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I want to apply for UPSC Indian Forest Service Exam IFS Exam so can you tell me the age limit required to apply for exam?

[Vishal Kotkar]

Union Public Service Commission UPSC conducts Indian Forest Services IFS Exam for recruitment to forestry services of India.

IFS Eligibility Criteria

Age Limit:

Your age must be between 21 years 32 years on 1st August of the year of exam.

The upper age limit will be relaxable in the following cases:

For Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe (SC /ST) : Upto 5 years

Other Backward Classes (OBC): Upto 3 years

State of Jammu & Kashmir (Domiciled during the period from the 1st January 1980 to 31st December 1989: Upto 5 years.

Defence Services personnel: Upto 5 years

Ex-servicemen including Commissioned officers and ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least 5 years Military Service as on and have been released: Upto 5 years

ECOs/SSCOs : Upto a maximum of five years.

Blind, deaf-mute and Orthopaedically handicapped persons: Upto 10 years.

Education qualification :

Bachelor's degree with at least one of the subjects - Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science, Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and Zoology or a Bachelor's degree in Agriculture, Forestry or in Engineering.

Number of Attempts:

Six attempts not applicable in case of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe.

IFS Mains Exam Pattern

Paper Subject Marks
Paper I General English 300
Paper II General Knowledge 300
Paper III Optional Subject 1 200
Paper IV Optional Subject 1 200
Paper V Optional Subject 2 200
Paper VI Optional Subject 2 200
Total 1400

After written examination, interview for personality test will be of 300 marks.