td><td><font size="1">Total</font></td><td align="center"><font size="1">1400 Marks</font></td></tr> </tbody></table></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1">(B) Interview for Personality Test of such candidates as may be called by the Commission� Maximum marks : 300</font></p> <p><font size="1">2. List of Optional Subjects (subject to provisions below):</font></p> <ol type="i"><li><p><font size="1">Agriculture</font></p></li><li><p><font size="1">Agricultural Engineering</font></p></li><li><p><font size="1">Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science</font></p></li><li><p><font size="1">Botany</font></p></li><li><p><font size="1">Chemistry</font></p></li><li><p><font size="1">Chemical Engineering</font></p></li><li><p><font size="1">Civil Engineering</font></p></li><li><p><font size="1">Forestry</font></p></li><li><p><font size="1">Geology</font></p></li><li><p><font size="1">Mathematics</font></p></li><li><p><font size="1">Mechanical Engineering</font></p></li><li><p><font size="1">Physics</font></p></li><li><p><font size="1">Statistics</font></p></li><li><p><font size="1">Zoology</font></p></li></ol> <p><font size="1">Provided that the candidates will not be allowed to offer the following combination of subjects :</font></p> <ol type="a"><li><p align="justify"><font size="1">Agriculture and Agricultural Engineering</font></p></li><li><p align="justify"><font size="1">Agriculture and Animal Husbandary and Veterinary Science.</font></p></li><li><p align="justify"><font size="1">Chemistry and Chemical Engg.</font></p></li><li><p align="justify"><font size="1">Mathematics and Statistics.</font></p></li><li><p align="justify"><font size="1">Of the Engineering subjects viz. Agricultural Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering - not more than one subject; </font></p></li></ol> <p align="justify"><font size="1">1. Personality Test�The candidates will be interviewed by a Board of competent and unbiased observers who will have before them a record of this career. The object of the interview is to assess the personal suitability of the candidate for the Service. The candidate will be expected to have taken an intelligent interest not only in his/her subjects of academic study but also in events which are happening around him both within and outside his own State or country, as well as in modern currents of thoughts and in new discoveries which should rouse the curiosity of well-educated youth.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="1">2. The technique of the interview is not that of a strict cross examination, but of a natural, though directed and purposive conversation, intended to reveal mental qualities of the candidate. The Board will pay special attention to assessing the intellectual curiosity, critical powers of observation and assimilation, balance of judgment and alertness of mind, initiative, tact, capacity for leadership; the ability for social cohesion, mental and physical energy and powers of practical application; integrity of character; and other qualities such as topographical sense, love for out-door life and the desire to explore unknown and out of way places.</font></p> <p><font size="1"><strong>Schedule</strong></font></p> <ul><p align="justify"><font size="1">* The standard of papers in General English and General Knowledge will be such as may be expected of a Science or Engineering graduate of an Indian University.</font></p><p align="justify"><font size="1">* The Scope of the Syllabus for optional subject papers for the examination is Broadly of the Honours Degree level i.e. A level Higher than the Bachelors Degree and lower than the Masters Degree. In the case of Engineering subjects, the level corresponds to the Bachelors Degree.</font></p><p align="justify"><font size="1">* There will be no practical examination in any of the subjects.</font></p></ul> <p><font size="1"><strong>General English</strong></font></p> <ul><p align="justify"><font size="1">* Candidates will be required to write an essay in English. Other questions will be designed to test their understanding of English and workmanlike use of words. Passages will usually be set for summary or precis.</font></p></ul> <p><font size="1"><strong>General Knowledge</strong></font></p> <ul><p align="justify"><font size="1">* General Knowledge including knowledge of current events and of such matters of every day observation and experience in their scientific aspects as may be expected of an educated person who has not made a special study of any scientific subject. The paper will also include questions on Indian Polity including the political system and the Constitution of India, History of India and Geography of a nuture which the candidate should be able to answer without special study.</font></p></ul> <p><font size="1"><strong>Optional Subjects</strong></font></p> <ul><p align="justify"><font size="1">* Total number of questions in the question papers of optional subjects will be eight. All questions will carry equal marks. Each paper will be divided into two parts, viz. Part A and Part B, each part containing four questions. Out of eight questions, five questions are to be attempted. One question in each part will be compulsory. Candidates will be required to answer three more questions out of the remaining six questions, taking at least one question from each Part.</font></p><p align="justify"><font size="1">* In this way, at least two questions will be attempted from each Part i.e. one compulsory question plus one more.</font></p></ul>
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