UPSC NOTIFICATION

Eligibility Guidelines for UPSC Candidates

• All candidates are requested to carefully read the Rules of Civil Services Examination notified by the Government. 
• The Candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfill all eligibility conditions for admission to examination. 
• Their admission to all the stages of the examination will be purely provisional subject to satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions. 
• Mere issue of e-Admit Card to the candidate will not imply that his/her candidature has been finally cleared by the Commission.
• The Commission takes up verification of eligibility conditions with reference to original documents only after the candidate has qualified for Interview/Personality Test.

How to apply UPSC examination: 2024 

• Candidates are required to apply online by using the website upsconline.nic.in. 
• It is essential for the applicant to register himself/herself first at One Time Registration (OTR) platform, available on the Commission’s website, and then proceed for filling up the online application for the examination. 
• OTR has to be registered only once in life time. This can be done anytime throughout the year. 
• If the candidate is already registered, he/she can proceed straightway for filling up the online application for the examination.

Last date of UPSC applications

• The online Applications can be filled upto 5th March, 2024 till 6:00 PM. 
• The eligible candidates shall be issued an e-Admit Card on the last working day of the preceding week of the date of examination.
• The e-Admit Card will be made available in the UPSC website [https://upsconline.nic.in/] for downloading by candidates. No Admit Card will be sent by post.

UPSC Posts - Types of Civil Services: 2024

UPSC Posts List

• Different Civil Services are filled through Civil Service Examination (CSE) conducted by Union Public Service Commission.
• There are three types of Civil Services:
  • All India Services
  • Group A Services
  • Group B Civil Services 

UPSC Preliminary Examination Centres

 The Examination will be held at the following Centres

Allotment of UPSC centers

• Allotment of Centres will be on the "first-apply-first allot" basis, and once the capacity of a particular Centre is attained, the same will be frozen. 
• Applicants, who cannot get a Centre of their choice due to ceiling, will be required to choose a Centre from the remaining ones. 
• Applicants are, thus, advised that they may apply early so that they could get a Centre of their choice. 

UPSC CSE Exam Age Limits & Number of Attempts

Age Limits & number of attempts allowed for the UPSC Civil Services Examination varies based on the category of the candidate. Here are the attempt limits:

Minimum Educational Qualification of UPSC CSE Examination 

A candidate must hold a Graduate degree of any of the Universities incorporated by an Act of the central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 or possess an equivalent qualification.

For More information:

About UPSC Civil Services Exam

UPSC Civil Services Exam Pattern

Important Books for UPSC preparation

UPSC Prelims Previous Years Cut-Off

UPSC Previous Years Final Cut-Off

UPSC Prelims syllabus 2024

UPSC Mains syllabus 2024