UPSC

The Union Public Service Commission releases the IAS question papers for prelims and main exam. The Commission releases the question papers on its official website - upsc.gov.in. The candidates can download the IAS prelims and Mains question paper from the official website.

The candidates are not required to login with their credentials to download the IAS question papers. The Commission release the question papers in PDF.

The Union Public Service Commission is the premiere exam conducting body of the nation. It recruits the candidates for Group A and some Group B posts. The following exams are conducted by the Union Public Service Commission every year:

• Civil Services Exam
• Engineering Services Exam (IES)
• Combined Armed Police Forces Exam (CAPF)
• Combined Medical Services Exam (CMS)
• Indian Economic Services/Indian Statistical Services Exam (IES/ISS)
• Combined Geo-Scientist Exam
• Combined Defence Services Exam (CDS)
• National Defence Academy & Naval Academy Exam (NDA & NA)

The Union Public Service Commission releases its UPSC exam calendar one year in advance and follow it in letter and spirit. The Commission mention the notification and exam dates for all of its exam in the calendar. The UPSC exam calendar 2024 was released online on May 10, 2023.

The Commission will also release the UPSC exam calendar 2025 in the first fortnight of May.

The Union Public Service Commission will conduct the IES 2025 Prelims exam offline on June 8, 2025. The Commission will release the official IES 2025 prelims answer key online after the declaration of the final result. It is a set practice of the Commission that it releases the official answer key after the declaration of the final result to avoid any delay in the selection process due to litigation. 

There are various coaching institutes that release the IES prelims answer key but we cannot comment on the reliability and authenticity of their answers.

The Union Public Service Commission provides only 23 days to fill the UPSC Civil Service (IAS) application form online. The UPSC IAS 2026 notification was released at upsc.gov.in.The last date to fill the online applications was February 27, 2026. 

The Union Public Service Commission released the official IAS 2024 notification online on February 14, 2024. The Commission mentioned in the official notification that the candidates are required to upload a clear photograph in the official notification. The candidates should upload the coloured photograph to enhance clarity.

The coloured photograph will also help in mathing the picture with the photo identity proof. The candidates are suggested to upload a clear picture so that the recognition become easy.

The Commission provides one week for the UPSC IAS application correction. The UPSC will notify such dates in the officoal notification only. The last date to apply for the exam is revised now and will be notified soon at upsc.gov.in.

The Union Public Service Commission notify the IAS application fee in the Civil Service notification. 
The Commission will mention the following application fee in the following manner:

The Commission will notify the image specification in the official notification which is expected soon. The candidates will be required to follow the instructions given by the Commission and recently, the Commission has issued the face detection guidelines in the application process.