UPSC Civil Services Prelims Exam 2025 : Apply Online for 979 IAS IFS IPS

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UPSC Civil Services Prelims Exam 2025 : Apply Online for 979 IAS IFS IPS

UPSC Recruitment 2025 : Union Public Service Commission  issued Recruitment Notifications through Official Website:  www.upsc.gov.in/ for following Civil Services Exam 2025. There are total 979 posts. Interested candidates may get full details and watch the video How to apply online for UPSC Civil Services Exam 2025 in Telugu and apply before 11th February 2025 by 6:00 PM.

Other Important Dates:

Correction of Online Application Form 12-18 February 2025

Eligibility Criteria:

UPSC Civils 2025 Number of Attempts :  06 for General Candidates

for SC ST : Unlimited.

for OBC : 09

for pWD : 09 for GL/EWS/OBC Unlimited for SC/ST

Age Limit As on 1st of August, 2025

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

5 Years for SC ST and 3 Years for OBC and other Age relaxation applicable.

Qualification :

Graduation is the basic qualification for IAS, IPS, IFS.

for IFS :

Bachelors degree as one of subject Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science/Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and Zoology, Agriculture or equivalent.

Physical Standards for IPS :

for Male :

Height : 165 cm [For ST (except SC/ OBC) 160 cm]
Chest : Minimum 84 cm. Expansion 5 cm
Eye Sight : 6/6 or 6/9 distant vision for good eye

for Female :

Height : 150 cm [For ST (except SC/ OBC)- 145 cm]
Chest :Min 79 cm expansion 5 cm
Eye Sight :6/12 or 6/9 for worst eye. Near vision J 1 for good eye. J2 for worst eye

IPS Medical Standards :

Blood Pressure (High): Age 23 – 123; age 24 – 124; age 25 – 122; age 28 – 124; age 30 – 125; age 32 – 126; age 34 – 127
Ear– Good listening and normal ear cavity; 1000-4000 frequency hearing impairment should not be more than 30 decibels
Nasal– Candidate should not stutter while speaking
Ladies should not be pregnant at the time of Medical Test
High standard for the Colourblind test. No inherent night blindness. Vision should be stereoscopic

UPSC Civil Services 2025 – Fees Details :

No fees for SC/ST /PWD candidates/ All Female.
Rs.100/- all others.

Should be paid through online mode.

Vacancy Breakup :

1. Civil Services  : 979 Posts
2. IFoS : 150 Posts

UPSC Civil Services 2025 Important Links

Notification IFoS

Notification Civils

Apply Online

UPSC Civil Services 2025 – Selection Process :

The Civil Services Examination comprises two successive stages:
(i) Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination (Objective Type) for the selection of candidates for Civil
Services (Main) Examination; and
(ii) Civil Services (Main) Examination (Written and Interview/Personality Test) for the selection of
candidates for the various Services and posts

Prelims :

A. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION:

Paper-1 : General Studies (GS) – 200 Marks/2 Hours
Paper-2 : CSAT – 200 Marks/ 2 Hours

The Examination shall comprise of two compulsory Papers of 200 marks each.
Note:
(i) Both the question papers will be of the objective type (multiple choice questions) and each will be of two hours duration.
(ii) The General Studies Paper-II of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination will be a qualifying paper with minimum qualifying marks fixed at 33%.
(iii) The question papers will be set both in Hindi and English.
(iv) Details of the syllabi are indicated in Part A of Section III.

Cut off :  The Commission will draw a list of candidates to be qualified for Civil Services (Main) Examination based on the criterion of minimum qualifying marks of 33% in General Studies Paper-II of Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination and total qualifying marks of General Studies Paper-I of Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination as may be determined by the Commission.

Negative Marking  :

There will be negative marking for incorrect answers as detailed below :
(i) 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 (0.33) of the marks assigned to that question will
be deducted as penalty.
(ii) If a candidate gives more than one answer, it will be treated as a wrong answer even if one of the
given answers happen to be correct and there will be same penalty as above for that question.
(iii) If a question is left blank i.e. no answer is given by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.

Mains  :

B. MAIN EXAMINATION:

The Written Examination will consist of the following papers:—
Qualifying Papers:
Paper-A
(One of the Indian Language to be selected by the candidate from the Languages included in the
Eighth Schedule to the Constitution). 300 Marks
Paper-B
             English 300 Marks
             Papers to be counted for merit :
Paper-I
            Essay 250 Marks
Paper-II
            General Studies-I 250 Marks
            (Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society)
Paper-III
           General Studies -II 250 Marks
           (Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations)
Paper-IV
              General Studies -III 250 Marks
              (Technology, Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management)
Paper-V
              General Studies -IV 250 Marks
              (Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude)
Paper-VI
               Optional Subject – Paper 1 250 Marks

Paper-VII
               Optional Subject – Paper 2 250 Marks
               Sub Total (Written test) 1750 Marks
Personality Test 275 Marks
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Grand Total 2025 Marks

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UPSC Prelims Exam Centers in AP / Telangana :

Vijayawada
Visakhapatnam
Anantapur

Tirupati
Hyderabad
Warangal

UPSC Mains Exam Centers in AP/Telangana :

Vijayawada

Hyderabad

Apply Online Photo Upload Guidelines NEW 2025:

Instruction in respect of uploading of Photograph while filling up online application
form :-
(a) The photograph, uploaded by candidate should not be more than 10 days (i.e. Photo should be taken after 12th January 2025) old from the start of the online application process (i.e. the application commencement date).
(b) Ensure that the name of candidate and the date on which the photograph was taken
are clearly mentioned on the photograph.
(c) The candidate’s face should occupy 3/4th of the space in the photograph.
(d) The candidates must ensure that their appearance must match with their photograph at
each stage of the Examination Process i.e. at the time of Preliminary, Main (Written) and
Interview/Personality Test. For instance, If a candidate uploads a bearded photograph, he
must appear with the same look in the Preliminary, Main (Written) and
Interview/Personality Test. Same would be the case with spectacles, moustaches, etc.

UPSC Vacancy Recruitment  – FAQs

What are the contact details of the Union Public Service Commission ?

Address:

Dholpur House,

Shahjahan Road, New Delhi – 110069

What is the official website and Emil ID of UPSC?

Official Website:  https://www.upsc.gov.in/

What is the Telephone Number of Union Public Service Commission?

Telephone : 011-23098543 / 23385271 / 23381125 / 23098591