Everything you need to know about UPSC CMS 2018 Exam

May 03, 2018

UPSC organizes Combined Medical Services or recruitment to a variety of central Government Organizations and services for various posts.

We are here to familiarize you with the important details regarding the exam which includes Eligibilty criteria, Important dates, Application procedure, Examination Pattern, Examination centers etc.

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UPSC CMS 2018: Important Dates

Events	Important Dates
Starting date of Online Registration	3 May 2018
Last date to Apply Online	25 May 2018 upto 6PM
Date of Commencement of Examination	22 July 2018

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UPSC CMS 2018: Eligibility Criteria

I. Nationality

A candidate must be either:

(a) a Citizen of India, or

(b) a subject of Nepal, or

(d) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before the 1^st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or

(e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka or East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, The United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethiopia or from Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c ), (d) and (e) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.

Applicant must be in possession of MBBS degree from university recognized by MCI.

II. Age Limit

The candidate is only eligible for UPSC CMS 2018 exam if he/she is less than 32 years of age as on 1^st August 2018 i.e the candidate must not have been born earlier than 2^nd August, 1986.

Age relaxation is applicable for reserved categories according to the norms.

III. Educational Qualification

The candidate must be in possession of MBBS degree from a university recognized by MCI

Candidate should have passed the written and practical parts of the Final MBBS examination.

A candidate who is yet to complete the compulsory Rotating Internship is educationally eligible for applying to the examination. However, the candidates will be appointed upon selection only after he completes the compulsory Rotating Internship.

UPSC CMS 2018: Vacancies

The services/ posts to which recruitment is to be made and the approximate number of vacancies to be filled are as follows:

Services/ Posts	Vacancies
Assistant Divisional Medical Officer in the Railways	300
Assistant Medical Officer in Indian Ordinance Factories Health Services	16
Junior Scale Posts in Central Health Services	138
General Duty Medical Officer in New Delhi Municipal Council	-
General Duty Medical Gr.-II in East Delhi Municipal Corporation, North Delhi Municipal Corporation and South Delhi Municipal Corporation	-

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UPSC CMS 2018: Exam Pattern

UPSC CMS exam will be conducted in two parts: Part I and Part II

Paper –I

Computer Based Examination (500 marks)

The candidates will take the Computer based examination in two papers, each paper carrying a maximum of 250 marks.

Each paper will be of 2 hours duration.

	Subject	No. of questions	Total Marks	Time Span
Paper I	General Medicine	96	250 marks	2 Hours
	Paediatrics	24
	Total	120

Paper II	Surgery	40	250 marks	2 Hours
	Gynaecology & Obstetrics	40
	Preventive & Social Medicine	40
	Total	120

	Grand Total	120+120 = 240 questions	500 marks	4 hours

Part-II

Personality Test (100 marks)

Candidates who qualify in the computer based examination will be called for Interview/ Personality Test. The Interview/ Personality Test will carry 100 marks.

Final selection of the candidates will be done on the basis of performance of the candidate in Computer Based Test as well a Interview/ Personality Test.

UPSC CMS 2018: Examination Centers

Agartala	Ahmedabad	Aizwal	Allahabad
Bangalore	Bareilly	Bhopal	Chandigarh
Chennai	Cuttack	Lucknow	Delhi
Dharwad	Dispur	Gangtok	Hyderabad
Imphal	Itanagar	Jaipur	Jammu
Jorhat	Kochi	Kohima	Kolkata
Dehradun	Madurai	Mumbai	Raipur
Nagpur	Panaji (Goa)	Port Blair	Ranchi
Sambalpur	Shillong	Shimla	Srinagar
Srinagar	Thiruvananathapuram	Tirupati	Udaipur
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