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UPSC IPS Exam Important Dates

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the CSE Indian Police Service (IPS) Exam notification on 22 January, 2025. Candidates who are interested and eligible can submit the application form from 22 January, 2025 and it will be available till 11 February, 2025. Candidates can apply through only online mode via the official website - upsc.gov.in. The CSE Indian Foreign Service (IFS) Preliminary Exam 2025 will take place on 25 May, 2025 and IFS Main Exam will be held from  22, 23, 24, 30 & 31 August, 2025 Onwards (5 Days).

Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2025

UPSC IPS 2025
Exam Date Exam Type
IPS Preliminary 25 May, 2025 Objective 
IPS Main Exam 22, 23, 24, 30 & 31 August, 2025 (5 days) Descriptive

Civil Services Indian Police Service (IPS) (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/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
IPS 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) 2024 May 2025
Date of Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2025 25-05-2025
Date of IPS Civil Services Main Examination 2025 22-08-2025 To 31-08-2025
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