UPSC Exam Pattern: Prelims, Mains Exam & Interview

  UPSC Result So, in this segment of the blog we shall be discussing things like how to check your UPSC results, the latest updates regarding the current annual UPSC exam cycle, and the IAS results of past years. With that let’s just go through some of the important points about the UPSC results in a tabular format. UPSC Results: Important Points Exam Name CSE: Civil Services Exam Conducting Body UPSC: Union Public Service Commission Frequency of Exam Once a year Mode of Examination Online Stages of Results Prelims, Mains, and Final Official Exam website www.upsc.gov.in Although, you might know about it already, in the table above you can get a gist of the UPSC IAS exams and its stages of result. Now, let’s quickly go over the important dates of the current UPSC IAS exam cycle: IAS Exam Result Dates Event Important Dates UPSC Preliminary 4th October, 2020 Declaration of Results of UPSC Prelims 23rd October, 2020 UPSC Mains 8th to 12th January, 2021 Declaration of Results of UPSC Ma...

The Prelims stage IAS exam pattern basically  consists of 2 papers , both conducted on the same day. The question type in both papers is  objective  with one right answer out of several  multiple choices . The prelims paper, as I have mentioned before is essentially a qualifying stage designed to filter out the unsuitable candidates from the exam process.    The remaining candidates get to appear for the Mains exam. Also, important to note down is that the marks secured in the prelims paper will not be counted when the final merit list of successful candidates is prepared.   Having said the aforementioned, I don’t even for a moment mean to imply that the prelims papers are less important or are easy to crack. I would even go so far as to say that clearing the prelims is even tougher than clearing some of the other eminent exam prelim papers in the world. This is mostly because the  UPSC cut offs  for...

  UPSC Books Right off the bat, I would like to point out that since the IAS prelims 2021 has been postponed to take place on 10 th  October (earlier it was scheduled on 27th June 2021) this year. To know about the important UPSC IAS exam dates , read the blog I have written on the same. Now. since there is not much time left for the Prelims paper, it’s only logical that you pick from only the best UPSC books for your preparation. Now, according to me as well as several toppers of previous IAS exams, the best way to start your preparation is by reading through the NCERT books for UPSC and then moving on to the other books for UPSC (the standard ones). Also, you should be mindful about the type of IAS books that you choose for your preparation, given that the UPSC prelims and UPSC mains are very different from each other and would need 2 different sets of reading material for each. The UPSC Prelims, being an entirely objective type of paper would need a separate ...