UPSC IAS Notification 2024 – Civil Services Prelims & Mains Exam

The official IAS Notification 2024 for Civil Services (Prelims) notification has released by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Feb 2nd, 2022. All UPSC aspirants who are interested in Civil Services 2022 Exam are required to apply here. The UPSC IAS Prelims exam is scheduled to be conducted on 5th June 2022. UPSC Civil Services Exam 2022 postponed till this date: Check important details here.

Generally, The civil services preliminary exam is held in the month of June, but now after a gap of three years, the Union Public Service Commission will be conducting the Prelims examination in the month of June. UPSC IFS Notification 2022 has also been released.

UPSC IAS Notification 2024 Important Dates 

Date of Notification 02/02/2022
Date of Commencement of Examination 05/06/2021
Duration of Examination One Day
Last Date for Receipt of Applications 22/02/2022 – 6:00pm
Date of Upload 02/02/2022
Download Notification  Click Here
Official Website  https://www.upsc.gov.in/

UPSC Civil Services Exam 2024 Notification – Highlights

Events Document Date of Upload
Fictitious Fee PDF iconFF-CSP-22-engl-110322.pdf 11/03/2022
Addendum PDF icon AddendumNotice-CSPE-2022-engl-170222.pdf 17/02/2022
Notice PDF iconNotice  02/02/2022
Important Notice PDF icon Notice-centre-change-CSP-2022-engl-280222.pdf 28/02/2022

Previous UPSC IAS Notification 2021 – Civil Services Exam Schedule

For Preliminary Examination

Notification release Date of IAS 04/03/2021
Availability of Application Form 04/03/2021 to 27/06/2021
Release of IAS Prelims Admit Card May, 2021
IAS Prelims Exam Date October 10, 2021
Result of IAS Prelims Exam October 29, 2021 (Without Name)

November 2, 2021 (With Name)

Cutoff of IAS Prelims Exam After declaration of final result of IAS 2021

For Mains examination

Release of DAF 22/11/2021
Availability of DAF
Release of Admit Card for Mains Exam 15/12/2021
IAS Mains Exam Date January 7, 8, 9, 15 & 16, 2022
IAS mains Exam Results March 17, 2022
IAS Mains Cutoff After the final result of IAS 2021 exam

Civil Services Exam Application form

The UPSC online application form for IAS exam 2022 will be available from 5th June 2022. The applicants have to apply online from below link.  The applications will be accepted only through online mode only. Check here : how to apply for Civil Services Examination 2021

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UPSC IAS Application Fees

  • The Applicants will have to pay Rs 100 for applying to the IAS examination (except female/SC/ST/PH candidates).

The mode of Paying the Application Fees has been explained below:

Offline mode

  • Applicants can also pay the Application Fees by cash at any branch of SBI .
  • Print the system-generated Pay-in-slip during the Part -II Registration.
  • Deposit the fee at the counter of SBI Branch on the next working day only.

Online Mode

  • The candidates opting for online mode for paying the Application Fees should pay by using net banking facility of State Bank of India/ State Bank of Patiala /State Bank of Travancore / State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur/Sate Bank of Hyderabad/State Bank of Mysore/or by using Visa/Master Credit/Debit Card.

Eligibility Criteria

  • The appearing candidates must have a degree from a recognised university incorporated by an Act of Central OR State Legislature in India OR Other educational institution established by Parliament Act OR announced to be deemed university under section-3 of the UGCA), 1956 or have an equivalent degree.
  • Also Check :

Age Limit- According to official notice (If there is change we will update)

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 AttemptsSC/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


Posts the finally selected candidates will be recruited

  • Indian Audit & Accounts Service, Group A
  • Indian P&T Accounts & Finance Service, Group A
  • Indian Administrative Service
  • Indian Police Service
  • Indian Foreign Service
  • Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group A
  • Indian Revenue Service (Customs & Central Excise), Group A
  • Indian Postal Service, Group A
  • Indian Defence Accounts Services, Group A
  • Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group A (Assistant Works Manager, Administration)
  • Indian Revenue Services (IT), Group A
  • Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group A
  • Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group A
  • Indian Defence Estates Service, Group A
  • Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group A
  • Post of Assistant Security Commissioner in Railway Protection Force, Group A
  • Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group A
  • Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu, and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Services, Group B
  • Indian Trade Service, Group A (Gr. III)
  • Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu, and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service, Group B.
  • Indian Corporate Law Service, Group A
  • Armed Forces Headquarter civil service, Group B (Section Officer’s Grade)
  • Pondicherry Police Services, Group B
  • Pondicherry Civil Services, Group B

Selection Procedure – IAS Exam

Selection Procedure of UPSC civil services exam 2022 will complete in 3 stages – Preliminary examination (MCQ type), Mains exam (descriptive type), and personal interview. The qualified candidates for the preliminary exam will be called for the Mains exam followed by a personal interview for final selection.

Stage I: Preliminary examination

  • A qualifying test is advertised in May and held in August each year.
  • In Mid ­October results are published.

Stage II: Main examination

  • Held in December every year.
  • In the second week of March, results are usually published.

Stage III: Personality Test (interview)

  • Held in April/May each year.
  • In May the final results are usually announced.

For Interview

Date of Interview/Personality Test March/April 2023
Declaration of IAS Final Result December 2022
Marks of the candidates in Mains and Interview/Personality Test January 2023

Numbers of attempts for Civil Services Exam

The number of times a candidate may attempt the exam is limited as follows:

  • OBC category candidates = 9
  • General category candidates: 6
  • SC/ST Candidates = Unlimited
  • Applying to sit the exam but failing to attend is not counted as an attempt.
  • In the preliminary examination appearing to attempt one of the papers is counted as an attempt, including disqualification/cancellation of candidature.

IAS Exam Pattern

Check Here : UPSC Civil Services Exam Pattern & Syllabus 2024

There will be 4 Test Booklet Series A, B, C & D in the civil services exam 2022 preliminary examination. The question paper will be of MCQ type. The question paper will be available both in English & Hindi language. There will be a penalty of 1/3 marks for each wrong answer.

Preliminary

  • All the question in both the papers will be multiple type.
  • The question papers will be set both in English and Hindi.
  • The Prelims Exam will be held for 2 hour time duration.
  • The Paper-II of Prelims Exam is qualifying in nature and candidates need to secure minimum qualifying marks of 33 %.
Name of the paper No. of MCQs Max. marks Minimum marks Duration of exam
General Studies Paper I 100 200 33% 2 hours
General Studies paper II 80 200 2 hours
General Studies paper II (X series) 80 200 2 hours 20 minutes
Total 400

Admit Card

The UPSC admit cards for Civil Services (Preliminary) exam 2022 will be released 3 weeks before the exam date. The admit cards can be downloaded from the official website for UPSC. To download Civil Services (Preliminary) exam admit card 2022 click on the given link.

Result

Civil Services Exam Result will be published the official website of UPSC after successful completion of examination. The applicants will have to search their roll no. from Admit Card and can download UPSC IAS Result in PDF format. The successful applicants of prelims exam will be eligible to take part in IAS Mains exam, which will be held on 16th September 2022. The examination result of Civil Services Main exam will be declared in the month of January 2023.

Civil services Mains exam 2024

The qualified candidates of civil services preliminary exam will be eligible to attempt civil services Mains exam 2022 which will be held in September 2022. The civil services main exam is qualifying in nature. A little description of civil services exam 2022 (Mains) is given below-

Check UPSC Mains Syllabus (Topics & Subjects Details)

Name of the test Type of test Max. marks Duration Selection parameters
Paper A (one Indian language to be selected from the languages included in eighth schedule of the constitution Conventional 300 3 hours Papers to be counted for determining merit
Paper B English language 300
Paper I Essay 250 UPSC will prepare merit list on the basis of candidates’ performance & high marks aggregate scored in Mains & interview.
Paper II General Studies I (Indian heritage & culture, History & Geography of world & society)
Paper II General studies II (Governance, constitution, polity, social justice & international relations) 250
Paper IV General studies III (Technology, economic development, bio-diversity, environment, security & disaster management) 250
Paper V General studies IV (Ethnic, integrity & aptitude) 250
Paper VI Optional subject Paper I 250
paper VII Optional subject Paper II 250
Sub-total (written test) 1750
Personality test 275
Grand total 2025

List of Languages

The examination is offered in the following languages, with the name of the script in brackets:

Assamese (Assamese)Bengali (Bengali)Bodo (Devanagari)

Dogri (Devanagari)

English (English)

Gujarati (Gujarati)

Hindi (Devanagari)

Kannada (Kannada)

Kashmiri (Persian)Konkani (Devanagari)Maithili (Devanagari)

Malayalam (Malayalam)

Manipuri (Bengali)

Marathi (Devanagari)

Nepali (Devanagari)

Oriya (Oriya)

Punjabi (Gurumukhi)Sanskrit (Devanagari)Santhali (Devanagri or Ol Chiki)

Sindhi (Devanagari or Arabic)

Tamil (Tamil)

Telugu (Telugu)

Urdu (Persian)

Optional subjects

The subjects available for Papers VI and VII are

AgricultureAnimal Husbandry and Veterinary ScienceAnthropology

Botany

Chemistry

Civil Engineering

Commerce and Accountancy

Economics

Electrical Engineering

GeographyGeologyHistory

Law

Literature of any one of the Non-English languages listed above

Management

Mathematics

Mechanical Engineering

Medical Science

PhilosophyPhysicsPolitical Science and International Relations

Psychology

Public Administration

Sociology

Statistics

Zoology

 Civil Services 2024 Exam Centers

  • The IAS Pre Exam will be conducted across 72 exam cities spread through the country.
  • The Mains Exam will be conducted across 24 exam cities.
  • On the basis of “first-apply-first-allot” allotment of IAS Exam Centres, will be done.
  • The candidates should fill up the application form early to get their preferences of exam centers.
  • While filling up the application form applicants will have to enter their preferences of exam centers.
  • The candidates should note that no request for a change of center will be entertained.
  • Aspirants will have to appear for the exam from the center allotted to them.

The list of Exam Centers for Pre and Mains is below:

For Pre Examination

AGARTALA GHAZIABAD GAUTAM BUDDH NAGAR
AGRA GORAKHPUR PANAJI (GOA)
AJMER GURGAON PATNA
AHMEDABAD GWALIOR PORT BLAIR
AIZAWL HYDERABAD PUDUCHERRY
ALIGARH IMPHAL PUNE
ALLAHABAD INDORE RAIPUR
ANANTPUR (ANDHRA PRADESH) ITANAGAR RAJKOT
AURANGABAD JABALPUR RANCHI
BANGALORE JAIPUR SAMBALPUR
BAREILLY JAMMU SHILLONG
BHOPAL JODHPUR SHIMLA
BILASPUR JORHAT SILIGUDI
CHANDIGARH KOCHI SRINAGAR
CHENNAI KOHIMA THANE
COIMBATORE KOLKATA THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
CUTTACK KOZHIKODE (CALICUT) TIRUCHIRAPALLI
DEHRADUN LUCKNOW TIRUPATI
DELHI LUDHIANA UDAIPUR
DHARWAD MADURAI VARANASI
DISPUR MUMBAI VELLORE
FARIDABAD MYSORE VIJAYAWADA
GANGTOK NAGPUR VISHAKHAPATNAM
GAYA NAVI MUMBAI WARANGAL
For Mains Examination
AHMEDABAD DEHRADUN MUMBAI
AIZAWL DELHI PATNA
ALLAHABAD DISPUR (GUWAHATI) RAIPUR
BANGALURU HYDERABAD RANCHI
BHOPAL JAIPUR SHILLONG
CHANDIGARH JAMMU SHIMLA
CHENNAI KOLKATA THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
CUTTACK LUCKNOW VIJAYAWADA

Cut off Marks

Civil Services Cutoff 2015

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

UPSC will release the cut-offs for Civil Services Exam 2022 to limit the number of applicants for recruitment of IAS exam 2022. Cut-offs are the selection parameters that applicants have to fulfill to get recruited for the posts of Indian Administrative officer. you can check Civil Services 2015 Cutoff.

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