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Indian Administrative Service Exam
UPSC IAS Exam Important Dates
Union Public Service Commission has released the Civil Service Exam 2025 Calendar online at the offical website. The accurate dates will be updated subsequently.
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the notification for the Civil Service Examination (Preliminary) Examination 2025 on 22 January, 2025. The Application window is open till 11 February, 2025. The UPSC CSE Preliminary Examination is scheduled for 25 May, 2025. Candidates who qualify the preliminary examination will be eligible to appear for the Civil Services (Main) Examination, which is scheduled to commence on 22 August, 2025 (5 Days).
IAS Prelims 2025 Exam Date
| UPSC IAS 2025 |
Exam Date | Exam Type |
| IAS Preliminary | 25 May, 2025 | Objective |
| IAS Main Exam | 22, 23, 24 & 30, 31 August (5 days) | Descriptive |
Civil Services (Main) Examination 2025 Time Table
| Date/Day | Forenoon Session (9:00 AM to 12:00 PM) | Afternoon Session (2:00 PM to 5:00 PM) |
| 22-08-2025 (Friday) | Paper-I (Essay) |
No Paper |
| 23-08-2025 (Saturday) |
Paper-II (General Studies-I) |
Paper-III (General Studies-II) |
| 23-08-2025 (Sunday) |
Paper-IV (General Studies-III) |
Paper-V (General Studies-IV) |
| 30-08-2025 (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 |
| 31-08-2025 (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 2025:
| Title | Date |
|---|---|
| IAS Civil Services Date of Notification 2025 | 22-01-2025 |
| Start of Online Registration | 22-01-2025 |
| End of Online Submission (Till 6:00 PM) | 11-02-2025 |
| Admit Card (Preliminary Examination) | May 2025 |
| Date of Civil Services Preliminary Examination | 25-05-2025 |
| Admit Card (Mains Examination) | Aug 2025 |
| Date of Civil Services Main Examination | 22-08-2025 To 31-08-2025 |