UPSC has released the official recruitment notification for the post for the Geo-Scientist. UPSC has announced a total number of 180 vacancies for this position. This is a great opportunity for those candidates who have been waiting for the UPSC examination. Candidates are advised to check all the details of this recruitment.
As per the official notification, UPSC has announced a total number of 180 vacancies for the Geo-Scientist positions. The online application has started. The important dates are mentioned below.
Events | Dates |
Online Application Started | 22/09/2021 |
Last Date of Online Application | 12/10/2021 |
UPSC has set certain eligibility criteria for the candidates. Those candidates who meet all the eligibility criteria are eligible for this examination. The first eligibility criteria are Age Limit, the second one is Nationality and the third one is Education qualifications. Let’s check out the eligibility criteria.
A candidate for this examination must have attained the age criteria as prescribed below:-
For Geologist, Geophysicist and Chemist (Group ‘A’) in the Geological Survey of India, an attached office of Ministry of Mines, Government of India: A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 32 years on the first day of the month of January of the year in which the Examination is to be held (i.e. as on 1st January 2022] i.e. he/she must have been born not earlier than 2nd January 1990 and not later than 1st January 2001.
Position | Age Limit |
Geo-Scientist | Minimum Age Limit - 21 Years Maximum Age Limit - 32 Years |
A candidate must be either:
Candidates must have:-
Paper-I in General Studies of Stage-I is common for all streams and its standard will be such as may be expected of a science graduate. Paper-II of Stage-I (Stream specific) and 3 compulsory papers of Stage-II each on Geology, Geophysics, Chemistry, and Hydrogeology subjects will be approximate of the M.Sc. degree standard of an Indian University and questions will generally be set to test the candidate’s grasp of the fundamentals in each subject. The details of the Syllabus for Geo-Scientist are described below. Candidates are advised to check out the Syllabus.
Subjects | Topics |
General Studies: | 1. Current events of national and international importance. 2. History of India and Indian national movement. 3. Indian and World Geography - Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World. |
Physical Geology: | 1. Principle of uninformation, Differentiation, and internal structure of the Earth. 2. Earthquakes and Volcanoes. 3. Geological action of rivers, wind, glaciers. |
Structural Geology: | 1. Stress and strain rheological properties of rocks. 2. Mohr's circle and criteria for failure of rocks. 3. Study of toposheets. |
Mineralogy: | 1. Elements of symmetry. 2. Chemical classification of minerals. 3. Solid solution and exsolution. |
Igneous Petrology: | 1. Magma types and their evolution. 2. IUGS classification of igneous rocks. 3. Structures and textures. |
Metamorphic Petrology: | 1. Limits, types and controls of metamorphism. 2. Metamorphic textures. 3. Concept of Metamorphic zone. |
Sedimentology: | 1. Origin of Sediments. 2. Sedimentary Textures. 3. Primary Sedimentary structures. |
Paleontology: | 1. Fossils and process of fosslization. 2. Morphology and classification of invertebrates. 3. Evolution in Equidae and Hominidae. |
Stratigraphy: | 1. Law of superposition. 2. Archaean cratonic nucleii Peninsular India. 3.Biostratigraphy and chronostratigraphy. |
Economic Geology: | 1. Properties of mineral deposits. 2. Rock-ore association and relationship. 3. Supergene and weathering releated process. |
Hydrogeology: | 1. Groundwater occurrence and aquifer characteristics. 2. Reynold's number 3. Darcy's Law in homogenous and heterogeneous media. |
Candidates are required to apply online only by using the website https://upsconline.nic.in. Brief instructions for filling up the online Application Form have been given in Appendix-II. Detailed instructions are available on the above-mentioned website.
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As mentioned above, UPSC has not come up with a decision of removing or changing the optional subject yet, but there is a high possibility of changes in the optional subject by 2022. Scraping of optional subjects from UPSC is possible and can be implemented in one go.
The answer is Yes! UPSC papers do have repetitive questions from the previous year's papers, but only for some subjects. It has been observed from the past ten years, repetitive questions from subjects — History, Economics and Indian Polity were seen.
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