Combined Medical Services Examination

Combined Medical Services Examination

Civil Service Exam in India
Exam Overview
AcronymUPSC CMSE
TypeObjective Type
AdministratorUnion Public Service Commission
Skills testedMedical knowledge (MBBS level)
PurposeRecruitment of Group A Medical Officers
DurationPaper I - 2 hours
Paper II - 2 hours
Personality Test ~ 30 minutes
Maximum MarksPaper I - 250
Paper II - 250
Personality Test - 100
Negative MarkingYes
OfferedOnce a year
Regions India
LanguagesEnglish
Number of Applicants49,026 (2022)[1]
Number of Test takers20,613 (2022)[1]
Applicants to Posts Ratio71.19 (2021)[1]
PrerequisitesMBBS Degree
Fee₹200
Used byCHS
IRHS
NDMC
MCD
Websitehttps://upsc.gov.in/


The Combined Medical Services Examination or the CMS Examination is conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for recruitment of Medical Officers (Group A posts) to various Government Services/Organizations such as the Central Health Service (CHS), Indian Railways, Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC)[2] and New Delhi Municipal Council.[3]

Services/Posts

Through Combined Medical Services Examination, the Medical Officers are being recruited to following services or organisations.

CATEGORY - I
1 Medical Officer Grade (Level 10) in the General Duty Medical Officer (GDMO) sub-cadre of the Central Health Service (CHS)
CATEGORY - II
1 Assistant Divisional Medical Officer (ADMO) in the Indian Railway Health Service (IRHS)
2 General Duty Medical Officer in the New Delhi Municipal Council
3 General Duty Medical Officer Grade -II in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi

Eligibility Criteria

  • Nationality: Citizen of India; Subject of Nepal or Bhutan; and some Tibetan refugees, a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka or East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethiopia or from Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.
  • Age: Must not have attained the age of 32 years (for the Central Health Service (CHS) posts, the upper age limit must not exceed 35 years), with relaxations for various categories such as SC, ST & OBC.[4]
  • Educational Qualifications: Passed the written and practical parts of the final MBBS Examination.[5]

Scheme of Examination

Part I : Written Examination

An objective-type written examination with two papers of two hours duration, each carrying a maximum of 250 marks. Both papers are attempted on the same day.

Paper I

Maximum Marks : 250

Subject Questions
General Medicine 96
Paediatrics 24

Paper II

Maximum Marks : 250

Subject Questions
Surgery (including ENT, Ophthalmology, Traumatology and Orthopaedics) 40
Gynaecology & Obstetrics 40
Preventive & Social Medicine 40

Candidates who qualify in the written examination are called for an Interview/Personality Test.

Part II : Personality Test

Personality Test carrying 100 marks conducted by the Union Public Service Commission for those candidates qualifying the written examination.[6]

Medical Examination

The candidates need to undergo a medical examination to assess fitness, prior to appointment.

Cadre allocation

Once the final results are declared by the UPSC, the cadre allocation for the selected candidates are done by the CHS-I section of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) according to the cadre preferences submitted by the candidates and their ranks.[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 UPSC 73rd Annual Report 2022-2023
  2. ↑ "ESIC IMO Grade-II Recruitment - CMSE" (PDF).
  3. ↑ Notification for Combined Medical Services Examination 2024
  4. ↑ UPSC Combined Medical Services Examination 2025 Notification dated 19/02/2025
  5. ↑ "Eligibility Conditions"
  6. ↑ "Syllabus and Exam Pattern"
  7. ↑ Cadre Allocation of Category-II CMSE 2024
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