Download Indian Statistical Service Statistics- IV Exam Previous Years Question Papers

Among the different government services in India, Indian Economic Service and Indian Statistical Service are crucial services and for these services, candidates are appointed by the Union Public Service Commission through written examination called as Indian Economic Service/Indian Statistical Service Examination.

Schedule of Indian Statistical Service Examination:

Statistical service examination is generally conducted along with Economic Service Examination during the month of November every year and notification inviting applications from candidates for applying to these examinations are issued by the Union Public Service Commission through leading
employment newspapers during the month of June each year.

Qualification requirements:

Age requirement to apply for Indian Statistical Service Examination:

To apply for the position of Indian Statistical Service Examination, candidates must not be less than 21 years of age and not more than 30 years of age. This age requirement should be met by the candidates on the 1st of January of the year in which they are applying.

Educational qualification:

To apply for the ISS Examination, candidates must be PG degree holders from a recognized university in mathematical statistics, applied statistics or statistics.

Papers ISS Examination:

As said earlier, the IES and ISS examination are jointly held and therefore general English and general studies papers are conducted jointly for these two examinations and as far as Statistical service examination is concerned, the other papers are Statistics – I, Statistics – II, Statistics – III and Statistics – IV.

Syllabus for Statistics-IV paper:

Statistics paper IV will have questions from the following subjects:

• Stochastic Processes
• Operations Research
• Demography and Vital Statistics
• Computer Application and Data Processing
o Computer Application Computer System Concepts
o Data Processing

Previous years question papers:

Candidates, who wish to take up ISS examination of UPSC can practice with the help of the past two year question papers of Statistics Paper IV given in the attachment.