UPSC Civil Service (Pre) Examination 2025 [979 Vacancy]

Union Public Service Commission has invited online application for the recruitment of 979 vacancy through UPSC Civil Service (Pre) Exam 2025. Interested and eligible candidates may apply online here.

UPSC Civil Service (Pre) Examination 2025 Overview

Post Date	22/01/2025
Last Date	21/02/2025
Organization	UPSC
No. of Posts	979
Job Type	Govt. Job
Category	UPSC Job
Apply Mode	Online

UPSC Civil Service (Pre) Examination 2025

Name of examination: Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2025

No of vacancy: 979

Name of services:

(i) Indian Administrative Service
(ii) Indian Foreign Service
(iii) Indian Police Service
(iv) Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group ‘A’
(v) Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group ‘A’
(vi) Indian Corporate Law Service, Group ‘A’
(vii) Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group ‘A’
(viii) Indian Defence Estates Service, Group ‘A’
(ix) Indian Information Service, Junior Grade Group ‘A’
(x) Indian Postal Service, Group ‘A’
(xi) Indian P&T Accounts and Finance Service, Group ‘A’
(xii) Indian Railway Protection Force Service, Group ‘A’
(xiii) Indian Revenue Service (Customs & Indirect Taxes) Group ‘A’
(xiv) Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax) Group ‘A’
(xv) Indian Trade Service, Group ‘A’ (Grade III)
(xvi) Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group ‘B’ (Section Officer’s Grade)
(xvii) Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar
Haveli Civil Service (DANICS), Group ‘B’
(xviii) Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service (DANIPS), Group ‘B’
(xix) Pondicherry Civil Service (PONDICS), Group ‘B’

Eligibility Criteria of UPSC Civil Service (Pre) Examination

Age Limit: A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 32 years on the 1st of August, 2025 i.e., the candidate must have been born not earlier than 2nd August, 1993 and not later than 1st August, 2004.

Age Relaxation: The upper age limit is relaxable by 5 years for SC/ST candidates and 3 years for OBC candidates.

Educational Qualification: A candidate must hold a degree of any of the Universities incorporated by an Act of the central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 or possess an equivalent qualification.

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UPSC Civil Service (Pre) Examination Scheme

The Civil Services Examination will consist of two successive stages :

(i) Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination (Objective type) for the selection of candidates for the Main Examination; and
(ii) Civil Services (Main) Examination (Written and Interview) for the selection of candidates for the various Services and posts noted above.

Examination Centres @ Assam: Jorhat and Dispur .

Application Fee:

General/ OBC: Rs. 100/-
SC/ ST/ Female & PwBD: Nill
Payment Mode: Depositing the money in any Branch of SBI by cash/ Net Banking/ Credit/ Debit card .

How to Apply for UPSC Civil Service Examination

Candidates are required to apply Online by using the website https://upsconline.nic.in Detailed instructions for filling up online applications are available on the above mentioned website. Brief Instructions for filling up the “Online Application Form” given in Appendix-IIA.