UPSC Civil Services Exam 2025, Apply for UPSC CSE IAS, IPS, IFS & IRTS Recruitment at upsc.gov.in

UPS Civils Exam 2025 or UPSC Civil Services Exam 2025, CSE for IAS, IPS, IFS and IRTS Recruitment.

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the official notification of the Civil Services preliminary examination of IAS, IFS, IPS and other vacancies recruitment 2025.

The UPSC conducts the civil services exam every year to fill Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), and Indian Police Service (IPS) level jobs. To be selected for the job, candidates have to clear preliminary test, mains, followed by a personality interview.

Along with CSE prelims UPSC has changed the schedule for several other exams including Employment Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) Exam 2025, Civil Services Examination (CSE) 2025 interviews etc.,

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has invited applications for the recruitment of Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, Indian Police Service and other vacancies by conducting the Civil Services Examination.

UPSC will conduct the Civil Services exam 2025 (prelims) in June. The Civil Services main exam will be held on the notified date.

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) had postponed the exam in view of the lockdown imposed by the government to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

Candidates can check the UPSC official notification for the civil services preliminary examination on upsc.gov.in.

The application process will begin as per the schedule. The application process for the Indian Forest Services (IFSC) will also be held on the same date.

UPSC Civil Services (Preliminary) examination: It is the first level of the exam that candidates need to pass to qualify for the UPSC main examination.

• The following paper consists of objective type questions which consist of two papers
• However, the marks obtained in the preliminary examination are not added for determining the candidates’ final merit

UPSC CSE Notification 2025

The UPSC CSE Notification 2025 contains all the details about the exams including the age limit, eligibility criteria, exam structure, and other important dates.

To be eligible to apply for the UPSC exam, candidates must hold a bachelor’s degree from a recognised university or have an equivalent qualification.

The candidates will be selected based on their performance in the preliminary examination followed by the main examination and an interview. A candidate is allowed six attempts for the civil services examination.

Union Public Service Commission, UPSC has released the Civil Services Preliminary Examination notification.

Candidates interested in applying for Indian Administrative Services, IAS, Indian Police Services, IPS, Indian Forest Services, IFS and 20 other departmental posts must fill out the Civil Services Prelims application form.

The detailed notification is now available on upsc.gov.in and the registrations for Civil Services is now live on upsconline.nic.in. Important details like eligibility, eligibility, recruitment, and selection process, and services under UPSC are listed below.

Those candidates who want to apply for the Indian Forest Service examination, they will have to attempt the preliminary examination and if they qualify, they’ll have to write the main examination followed by an interview round.

The UPSC conducts the Civil Services Exam to select candidates to fill administrative positions in different All-India Services and central civil services including IAS, IPS, IFS, IRS, and IRTS.

Service Name:

1. Indian Administrative Service
2. Indian Foreign Service
3. Indian Police Service
4. Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Group ‘A’
5. Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group ‘A’
6. Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise), Group ‘A’
7. Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group ‘A’
8. Indian Revenue Service (I.T.), Group ‘A’
9. Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group ‘A’ (Assistant Works Manager, Administration)
10. Indian Postal Service, Group ‘A’
11. Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group ‘A’
12. Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group ‘A’
13. Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group ‘A’
14. Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group ‘A’
15. Post of Assistant Security Commissioner in Railway Protection Force, Group ‘A’
16. Indian Defence Estates Service, Group ‘A’.
17. Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group ‘A’
18. Indian Trade Service, Group ‘A’ (Gr. III)
19. Indian Corporate Law Service, Group ‘A’
20. Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group ‘B’
21. Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service, Group ‘B’
22. Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service, Group ‘B’
23. Pondicherry Civil Service, Group ‘B’
24. Pondicherry Police Service, Group ‘B’

UPSC Civil Services Exam Eligibility

Nationality: Applicants should be a citizen of India to apply for the Indian Administrative Service, the Indian Foreign Service and the Indian Police Service.

For other services, applicants should be citizens of any of the following countries – A citizen of India, a subject of Nepal, a subject of Bhutan, a Tibetan refugee who moved to India before January 1, 1962.

A person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia, and Vietnam, intending to settle in India permanently.

Age Limit: Applicant should be at least 21 years old to be eligible to apply. The upper age is capped at 32 years. Candidates belonging to the reserved category will be relaxed as per government norms. So, Between 21 – 32 years as on Aug 01. (General -32 years; OBC -35 years; SC/ ST -37 years)

Qualification: Candidates should possess a degree. A candidate applying for the UPSC exam must have a bachelor’s degree in one of the following: animal husbandry and veterinary science, botany, chemistry, geology, mathematics, physics, statistics, and zoology, or a bachelor’s degree in agriculture, forestry, or engineering from a recognized university.

UPSC CSE Application Fee

Candidates are required to pay a fee of Rs.100 [except/SC/ST candidates who are exempted from payment of fee] either by depositing the money in any branch of SBI by cash, or by using net banking facility of State Bank of India or by using any Visa/Master/RuPay Credit/Debit Card.

UPSC CSE Registration 2025

To apply for the UPSC Civil Services examination, follow these steps:

1. Visit the official UPSC website at upsc.gov.in and the online application portal at upsconline.nic.in.
2. Complete the registration process on the One Time Registration (OTR) platform available on the commission’s website.
3. Proceed to fill out the online application form for the examination.
4. Upload all the necessary documents as required.
5. Make the payment of the application fee.
6. Submit the completed application form.
7. Download a copy of the submitted application for your records.

UPSC Civil Services Exam Selection process

Candidates interested in becoming IAS or IPS must qualify and pass the Civil Services examinations.

Reportedly, one of the toughest sets of examination in the country, the recruitment or selection is done in a three-step process. Candidates are required to first clear a preliminary examination which is an objective type paper that carries negative marking.

Candidates shortlisted in the prelims are then required to appear in the Civil Services Mains examination, which is a subjective examination in selected disciplines.

Further shortlisted, the candidates are called for personal interviews and the marks obtained in an interview and the main examination are then computed to prepare a merit list.

The commission accordingly recommends these selected candidates to various departments like Indian Administrative Services, IAS, etc.

So, The UPSC recruitment consists of a three-level exam including prelims, mains and interview. Candidates have to qualify all three levels.

The candidates shortlisted after prelims examination will be called in for the Main exam. The candidates who qualify for the main exam must appear for a personal interview. The final selection list of the candidates who appeared for these process will be released on the official website.

Important documents required for applying

At the time of personality test, the candidates who are applying for the exam will be needed to produce the original certificates in support of their claims pertaining to age, educational qualifications, community, economically weaker section, Person with Benchmark Disability (PwBD) and other documents such as TA Form, etc.

Candidates are advised to keep the said documents ready with them. The candidates seeking reservation/relaxation benefits available for SC/ST/OBC/PwBD/Ex-servicemen must also produce original certificates dated earlier than the closing date of the application of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2025 Candidates seeking reservation/relaxation benefits available for EWS category must produce original Income and Asset Certificate dated earlier than January 1.

How to Apply: Candidates may apply online through the website. All candidates are advised to go through the detailed notification, before filling the online application form for the IAS Prelims. The information provided below is based on the standard guidelines and criteria applicable to Civil Services Examinations.

Also, the registration includes a two-step process wherein the candidates are required to the first register and then provide detailed information. Here are important things, including eligibility, age limit, recruitment, and selection process, along with the services that fall within the UPSC Civil Services Prelims 2025 examination.

A registration number will be generated, which the candidate has to note down. The applicant has to pay the fees and, select the center, upload a scanned photograph, and sign.

The Civil Services Main Exam exam schedule would be released soon on the official website of UPSC. The commission will conduct the Main examination in September and it will be held in two sessions.  

The morning session examinations will be held from 9:30 am to 12 noon while the afternoon session examinations will be held from 2 pm to 5 pm.

UPSC Civils Exam Pattern

The preliminary test comprises Paper I and Paper II. In the objective type, multiple choice questions are asked that carry a total of 400 marks. In the general studies paper – II, a candidate has to qualify with a minimum of 33 per cent marks.

Negative marks for every question is one-third of the marks assigned to that question. The questions in Paper-I come from seven different test areas like 1) Science and Technology, 2) history and culture, 3) geography, 4) Indian Polity, 5) Indian economy, 6) environment and ecology and 7) current events of national and international importance.

The competitive examination comprises two successive stages:

• Civil Services Preliminary Examination (Objective Type) for the selection of candidates for Main Examination; and
• Civil Services Main Examination (Written and Interview) for the selection of candidates for the various Services and posts.

UPSC Civil Services Number of Attempts

Every candidate appearing for the UPSC Civil Services examination will be permitted six attempts at the examination. There is no restriction on the number of attempts in the case of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes candidates.

The number of attempts permissible to candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes is nine. The relaxation will be available to the candidates who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable to such candidates.

Candidates of Persons with Benchmark Disability will get as many attempts as are available to other candidates who do not belong to Persons with Benchmark Disability of his or her community. A candidate of Persons with Benchmark Disability category belonging to the General Category will be eligible for nine attempts.

UPSC Civil Services Exam notification

• The application process has started and the last date to apply is March 3 (6 pm)
• Read the notification carefully before applying
• Apply Online by using the website https://upsconline.nic.in
• Detailed instructions for filling up online applications are available on https://upsconline.nic.in.
• e-Admit Card will be issued, on website upsconline.nic.in, three weeks before the commencement of the examination. Admit Card will not be sent by post.
• There will be penalty (negative marking) for wrong answers in the Objective Type Question Papers.
• The use of any mobile phone (even in switched off mode), pager or any electronic equipment or programmable device or storage media is banned during the examination.
• The number of vacancies to be filled through the examination is expected to be approximately 796 which include 24 vacancies reserved for Persons with Benchmark Disability Category.
• The Centres and the date of holding the examination as mentioned above are liable to be changed at the discretion of the Commission.
• Allotment of Centres will be on the “first-apply-first allot” basis, so applicants should apply early so that they can get a Centre of their choice.

The Civil Services Examination consists of two stages (i) Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination (Objective type) for the selection of candidates for the Main Examination; and (ii) Civil Services (Main) Examination (Written and Interview) for the selection of candidates for the various Services and posts.

Applications are now invited for the Preliminary exam only. Those who qualify for admission to the Main Examination will have to apply online again and submit online Detailed Application Form (DAF). Candidates should go through the notification in detail to understand eligibility conditions and how to apply.