Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS) - Commerce Optional
Degree in Commerce/ Chartered Accountancy, from a University incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other Educational Institutes established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as University under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956.
Ministry of Railways, in consultation with UPSC and DoPT, has decided that recruitment to Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS) will be done through a specially designed examination (IRMS Examination) to be conducted by the UPSC from the year 2023 onwards. The IRMSE will be a two-tier examination – a Preliminary Screening Examination, followed by a Main Written Examination and Interview.
Number of attempts 6
Number of attempts 9
Unlimited till the upper age limit is reached
Number of attempts 6
Unlimited till the upper age limit is reached
The syllabi for the aforesaid qualifying papers and optional subjects will be same as those for the Civil Services Examination (CSE).
- Current events of national and international importance History of India and Indian National Movement
- Indian Polity and Governance Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, and Rights Issues Economic and Social Development‐Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector Initiatives and General issues on Environmental ecology
- General Science
- Indian and World Geography-Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World
- Biodiversity and Climate Change
- Comprehension
- Logical reasoning and analytical ability
- Decision-making and problem-solving General mental ability
- Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, etc.) (Class X level) Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. – Class X level)
The common candidates of Civil Services (Main) Examination and IRMS (Main) Examination may opt for any of the aforesaid optional subjects for both these examinations or choose separate optional subjects for these Examinations (one for the CSE (Main) and one for the IRMSE (Main) as per the schemes of these two examinations).
