The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) published the Civil Services Examination (CSE) Mains 2024 schedule today i.e. on 9 August 2024. Interested candidates can visit the official website- upsc.gov.in and check the full schedule.
As per the schedule, the UPSC CSE Mains exam 2024 will be conducted between 20 and 29 September in two shifts- morning session from 9 am to 12 noon and afternoon session from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm.
Candidates who qualified UPSC CSE Prelims 2024 will be eligible to appear for the IAS examination. The UPSC CSE prelims result 2024 was announced on 1 July for the prelims exam conducted on 16 June 2024. Through the exam, the commission aims to fill 1,056 vacancies including 40 seats reserved for the Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD).
UPSC CSE Mains Schedule 2024
20 September
Paper 1 Essay- 20 September (Forenoon session)
21 September
Paper 2 General Studies 1 (Forenoon session); Paper 3 General Studies 2 (Afternoon session)
22 September
Paper 4 General Studies 3 (Forenoon session); Paper 5 General Studies 4 (Afternoon session)
28 September
Paper A Indian Language [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/Telegu/Urdu] (Forenoon session); Paper B English (Afternoon session)
29 September
Paper 6 Optional Subject Paper-1 [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 of anyone of the languages] (Forenoon session)
Paper 7 Optional Subject Paper-2 [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 of anyone of the languages] (Afternoon session)