IAS Exam 2021: Exam Notification, Application process, Eligibility Criteria, Syllabus, Exam Dates and Patterns etc.

Introduction: IAS Exam 2021 is an all India level entrance exam conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for which notification will be released soon. In this article we will provide complete information on IAS EXAM 2021.

Due to current situation of the corona virus pandemic the dates needs to be re-confirmed.

About IAS exam in India

Indian Administrative Service (IAS) is the Civil Services Examination organized by the Union Public Service Commission of India (UPSC). IAS exam is considered to be one of the toughest entrance exams in India for which thousands of aspirants appear for the examination just to be selected by one of the recruiting agency ie. Union Government, State Government, and Public Sector Unit (PSU) for various job roles.

The hosting organization UPSC will release application form on its official web portal for which link will be provided below. The main qualification for the IAS exam is to have a graduation degree in prescribed age limit bracket to be eligible for the exam.

The UPSC notification will have all details and also we will provide all information possible like Application process, Eligibility Criteria, Syllabus, Exam Dates and Exam Patterns etc.

The recruitment process is done in 3 major parts which is

1. Preliminary Exam

2. Mains Written Exam

3. Personal Interview (Personality Test).

Please follow the complete article to obtain information on IAS Exam 2021

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IAS Exam 2021 Important Dates

Event	UPSC 2021 exam dates
Release of Official Notification	February 2021
Start Date of Online Registration for IAS Exam 2021	February 2021
Last Date for submitting online registration	March 2021
Release of UPSC IAS 2021 Admit Card	3rd week of May 2021
UPSC Civil Services Prelims 2021 Exam Date	May 2021
Declaration of IAS Prelims 2021 Result	July 2021
Civil Services (Main) 2021 Exam Date	September 2021
Declaration of IAS 2021 Main Result	November 201

IAS EXAM 2021 Eligibility Criteria

Nationality

Only Indian citizens who have valid Identity proof are eligible to apply for IAS exam 2021

Age Limit (as on 1^st August, 2021)

· The age bracket of candidate should be between 21 years to 32 years. The birth date should be not before 2^nd August 1987 and not after 1^st August 1998.

· Relaxation in age is given for OBC, ST/SC and PwD candidates.

Minimum Educational Qualifications

Applicant should have graduate degree in any discipline from a recognized university.

IAS Exam 2021 Application Form

All candidates who fulfill the eligibility criteria are entitled to apply online using the UPSC official website. For your reference here are few steps mentioned to follow in filling the application form.

The IAS exam 2021 application form can be filled and submitted on the online portal of UPSC website from 1^st week of February 2021. (upsc.gov.in)
Applicants have to upload necessary Photograph and documents in the online application form.
The format for the Photograph and Documents have been prescribed so kindly uses the format according to the guidelines.
The permitted size of the photograph should not above 3kb and below 40kb. The size of the signature should be 1kb.
Application fee submission can be done through e-challan form, net-banking, Visa/Master Credit/ Debit Card.
Always check the application form before submission for information fed into the form because once the information is submitted then correction is not possible.
Always take the printout of the application form till the last process of admission is completed.

IAS EXAM 2021 Application Fee

Candidates can deposit the fee through e-chalan form, net-banking, Visa/Master Credit/ Debit Card. Or they can deposit the fee by cash in State Bank of India (SBI).

Application fee charges: Rs 100/
For ST/SC/Female/Physically Handicapped candidates: Fee is exempted

IAS EXAM 2021 Exam Pattern

1. Preliminary Exam

The exam pattern for IAS entrance exam for preliminary examination is divided into 2 papers of 2 hours each. Each paper carries 200 marks. Below table has the detail of the exam pattern.

Paper-I:It is designed to check the candidate’s knowledge on current events, Indian history, Indian national movements, Indian & world geography, Indian polity, economy, social development, environmental ecology, biodiversity, etc.
Paper-II: It is designed to check candidate’s knowledge on comprehension, interpersonal skills, communication, logical reasoning, analytical ability, decision making, problem-solving, data interpretation, English language, etc.
The exam will be conducted in offline mode in 2 hours duration.
Each question will be 1/3 Mark penalty for the wrong answer.

Papers	Question paper details	Total Marks	Total Time
I	General Studies – This paper will be counted for qualifying to write the Civil Services Mains exam.	200	2 hrs
II	Aptitude test (CSAT) – This paper is of qualifying nature, but the candidate must score at least 33% marks in this paper. However, marks of this paper are not counted for writing the Mains examination.	200	2 hrs
Total		400	4 hrs

2. Main Exam

The main exam consists of a total of 9 papers. Further out 9 papers 7 are ranking papers and 2 are qualifying papers. This main exam is very crucial as the candidates who will qualify the main exam will be invited for personal interview.

Papers	Subjects	Marks
Paper A	One of the Indian languages from the list selected by the applicants (qualifying)	300
Paper B	English (qualifying)	300
Paper I	Essay	250
Paper-II	General studies I	250
Paper III	General Studies II	250
Paper IV	General Studies III	250
Paper V	General Studies IV	250
Paper VI, VII	2 papers on subjects to be selected by the applicants from the list of optional subjects (250 marks for each paper)	500
Sub-total	(of Written Exam)	1750
PI		275
Total marks		2025

3. Personal Interview

The IAS job is an administrative job which requires a lot human skills to handle situations and lead a diverse group of people. Therefore the personal interview of the candidate is to evaluate his/her ability to stand out in situations with sound mind power.

Applicants must expect questions related to intellectual skills, psychological abilities, social and worldly traits with good knowledge on current affairs.

The interview will test the knowledge as well as the confidence of the candidate. It’s good to prepare on current affairs, your personal take to handle those situations and ability to handle counter questions should also be included in the preparation for the personal interview.

IAS EXAM 2021 Admit Card

The provisional date to release the admit card is 3^rd week of May 2021. To download the admit card candidates have to visit the official website of the UPSC and candidates will have to use their login credentials to download the admit card.

A direct link will be provided on the official website of the UPSC where candidates can click on the link and get the admit card.

All candidates are requested to bring the admit card in the examination venue otherwise entry will not be allowed.

IAS EXAM 2021 Result

The UPSC official will declare the result of the preliminary IAS exam 2021 first after the one month of the IAS exams. Only candidates clearing the preliminary exams will be invited to appear in the main examination of the civil services.

The provisional date for the civil service main exam will be around September 2021. From here the applicants who have qualified the main exam and made into the IAS exam 2021 cut off list will be invited for the third process which is the interview (personality test).

IAS Exam 2021 Cut Off

The IAS exam 2021 cut off will be declared by the UPSC official for the next process of the selection process. Just to make you aware what you can expect from the cut off marks follow the table below for cut off marks for the year 2018.

IAS Exam cut off for the year 2018 for candidate’s reference.