IAS Exam 2020 - Admit Card (Out), Pattern, Syllabus, Result
IAS Exam 2020: Union Public Service Commission has released the exam schedule of UPSC Mains 2020. The exam will be conducted from January 8 - 17, 2020 in two sessions i.e. Morning and Evening. The commission has also released IAS Mains Admit Card 2020 on its official website on December 17, 2020.
Earlier, UPSC had released UPSC Prelims Result on October 23, 2020. The prelims exam was conducted on October 4, 2020, in offline mode. Candidates qualified in the IAS prelims exam will be eligible to appear in the mains exam.
IAS exam is conducted in three stages i.e. Prelims, Mains, and Personality Test. As the exam is conducted nationwide, it is highly competitive and considered to be the toughest exam in the country. IAS exam is conducted to recruit candidates for the prestigious civil services of the country.
Many candidates work hard to crack the exam but they fail to ace the IAS exam on the first attempt. The right preparation strategy and accurate guidance can help you nail the exam and you can make it to the reputed administrative positions of the country.
To help you out to understand what the exam is about and what all criteria you need to fulfill to appear in the exam, we have curated this article to give you detailed information on the IAS exam. So, let's go through the article without wasting a bit of a second.
Download UPSC Mains Exam Schedule 2020
IAS Exam 2020 - Highlights
Exam Conducting Body |
Union Public Service Commission |
Full-Form |
India Administrative Services |
Periodicity |
Once in a Year |
Official Website |
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Application Mode |
Online (Over) |
Application Fee |
100 |
Exam Mode |
Offline |
Stages of Exam |
Prelims, Mains, Personality Test |
Number of Vacancies |
796 |
Helpline Number |
011-23098543 / 23385271 / 23381125 / 23098591 |
IAS exam 2020 Important Dates
UPSC has released the exam dates of prelims and mains exam in UPSC exam calendar 2020. Later, in the IAS notification 2020, the commission has released all the dates of the various events of the exam. In the table given below, we have curated the list of all the exam events along with its dates.
Events |
Dates |
IAS exam notification 2020 |
February 12, 2020 |
UPSC IAS Application Form Filling Starts |
February 12, 2020 |
UPSC IAS Application Form Filling Ends |
March 3, 2020 |
UPSC IAS Prelims Admit Card Release |
September 1, 2020 |
UPSC IAS Prelims Exam 2020 |
May 31, 2020 October 4, 2020 |
UPSC IAS Prelims Result 2020 |
October 23, 2020 |
DAF Form Filling |
October 28 - November 11, 2020 |
UPSC IAS Mains Admit Card Release |
December 17, 2020 |
UPSC IAS Mains Exam 2020 |
September 18, 2020 January 8, 2021 |
UPSC IAS Mains Result 2020 |
To be Notified |
UPSC IAS Personality Test 2020 |
March 2021 |
Also Check Revised UPSC Exam Calendar 2020