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3 months agoContributor-Level 6
The Commission will release the UPSC ESE 2026 Mains exam schedule on the official website at upsc.gov.in. Candidates who have will cleare the Prelims exam will be eligible to appear for the Mains exam on June 21, 2026. The schedule of the Mains exam once released will also be mentioned here:
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4 months agoContributor-Level 6
The UPSC ESE/IES 2025 cutoff is determined based on the difficulty level of the exam (prelims and mains), the number of vacancies, previous years' trends, and the overall performance of the candidates. The cutoff marks may vary slightly across categories and branches.
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4 months agoContributor-Level 6
The UPSC (ESE) IES 2025 prelims exam carry a total of 500 marks.
Paper 1: 200 marks
Paper 2: 300 Marks
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4 months agoBeginner-Level 5
The candidates can check the UPSC ESE/IES Cutoff 2026 in the following manner:
- Go to the official website of UPSC – upsc.gov.in
- Click on the 'Examination' tab given at the top
- A drop list will appear, Click on the Cutoff link appearing on the list
- The ESE Cutoff PDF link will appear in the list
- Click on the link and get the ESE cutoff for all the categories and phases
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4 months agoContributor-Level 6
The Engineering Services (Preliminary) Examination will consist of two objective type (multiple choices) questions papers and carrying a maximum of 500 marks.
Paper I: 200 Marks
Paper II: 300 Marks.
Each correct answer is awarded two marks. One-third marks deducted for each wrong answers.
Only those candidates who are declared by the Commission to have qualified in the Preliminary Examination in the year will be eligible for admission to the Mains Examination. The Marks obtained in Preliminary Examination by the candidates who are declared qualified for admission to the Main Examination will be counted for deter
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4 months agoContributor-Level 6
Candidates can download the official UPSC ESE (IES) prelims answer key by the steps provided below:
- Visit the official website of UPSC – upsc.gov.in
- Click on the 'Examination' tab given at the top
- A drop list will appear, click on the Answer key link appearing on the list
- The ESE answer key PDF link will appear in the list
- Click on the link and get the ESE cutoff for all the categories and phases
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6 months agoBeginner-Level 5
Yes, the Union Public Service Commission released the official notification for IES 2025 exam in September 2024 but the applications were extended due to the inclusion of IRMS vacancies in the IES 2025 exam. Similarly, the IES prelims 2025 was scheduled to be conductd in February, 2025.
The Commission postponed the IES prelims exam and now the IES 2025 prelims will be conducted on June 8, 2025.
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6 months agoBeginner-Level 5
The Union Public Service Commission releases the tentative number of vacancies in the official notification. The Commission also accept the vacancy requisitions till the conduct of the prelims exam. This year, the IES 2025 prelims exam will be conducted on June 8, 2025.
The Commission will release the final number of IES vacancies in the final result notice.
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6 months agoBeginner-Level 5
The Union Public Service Commission did not mention the number of vacancies for the Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS) - technical posts. The Commission is expected to release the final number of IRMS - Technical in the final result notice. The Commission will mention the category-wise IES vacancies in the final result notice.
The UPSC ESE 2025 exam will be conducted in June 8, 2025.
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