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Indian Railway Personnel Service Exam
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UPSC - Union Public Service Commission has released the Civil Service Exam 2025 Calendar online at the official website - upsc.gov.in.
UPSC Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS) 2025
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has officially released the notification for Civil Service Examination (CSE) Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS) Preliminary exam 2025 on 22 January, 2025. Candidates who are interested & eligible can start online registration from 22 January, 2025 and it will available till 11 February, 2025. Candidates can apply through online mode only via official website - upsc.gov.in.
Examination Schedule :
1. Preliminary Examination : May 25, 2025.
Format : Two objective papers - General Studies (Paper I) and CSAT (Paper II).
2. Main Examination : August 22, 2025.
Format : Nine descriptive papers, including essays, general studies and an optional subject.
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 |
|---|---|
| IRPS Civil Services Date (Preliminary) 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) 2025 | May 2025 |
| Date of Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2025 | 25-05-2025 |
| Date of IRPS Civil Services Main Examination 2025 | 22-08-2025 To 31-08-2025 |