UPSC CMS syllabus

The Combined Medical Services Examination for medical officer posts: two objective papers of 250 marks on one day, then a personality test of 100 marks.

Combined Medical Services written examination

Paper I: General Medicine and Paediatrics

120 questions, 250 marks (96 General Medicine, 24 Paediatrics) · 2 hours

250 marks, two hours, four options, English only. A right answer scores 250/120 of a mark. A wrong answer takes away one third of that. A blank scores nothing.

Cardiology
Respiratory diseases
Gastro-intestinal disease
Genito-urinary disease
Neurology
Haematology
Endocrinology and metabolic disorders
Infections and tropical medicine
Nutrition
Dermatology
Musculoskeletal disease
Psychiatry
Emergency medicine, poisoning and snake bite
Critical care
Paediatrics, including newborn care, milestones, immunization and national child-health programmes

Paper II: Surgery, Gynaecology and Obstetrics, and Preventive and Social Medicine

120 questions, 250 marks (40 Surgery, 40 Gynaecology and Obstetrics, 40 Preventive and Social Medicine) · 2 hours

250 marks, two hours, four options, English only. Same marking as Paper I. Surgery includes ENT, ophthalmology, traumatology and orthopaedics.

General surgery, wounds and the acute abdomen
Urology, neurosurgery, ENT, thoracic surgery, orthopaedics, ophthalmology, anaesthesia and trauma
Obstetrics and gynaecology, including family planning
Epidemiology, demography and health statistics
Communicable disease
Nutrition, environment and occupational health
Health administration and national programmes

Personality test

100 marks · A board interview, not a written paper

100 marks. Counts in the aggregate with the written total of 500. The notice fixes no minimum mark for the interview. This screen does not record or mark an interview.

A conversation on the candidate's medical study and on general ability, used to judge curiosity, judgement, balance, initiative and fitness for the service