IES Latest News 2024: Check UPSC ESE Prelims & Mains Exam Updates
Indian Engineering Services Exam 2026 ( IES )
Exam On - 8 Feb '26
The Union Public Service Commission will conduct the IES exam 2024 in an offline mode. The IES prelims 2024 exam will be an objective type question paper where the candidates will be required to select the correct answer from the multiple choice question papers. The Commission will conduct the IES prelims exam 2024 on February 18, 2024.
- UPSC ESE (IES) 2023 Event Timeline
UPSC ESE (IES) 2023 Event Timeline
- November 22, 2023: IES 2023 results was released online
- March 3, 2023: IES 2023 Prelims results were released. The candidates can see here Engineering Service (Prelims) Result 2023
- January 27, 2023: IES 2023 Prelims Admit Card released. See here the steps to download IES admit card 2023
- December 23, 2022: IES 2022 Result Declared. Check names of IES Toppers 2022
- December 1, 2022: IES Exam 2023 vacancies increased to 337. Read here the details
- April 4, 2022: UPSC ESE (IES) cutoff 2021 was released. Check here the category-wise and phase-wise Check here steps and download UPSC ESE(IES) Prelims Result 2022
- March 30, 2022: UPSC ESE (IES) 2022 prelims result was released. Check here steps and download UPSC ESE(IES) Prelims Result 2022
- March 28, 2022: UPSC IES final result was released. Check here steps and download UPSC ESE(IES) Result 2021
- January 31, 2022: UPSC IES 2022 Prelims admit card released. Check here steps and download UPSC ESE 2022 Prelims admit card
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 3 weeks ago
The last date to apply for the UPSC ESE 2026 exam was October 16, 2025 (6:00 PM). It was started on September 26, 2025.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 3 weeks ago
Yes the examination centre lis was released for the UPSC ESE 2026 in the official notification. Therefore, candidates can go through the official notification for the list of exam centres. It is also provided on our Shiksha page.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 3 weeks ago
No. A candidate can not change the examination centre. There is no such provision. Therefore, it is recommended to choose carefully the exam centre. Also, check the official notification for the same.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 3 weeks ago
The UPSC ESE/IES cut off will be released on the official website of the exam conducting authority.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 3 weeks ago
Yes. In the UPSC IES prelims exam, there is a negative marking of 1/3 for each incorrect answer.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 3 weeks ago
The UPSC IES exam pattern for prelims exam consists of two papers namely Paper 1 and Paper 2. Objective type questions are asked in the examination. It is conducted in offline mode (pen and paper based). In Paper 1, 100 questions are asked of maximum 200 marks and duration is two hours. In Paper 2,
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 3 weeks ago
In the UPSC ESE/IES Mains exam, descriptive and subjective questions are asked. The exam consists of two papers from specific engineering stream. Maximum marks of each paper is 300 and the duration of each paper is three hours.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 3 weeks ago
In the IES Prelims exam, subjects covered are General Studies and Engineering Aptitude and concerned Engineering Stream.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered a month ago
The authority activated the UPSC IES 2026 application apply link on the official website at upsconline.nic.in. Candidates can apply via direct link provided on this page as well.
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Contributor-Level 6
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What is the last date to apply for the UPSC ESE 2026 exam?