UPSC CMS 2022: Result Released, DAF Dates, Interview Schedule, Cutoff, Question Paper

CMS exam is the short name for the Combined Medical Services Exam conducted by the UPSC. The CMS exam is conducted each year to recruit doctors for the following positions:

Category I

1. Junior Scale Posts in Central Health Services

Category II

1. Assistant Divisional Medical Officer in the Railways
2. Assistant Medical Officer in Indian Ordnance Factories Health Services 
3. General Duty Medical Officer in New Delhi Municipal Council 
4. General Duty Medical Grade-II in East Delhi Municipal Corporation, North Delhi Municipal Corporation, and South Delhi Municipal Corporation.

UPSC CMS Exam 2022 Highlights

UPSC CMS result 2021 was released online on November 9, 2022. The candidates can check and download here. UPSC CMS result was released online only.

UPSC CMS 2022 notification was released online on April 6, 2022. CMS notification is the most important document because all the formalities of the exam are governed according to the procedure given in the notification. It also provides important information related to the exam such as vacancies, exam dates, eligibility criteria, syllabus and exam pattern.

UPSC CMS application started with the release of the official notification. The last date to fill out the application was April 26, 2022. The candidates need to submit the appropriate application fee as prescribed for their category. 

The candidate should have an M.B.B.S degree from a recognised university. The candidates waiting for their final result or yet to appear in their final year can also apply for the CMS exam provided they need to submit the passing certificate at the time of sending the documents with the Detailed Application Form (DAF) submitted after the written result. It means that the candidates expecting their final result (after the completion of the Internship) in August/September 2022 can apply for the exam.

Age Limit for UPSC CMS Exam 2022

The candidates should not exceed 32 years of age on August 1 of the exam year.  The candidate must have been born not earlier than 2^nd August 1990. There is no lower age limit mentioned in the official UPSC CMS notification. However, for Medical Officers Grade in General Duty Medical Officers Subcadre of Central Health Services, the upper age limit must not exceed 35 (thirty-five years) on the aforesaid cut-off date. 

The relaxation in age is provided to the reserved category candidates as follows:

After the successful submission of the application, UPSC scrutinises the applications and the selection process starts.

Step 1: The UPSC issued admit cards for the computer-based exam to all the candidates who had successfully filled out the application form.

Step 2: The UPSC conducted the CMS written exam on July 17, 2022 (Sunday).

Step 3: The candidate who clears the stage I written exam will be called for the personality test.

Step 4: The UPSC will declare the CMS final results a few days after the personality tests.

UPSC conduct the exam online at the designated exam centres across the nation. The candidates should note that the CMS exam centre is allotted on a first-apply-first-allot basis because there is a ceiling on the number of candidates at the exam centre.

The UPSC CMS exam dates are very important for the candidates as it provides a clear timeline of the exam and helps them in their preparation.

UPSC CMS's written exam has two papers. UPSC released the syllabus for the exam with the official notification. UPSC CMS 2022 syllabus was mentioned as the list of topics in the official notification. The candidates should prepare all the topics in their entirety and extensions because the UPSC can ask about any aspect of the topic. 

The UPSC CMS exam consists of two stages. The first stage is the computer-based exam and the second stage is the personality test.

The candidates need to understand and internalise the UPSC CMS exam pattern because it will help in their preparation

UPSC CMS admit card for the computer-based written exam is issued three weeks before the exam. The candidates can download the UPSC CMS admit card for the written exam from the official website. The admit card for the personality test was issued separately.

UPSC CMS question papers are a very important resource for exam preparation. The candidates should see the CMS  question papers of previous years to know the depth of preparation required for the exam. CMS Syllabus only provides the broad outline of preparation but the exam questions inform about the aspect and importance of topics given in the syllabus.

UPSC CMS Exam Answer Key

The UPSC releases the CMS CBT answer key after the declaration of the final result of the CMS exam. The UPSC CMS answer key is the official source of information about the questions deleted/dropped from the exam. Various coaching institutes provide the answer key but the candidates must take reference from the official CMS answer key only.

UPSC CMS 2022 cutoff was released after the completion of exam process.UPSC releases the category-wise cutoff for each category of posts. The cutoff is the marks of the last recommended candidate for a particular category.

UPSC notified 687 vacancies under the CMS 2022 exam. The total number of vacancies for the Junior Scale Posts in Central Health Services was 314. The number of vacancies has implications on the cutoff of every stage of the exam.

The UPSC has issued new guidelines for resolving the tie between the two candidates. If two candidates have equal marks in the final aggregate total then the following will be considered to give preference and decide the rank of the candidate. These two criteria are 

(i) Date of Birth

(ii) Date/Year of completion of the Internship.

It means in case of a tie between two candidates, the older candidate will be given preference by the commission in giving the rank.

In case, both the candidates were born on the same day, the preference will be given to the candidate who had completed his/her internship earlier.

Read Here: UPSC's new guidelines for tie-breaking

Download here: UPSC CMS 2022 Notification