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6 months agoContributor-Level 6
UPSC appoints a panel of experts to conduct the personality test for the IES or ESE examination. The panel includes senior officers and technical experts. The personality test or interview is a crucial stage of the UPSC IES selection process. It is conducted at the UPSC Bhawan in New Delhi.
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6 months agoContributor-Level 10
The commission allocated 200 marks for the UPSC IES 2025 personality test or an interview. This is the third stage, or the final stage, of the UPSC IES exam. The first stage is the preliminary examination, and the second stage is the Mains examination.
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6 months agoContributor-Level 6
The main purpose of conducting the UPSC IES face to face interview is to know about the candidates overall character, including mental alertness, critical thinking, leadership qualities, intelligence, honesty, confidence, depth of understanding of several concepts, communication skills, understanding of ground realities, etc.
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6 months agoContributor-Level 6
The UPSC ESE (IES) 2025 Mains exam will be conducted on August 10, 2025 as per the calendar released by the UPSC. 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 Main Examination of that year provided they are otherwise eligible for admission to the Mains Examination. Further, the Marks obtained in Preliminary Examination by the candidates who are declared qualified for admission to the Mains Examination will be counted for determining their final order of merit. The number of candidates to be admitted to the Main Examination wi
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6 months agoContributor-Level 6
The UPSC IES 2025 Mains exam will be conducted on August 10, 2025. It is a descriptive type exam. That assesses candidates' technical knowledge and problem-solving abilities in engineering disciplines. The Engineering Services Mains Examination consists of two conventional-type papers in engineering disciplines, each with a duration of three hours and a maximum score of 600 (300 marks in each paper).
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6 months agoContributor-Level 6
Candidates can check below in detail:
- Each paper in the Mains exam is of three hours duration.
- Each paper carries 300 marks.
- Total marks: 600
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6 months agoContributor-Level 6
The UPSC IES 2025 Stage 2 is the Mains Exam. The examination comprises two papers. Both papers are based on the candidates' chosen engineering discipline. Details of subjects are provided below:
- Civil Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering
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6 months agoContributor-Level 6
The Commission will conduct the UPSC IES 2025 Prelims exam in an offline mode. It will be held on June 8, 2025 at various centres across the country.
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6 months agoContributor-Level 6
Yes. In UPSC IES 2025, there is a negative marking. As per the official notification, there are four alternatives for the answers to every question. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one-third of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as a penalty.
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6 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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