UPSC to hold recruitment exam for Railways from 2023

The Ministry of Railways on Friday announced that recruitment for the Indian Railway Management Service will be done through a specially designed exam that will be conducted by the UPSC from 2023 onwards. The Indian Railway Management Service Examination (IRMSE) will be a two-tier test — a preliminary screening examination followed by a main written examination and interview.

For screening candidates for the second stage of the examination i.e. IRMS (Main) written examination, all eligible candidates shall be required to appear in Civil Services (Preliminary) examination, the ministry said in a statement. The IRMS (Main) exam will consist of four papers of conventional essay-type questions in subject sets.

The first will have two qualifying papers of 300 marks each — Paper A on one of the Indian languages selected by the candidate and Paper B on English. There would be two papers on optional subjects for 250 marks each. A personality test of 100 marks will also be conducted.

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