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Indian Administrative Service Exam
UPSC IAS Exam Important Dates
Union Public Service Commission has released the Civil Service Exam 2024 Calendar online at the offical website. The accurate dates will be updated subsequently.
According to the UPSC Calendar, the Civil Service Examination (CSE) Notification, the dates have been released on 14 February, 2024. The UPSC Preliminary Exam 2024 will take place on 26 May, 2024.
The Civil Service Main Exam will be held from 20 September, 2024.
IAS Prelims 2024 Exam Date
| UPSC IAS 2024 |
Exam Date | Exam Type |
| IAS Preliminary | 26 May, 2024 | Objective |
| IAS Main Exam | 20,21,22,28 and 29 September, 2024 (5 days) | Descriptive |
Civil Services (Main) Examination 2024 Time Table
| Date/Day | Forenoon Session (9:00 AM to 12:00 PM) | Afternoon Session (2:00 PM to 5:00 PM) |
| 20-09-2024 (Friday) | Paper-I (Essay) |
No Paper |
| 21-09-2024 (Saturday) |
Paper-II (General Studies-I) |
Paper-III (General Studies-II) |
| 22-09-2024 (Sunday) |
Paper-IV (General Studies-III) |
Paper-V (General Studies-IV) |
| 28-09-2024 (Saturday) | Paper-A (Indian Languages) [Assamese/Bengali/Bodo/Dogri/ Gujarati/Hindi/Kannada/Kashmiri/ Konkani/Maithili/Malayalam/Manipuri/ Marathi/Nepali/Oriya/Punjabi/Sanskrit/ Santhali (Devanagari/Olchiki Script)/Sindhi (Devanagari/Arabic Script)/Tamil/Telugu/Urdu] |
Paper-B English |
| 29-09-2024 (Sunday) | Paper-VI (Optional Paper-I) [Agriculture/Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science/Anthropology/ Botany/Chemistry/Civil Engineering/ Commerce & Accountancy/Economics/ Electrical Engineering/Geography/ Geology/History/Law/Management/ Mathematics/Mechanical Engineering/ Medical Science/Philosophy/Physics/ Political Science & International Relations/Psychology/Public Administration/Sociology/Statistics/ Zoology/Literature of any one of the following languages: Assamese/Bengali/Bodo/Dogri/ Gujarati/Hindi/Kannada/Kashmiri/ Konkani/Maithili/Malayalam/Manipuri/ Marathi/Nepali/Oriya/Punjabi/Sanskrit/ Santhali/Sindhi/Tamil/Telugu/Urdu/ English] |
Paper-VII (Optional Paper-II) [Agriculture/Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science/Anthropology/ Botany/Chemistry/Civil Engineering/ Commerce & Accountancy/Economics/ Electrical Engineering/Geography/ Geology/History/Law/Management/ Mathematics/Mechanical Engineering/ Medical Science/Philosophy/Physics/ Political Science & International Relations/Psychology/Public Administration/Sociology/Statistics/ Zoology/Literature of any one of the following languages: Assamese/Bengali/Bodo/Dogri/ Gujarati/Hindi/Kannada/Kashmiri/ Konkani/Maithili/Malayalam/Manipuri/ Marathi/Nepali/Oriya/Punjabi/Sanskrit/ Santhali/Sindhi/Tamil/Telugu/Urdu/ English] |
Note :
The dates of notification, commencement, and duration of examinations may be changed if there is a need to be changed. The below-mentioned table is the important dates for UPSC Civil Services Examination 2024:
| Title | Date |
|---|---|
| IAS Civil Services Date of Notification 2024 | 14-02-2023 |
| Start of Online Registration | 14-02-2023 |
| End of Online Submission (Till 6:00 PM) | 05-03-2024 |
| Admit Card (Preliminary Examination) | May 2024 |
| Date of Civil Services Preliminary Examination | 26-05-2023 |
| Admit Card (Mains Examination) | Sep 2024 |
| Date of Civil Services Main Examination | 20-09-2024 To 29-09-2024 |