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Indian Railway Accounts Service Exam

UPSC IRAS Exam Important Dates

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

 UPSC IRAS 2025:

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released CSE Indian Railway Account Serice (IRAS) Notification on 22 January, 2025. Candidates who are interested and eligible can start applying on the official website from 22 January, 2025 & 11 February, 2025. The CSE IRAS Preliminary Exam 2025 will take place on 25 May, 2025 and the Mains exam will be held on 22, 23, 24, 30 & 31 August, 2025 Onwards (5 Days). Candidates can apply throug online mode only via the official website of UPSC - upsc.gov.in. The CSE IRAS 2025 Payment - The mode of payment is also online. Candidates willing to pay online must pay through netbanking of SBI Branches throught the country, or by visa card / credit card or debit card.

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
IRAS Civil Services (Preliminary) Date of Notification 2024 14-02-2024
Start of Online Registration 14-02-2024
End of Online Submission (Till 6:00 PM) 05-03-2024
Admit Card (Preliminary Examination) 2024 May 2024
Date of Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2024 26-05-2024
Date of IRAS Civil Services Main Examination 20-09-2024 To 29-09-2024
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