Introduction: IAS Exam 2025 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 2025.
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
- Mains Written Exam
- Personal Interview (Personality Test).
Please follow the complete article to obtain information on IAS Exam 2025
IAS Exam 2025 Important Dates
| Events | Exam Dates |
| UPSC CSE 2025 Notification release Date | Feb-25 |
| Date of Application form availability | Feb-25 |
| Online Application form Last date Submit | Feb-25 |
| Prelims Exam Admit Card | May-25 |
| UPSC IAS 2025 Prelims Date | Jun-25 |
| Preliminary exam result | Jun-25 |
| Admit Card for Main Exam | September 2025 |
| Exam Date (Main) | September 2025 |
| Final result Announced | To be announced |
IAS EXAM 2025 Eligibility Criteria
| Nationality
Only Indian citizens who have valid Identity proof are eligible to apply for IAS exam 2025 |
| Age Limit (as on 1st August, 2025)
· The age bracket of candidate should be between 21 years to 32 years. The birth date should be not before 2nd August 1987 and not after 1st 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. |
Vacancies to be Filled
The number of vacancies to be filled through the examination is 816 which include 34 vacancies reserved for Persons with Benchmark Disability Category i.e,
| Post Name | Total Vacancies |
| Blindness and low vision- | 07 Posts |
| Deaf and hard of hearing- | 11 Posts |
| Locomotor disability- | 08 Posts |
| Persons with Multiple disabilities- | 08 Posts |
IAS 2025 Eligibility Criteria:
The aspirants applying for the examination first check the IAS 2025 Eligibility of the examination. Only those candidates fulfilling the criteria can fill the application form.
Nationality for IAS:
The candidate should be a citizen of India. Besides citizens of Bhutan, Nepal, and Tibetan refugees who came before 1st Jan 1962 can also apply for the exam. Also, candidates of Indian origin who have migrated from counties like Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Malawi, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam and Myanmar, etc can apply.
IAS Exam 2025 Age Limit:
The candidate should have completed 21 years and the maximum age limit is 32 years. The candidates of reserved categories will get relaxation.
- SC/ST: 5 years
- OBC: 3 years
- Defense service personnel: 3 years.
- Ex-servicemen including commissioned officers ECOs/SSCOs: 5 years
IAS Exam 2025 Education Qualifications:
The candidate applying for UPSC Civil Services Exam 2025 must have done graduation from any recognized university or institution. The candidate who is in the final year of graduation can also apply for the examination. The candidates who have appeared for the passing examination and are waiting for the result can also apply.
Number of Attempts:
- General: 6 Attempts
- SC/ST: no limit
- OBC: 9 Attempts
IAS Exam 2025 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 2025 application form can be filled and submitted on the online portal of UPSC website. (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 2025 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 2025 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 2025 Admit Card
The provisional date to release the admit card is September 2025. 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 2025 Result
The UPSC official will declare the result of the preliminary IAS exam 2025 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 October 2025. From here the applicants who have qualified the main exam and made into the IAS exam 2025 cut off list will be invited for the third process which is the interview (personality test).
IAS Exam 2025 Cut Off
The IAS exam 2025 cut off will be declared by the UPSC official for the next step 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 Prelims Cut Off 2021
| Category | IAS Prelims Cut off (out of 198) |
| General | 87.54 |
| EWS | 80.14 |
| OBC | 84.85 |
| SC | 75.41 |
| ST | 70.71 |
| PwBD1 | 68.02 |
| PwBD2 | 67.33 |
| PwBD3 | 43.09 |
| PwBD5 | 45.80 |
IAS Mains Cut Off 2021
| Category | IAS Prelims Cut off
(Out of 198)** |
IAS Main cut off
(Out of 1750) |
IAS Cut off (Final)
(Out of 2025) |
| General | 87.54 | 745 | 953 |
| EWS | 80.14 | 713 | 916 |
| OBC | 84.85 | 707 | 910 |
| SC | 75.41 | 700 | 886 |
| ST | 70.71 | 700 | 883 |
| PwBD1 | 68.02 | 668 | 892 |
| PwBD2 | 67.33 | 712 | 932 |
| PwBD3 | 43.09 | 388 | 689 |
| PwBD5 | 45.80 | 560 | 701 |
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