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UPSC IAS Exam Important Dates
The UPSC has released the Civil Services Exam 2021. The accurate dates will be updated subsequently. According to the UPSC calendar, the Civil Services Examination (CSE) notification was released on March 4, 2021. The UPSC Preliminary exam 2021 will take place on October 10, 2021. The Civil Services Main Exam will be held from January 07, 2022. Earlier, the Commission has postponed the IAS Prelims exam date scheduled on June 27 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
IAS Prelims Exam Date 2021
| UPSC IAS 2021 |
Exam Date | Exam Type |
| IAS Preliminary | October 10, 2021 | Objective |
| IAS Main Exam | January 07, 2021 (5 days) | Descriptive |
Civil Services (Main) Examination 2021 Time Table
| Date/Day | Forenoon Session (9:00 AM to 12:00 PM) | Afternoon Session (2:00 PM to 5:00 PM) |
| 07-01-2022 (Friday) | Paper-I (Essay) |
No Paper |
| 08-01-2022 (Saturday) |
Paper-II (General Studies-I) |
Paper-III (General Studies-II) |
| 09-01-2022 (Sunday) |
Paper-IV (General Studies-III) |
Paper-V (General Studies-IV) |
| 15-01-2022 (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 |
| 16-01-2022 (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 2021:
| Title | Date | |
|---|---|---|
| IAS Civil Services Date of Notification | 04-03-2021 | |
| Start of Online Registration | 04-03-2021 | |
| End of Online Submission (Till 6:00 PM) | 24-03-2021 | |
| Admit Card (Preliminary Examination) | Sep 2021 | |
| Date of Civil Services Preliminary Examination | 10-10-2021 | |
| Admit Card (Mains Examination) | Dec 2021 | |
| Date of Civil Services Main Examination | 07-01-2022 To 16-01-2022 | |