UPSC’s Combined Medical Services Examination 2012 Syllabus

The UPSC Combined Medical Services Exam 2012 is divided into two parts – Written (500 marks) and Personality Test (100 marks).  The written exam for both papers will be objective/ multiple choice answer type set in English only. Please note that the Commission has the right to fix qualifying marks in any or both the papers in the examination. Also note, that incorrect answers will be penalised with negative marking.

Written Exam

The written exam is conducted through 2 papers, carrying a maximum of 250 marks each and time limit of 2 hours each.

Syllabus of Paper I

General Ability

• Indian Society, Heritage & Culture, Polity, Economy, Human Development Indices & the Development programmes.
• Natural Resources and its distribution, exploitation, conservation & related issues.
• Basic concepts of Ecology and Environment and their impact on health & economy
• Impact of changing demographic trends on health, environment and society
• Indian Agriculture, Industry & trade, transportation & service sectors
• Natural and manmade disasters and its management
• Food adulteration, processing, distribution, food storage and its relevance to public health
• Recent trends in Science & Technology

General Medicine (including Cardiology, Neurology, Dermatology and Psychiatry)

• Cardiology
• Respiratory Diseases
• Gastro-intestinal
• Genito-Urinary
• Neurology
• Hematology
• Endocrinology
• Metabolic disorders
• Infections & Communicable Diseases
• Nutrition/ Growth
• Dermatology
• Musculoskeletal system
• Psychiatry
• General

Paediatrics

Syllabus of Paper II

Surgery (including ENT, Opthalmology, Traumatology and Orthopaedics)

I.    General Surgery

• Wounds
• Infections
• Tumours
• Lymphatic
• Blood vessels
• Cysts/ Sinuses
• Head & neck
• Breast
• Alimentary Tract (Oesophagus, stomach, intestines, anus, developmental)
• Liver, Bile, Pancreas
• Spleen
• Peritoneum
• Abdominal wall
• Abdominal injuries

II.    Urological Surgery
III.   Neuro Surgery
IV.    Otorhinolaryngology E.N.T
V.     Thoracic Surgery
VI.    Orthopaedic Surgery
VII.   Opthalmology
VIII.  Anesthesisology
IX.    Traumatology

Gynaecology & Obstetrics

1.    Obstetrics

• Ante-natal conditions
• Intra-natal conditions
• Post-natal conditions
• Management of manual labours or complicated labour

2.    Gynaecology

• Questions of applied anatomy
• Questions on applied physiology of menstruation & fertilisation
• Questions on infection on genital tract
• Questions on displacements of the uterus

3.    Family Planning

• Conventional contraceptives
• U.D and oral pills
• Operative procedure, sterilisation and organisation of programmes in the urban and rural surroundings
• Medical termination of pregnancy

Preventive Social & Community Medicine

• Social and Community Medicine
• Concept of Health, Disease and Preventive Medicine
• Health Administration & Planning
• General Epidemiology
• Demography and Health Statistics
• Communicable Diseases
• Environmental Health
• Nutrition & Health
• Non-communicable Diseases
• Occupational Health
• Genetics & Health
• International Health
• Medical Sociology and Health Education
• Maternal Child Health
• National Programmes

Personality Test

Students who have qualified the written exam will be called for interview/ personality test conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). This test is the final leg of the Combined Medical Services Examination and will determine the ability of the student with respect to general knowledge and academic study. It will also test the personality; assess the intellectual curiosity, critical powers of assimilation, balance of judgement, alertness of mind, ability for social cohesion, integrity of character, initiative and capability for leadership.

Source: In-house with Inputs from the official website of UPSC

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