UPSC Civil Services 2024 Exam Date (OUT), Application Form, Eligibility, Pattern

UPSC Civil Services 2024: UPSC conducts the Civil Service Exam to recruit eligible candidates for  Indian Administrative Services (IAS), IFS (Indian Foreign Services), IPS (Indian Police Services) & IRS (Indian Revenue Services). The examination completes in three phases: Preliminary Exam, Main Exam, and Interviews. The exam is conducted throughout the country. There are three phases of this examination: Preliminary Exam, Main Exam, and Interview. Candidates can get detailed information about UPSC Civil Services Exam 2024.

Civil Services Exam 2024 Updates

UPSC Civil Services Exam Dates have been released. The online application process will be started on 14th February 2024 and will end on 5th March 2024. The preliminary examination will be held on 26th May 2024. Check all the details given below. 

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UPSC Civil Services 2024 Schedule

Issue of  Notification	14 February 2024
Application form availability	14 February 2024
Last date for Application Submission (online)	05 March 2024
Prelims Admit card	May 2024
Preliminary Exam date	26 May 2024 (1 Day)
Prelims exam result	August 2024
Main Exam Admit Card	September  2024
Main Exam Date	20 September  2024 (5 Days)
Declaration of the final result	January 2023

Eligibility Criteria

Nationality:

• The candidate should be an Indian national or
• A national of Nepal or a subject of Bhutan or
• A person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Malawi, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Zaire & Vietnam to become a permanent resident of India.

Note:- For the post of IPS and IAS, the applicant must be a citizen of India. For other posts, the applicant can also have citizenship as the above-mentioned criteria.

Education

• Candidate must have a degree from any Central, State, or Deemed University or a qualification that is recognized by the Government of India.
• Applicant having a degree from an overseas university recognized by the Association of Indian Universities is also eligible to appear for the exam.
• Appeared candidates can also apply.
• Candidates who had appeared in the final year of their degree course are eligible for the examination.
• Individuals who have passed the final exam of ICWAI/ ICSI/ ICAI are eligible for this exam.
• Individuals who have passed the final year of the MBBS degree (without completing the internship) are also eligible for this exam.

Number of Attempts

• The government has made a restriction on the number in which an applicant may apply for this examination.
• The general category applicant could only appear for this exam a total of six times.
• The OBC category applicants can appear for this exam a total of nine times.
• The SC/ST category candidates have the benefit of appearing unlimited times to sit for this examination till he or she attains an age of thirty-seven years.

Age limit and Number of Limits

Category	Upper age limit	No. of attempts
General	32 Years	06 Attempts
OBC	35 Years	09 Attempts
SC/ST	37 Years	No bar
PH (Blind, Deaf, Orthopedic)	42 Years	GEN/OBC= 9 attempts/ST= No bar
J & K Domicile	GEN=37 Yrs, OBC= 40 Yrs, SC/ST=40 Yrs, PH=50 Yrs	No bar
Disabled servicemen, disabled from duty.	GEN=37 Yrs, OBC=40 Yrs, SC/ST=40 Yrs.	No bar

Application Fee

• The application fee for General/Others is Rs.100/-
• Candidates can pay the application fee through Credit/Debit card/Internet banking or cash in SBI Bank.
• While the SC/ST/PH Candidates do not need to pay the application fee.

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Selection Procedure

• The following stages will be considered for final selection.
• Stage-1: Preliminary Exam (Objective type questions -100 Marks)
• Stage-2: Main Exam (Descriptive Type)
• Stage-3: Personal Interview (275 Marks)
• Only main exam & Interview marks will be considered for the final selection list.

Exam Pattern

For Preliminary Exam

• The exam will be conducted in offline mode in duration.
• The exam consisted of 3 papers and two compulsory papers with each paper 200 Marks.
• Each question will be a 1/3 Mark penalty for wrong answer choices.

Papers	Details of the question papers	Total Marks	Total Time
I	General Studies – This paper will be counted for qualifying to write the Civil Services Mains exam.	200	2 hrs
II	Aptitude test (CSAT) – This paper is of qualifying nature, but the candidate must score at least 33% marks in this paper. However, marks of this paper are not counted for writing the Mains examination.	200	2 hrs
Total		400	4 hrs

For Main Exam

• The Mains exam will be conducted in Descriptive test mode.
• It consists of 9 different papers and paper-1 & paper-2 are necessary for all.
• The remaining will be optional subjects.

Paper	Subject	Marks
A	Regional Language (Qualifying)	300
B	English Language (Qualifying)	300
1	Essay	250
2	General Studies – 1	250
3	General Studies – 2	250
4	General Studies – 3	250
5	General Studies – 4	250
6	Optional Paper – 1	250
7	Optional Paper –  2	250
Written test Total		1750
Personality Test		275
Final Total		2025

Check Here — Civil Services Interview Preparation tips

• After the examination and interview, the cutoff marks for the Civil/IAS exams will be declared by UPSC.
• On the basis of cutoff marks by UPSC, candidates will be shortlisted depending on the number of vacancies in a particular field.

Category	Pre	Main	Final
Gen	107.34	676	877
OBC	106.00	630	834
SC	94.00	622	810
ST	91.34	617	801
PH-I	90.66	580	802
PH-2	76.66	627	830
PH-3	40.00	504	697

Groups and Services

All India Services

• Administrative Service (IAS).
• Foreign Service (IFS).
• Indian Police Service (IPS).

Central Services (Group A)

• Audit and Accounts Service (IA & AS).
• Information Service (IIS).
• Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS).
• Defense Accounts Service (IDAS).
• Defense Estates Service (IDES).
• Post & Telecommunication Accounts and Finance Service (IP & TAFS).
• Railway Traffic Service (IRTS).
• Revenue Service (IRS-IT).
• Indian Postal Service (IPS).
• Railway Accounts Service (IRAS).
• Railway Personnel Service (IRPS).
• Revenue Service (IRS-C&CE).
• Civil Accounts Service (ICAS).
• Corporate Law Service (ICLS).
• Indian Trade Service (ITS).
• Railway Protection Force (RPF).

Group B Services

• Delhi, Andaman, and Nicobar Islands Police Service (DANIPS).
• Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Civil Service (DANICS).
• Pondicherry Civil Service.
• Pondicherry Police Service.
• Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service (AFHCS).

UPSC Civil Services 2024 Admit Card

The admit card will be available on the official website of UPSC. Candidates can download the admit card in pdf format. There will be separate admit cards for all the candidates. After downloading the admit card, candidates can take the printout of the same. It will be mandatory for all the candidates to take the admit card with them at the exam center to be eligible to enter the exam hall.