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Indian Defence Accounts Service Exam

UPSC IDAS Exam Important Dates

Union Public Service Commission has released the Civil Service Exam 2025 Calendar online at the official website - upsc.gov.in.

 UPSC IDAS 2025:

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the notification for the Civil Services Examination (CSE) Preliminary Exam 2025 on 22 January, 2025. Candidates who are interested and eligible can start submitting the CSE Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS) 2025 application form from 22 January, 2025 and the last date to submit the application forms till 11 February, 2025. Candidates can apply through online mode only via the official website of UPSC.

Examination Schedule:

Preliminary Examination : Scheduled for 25 May, 2025.

Main Examination : Commences on 22 August, 2025.

The Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS) is among the prestigious services filled through the UPSC Civil Service Examinations. Candidates aspiring for IDAS must appear for the CSE and secure a rank within the required cutoff to be allocated to this service.

The UPSC has released the dates of IDAS exam 2025. The accurate dates will be updated subsequently. According to the UPSC calendar, the UPSC preliminary exam 2025 will take place on 25 May, 2025. The IDAS Main exam will be held from 22, 23, 24, 30 & 31 August, 2025 Onwards (5 Days).

Time Table For Civil Services (Main) Examination 2025:

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)

24-08-2025 (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.

Title Date
IDAS Civil Services (Preliminary) 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 2025 25-05-2025
Date of IFS Civil Services Main Examination 2025 22-08-2025 To 31-08-2025
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