UPSC Combined Medical Service Examination Scheme | UPSC CMSE Scheme and Syllabus | UPSC Combined Medical Service Examination Syllabus

SCHEME OF EXAMINATION
The examination shall be conducted according to the following plan:-
Part-I WRITTEN EXAMINATION – (500 marks) – The candidates will take the written examination in two Papers, each Paper carrying a maximum of 250 marks. Each Paper will be of two hours duration.
Part-II Personality Test carrying 100 marks of such of the candidates who qualify on the results of the written examination.
(A) Written Examination: The components and syllabus of two Papers and the weightage to different components in the two papers are given below: –

Paper I (Code No. 1)		Maximum Marks : 250
(a)	General Ability	30 questions
(b)	General Medicine	70 questions
(c)	Paediatrics	20 questions
Total questions in Paper I = 120 (30 General Ability, 70 General Medicine and 20 Paediatrics)

Syllabus of Paper –I
(a)General Ability
(i) Indian Society, Heritage & Culture, Polity, Economy, Human Development Indices and the Development Programmes;
(ii) Natural Resources, their distribution, exploitation, conservation and related issues;
(iii)Basic concepts of Ecology and Environment and their impact on health and economy;
(iv) Impact of changing demographic trends on health, environment and society;
(v) Indian Agriculture, Industry, Trade, Transportation and Service Sectors;
(vi)Natural and man made disasters and their management;
(vii) Food adulteration, Food processing, food distribution, food storage and their relevance to public health;
(viii) Recent trends in Science and Technology

(b) General Medicine (General Medicine including Cardiology, Neurology, Dermatology and Psychiatry)
(i) Cardiology
(ii) Respiratory diseases
(iii) Gastro-intestinal
(iv)Genito-Urinary
(v) Neurology
(vi)Hematology
(vii)Endocrinology
(viii)Metabolic disorders
(ix)Infections/Communicable Diseases
a) Virus b)Rickets c)Bacterial d)Spirochetal e)Protozoan f)Metazoan g)Fungus
(x)Nutrition/Growth
(xi) Diseases of the skin (Dermatology)
(xii) Musculoskelatal System
(xiii) Psychiatry
(xiv) General
(c)Paediatrics

Paper II (Code No. 2) : Maximum Marks : 250
(a) urgery – 40 questions
(b) Gynaecology & Obstetrics - 40 questions
(c) Preventive & Social Medicine - 40 questions
Total questions in Paper II = 120 (40 Surgery, 40 Gynaecology & Obstetrics and 40 Preventive & Social Medicine)
Syllabus of Paper – II
(a) Surgery
(Surgery including ENT, Opthalmology, Traumatology and Orthopaedics)
I General Surgery
i)Wounds ii) Infections iii) Tumours iv) Lymphatic v) Blood vessels vi) Cysts/sinuses vii) Head and neck viii) Breast ix) Alimentary tract

a) Oesophagus b) Stomach c) Intestines d) Anus e) Developmental x) Liver, Bile, Pancreas xi) Spleen xii) Peritoneum xiii) Abdominal wall xiv) Abdominal injuries

II Urological Surgery III Neuro Surgery IV Otorhinolaryngology E.N.T. V Thoracic surgery VI Orthopedic surgery VII Ophthalmology VIII Anesthesiology IX Traumatology (b)GYNAECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS

IOBSTETRICS i)Ante-natal conditions ii)Intra-natal conditions iii)Post-natal conditions iv) Management of normal labours or complicated labour

IIGYNAECOLOGY i) Questions on applied anatomy ii) Questions on applied physiology of menstruation and fertilization iii) Questions on infections in genital tract iv) Questions on neoplasma in the genital tract v) Questions on displacement of the uterus

IIIFAMILY PLANNING i) Conventional contraceptives ii) U.D. and oral pills iii)Operative procedure, sterilization and organization of programmes in the urban and rural surroundings iv)Medical Termination of Pregnancy (c)PREVENTIVE SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY MEDICINE
I Social and Community Medicine
II Concept of Health, Disease and Preventive Medicine
III Health Administration and Planning
IV eneral Epidemiology
V Demography and Health Statistics
VI Communicable Diseases
VII Environmental Health
VII INutrition and Health
IX Non-communicable diseases
X Occupational Health
XI Genetics and Health
XII International Health
XIII Medical Sociology and Health Education
XIV Maternal and Child Health
XV National Programmes

2. The written examination in both the papers will be completely of objective (Multiple choice answer) type. The question Papers (Test Booklets) will be set in English only.

3.Candidates must write the Papers in their own hand. In no circumstances will they be allowed the help of a scribe to write answers for them.

4. The Commission have discretion to fix qualifying marks in any or both the papers of the examination.
5. Penalty for wrong answers
There will be penalty (Negative Marking) for wrong answers marked by a candidate in the objective type question papers.
(i) There are four alternatives for the answers to every question. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one third (0.33) of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty.
(ii) If a candidate gives more than one answer, it will be treated as a wrong answer even if one of the given answers happens to be correct and there will be same penalty as above for that question.
(iii)If a question is left blank i.e. no answer is given by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.

6.Candidates are not permitted to use calculators for answering objective type papers. They should, therefore not bring the same inside the Examination Hall.
(B)PERSONALITY TEST – (100 marks) – Candidates who qualify in the written examination will be called for Interview/Personality Test to be conducted by the Union Public Service Commission. The Interview/Personality Test will carry 100 marks.
The interview for Personality Test will be intended to serve as a supplement to the written examination for testing the General Knowledge and ability of the candidates in the fields of their academic study and also in the nature of a personality test to assess the candidate’s intellectual curiosity, critical powers of assimilation, balance of judgment and alertness of mind, ability for social cohesion, integrity of character, initiative and capability for leadership.