The UPSC CMS exam date for the year 2022 has been released in the notifications on 6th April 2022. The total number of vacancies declared is 838 vacancies, also the last date for applying for UPSC CMS is 26th April 2022. The UPSC Combined medical exam will be conducted on 17th July 2022.
The UPSC Combined Medical Exam is conducted every year for the recruitment of the position of the below-mentioned category:
Category I
Category II
As per the official website of UPSC, they had called 2,723 candidates for the personality test round, but the interview was scheduled for only 640 candidates for the UPSC CMS exam in the year 2021.
The student of MBBS who has completed MBBS or is in the final year of MBBS can apply for UPSC CMS Exam. The notification of the UPSC CMS Exam 2022 has been released on the official website of the UPSC on 6th April 2022. The candidates who want to apply for this exam can go through all the details like important dates, syllabus, exam pattern, selection process, age limit, etc.
Candidates first check the eligibility criteria, if they are eligible for the exam. They can apply for the exam. In this article, we will discuss all the UPSC CMS Important dates. So that the candidates can get the overall idea for preparing for the exam.
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UPSC has released the Important dates of the UPSC CMS Exam for the year 2022 on the official website.
All the important events like the Application date, admit card, exam date, result, interview, and final result are on the official website of the UPSC. Below is the list of the UPSC CMS Important Date of examination:
| Event Name | Date |
|---|---|
| UPSC CMS Notification | April 06, 2022 |
| UPSC CMS Application Commencement | April 06, 2022 |
| UPSC CMS Application End | April 26, 2022 |
| UPSC CMS Written Exam (CBT) | July 17, 2022 |
| UPSC CMS Written Result | To Be Announced |
| UPSC CMS Detailed Application Form (DAF) | To Be Announced |
| UPSC CMS Personality Test | To Be Announced |
| UPSC CMS Result | To Be Announced |
All the above-mentioned events are explained below in-depth:
The application form of the UPSC Combined Medical Services is an online application form. Most importantly UPSC has released the application form link. The candidates can apply for this exam and it has an application fee of 200 Rs for General Candidates. For female and reserved category (SC/ST/PwD) candidates, the application fees are exempted.
Generally, the admit card for the UPSC CMS Exam is generally released a week before the exam. Moreover, there is a separate admit card for the Written test and Interview. The download link for UPSC CMS 2022 exam was published on 15th July 2022 till the exam date i.e. 17th July 2022 for candidates appearing in the exam to download and print the admit card in order to carry it along with them on the exam date in order to allow them to appear for the exam.
There are two stages of the UPSC CMS Exam. The written test is an online exam with objective questions.
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Name of Paper |
Subjects |
Number of questions |
|
Paper I |
General Medicine |
96 |
|
Paediatrics |
24 |
|
|
|
120 |
|
|
Paper-II |
Gynaecology & Obstetrics |
40 |
|
Surgery |
40 |
|
|
Preventive & Social Medicine |
40 |
|
Paper I and Paper II will be for a total of 250 marks each and of exam duration of 2 hours.
The result of the UPSC CMS exam is declared on the official website of the UPSC. This result is calculated on the basis of the written test and interview. The PDF form result consists of the Roll number of the qualified candidates. The candidates can download the result for UPSC CMS 2022 from the UPSC official website (http://www.upsconline.nic.in) and can search for their roll numbers if they have been selected or not.
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The UPSC Combined Medical Service Exam notification has been released. The notification has been released on the 6th of April 2022 and this notification consists of all the important details. Below are the highlights of the official notification of The UPSC CMS Examination:
| Name of Examination | Combined Medical Services Exam |
| Conducting Body | Union Public Service Commission |
| Frequency | Yearly |
| Geographical scope | All India |
| Application Fee | Rs 200 |
| Stages of Exam | 2 |
| Mode of Exam | Online |
| Language | English |
| Helpline No. | 011-23098543 / 23385271 / 23381125 / 23098591 |
| Official Website | Upsc.gov.in |
The candidates who have completed their MBBS or who are in the final year of MBBS can apply for the UPSC CMS exam. The candidates have to clear both stages of the exam. Firstly a written test that consists of objective questions and secondly the Personality test or Interview.
This recruitment process is for the post of various categories. These categories are
The exam date is the most important part of a competitive exam. The candidates based on exam dates declared from UPSC can prepare their strategy for preparation depending on the time left.
As the UPSC has released the notification of the UPSC Combined Medical Service Examination on their official website (http://www.upsconline.nic.in) . The candidates can now check the date of the examination in the notification, it contains the exam date for the written test which is 17th July 2022 for UPSC CMS 2022 exam. Moreover, the tentative dates of the interview are updated here for an idea. Hence you can check the exam dates released by the UPSC:
| Exam | Date of Examination |
| Written Test of UPSC CMS (CBT) |
17th July 2022 |
| Written Test Result | Not declared yet |
| Personality Test | Not declared yet |
| Result of UPSC CMS 2021 | Not declared yet |
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Ans. A total 828 number of vacancies are notified for the year 2022 by the UPSC Combined Medical Service Exam authorities. The category-wise vacancy is tabulated below:
|
Posts |
Vacancies |
|
Category- 1 |
|
|
Junior Scale Posts in Central Health Service |
349 |
|
Category – 2 |
|
|
General Duty Medical Officer in New Delhi Municipal Council |
05 |
|
Assistant Divisional Medical Officer in the Railways |
300 |
|
General Duty Medical Officer in East Delhi, North Delhi & South Delhi Municipal Corporation |
184 |
|
Total |
838 |
Ans. MBBS students who have cleared their final written exams or who is going to appear or have appeared in the final examination of MBBS can also apply for this exam are eligible for UPSC CMS exam.
The candidate who wants to appear UPSC CMS exam should be a citizen of India, A subject from Nepal or a subject from Bhutan, a Tibetan who came to India before 1st January 1962 who intended to settle in India, or a person 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 for settling in India permanently.
The open category candidate should not be above 32 years as on 1st of August 2022. The SC/ST category candidate, domicile of J &K, Ex-servicemen, Military service person who have rendered over 5 years of military service and can have age relaxed by 5 years, i.e. 37 years. Defence person disabled during military operations and OBC category candidate are allowed 3 years of age relaxation. General category person with a physical disability has 10 years of age relaxed for UPSC CMS examination.
Ans. UPSC CMS exam for the year 2022 has been scheduled for 17th July 2022. There will be two papers on the exam date each of 250 marks. On qualifying in these two papers selected candidates will be invited for personality test or interview on later dates. The UPSC CMS exam results will depend on the score candidate secured in the two papers and personality interview.
Ans. The personal interviews for candidates who appeared UPSC CMS exam are conducted at Dholpur House, New Delhi on the scheduled date by UPSC. The candidates will be selected by UPSC exam authorities based on their scores in two papers conducted on 17th July 2022 by UPSC CMS 2022 exam.
Ans. Candidates from the Scheduled Cast category can apply for the UPSC CMS examination till the age of 37 years. The age relaxed for SC candidates is 5 years and maximum age limit for general category candidate is 32 years.
Ans. MBBS students who have cleared their final written exams or who are going to appear or have appeared in the final examination of MBBS can also apply for this exam and are eligible for the UPSC CMS exam.
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