UPSC GEOLOGISTS’ EXAMINATION, 2011

No.4/1/2011-E.I(B) :  A competitive examination for recruitment to the posts mentioned in para 2 below will be held by the Union Public Service Commission commencing from the 3rd December,2011 in accordance with the Rules published by the Ministry of Mines in the Gazette of India dated the 20th August,2011.

                                          IMPORTANT
1. CANDIDATES TO ENSURE THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR THE EXAMINATION:
The candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfill all
eligibility conditions for admission to the Examination. Their admission at all the
stages of the examination will be purely provisional subject to satisfying the
prescribed eligibility conditions.
Mere issue of admission certificate to the candidates will not imply that his/her
candidature has been finally cleared by the commission.
Commission take up verification of eligibility conditions with reference to original
documents only after the candidate has qualified for Interview/Personality Test.

2. HOW TO APPLY:
(a) Candidates are required to apply online only by using the website http://www.upsc.online.nic.in Detailed instructions for filling up online applications are
available on the above mentioned website. However candidates residing in certain
remote areas specified in Para 6 of this Notice, may also apply through offline
mode, by using the New Common Application Form (Form-E) being used for
examinations conducted by the Commission. This Form 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. 30/- (Rupees Thirty Only).
Each such Form can be used only once and only for one examination.
In case of any difficulty in obtaining 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. It may be noted that all offline applications, if
any, received from candidates residing in normal areas/abroad, shall be
summarily rejected by the Commission. The option of offline application is
available only to candidates residing in specified remote areas.
(b) Candidates are advised to read carefully the “Instructions for filling up the
Online Application Form” given in Appendix-II (A) and Instructions for Offline
Applications given in Appendix II (B) of this notice.

3. LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS:
(a) Online (From all candidates):
The Online Applications can be filled upto 19th September 2011 till 11.59 PM after which the link will be disabled.

(b) Offline (From candidates residing in specified remote areas only):
All Offline applications from candidates residing in Remote Areas only specified
in para 6 of this Notice must reach the “Controller of Examinations, Union Public
Service Commission, Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi-110069” by
Post/Speed Post only by 26th September, 2011. Candidates should note that no
applications will be received by Hand or by Courier.

4. FACILITATION COUNTER FOR GUIDANCE OF CANDIDATES :
In case of any guidance/information/clarification regarding their applications,
candidature etc. candidates can contact UPSC’s Facilitation Counter near Gate ‘C’
of its campus in person or over Telephone No. 011-23385271 /011-23381125 /011-23098543 on working days between 10.00 hrs. and 17.00 hrs.

5. MOBILE PHONES BANNED :
(a) 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.
(b) Candidates are advised in their own interest not to bring any of the banned
items including mobile phones/pagers to the venue of the examination, as
arrangement for safe-keeping can not be assured.
6. Candidates are advised not to bring any valuables/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.

Candidates are required to apply only through Online mode (except candidates residing in remote areas specified in para 6 of this Notice who have the option of applying through offline or online mode.

 Age Limits : A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 32 years on 1st January, 2011, i.e. he/she must have been
born not earlier than 2nd January, 1979 and not later than 1st January. 1990.

SCHEME OF EXAMINATION
The examination shall be conducted according to the following Plan :
Part I. - Written examination in the subjects as set out in para 2 below.
Part II. - Interview for personality Test of such candidates as may be called by
the Commission, carrying a maximum of 200 marks.
2. The following will be the subjects for the written examination :
  Subject                           Duration                              Maximum Marks
                      1                   2                                               3
1) General English           3 hrs.                                         100
2) Geology Paper I         3 hrs.                                           200
3) Geology Paper II       3 hrs.                                            200
4) Geology Paper III,    3 hrs.                                            200
5) Hydrogeology          3 hrs.                                            200