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11 months agoContributor-Level 6
The UPSC IES 2026 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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11 months agoContributor-Level 7
The Commission conducted the UPSC IES 2025 Prelims exam in an offline mode. It was held on June 8, 2025 at various centres across the country.
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11 months agoContributor-Level 7
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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11 months agoContributor-Level 7
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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11 months agoContributor-Level 6
The commission conducted the UPSC Preliminary Exam 2025 on June 8, 2025. The prelim exam consists of two papers Paper 1 (General Studies and Engineering Aptitude) and Paper 2 (Engineering Discipline Specific). Both papers are objective in nature and conducted in an offline mode.
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11 months agoContributor-Level 10
The UPSC IES (ESE) 2025 Prelims Exam was conducted on June 8, 2025, in two shifts. The forenoon shift was from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM for Paper 1 (General Studies and Engineering Aptitude paper); on the other hand, Shift 2 was from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM for Paper 2 (discipline-specific paper).
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12 months agoContributor-Level 7
The OTR stands for One Time Registration. The UPSC introduced this system to simplify the application process for several UPSC examinations, including CDS. Candidates will be able to register their basic details and documents once. This information can be reused by the candidates for future UPSC exam applications, which saves time and effort.
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a year agoContributor-Level 6
The Union Public Service Commission dropped 3 (three) questions from the UPSC Civil Service Prelims (CSP) exam 2024. The marks of the candidates were assigned marks from 97 questions only. The candidates should check their answers from the official answer key and compare them with the cutoff mentioned in the official UPSC CSP cutoff 2024.
In case their marks are more than their category cutoff. they should send representation against the prelims and final UPSC result 2024.
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