Government & Defence Entrance Exam

Yes, the IBPS had released the IBPS PO main admit card 2025 on October 1. The candidates can download their admit card to know their exam centre, exam date and shift timing.

Yes. In the CDS exam there is a negative marking. One-third mark will be deducted for an incorrect answer. No mark will be deducted for unanswered questions. 

The CDS exam is conducted offline or pen and paper mode. Objective questions will be asked in the examination. Candidates need to mark their choices of answers in the sheet that was provided during the exam. CDS 1 2026 notification released on December 10.

The Union Public Service Commission will release the UPSC IAS 2026 notification on January 14 on its official website - upsc.gov.in. The Commission will also activate the UPSC CSE (IAS) 2026 online application link on its website. The last date for the UPSC IAS application form is February 3, 2026.

The UPSC CSE (IAS) prelims will be conducted on May 24, 2026.

The candidates should analyse the UPSC CSE previous year question papers to know the trend of the most asked topics. The Commission releases the UPSC question paper on its official website - upsc.gov.in. The candidates can get the UPSC question paper of previous year here. The candidates can download the UPSC question paper PDF here.

The college banking syllabus can surely provide a strong foundational base for students planning to appear for IBPS and SBI exams but a dedicated bank exam prep is extremely important because the college curriculum does not always cover banking awareness and computer aptitude in depth as is required to crack banking exams. You need to have an extremely strong quantitative aptitude, logical reasoning, and command over English to excel in the IBPS and SBI exams.