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2 years ago
Contributor-Level 9
The IAS 2023 Prelims exam was held on May 28th, 2023. The exam was moderately to difficult overall, with the General Studies Paper 1 being moderate to difficult and the GS Paper 2 CSAT being very lengthy. The exam also included more questions from the Environment and Geography section, and fewer questions from current affairs and international relations. The exam pattern changed, with altered Assertion and Reason questions, and a new format for multiples.
The cut-off for the exam was expected to be between 82 and 85, compared to 88 in 2022. Only 14,624 students scored above the cut-off and were eligible to proceed to the Mains round.
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2 years ago
Contributor-Level 9
The UPSC IAS 2024 notification was released on February 14, 2024. The notification included important dates, the number of vacancies, the syllabus, and all the criteria for appearing in the UPSC Civil Services Examination. Candidates can apply for the UPSC IAS application form until March 5, 2024. There are 1056 UPSC vacancies in the IAS 2024 exam.
The IAS Exam for 2024 prelims phase will take place on May 26, 2024. The minimum age to fill the IAS 2024 application is 21 years and the maximum age is 32 years. Age relaxation is provided to candidates belonging to certain categories.
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2 years ago
Contributor-Level 9
The Union Public Service Commission is expected to release the IAS main result 2023 either in December or in January 2024. The Union Public Service Commission will conduct the IAS Main 2023 exam till September 23. The IAS main exam will be conducted at the designated exam centres only. The candidates will be required to carry and show a photo identity card with the IAS main admit card.
The Commission is conducting the IAS main exam 2023 for 1,105 vacancies which is the highest in the recent years.
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2 years ago
Contributor-Level 9
UPSC ESE (IES) 2023 main exam was conducted on June 25. UPSC released the admit card for the same on June 5, 2023. The Union Public Service Commission released the IES exam dates in the official UPSC exam calendar 2023 released in May 2022. The UPSC releases the IES exam dates one year in advance so that the candidates can prepare for the exam efficiently.
The Union Public Service Commission released the UPSC ESE (IES) 2023 main result on August 7.
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2 years ago
Contributor-Level 9
The last date to apply for the IES 2026 exam was October 16, 2025. The Union Public Service Commission released the UPSC ESE (IES) 2025 notification on September 26, 2025. With the release of official notification, the Commission also activated the IES 2026 applications.
The UPSC conducted the IES 2026 prelims exam on February 8, 2026 at the designated exam centres.
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2 years ago
Contributor-Level 9
The Union Public Service Commission released the UPSC Engineering Service (ESE) 2024 notification on its official website - ssc.nic.in. The Commission also activated the UPSC ESE (IES) 2024 application with the release of official notifcation. The last date to apply for the UPSC ESE (IES) 2024 application is September 26, 2023.
The Commission notified 167 vacancies in the official notification. The Commission conducted the IES prelims 2024 exam on February 18, 2024.
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2 years agoContributor-Level 10
Yes, you can appear for UPSC because the eligibility criteria for appearing in UPSC exam is graduation from any UCG-approved college and it can be medical or paramedical there is no issue in that.
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2 years agoBeginner-Level 5
You can attempt IIT-JEE, NDA, Merchant Navy, Aviation, Architecture, Agriculture. You can also do research in DRDO, ISRO etc.
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2 years ago
Contributor-Level 9
The Union Public Service Commission released the UPSC prelims result 2023 on June 12 mentioning the names and the roll number of 14,652 candidates. The Commission conducted the UPSC Civil Service (IAS) prelims exam on May 28 and the Commission released the result in 15 days from the exam. The UPSC main exam 2023 will be conducted from September 15.
A group of candidates filed a petition in the Central Administrativer Tribunal regarding the reduction of the IAS Prelims General Studies Paper 2 from 33 percent to 23 percent because it asked difficult questions which were contrary to the syllabus.
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