Indian Forest Services Examination Exam - Pattern

List of Optional Subjects (subject to provisions below):—
● Agriculture
● Agricultural Engineering
● Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
● Botany
● Chemistry
● Chemical Engineering
● Civil Engineering
● Forestry
● Geology
● Mathematics
● Mechanical Engineering
● Physics
● Statistics
● Zoology

Provided that the candidates will not be allowed to offer the following combination of subjects :
(a)	Agriculture and Agricultural Engineering
(b)	Agriculture and Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
(c)	Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
(d)	Mathematics and Statistics
(e)	Of the Engineering subjects viz. Agricultural Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering - not more than one subject

Note: All the question papers for the examination will be of conventional (essay) type. All Question Papers must be answered in English. Question Papers will be set in English only. The duration of each of the papers referred to above will be three hours.

(B) Interview for Personality Test of such candidates as may be called by the Commission– Maximum marks: 300. The candidates will be interviewed by a Board of competent and unbiased observers who will have before them a record of this career. The object of the interview is to assess the personal suitability of the candidate for the Service. The candidate will be expected to have taken an intelligent interest not only in his subjects of academic study but also in events which are happening around him both within and outside his own State or country, as well as in modern currents of thoughts and in new discoveries which should rouse the curiosity of well-educated youth.

The technique of the interview is not that of a strict cross examination, but of a natural, though directed and purposive conversation, intended to reveal mental qualities of the candidate. The Board will pay special attention to assessing the intellectual curiosity, critical powers of observation and assimilation, balance of judgement and alertness of mind, initiative, tact, capacity for leadership; the ability for social cohesion, mental and physical energy and powers of practical application; integrity of character; and other qualities such as topographical sense, love for out-door life and the desire to explore unknown and out of way places.