Government & Defence Entrance Exam

While the chance of a beginner cracking the UPSC Civil Services Exam (CSE) in the first attempt is low, with estimates suggesting around 10% of candidates succeeding, it is not impossible and can be increased with a strategic approach. Success on the first attempt requires deep syllabus understanding, effective time management, consistent hard work, rigorous practice through mock tests, and excellent analytical and writing skills. 

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.

DUDEKULA MAHENDRA 

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.

The Union Public Service Commission will release the UPSC Civil Service (IAS) notification on January 14, 2026. With the release of official notification, the UPSC IAS Application form 2026 will also be activated for the candidates. The last date to apply online for the UPSC CSE (IAS) exam 2026 will be February 3, 2026.

The Commission mentioned the UPSC notification release dates in its UPSC calendar 2026. 

The Union Public Service Commission released the UPSC CSE notification 2025 on January 22, 2025. In the official notification, the Commission notified 979 vacancies for the UPSC CSE 2025 exam. But this is a tentative number and the final number of vacancies will be mentioned in the final Result of UPSC CSE 2025.

The vacancies are generally increased in the final iteration.