UPSC IAS Prelims Exam 2020 Postponed: The UPSC has released the fresh exam date for the UPSC IAS Exam 2020 on 5th June 2020. The UPSC IAS Prelims Exam will be held on 4th October 2020 and mains exam is going to held from 08th January 2021.

 

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is the central agency of the government which is responsible for conducting examinations for recruiting officers and staff into various services of the central government. It conducts multiple exams and every year millions of aspirants appear for all those exams. UPSC is among  the few institutions which function with both autonomy and freedom, along with the country’s higher judiciary and lately the Election commission. Article 315 gives you a brief about UPSC. UPSC Is the most demanding job after qualifying UPSC exam aspirants can become an IAS/IPS/IRS officer or can join central civil services jobs.

 

UPSC IAS Exam Date 2020

After the announcement from UNLOCK 1 the commission has announced the Revised Exam Dates of the civil service exam on 05th June 2020. The UPSC IAS Prelims is going to held on 04th October 2020 while the main exam is going to start from 08th January 2020. The main exam will be held for 5 days. The detailed exam scheduled for mains exam will be released after the prelims result.

Indian Administrative Service IAS Exam 2020

The Indian Administrative Service (IAS) is the administrative arm of the All India Services. Considered the premier civil service of India, the IAS is one of the three arms of the All India Services along with the Indian Police Service (IPS) and the Indian Forest Service (IFS). Members of these three services serve the Government of India as well as the individual states. IAS officers may also be deployed to various public sector undertakings. After qualifying the UPSC civil services exam depending upon the rank aspirants can get any of the following post to serve the nation. Around 10 lakh aspirants apply for UPSC Civil Services Exam, every year. But what is the last rank that can fetch an aspirant the prestigious IAS (Indian Administrative Service)? IAS comes under All India Services other may include Indian Police Services (IPS) and Indian Forest Services ( IFoS), depending upon the number of vacancies reported for each year and the category an aspirant belongs the successful  candidates either get selected into All  India Services or the Central Civil Services

Central Civil Services Includes :

Indian Foreign Services(IFS),	Group ‘A’,Indian Railway Accounts Service,
Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service,	Group ‘A’,Indian Railway Personnel Service
Group ‘A’,Indian Audit and Accounts Service,	Group ‘A’,Post of Assistant Security Commissioner in Railway Protection Force,
Group ‘A’,Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise),	Group ‘A’,Indian Defence Estates Service,
Group ‘A’,Indian Defence Accounts Service,	Group ‘A’,Indian Information Service (Junior Grade),
Group ‘A’,Indian Revenue Service (I.T.),	Group ‘A’,Indian Trade Service, Group ‘A’,Indian Corporate Law Service,
Group ‘A’,Indian Ordnance Factories Service,	Group ‘A’,Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service,
Group ‘A’ (Assistant Works Manager,	Group ‘B’ (Section Officer’s Grade),
Administration),Indian Postal Service,	Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service,
Group ‘A’,Indian Civil Accounts Service,	Group ‘B’,Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service,
Group ‘A’,Indian Railway Traffic Service,	Group ‘B’,Pondicherry Civil Service, Group ‘B’,Pondicherry Police Service, Group ‘B’.

As per the last allocation statistics (2018),

• IAS – The last rank of a general category candidate allocated to IAS was 92.
• IFS – The last rank of a general category candidate allocated to IFS was 134.
• IPS – The last rank of a general category candidate allocated to IPS was 236.
• IRS (IT) – The last rank of a general category candidate allocated to IRS (IT) was 239.
• IRS (C&CE) – The last rank of a general category candidate allocated to IRS (IT) was 265.

List of various exams conducted by UPSC every year:

1. Civil Services Examination (CSE)

2.Engineering Services Exam (IES)

3.Indian Forest Services Exam (IFoS)

4.Indian Economic Service and Indian Statistical Service Examination (IES/ISS)

5.Assistant Provident Fund Commissioners

6.Special Class Railway Apprentices Exam (SCRA)

7.Combined Defence Services Exam (CDS)

8.National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Exam (NDA and NA)

Civil Service IAS Exam Attempts : 

• General candidates    – 6 attempts
• The OBC candidates – 9 attempts
• There is no such restriction for the SC and ST candidates

Age Limit For UPSC IAS:

The candidate should be a minimum of 21 years age (Pre final year Students can attempt it) and a maximum of 32 years of age

• There is age relaxation for the students belongs to SC and ST of 5 years and  other backward classes (OBC) candidates will  get 3 years of relaxation

UPSC  Vacancies and Selections

Civil Services IAS Vacancies 2020  : 796 

Generally, the number of vacancies varies every year. The number of candidates that pass the preliminary examination is generally 11 or 12 times the number of vacancies, and the number of candidates selected for the final interview is twice the number of vacancies. As per existing policies, reservation for SC/ST/OBC is applied to each level of the selection process. Vacancies & selection in different years :

Year	No. of candidates applying for Prelims	No. of candidates that appeared for		No. of candidates appearing for interviews	No. of candidates selected	Final vacancies
		Prelims	Mains
2010	5,47,698	2,69,036	11,865	2,589	965	1,043
2011	4,99,120	2,43,236	11,237	2,415	999	1,001
2012	5,50,080	2,71,442	12,190	2,674	998	1,091
2013	7,76,604	3,23,949	14,178	3,003	1,122	1,228
2014	9,47,428	4,51,602	16,286	3,308	1,236	1,364
2015	9,45,908	4,65,882	15,008	2,797	1,078	1,164
2016	11,36,000	5,00,000	15,452	2,961	1,099	1,209
2017	10,00,000 (approx.)	4,56,625	13,366	2,568	1058	980
2018	11,00,000 (approx.)	4,93,972	10,468	1,994	758	759

Recruiting Body : UPSC

Examination Mode : Offline exam conducted every year

UPSC Civil Service Exam Date 2020 

Important dates	Events
12th February of the year 2020	The notification of the UPSC examination will be officially announced
12th February of the year 2020	On that very same date, the examination forms will be available too
3rd march of the year 2020	The last date of submission of forms
September of 2020 (tentative)	The admit cards for the preliminary examination will be available online
04.10.2020 @ (SUNDAY)	The UPSC IAS examination date for prelims
Available Soon	Admit cards for the main examination will be available
From 08th January 2020	Mains Exam Dates.

UPSC Calendar 2020-21

Attempts 

The candidates are allowed for appearing for the UPSC examination within a restricted period.

• General candidates are allowed to attempt for six times
• The OBC candidates are allowed for nine attempts
• There is no such restriction for the SC and ST candidates

Eligibility Criteria to be fulfilled before appearing the examination – 

• The candidate should own an Indian citizenship
• The candidate should be a minimum of 21 years age and a maximum of 32 years of age
• In case the candidate has migrated from Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Kenya etc, he or she has to be from an Indian origin
• There is age relaxation for the backward candidates. The SCand ST candidates get 5 years of age relaxation whereas the OBCs get 3 years
• Ex-serviceman of commissioned personnel or defense service officers owe five and three years of age relaxation respectively
• The candidates must hold a graduate degree from any recognized university of India

Educational Qualification – Candidate must be a graduate with any stream . Pre-final students can also attempt it.

Examination charges:

• General and OBC candidate – 200 rupees
• The SC and ST candidates are not charged for appearing the examination

Phases of Examination UPSC IAS:

• Prelims
• Mains
• Interview

UPSC Civil Services IAS 2020 Prelims Examination Centres :

Agartala, Agra, Ajmer, Ahmedabad , Aizawl , Aligarh,Allahabad ,Anantpur (Andhra Pradesh), Aurangabad, Bangalore, Bareilly, Bhopal, Bilaspur, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi, Dharwad, Dispur, Faridabad, Gangtok, Gaya, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Gurgaon, Gwalior, Hyderabad, Imphal, Indore, Itanagar, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jammu, Jodhpur, Jorhat, Kochi, Kohima, Kolkata, Kozhikode(Calicut), Lucknow, Ludhiana, Madurai, Mumbai, Mysore, Nagpur, Navi Mumbai.

UPSC Civil Services IAS 2020 Mains Examination Centres :

Ahmedabad, Dehradun, Mumbai, Aizawl, Delhi, Patna, Allahabad, Dispur, Guwahati, Raipur, Bangaluru, Hyderabad, Ranchi, Bhopal, Jaipur, Shillong, Chandigarh, Jammu, Shimla, Chennai, Kolkata, Thiruvananthapuram, Cuttack, Lucknow, Vijayawada.

Syllabus of Civil Services Examination :

Prelims – 200 marks for each paper
Preliminary examination of civil services are conducted in two phases and is generally objective phases

Paper 1 – General Studies 1 (100 Questions/200 marks /2 hours – Negative marking on wrong answers)

Paper 2 – CSAT (80 Questions / 200 Marks /2 hours- Negative marking on wrong answer)

General studies paper –

1. 1. Current events of national and international importance
   2. Syllabus of History of India and the heroes of ancient India, Indian national movement
   3. Indian and World Geography- it includes every aspect of geography including physical, social, economic geography across the world
   4. Indian Politics and governance and its history – right from the Indian constitution to our political system that covers the areas of Panchayati raj, public policy, Rights issues, etc.
   5. Economic and social development of India as well as the world economy– the economic history of India as well as world history of economic and its interrelations. The important topics that should be highlighted include sustainable development, poverty, inclusion, demographics, social sector initiatives etc.
   6. General issues regarding the current situation of environmental ecology, our bio-diversity and climate change. It does not require subject specialised studies. An overview of the subject and clear concepts can do well.
   7. General Science

UPSC CSAT Syllabus –

1. Comprehension skills
2. Interpersonal skills including communication skills and management
3. Logical reasoning and analytical ability
4. Decision making and problem-solving (it has no negative marking)
5. General mental ability to solve problems
6. Basic numerical problems that include numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude etc up to Class X level and Data Interpretation including charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc up to class X level
7. English Language Comprehension skills and writing ability (Class X level).

UPSC Mains examination syllabus:

This examination consists of seven papers and the evaluation is based on the writing of conventional and essay type questions. Each of the paper carries 250 marks. Some of them are compulsory and some of them are optional

Paper	Subject	Duration	Total marks
Paper A	Compulsory Indian language	3 hours	300
Paper B	English	3 hours	300
Paper I	Essay	3 hours	250
Paper II	General Studies I	3 hours	250
Paper III	General Studies II	3 hours	250
Paper IV	General Studies III	3 hours	250
Paper V	General Studies IV	3 hours	250
Paper VI	Optional I	3 hours	250
Paper VII	Optional II	3 hours	250

The subjects which are covered by the General Studies Papers in Mains Exam are:  

General Studies I – Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World, Society

General Studies II – Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice, International relations

General Studies III – Technology, Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management.

General Studies IV – Ethics, Integrity, Aptitude

Some of the optional subjects include:

• Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
• Anthropology
• Botany
• Chemistry
• Civil Engineering
• Commerce and Accountancy
• Economics
• Electrical Engineering
• Geography
• Geology etc.

Interview:

After the selection is done from the main exams, the qualified ones are called for the interview that carries 275 marks. Questions asked in the interview mainly test the candidates’ personality

Cut Off : 

Year	Prelims			Main(out of 1750)		Total(out of 2025)		Vacancies 2020
	Category	Marks	Total Marks	Category	Marks	Category	Marks
2013	General	241	400	General	564	General	775	796
	OBC	222		OBC	534	OBC	742
	SC	207		SC	518	SC	719
	ST	201		ST	510	ST	707
	PH-1	199		H-1	510	PH-1	725
	PH-2	184		PH-2	502	PH-2	718
	PH-3	163		PH-3	410	PH-3	613
2014	General	205	385	General	678	General	889
	OBC	204		OBC	631	OBC	844
	SC	182		SC	631	SC	830
	ST	174		ST	619	ST	811
	PH-1	167		PH-1	609	PH-1	816
	PH-2	113		PH-2	575	PH-2	778
	PH-3	115		PH-3	449	PH-3	713
2015	General	107.34	200	General	676	General	877
	OBC	106		OBC	630	OBC	834
	SC	94		SC	622	SC	810
	ST	91.34		ST	617	ST	801
	PH-1	90.66		PH-1	580	PH-1	802
	PH-2	76.66		PH-2	627	PH-2	830
	PH-3	40.00		PH-3	504	PH-3	697
2016	General	116	200	General	787	General	988
	OBC	110.66		OBC	745	OBC	951
	SC	99.34		SC	739	SC	937
	ST	96		ST	730	ST	920
	PH-1	75.34		PH-1	713	PH-1	927
	PH-2	72.66		PH-2	740	PH-2	951
	PH-3	40		PH-3	545	PH-3	817
2017	General	105.34	200	General	809	General	1006
	OBC	102.66		OBC	770	OBC	968
	SC	88.66		SC	756	SC	944
	ST	88.66		ST	749	ST	939
	PH-1	88.88		PH-1	734	PH-1	923
	PH-2	61.34		PH-2	745	PH-2	948
	PH-3	40		PH-3	578	PH-3	830
2018	General	98	200	General	774	General	982
	OBC	96.66		OBC	732	OBC	938
	SC	84		SC	719	SC	912
	ST	83.34		ST	719	ST	912
	PH-1	73.34		PH-1	711	PH-1	899
	PH-2	53.34		PH-2	696	PH-2	908
	PH-3	40		PH-3	520	PH-3	754

Salary :

Aspirants who qualifies UPSC civil services exam will  get a pay scale in the range Rs.50000 to Rs.250000 ( As per experience)

UPSC IAS Syllabus 2020-FAQ

Q 1. In how many shifts prelims exam will occur?

Ans: The prelims exam will be held in two shifts: Paper-I (General Studies) and Paper-II (CSAT).

Q 2. Is there any negative marking for the preliminary examination?

Ans: Yes, there is a negative marking scheme for both paper-I and paper-II. Deduction of 1/3rd mark for Paper I and 0.83 marks for paper-II.

Q 3. Is the Prelims and UPSC Mains Syllabus different?

Ans: Candidates must note that every stage have different syllabus, check the UPSC IAS Syllabus here.

Q 4. What is the time duration for each paper for the Prelims exam?

Ans: Each prelims exam will be of 2 hours

Q 5.What is the date for the Mains examination?

Ans: The mains exam will be held in the month of October 2020 tentatively. The final date will be updated by the authorities soon.