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2 years ago
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The Union Public Service Commission introduced the Universal Registration Number (URN) process for all exams. The URN is a common regisration for all the applications where the candidates fill out registration one time only and these personal details are re-used for the application.
The URN is common to all exam application. The candidates can take the registration number anytime irrespective of any active application.
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2 years ago
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The Union Public Service Commission made changes in the IAS 2025 application process. The Commission made changes the document uploading process. Now the candidates are required to upload the documents to claim any reservation in the Civil Service (IAS) 2025 exam with the application form.
The Commission made changes in the photo uploading process too in the IAS application last year. The candidates were required to show the date of photograph on the image. The photograph, uploaded by candidate should not be more than 10 days old from the start of the online application process. The candidates need to check the official IAS
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2 years ago
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The Union Public Service Commission introduced the Ethics paper in 2013. The ethics paper is an essential component of the IAS Main Examination. The Ethics syllabus is important because the right strategy can fetch good marks in the paper. The Ethics papers is designed to check the Integrity and Moral principles in the candidates.
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2 years ago
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The Union Public Service Commission mention the Ethics syllabus in the IAS notification. The candidates can see below the IAS main Ethics syllabus as mentioned in the official notification:
- Ethics and Human Interface: Essence, determinants and consequences of Ethics in-human actions; dimensions of ethics; ethics - in private and public relationships. Human Values - lessons from the lives and teachings of great leaders, reformers and administrators; the role of family society and educational institutions in inculcating values.
- Attitude: Content, structure, function; its influence and relation with thought and behaviour; mo
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2 years ago
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The candidates should note that the IAS syllabus is not released separately on the official website. The Union Public Service Commission releases the IAS syllabus as a section in the IAS notification. The candidates can download the IAS syllabus pdf as given here for all their preparation references.
The candidates can check the subject-wise IAS main syllabus in the official pdf.
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2 years ago
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The candidates should note that the Union Public Service Commission does not provide service-wise vacancies in the official notification. The service-wise vacancies are published by the Ministry of Personnel on its official website. Following the past trends, the number of candidates recruited for the Indian Administrative Service is 180 and 150 candidates are recruited for the Indian Police Service.
The number of vacancies for other services varies every year.
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2 years ago
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The Union Public Service Commission releases the Civil Service (IAS) notification every year to recruit the candidates for the Group A and B Civil Services. It is a common notification for all the All India Services (AIS) which includes
- Indian Administrative Service
- Indian Police Service &
- Indian Forest Service
The Civil Service notification serves as a Common notification for the prelims exam for Indian Forest Service.
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2 years ago
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The candidates can download the IAS notification pdf in the following manner:
- Go to upsc.gov.in.
- Click on the Civil Service notification 2026 link.
- A new window will appear.
- Follow the link for the Civil Service (IAS) 2026 notification pdf link given corresponding to the exam name.
- Download and Save the notification.
The IAS notification 2026 is available here to be downloaded.
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2 years ago
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The candidates should read and understand all the information mentioned in the IAS notifcation to know whether they are eligible for the Civil Service Exam or not. The IAS notification is an important document because it will be the official document which will work as a ready recknoer for all information about the exam.
In case of any judicial interpretation, the IAS notification will be deemed as the final official document.
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