IES 2021 Prelims Exam Analysis and Expected Cut off. See here in detail
Indian Engineering Services Exam 2026 ( IES )
Exam On - 8 Feb '26
UPSC conducted the Engineering Services Exam (ESE) Prelims exam across the nation on July 18. See here the IES 2021 Prelims Exam Analysis and Expected Cut off.
IES 2021 exam was conducted on July 18. The Union Public Service Commission conducted the Engineering Services Exam (ESE) Prelims 2021 across the nation in different cities. The IES (Indian Engineering Services) as it was formerly called, is the topmost exam for the engineers to get the Executive Engineer position in the Union Government departments associated with various ministries. As per the exam experts, the number of candidates who appeared in the IES Prelims exam was less compared to the previous years.
The UPSC consult experienced teachers to frame the standard questions. This is the reason that the UPSC IES question papers always remain of the same standard. The question papers are always of moderate level and the average candidate can do it with little extra effort.
Union Public Service Commission conducted the Engineering Services (ESE) Prelims Exam. The IES 2021 Prelims exam comprise two question papers and the candidates need to qualify in both the papers. The IES prelims 2021 was conducted in two shifts. In the first shift, the General Studies and Engineering Aptitude paper was conducted. In the second shift, the stream specific papers were conducted.
The UPSC IES Prelims 2021 paper was a good mix of questions from General Studies, Maths, Engineering Aptitude and other important topics. The IES 2021 topic-wise break-up is given below.
| Section Name |
Number of Questions |
Difficulty Level |
|---|---|---|
| Current issues of national and international importance |
17-18 |
Easy to Moderate |
| Engineering Aptitude covering Logical reasoning and Analytical ability |
7-9 |
Easy to Moderate |
| Engineering Mathematics and Numerical Analysis |
13-15 |
Easy to Moderate |
| General Principles of Design, Drawing, Importance of Safety |
5-7 |
Moderate to difficult |
| Standards and Quality practices |
7-9 |
Difficult |
| Basics of Energy and Environment |
5-6 |
Easy to moderate |
| Basics of Project Management |
13-15 |
Moderate to difficult |
| Basics of Material Science and Engineering |
8-9 |
Moderate to difficult |
| Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) based tools |
8-10 |
Moderate to difficult |
| Ethics and values in the Engineering profession |
8-9 |
Moderate to difficult |
See here: IES 2021 Topic-wise Analysis
The candidates need the IES Exam analysis to prepare for the exam in a better way. The candidates are required to prepare all the topics as given in the UPSC IES syllabus to prepare for the IES exam. The candidates can see the topic-wise IES 2021 Analysis here.
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Around 44 to 45 questions were asked from the Ethics and values in the Engineering profession, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) based tools, Basics of Energy and Environment, General Principles of Design, Drawing, and Importance of Safety.
The experienced candidates and mentors are expecting a decrease in the IES 2021 Prelims cut off.
See here: IES 2021 Expected Cutoff
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Student Forum
Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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