Exam Pattern
UPSC Combined Geo-Scientist Exam Pattern
UPSC Combined Geo-Scientist Prelims 2027: Geology and Hydrogeology Paper II
The UPSC Combined Geo-Scientist exam pattern below is checked stage by stage, so one stage cannot inherit another stage's scoring rules.
Stage I Prelims: Geology/Hydrogeology Paper II
Review pendingTakeMockTest covers the Stream I Geology and Hydrogeology Paper II objective paper of the Combined Geo-Scientist Preliminary Examination only. The 2027 notice fixes 300 marks and a two-hour duration directly, and marking is 2.5 marks for a correct answer with one third of that, 0.833 marks, deducted for a wrong one. The pattern is marked review-pending for one specific reason: the 120-question count is carried forward from the actual 2025 and 2026 Paper II papers because the accessible 2027 notification surface does not state a question count, so that figure is not an official 2027 claim. General Studies Paper I is excluded because it carries current events, which this site does not self-author, and the Main descriptive examination and Personality Test are out of scope.