Latest : 19 April, 2021
Deferment of Personality test ( Interviews) of Civil Services, 2020.
(i) UPSC has notified that in light of the prevailing conditions caused by the Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19), as a precautionary measures, the Commission has deferred the Personality Tests (Interviews) of the candidates of the Civil Services Examination, 2020 scheduled from 26th April, 2021 to 18th June, 2021 till further orders.
(ii) New dates for the Personality Tests (Interviews) will be notified to the candidates in due course of time.
04 October 2020:
2 Civil services ( prelim) -2020 held on 04 October 2020
Analysis of Paper and expected Cut off.
1 Civil Services (Preliminary) Exam -2020 held on to day Sunday o4 October 2020. The exam held in 72 cities and 2569 sub centres. Nearly, 10.60 lakh Candidates registered for the exam.
2 As per appeared candidates, the paper has been assessed and rated moderate. But almost pattern of previous years papers have been followed. However paper was little tough and application based.
3 As per analysis of experts, Expected Cut off for CSE ( Prelims)-2020 will be 82-91 for General category.
Previous years cut off were:
(a) CSE ( Prelims)-2019: 98 ( Gen Category)
(b) CSE ( Prelims)-2018: 98 ( Gen Category)
(c) CSE ( Prelims)-2017: 105.34 ( Gen Category)
4 Analysis: As per General Survey from the appeared candidates , the questions in paper is mainly based on Economy and Science and Technology. Questions from Geography and History were conventional in General. Difficulty level of History Segment was easy to moderate. Polity had also touched the current affairs. This year more questions were conceptual based. There were 13 questions directly from economy like role of cooperative Banks, monetary policies of RBI etc., but, difficulty level of Economy Segment was easy to moderate. Apart from this, questions related to recent trends of Agricultural developments like friendly agriculture practices, MSP, agri procurements. Questions from History and economy were little tough.
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INRODUCTION
The Union Public Service Commission Civil Services Exam or UPSC Civil Services 2020 is a national level exam conducted every year by UPSC, to recruit bureaucrats like Indian Administrative Services (IAS), Indian Foreign Services (IFS), Indian Police Services (IPS), Indian Revenue Services, and so on. This examination is conducted in 3 phases which includes an objective-type exam, a subjective-type exam and an interview or personality test.
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Contents
- Important Dates
- UPSC Civil Service 2020 Exam Date
- Mode of Examination
- Medium of Examination
- UPSC Civil Service 2020 Eligibility Criteria
- How to Apply for UPSC CIVIL SERVICE 2020 Exam?
- Application Fees
- Steps of Applying
- Documents to be attached
- Admit Card
- Exam Pattern
- Results
- FAQ’s
- Important Links
UPSC Civil Service 2020 Important dates
Notified important dates for UPSC Civil Service exam (CSE) and Indian Forest Service (IFS) 2020 are given below:
| Important Events | Tentative Dates |
| Registration begins for UPSC CSE and IFS 2020 Prelims | 12th February 2020 |
| Registration ends | 3rd March 2020 |
| Release of admit card-Prelims | Yet to be notified |
| UPSC CSE and IFS 2020 exam date (Prelims) | 31st May 2020 ( deferred) |
| UPSC Prelims Result 2020 | Yet to be notified |
| Release of admit card –Mains | 4th week of September 2020 |
| UPSC CSE 2020 exam date (Mains) | 18th September 2020 |
| UPSC IFS 2020 exam date (Mains) | 22nd November 2020 (Only for Indian Forest Service Aspirants) |
| UPSC Mains Result 2020 | Yet to be notified |
| Personality test Notification | Yet to be notified |
| Admit Cards for Personality Test | Yet to be notified |
| Personal Interview and Personality Test (PI/PT) | Yet to be notified |
| Final Results | Yet to be notified |
UPSC Civil Service 2020 Exam Date
The UPSC Civil service 2020 will be held on the following dates:
| UPSC CSE and IFS 2020 exam date (Prelims) | |
| UPSC CSE 2020 exam date (Mains) | 18th September 2020 |
| UPSC IFS 2020 exam date (Mains) | 22nd November 2020 (Only for Indian Forest Service Aspirants) |
| UPSC PI/PT 2020 date | Yet to be notified |
Mode of Examination
UPSC Civil Service Exam Prelims 2020 will be conducted in offline mode (pen-paper based)
Medium of Examination
UPSC Civil Services Exam 2020 (Prelims) has English or Hindi as the medium of answering.
However, UPSC CSE 2020 (Mains) will be conducted in 23 recognized languages listed in the constitution of India and the candidate can choose their medium of language.
UPSC CSE 2020 Eligibility
Nationality
UPSC CSE applicant must be under any one of the below stated category:
- Indian citizen
- Subject of Bhutan or Nepal
- Tibetan refugees who came over to India with the intention of permanently settling in India (before 1st January 1962)
- A person of Indian origin who has migrated from Burma, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, East African countries of Uganda, Kenya, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, and Ethiopia with the intention of permanently settling in India.
Educational Qualification
UPSC CSE applicant can be under any one of the below stated category:
- A graduate from a recognized board/ University.
- A graduation degree through distance education or from any of the open universities.
- ICAI, ICWAI, ICSI, or MBBS qualified candidates, but have not completed the internship are also eligible.
Age Limit
The applicant must be at least 21 years of age as on 1st August 2020 but shall not exceed the upper age limit of 32 years on the same date. He/she must have born not earlier than 2nd August 1988 and not later than 01 August 1999.
However, the Candidates belonging to reserved category gets relaxation in their age limit as follows:
| Category | Age Limit |
| SC/ST | 5 years |
| J & K residents (in between 1st Jan 1980 – 31st December 1989) | 5 years |
| Ex-service men / ECO/SSCOs (who have rendered atleast 5 Years services as on 1st August 2020 and have been released:- (a) on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year from 1st August, 2020 otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency; or (b) on account of physical disability attributable to Military Service; or (c) on invalidment. In the case of ECOs/SSCOs who have completed an initial period of assignment of five years of Military Service as on 1st August, 2020 and whose assignment has been extended beyond five years and in whose case the Ministry of Defence issues a certificate that they can apply for civil employment and that they will be released on three months’ notice on selection from the date of receipt of offer of appointment | 5 years |
| OBC | 3 years |
| Disabled Defense service personnel during hostilities | 3 years |
| Handicapped such as Hearing Impairment / Orthopedically Disabled / Blind | 10 years |
Number of Attempts :
General Candidates if, otherwise eligible: 06 Attempts
Scheduled Caste/ Tribe if, otherwise eligible: No Restrictions
Other Backward Class ( OBC) if, otherwise eligible : 09 Attempts
General and EWS category candidates with bench : 09 Attempts
mark disability if otherwise eligible.
Notes:- (i) An attempt at a Preliminary Examination shall be deemed to be an attempt at the Civil Services Examination.
(ii) If a candidate actually appears in any one paper in the Preliminary Examination, he/she shall be deemed to have made an attempt at the Examination.
(iii) Notwithstanding the disqualification/cancellation of candidature, the fact of appearance of the candidate at the examination will count as an attempt.
How to Apply for UPSC CIVIL SERVICE 2020?
Currently the UPSC CSE 2020 application portal is closed.
Candidates can fill the application form for UPSC civil service exam via online mode only.
The registrations will be from 12th February 2020 till 3rd March 2020.
Application Fee
| Category | Fees in INR |
| General/OBC | 100 |
| Female/SC/ST/Ex-Servicemen /PH candidates | No fee |
The candidate can choose to pay the UPSC CSE 2020 application fees in any one of the following modes:
- Online mode: The application fee can be paid through Credit Card, Debit Card or Net Banking.
- Offline mode: Candidates can pay offline by cash at any of the at the payment counters of SBI branch through SBI Challan.
Documents to be Uploaded
| Document | Size | Resolution | Format |
| Scanned coloured photograph | 3kb-40Kb | 110 X 140 pixels | JPG/JPEG |
| Scanned Signature | 1kb-40Kb | 140 X 110 pixels | JPG/JPEG |
Step by Step Application Process
The complete online application procedure for UPSC CSE is divided into 5 stages.
- Registration.
- Fill UPSC Civil Services Exam Part-I Application Form
- Payment of Application Fee.
- Uploading documents
- Fill UPSC Civil Services Exam Part-II Application Form with appropriate details
UPSC CSE Admit Card 2020
The UPSC CSE 2020 Admit Card dates for Prelims, Mains and PI/PT are yet to be notified
Direct links to UPSC CSE admit card shall be published here.
The admit card will be made available on the official website through online mode only in PDF format.
Candidates are required to download and take a print of their admit card as it will not be sent via post.
Exam Pattern for UPSC Civil Service 2020
The UPSC CIVIL SERVICE 2020 exam pattern is as follows:
| Particulars | Prelims | Mains | Personal Interview/Personality Test |
| Type of questions | Objective | Subjective | Oral |
| Examination mode | Offline | Offline | Offline |
| Total no. of questions | Not mentioned | Not mentioned | Not mentioned |
| Sections | General Studies Paper I General Studies Paper II | Paper A (Qualifier) Paper B (Qualifier) Paper I – Paper VII (Mains) | NA |
| Duration for each paper | 2 hours | 3 hours | NA |
| Total marks | 400 | 1750 | 275 |
| Negative marking | 1/3 marks will be deducted for every wrong answer | NA | NA |
Prelims – Section wise split up
Exam Pattern: Objective
Negative marking: 1/3 marks will be deducted for each wrong answer
Qualifying Marks: 33% in General Studies Paper II to qualify for Mains
Duration: 2 hours for each paper
| Paper | Marks | Duration |
| General Studies Paper – I | 200 | 2 Hour |
| General Studies Paper – II The total marks scored in Mains and Personality Test are used i | 200 | 2 Hour |
Mains – Section wise split up
Exam Pattern: Subjective
Qualifying Marks: 25% in Paper A and B in order to qualify for appearing in the other 7 Main papers
Duration: 3 hours for each paper
| Paper | Subject | Marks |
| Paper A | Indian Language (Qualifier) | 300 |
| Paper B | English (Qualifier) | 300 |
| Paper I | Essay Writing | 250 |
| Paper II | General Studies I (Indian Heritage and Culture, History, and Geography of the World and Society) | 250 |
| Paper III | General Studies 2 (Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations) | 250 |
| Paper IV | General Studies 3 (Technology, Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management) | 250 |
| Paper V | General Studies 4 (Ethics, Integrity, and Aptitude) | 250 |
| Paper VI | Optional Paper I | 250 |
| Paper VII | Optional Paper 2 | 250 |
| Total Marks | 1750 |
Personal Interview
Candidates qualifying CSE Mains will be called for PI / PT
The overall personality of the candidate is tested and he/she is asked questions on current affairs, hobbies, interests, situation analysis, etc.
For calculating the final rank of a candidate, the total marks scored in Mains and Personality Test rounds are considered.
UPSC Civil service 2020 Results
UPSC CSE 2020 Result date for Prelims, Mains and PI/PT are yet to be announced.
The link to download the result shall be posted here.
FAQs
Question: What is the maximum number of attempts for UPSC CSE?
Answer: Maximum attempts allowed are as follows:
| Category | Maximum No of Attempts Allowed |
| General | 06 |
| OBC-NCL | PH | 09 |
| SC/ST | No-Limit |
Note: If a candidates appears for any of the papers in Prelims, it shall be counted as an attempt. However,when a candidate applies but fails to appear for the exam, her attempt is not counted.
Question: Can candidates who are already serving the Government appear for UPSC CSE?
Answer: Candidates currently serving as an IAS/IFS officer to Govt. of India are not eligible to appear for the UPSC Civil Services exam 2020.
Question: Is it possible to edit the submitted application of UPSC?
Answer: No correction facility in the application is available once it is submitted.
Important Links
Following are some important links for UPSC CIVIL SERVICE 2020 Examination:
| Application of Links | Links |
| UPSC CIVIL SERVICE Official Website | Click here |
| UPSC CIVIL SERVICE Login portal | Click here |
| UPSC CIVIL SERVICE help desk | Click here |
| UPSC CSE 2020 FAQs | Click here |
| UPSC CSE 2020 Broucher | Click here |
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