Get UPSC Combined Medical Services Exam 2019 details. UPSC conducts computer based combined medical examination for recruitment to the services and posts of Assistant Medical Officer in railways, Indian Ordinance Factories Health Service, Junior scale posts in central health services, etc.
UPSC Combined Medical Services Exam 2019
Important Dates
- Notification Date: 10th April, 2019
- Last Date to Apply: 06th May, 2019
- CMS Exam Date: 21 July, 2019
Eligibility Criteria
Age limit: You must not have attained the age of 32 years as on 1 January of year of exam. Age relaxation for reserved category is applicable as per the norms.
Educational qualification: For admission to the examination, you should have passed the written and practical parts of the final MBBS examination.
CMS Exam Pattern
Part I is written examination of 500 marks. The written exam for two objective papers is conducted as Computer based mode. You have to take the written examination in two papers, each carrying a maximum of 250 marks. Each paper is of 2 hours duration. There is negative marking of 1/3 of mark for each incorrect answer.
| Paper | Section | Questions | Marks |
Paper I
 (2 hours) |
General Ability | 30 | 62.5 |
| General Medicine | 70 | 145.8 | |
| Paediatrics | 20 | 41.7 | |
| Paper II
(2 hours) |
Surgery | 40 | 62.5 |
| Gynaecology & Obstetrics | 40 | 155.8 | |
| Preventive & Social Medicine | 40 | 41.7 |
Part II is personality test carrying 100 marks of such of the candidates who qualify on the results of the written examination.
Computer Based Test
Till 2013, the written examination for Combined Medical Services Examination for two objective type papers was being conducted through the OMR sheets. However, from 2014 the UPSC has decided that the exam is to be conducted in Computer Based mode.
