UPSC Civil Services Mains 2024: UPSC Civil Services Mains 2024 Exam Schedule OUT at upsc.gov.in

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the exam exam schedule for UPSC Civil Services Mains 2024 at upsc.gov.in

UPSC Civil Services Mains 2024 Exam Dates Released

Saloni | Aug 10, 2024 |

UPSC Civil Services Mains 2024: UPSC Civil Services Mains 2024 Exam Schedule OUT at upsc.gov.in

UPSC Civil Services Mains 2024: UPSC Civil Services Mains 2024 Exam Schedule OUT at upsc.gov.in

UPSC Civil Services Mains 2024 Exam: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the exam exam schedule for UPSC Civil Services Mains 2024. The UPSC Civil Services Mains 2024 Exam is scheduled to be conducted between September 20 to September 29, 2024. The exam will be organised in two sessions each day, one will be a morning session from 9 to 12 PM and the other will be an afternoon session from 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM.

The UPSC Civil Services Mains 2024 Exam will be conducted for those candidates who have cleared the UPSC CSE Prelims 2024 Exam. The result for UPSC CSE Prelims 2024 Exam was announced on July 1, 2024, and the exam was conducted on June 16, 2024. A total of 14,627 candidates successfully cleared the Prelims exam and are now eligible to attend the UPSC Civil Services Mains 2024 Exam.

Table of Content
  1. UPSC Civil Services Mains 2024 Exam: Highlights
  2. UPSC Civil Services Mains 2024 Exam: Important Dates
  3. UPSC Civil Services Mains 2024 Exam: How to Check Schedule
  4. UPSC Civil Services Mains 2024 Exam: Schedule

UPSC Civil Services Mains 2024 Exam: Highlights

The key highlights related to the UPSC Civil Services Mains 2024 Exam are as follows:

UPSC Mains Exam Pattern
Particular Detail
Exam Mode Offline Pen and paper-based
Nature of Exam Descriptive Type
Total Papers Nine
Qualifying Papers Two (Paper A and Paper B)
Duration of Exam 3 Hours/Each
Marks for Qualifying Papers 300 Marks
Passing Criteria in Qualifying Papers 75 Marks
Marks for Paper I to Paper VII 250 Marks each
Total Marks 1750 Marks

UPSC Civil Services Mains 2024 Exam: Important Dates

The important dates related to the UPSC Civil Services Mains 2024 Exam are listed in the below table:

UPSC Mains 2024 Important Dates
Events Dates
UPSC Prelims 2024 16-Jun-24
UPSC Prelims Results 01 July 2024
UPSC Mains 2024 Notification  03-Jul-24
DAF 1 Released 03-Jul-24
Last date to fill out DAF 1 12 July 2024 (6:00 PM)
UPSC Mains Admit Card September 2024 (Tentative)
UPSC Mains Exam Date 2024 20-Sep-24
UPSC Mains Result Date To be announced

UPSC Civil Services Mains 2024 Exam: How to Check Schedule

The candidates eligible for the UPSC Civil Services Mains 2024 Exam can check the below-listed steps to download their exam schedule:

  • Step 1: Visit the official website of UPSE at upsc.gov.in.
  • Step 2: At the homepage, search for the link that is related to the UPSC Civil Services Main Exam 2024 schedule.
  • Step 3: Click the link, this will open a new PDF file on the screen.
  • Step 4: Download the schedule and keep a hard copy of the same for further use.

UPSC Civil Services Mains 2024 Exam: Schedule

Each paper of the UPSC Civil Services Mains 2024 Exam will be of 3 hours and the entire exam will be held in two shifts.

  • The UPSC Mains test will start with the essay paper in the morning shift on September 20, 2024. That day, there will not be any other papers.
  • Paper 1 GS I and Paper 2 GS 2 will be held in morning and afternoon sessions on September 21, 2024, the day after.
  • In the same way, there will be two shifts for the remaining papers: 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. and 2:30 P.M. to 5:30 P.M.
  • Paper A (Indian Language) and Paper V will be five days later.

Below we have mentioned the exam schedule for the UPSC Civil Services Mains 2024 Exam:

 Time Table for UPSC Mains 2024
Shift Morning Session Afternoon Session
Date (Day) 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. 2:30 P.M. to 5:30 P.M.
20/9/2024 (Friday) Paper-I: Essay No Paper
21/9/2024 (Saturday) Paper-II: General Studies-I Paper-III: General Studies-II
22/9/2024 (Sunday) Paper-IV: General Studies-III Paper-V: General Studies-IV
Next Weekend
28/9/2024 (Saturday) Paper-A: Indian Language Paper-B: English
29/9/2024 (Sunday) Paper-VI: Optional Subject-Paper-1 Paper-VII: Optional Subject-Paper-2
  • Indian Language (Paper-A) options include:

Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali (Devanagari/Olchiki Script), Sindhi (Devanagari/Arabic Script), Tamil, Telugu, Urdu.

  • Optional Subject (Paper-VI & Paper-VII) options include:

Agriculture, Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science, Anthropology, Botany, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Commerce & Accountancy, Economics, Electrical Engineering, Geography, Geology, History, Law, Management, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Medical Science, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science & International Relations, Psychology, Public Administration, Sociology, Statistics, Zoology, Literature

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