UPSC CMS 2021 Selection Process - Written Test, Interview & Probationary Period

The UPSC Combined Medical Services selection process will be commenced by the Union Public Service Commission. The details of the selection process are declared in the official notification by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) after releasing the combined medical services (CMS) result.

Candidates under UPSC CMS recruitment will be selected on the basis of their performance of the following stages:

1. Computer-based Examination: Part I
2. Personality Test/ Interview: Part II
3. Physical Fitness

The aspirants, who have secured the minimum cut-off score in the UPSC combined medical services examination (computer-based test), have been shortlisted for the part II i.e. Personality test. The final selection process will be completed after the Physical Fitness round. Also, check the news on UPSC Combined Medical Services Examination(CMS) 2020 final results released.

UPSC CMS 2021 Selection Process - Personality Test/ Interview

• Applicants who qualify in the written examination will be called for an interview/ personality test that is the part II examination.
• The admit card/interview call letter will be issued separately for the qualified candidates.
• The interview/ personality test will be of 100 marks.
• The personality test will be organized for testing the general knowledge and ability of the candidates in the fields of their academic study and also nature of a personality test to assess the contender’s academic curiosity, important powers of assimilation, the balance of judgment and alertness of mind, the ability for social cohesion, initiative capability for leadership.

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UPSC CMS 2021 Selection Process - Physical Fitness

After getting confirmation from the interview conducting authority, the aspirants should go through the medical and physical fitness test as per the regulation of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). Once the physical fitness test will be done, the candidates will receive a confirmation from the commission regarding their selection in the CMS. The commission takes approximately one year to complete the entire selection process.

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What happens after the UPSC CMS Final Result?

Candidates must take note that their admission at all stages of examination is provisional. It will only be finalized after verification of the documents. After clearing the final merit list, candidates will be summoned to clear this final stage. Here is the list of the documents prescribed by the commission:

1. Certificate of Age.
2. Certificate of Educational Qualification.
3. Certificate in support of a claim to belong to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, Economically Weaker Sections and Other Backward Classes where applicable.
4. Certificate in support of the claim for age/fee concession, where applicable.
5. Certificate in support of being Person with Benchmark Disability (where applicable).

Note: All the documents should be self-attested.

Immediately after the CBT, qualified candidates will be notified by the commission to submit the Detailed Application Form (DAF) online. They have to send this form with each page signed with self-attested copies of the above-mentioned certificates.

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Probation Period of UPSC CMS Officer

1. Junior Scale Post in the Central Health Service: The candidates for this Post will be on probation for two years. They can also be terminated during their probation period at the discretion of the regulating authority.
2. General Duty Medical Officer in the New Delhi Municipal Council: The candidates for this Post will be on probation for two years. If they are unable to function properly during their probation period, then they are likely to be suspended at the discretion of the regulating authority.
3. General Duty Medical Officer Gr. II: In East Delhi Municipal Corporation, North Delhi Municipal Corporation, and South Delhi Municipal Corporation, the candidate for this Post will be on probation for a duration of two years. He can be removed during his probation if he doesn’t perform well during the probation period by the dominant authority.