UPSC Combined Geo-Scientist 2023 Prelims Exam Pattern and Syllabus

Updated On: November 07, 2022 07:12 PM

Here is all you need to know about the UPSC Combined Geo-Scientist 2023 Prelims Exam Pattern and Syllabus as mentioned in the official notification. the prelims exam will be conducted on 21st February 2023.

UPSC Geologist & Geo-Scientist Prelims Exam Pattern and Syllabus 2023: Union Public Service Commission has released the exam pattern and syllabus for Combined Geo-Scientist and Geologist 2023 prelims examination that is scheduled to be conducted on 21st February 2023. The UPSC CGSE Selection process includes a Prelims exam, a Mains exam, and a personality test/interview as its recruitment stages. Registered applicants will have to appear for an objective-type Preliminary examination having a total of 400 marks. Here is the complete UPSC Combined Geo-Scientist 2023 Prelims Exam Pattern and Syllabus for 21st February 2023.

UPSC Combined Geo-Scientist 2023 Prelims Exam Pattern

The Preliminary Exam will consist of two papers i.e. I and II. The first paper will be compulsory for all. Paper II will be specific to the posts i.e. geologist and Jr. Hydrogeologist, Geophysicist, and Chemist of 300 marks

CGSE Prelims Paper	CGSE Job Post	Subject	Total Marks	Duration
I	For All posts	General Studies	100	2 hours
II	Geologist and Jr. Hydrogeologist	Geology / Hydrogeology	300	2 hours
	Geophysicist	Geophysics	300	2 hours
	Chemist	Chemistry	300	2 hours

UPSC Combined Geo-Scientist 2023 Prelims Exam Syllabus

General Studies (Compulsory for All)	Geology / Hydrology	Geophysics	Chemistry
National and International Current Affairs	Physical Geology	Solid Earth Geophysics	Chemical periodicity
Indian Polity, Indian Economy, Governance, Policies Introduced	Structural Geology	Nuclear Physics and Radiometry	Basic organic chemistry
General Science	Economic Geology	Electromagnetism	Stereochemistry
Geography of India and the World Physical and social geographical impacts on India and the World	Sedimentology	Geophysical Prospecting	Chemical thermodynamics and equilibrium
Economic Development, Social Development, Sustainable Development, Indian Demographics, PSUs	Hydrogeology	Remote Sensing its Thermodynamics	Solutions of non-electrolytes
Indian History (Medieval and Modern, ), Indian Freedom Struggle	Palaeontology	Geophysics Concepts and its branches	Acids and bases
General Environmental Issues, Ecology, Bio-diversity and Animal Preservation	Stratigraphy	Geophysics Mathematical Formulas	Types of organic reactions Chemical bonding and structure
			Ionic bonding
			Electrochemistry
			Quantitative inorganic analysis
			Kinetic theory and the gaseous state Molecular Rearrangements