UPSC Combined Medical Services (CMS) Examination 2025 | Medical Officers Recruitment 2025

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released notification of Combined Medical Services (CMS) Examination 2025 for recruitment of General Duty Medical Officers (GDMO) in Central Health Service, Railways (ADMO), NDMC, and various Delhi Municipal Council. Here in this blog, I have explained all the details related to this recruitment notification.

• Advertisement No.: 08/2025-CMS
• Organisation: Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)
• Department: Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT), Govt of India
• Exam: Combined Medical Services (CMS) Examination 2025
• Post: Medical Officers (GDMO/ADMO)
• Type: Group-A, Gazetted
• Engagement: Permanent job
• Vacancy: 705+
• Eligible: Both Male and Female
• Last Date: 11/03/2025

IMPORTANT DATES:
Application Begin: 19/02/2025
Last Date to Apply Online: 11/03/2025 (till 06:00 PM)
Correction Dates: 12-18 March 2025
Cutoff date for Age Limit: 01/08/2025
Exam Date: 20/07/2025

APPLICATION FEES:
UR/EWS/OBC: ₹200
SC/ST/PH: ₹0 (Nil)
All category Female: ₹0 (Nil)

VACANCY:
(i) General Duty Medical Officers (GDMO) sub-cadre of Central Health Service: 226 posts
(ii) Assistant Division Medical Officer (ADMO) in Railway: 450 posts
(iii) General Duty Medical Officer (GDMO) Grade-II in NDMS: 09 posts
(iv) General Duty Medical Officer (GDMO) in Various Delhi Municipal Councils: 20 posts
• TOTAL: 705 posts

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:
For admission to the examination a candidate should have passed the written and practical parts of the final MBBS Examination.

NOTE: Final year/appearing students are also eligible to apply, but they will have to provide the details of passing the Final MBBS examination (both written and practical) in Detailed Application Form (DAF) before the Interview Stage.

AGE LIMIT (as on 01/08/2025):
• Maximum (for Central Health Service): 35 years
• Maximum (for other services): 32 years
• Age relaxation in the Upper Age Limit will be provided to:
(i) OBC-NCL: 03 years
(ii) SC/ST: 05 years
(iii) Physically Handicapped: 10 years
(iv) Defence Services Personnel, disabled in operations during hostilities: 03 years
(v) Ex-servicemen including Commissioned Officers and Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs)/Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) who have rendered at least five years Military Service: 05 years

SALARY:
• Pay Level: level-10
• Pay Band: 15600-39100
• Grade Pay: 5400
• Basic Pay: ₹56,100
• Dearness Allowance: 53%
• House Rent Allowance: 30% (for X-city)
• Travelling Allowance: ₹7200 + DA (53%)
• Deductions: NPS, Income Tax, Professional Tax, etc.
• Gross Salary: ₹1,15,000 approx.
• NET (In-hand) Salary: ₹98,250 approx.

SELECTION PROCESS:
• Selection to the service will be done in two stages:
1. Written Examination.
2. Viva-Voce/Interview.

WRITTEN EXAMINATION:
The Written Examination will be of Objective Type (MCQ), and the question papers (Test Booklets) will be set in English only.
There will be two papers:
1. Paper-I: General Medicine and Paediatrics.
2. Paper-II: Surgery, PSM, Gynaecology & Obstetrics.

1. Paper-I: General Medicine and Paediatrics:
In this paper, questions will be asked from:
(i) General Medicine: 96 questions
(ii) Paediatrics: 24 questions
• TOTAL: 120 questions
• TOTAL MARKS: 250 marks
• TOTAL TIME: 2 hours
• Negative Marking: One-third

2. Paper-II: Surgery, PSM, Gynaecology & Obstetrics:
(i) Surgery: 40 questions
(ii) Preventive & Social Medicine: 40 questions
(iii) Gynaecology & Obstetrics: 40 questions
• TOTAL: 120 questions
• TOTAL MARKS: 250 marks
• TOTAL TIME: 2 hours
• Negative Marking: One-third
• Here, Surgery includes General Surgery, Urological Surgery, Neurosurgery, ENT, Thoracic Surgery, Ophthalmology, Anesthesiology, Traumatology and Orthopaedics.

TOTAL MARKS (Written Exam) = Paper-I + Paper-II = 500 marks

VIVA-VOCE/INTERVIEW:
• Candidates who obtain minimum qualifying marks in Written Examination (as decided by UPSC), will be called for the Interview.
• In this stage, your personality is tested, whether you are fit for the service or not.
• It is also intended to supplement the written examination for testing the general and specialised knowledge and abilities of the candidate.
• TOTAL Marks of Interview: 100 marks.

FINAL SELECTION:
• Candidates who qualified both stages, will be included in the qualified candidates list.
• Now merit list will be prepared on the basis of marks scored in both stages.
• Total Merit: 500 + 100 = 600 marks
• Candidates higher in merit, will be selected for the service (according to the preference order).

TO KNOW MORE DETAILS, READ FULL NOTIFICATION: Download Notification
APPLY FOR ONE TIME REGISTRATION (OTR): OTR Registeration Link
TO APPLY FOR THIS VACANCY, VISIT: Application Link
GO TO RECRUITMENT WEBSITE: Official Website

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