- 26 Sep
UPSC Civil Services Examinations (CSE)
The Civil Services Examination (CSE) is a nationwide competitive examination in India conducted by the Union Public Service Commission for recruitment to various Civil Services of the Government of India, including the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), and Indian Police Service (IPS). Also simply referred to as the UPSC examination, it is conducted in three phases - a preliminary examination consisting of two objective-type papers (General Studies Paper I and General Studies Paper II also popularly known as Civil Service Aptitude Test or CSAT), and a main examination consisting of nine papers of conventional (essay) type, in which two papers are qualifying and only marks of seven are counted followed by a personality test (interview).
UPSC Civil Services Examinations Exam Highlights
Exam Name |
Civil Services Exam 2020 |
Conducting Body |
Union Public Service Commission(UPSC) |
Exam Level |
National |
UPSC Vacancies |
796 |
Exam Frequency |
Once a year |
Exam Mode |
Offline - Pen and Paper Mode |
Exam Stages |
Prelims - Mains(Written) - Mains(Interview) |
Application Fee(Prelims) |
100 |
Language |
Prelims - English and Hindi |
No. of Test Cities |
Test centres across the nation |
Exam Helpdesk No. |
011-23098543 / 23385271 / 23381125 / 23098591 |
Official Website |
https://www.upsc.gov.in/ |
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