UPSC Civil Service Admit Card 2025: Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has issued an online admit card for Civil Services Examination (CSE) 2025 for recruitment to the various Services and Posts. All eligible candidates can download the online admit card at UPSC’s official website www.upsc.gov.in from 13th May 2025 onwards for Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2025.
Indian Administrative Service IAS (Civil Services)
979
Indian Forest Service (IFS)
150
UPSC Civil Services 2025 Eligibility
For IAS Post
A candidate must hold a Graduate degree from 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.
For IFS Post
A candidate must hold a Bachelor’s degree with at least one of the subjects namely Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science, Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and Zoology or a Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Forestry or in Engineering of any of 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.
UPSC Civil Service Exam 2025 Vacancy Details
Indian Administrative Service
Indian Foreign Service
Indian Police Service
Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group ‘A’
Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group ‘A’
Indian Corporate Law Service, Group ‘A’
Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group ‘A’
Indian Defence Estates Service, Group ‘A’
Indian Information Service, Junior Grade Group ‘A’
Indian Postal Service, Group ‘A’
Indian P&T Accounts and Finance Service, Group ‘A’
Indian Railway Protection Force Service, Group ‘A
Indian Revenue Service (Customs & Indirect Taxes) Group ‘A’
Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax) Group ‘A’
Indian Trade Service, Group ‘A’ (Grade III)
Indian Railway Management Service, Group ‘A’
Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group ‘B’ (Section Officer’s Grade)
Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service (DANICS), Group ‘B’
Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service (DANIPS), Group ‘B’
Pondicherry Civil Service (PONDICS), Group ‘B’
Pondicherry Police Service (PONDIPS), Group ‘B’
UPSC Civil Services 2025 Selection Process
Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination (Objective type) for the selection of candidates for the Main Examination; and
Civil Services (Main) Examination (Written and Interview) for the selection of candidates for the various Services and posts noted above.
UPSC Prelims Exam Syllabus and Scheme 2025
Both the question papers will be of the objective type (multiple choice questions) and each will be of two hours duration.
The General Studies Paper-II of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination will be a qualifying paper with minimum qualifying marks fixed at 33%.
The question papers will be set both in Hindi and English.
Details of the syllabi are indicated in Part A of Section III.
UPSC Main Exam Syllabus and Scheme 2025
Paper-A: (One of the Indian languages 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
Subject
Marks
Paper-I
Essay
250 Marks
Paper-II
General Studies-I (Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society)
250 Marks
Paper-III
General Studies -II (Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations)
250 Marks
Paper-IV
General Studies -III (Technology, Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management)
250 Marks
Paper-V
General Studies -IV (Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude)
250 Marks
Paper-VI
Optional Subject – Paper 1
250 Marks
Paper-VII
Optional Subject – Paper 2
250 Marks
Optional Subject
Paper 2
250
Sub Total (Written test)
1750 Marks
Personality Test
275 Marks
Grand Total
2025 Marks
UPSC Civil Services Exam Center 2025
Agartala
Gorakhpur
Patna
Agra
Gurgaon
Portblair
Ajmer
Gwalior
Prayagraj (Allahabad)
Ahmedabad
Hyderabad
Puducherry
Aizawl
Imphal
Pune
Aligarh
Indore
Raipur
Almora (Uttarakhand)
Itanagar
Rajkot
Ananthapuru
Jabalpur
Ranchi
Aurangabad
Jaipur
Sambalpur
Bengaluru
Jammu
Shillong
Bareilly
Jodhpur
Shimla
Bhopal
Jorhat
Siliguri
Bilaspur
Kochi
Srinagar
Chandigarh
Kohima
Srinagar (Uttarakhand)
Chennai
Kolkatta
Surat
Coimbatore
Kozhikode (Calicut)
Thane
Cuttack
Leh
Thiruvananthapuram
Dehradun
Lucknow
Tiruchirapalli
Delhi
Ludhiana
Tirupati
Dharwar
Madurai
Udaipur
Dispur
Mumbai
Varanasi
Faridabad
Mysuru
Vellore
Gangtok
Nagpur
Vijayawada
Gautam Buddh Nagar
Nasik
Vishakhapatnam
Gaya
Navi Mumbai
Warangal
Ghaziabad
Panaji (Goa)
Number of attempts for UPSC Civil Service Exam 2025
Category
Number of attempts
SC /ST
Unlimited
OBC
09
PwBD
09 for GL/ EWS/ OBC Unlimited for SC/ ST
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