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UPSC IAS Exam Important Dates
The UPSC has released the tentative dates of Civil Services exam 2020. The accurate dates will be updated subsequently. According to the UPSC calendar, the Civil Services Examination (CSE) notification was released on February 12, 2020. The UPSC Preliminary exam 2020 will take place on October 4, 2020. The Civil Services Main Exam will be held from January 8, 2020.
Civil Services IAS (Prelims) 2020 Postponed
The UPSC has postponed the Civil Services (Preliminary) 2020 examination due to Coronavirus (COVID 19). Explore UPSC Coronavirus latest updates. The Commission has released the new exam calendar on June 5 after a special meeting.
Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2020
| UPSC IAS 2020 |
Exam Date | Exam Type |
| IAS Preliminary | October 4, 2020 | Objective |
| IAS Main Exam | January 8, 2020 (5 days) | Descriptive |
Civil Services (Main) Examination 2020 Time Table
| Date/Day | Forenoon Session (9:00 AM to 12:00 PM) | Afternoon Session (2:00 PM to 5:00 PM) |
| 08-01-2021 (Friday) | Paper-I (Essay) |
No Paper |
| 09-01-2021 (Saturday) |
Paper-II (General Studies-I) |
Paper-III (General Studies-II) |
| 10-01-2021 (Sunday) |
Paper-IV (General Studies-III) |
Paper-V (General Studies-IV) |
| 16-01-2021 (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 |
| 17-01-2021 (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 2020:
| Title | Date | |
|---|---|---|
| IAS Civil Services Date of Notification | 12-02-2020 | |
| Start of Online Registration | 12-02-2020 | |
| End of Online Submission (Till 6:00 PM) | 03-03-2020 | |
| Admit Card (Preliminary Examination) | Sep 2020 | |
| Date of Civil Services Preliminary Examination | 04-10-2020 | |
| Result of Preliminary Examination | Nov 2020 | |
| Admit Card (Mains Examination) | Dec 2020 | |
| Date of IAS Civil Services Main Examination | 08-01-2021 To 17-01-2021 | |
| IAS Main exam result | Feb 2021 | |
| IAS Personality Test/Interview | Mar 2021 | |
| IAS final result | Apr 2021 | |