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UPSC or Union Public Service Commission is India’s leading central government agency that conducts many top-level exams for the recruitment of officers and staff into various services of the central government. It is most known for the civil services exam it conducts every year, though it also holds many other important exams.

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Some of the exams conducted by UPSC are:

Civil Services Examination (CSE)

This exam recruits officers for the Indian civil services like IAS, IPS, IFS, IRS, IDES, IIS, etc.

Eligibility: For the CSE, the candidate must at least be a graduate to be eligible to take the exam.

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Engineering Services Examination (ESE)

This exam recruits officers into the Indian Engineering Service (IES). An IES officer works in technical aspects of the roads, railways, manufacturing, power, etc.

Eligibility: He/she must be an engineering graduate to qualify for the exam.

Combined Defense Services Examination (CDSE)

This exam is conducted to recruit people into the Indian Military Academy, Indian Naval Academy, Indian Air Force Academy and the Officers Training Academy. It is held twice a year.

Eligibility: Only unmarried graduates can take the exam.

National Defense Academy Examination (NDA)

This exam is conducted by the UPSC twice a year for those candidates who want to enter the National Defense Academy.

Eligibility: The candidate must have passed the intermediate exam and must be unmarried.

Combined Medical Services Examination (CMSE)

This exam is conducted for recruitment of Medical Officers into the various services like in Indian Ordnance Factories and the Indian Railways under the Indian government.

Eligibility: The candidate must be qualified doctor.

Indian Economic Service and Indian Statistical Service Examination (IES & ISS)

This exam recruits Grade IV officers into the Indian Economic and Statistical Services.

Indian Forest Services Exam (IFSE)

This exam is for recruitment as Indian Forest Service Officers.

Special Class Railway Apprentices Exam (SCRA)

This exam is conducted for entry into the Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Jamalpur for an undergraduate course in mechanical engineering.

Combined Geologist & Geo-Scientist Exam

This exam is conducted to recruit candidates into the Geological Survey of India as geologists, geophysicists, and chemists. This exam is also for hydrogeologist posts in the Central Ground Water Board.

Central Armed Police Forces Exam (CAPF)

This exam is conducted for recruitments of Assistant Commandants in the Central Armed Police Forces.

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