UPSC issues admit cards 2025 for LDCE, Officers’ Grade B, announces exam pattern for all categories

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has announced the exam pattern for the Combined Section Officers’ Grade ‘B’ Limited Departmental Competitive Examination (LDCE) for the year 2025. The UPSC admit cards for the LDCE, Combined Stenos’ Grade B exam have also been issued on the official website, upsconline.gov.in.

The commission will conduct the competitive exam at nine exam centres across the country – Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, Nagpur, Noida (Gautam Buddha Nagar), Ghaziabad, Faridabad, and Gurugram.

The exam is conducted for recruitment across various categories and the final vacancies have not been finalized yet.

• Category I Section Officers’ Grade of the Central Secretariat Service
• Category II Sections Officer Grade of the General Cadre of the IndianForeign Service, Branch ‘B’
• Category III Section Officers’ Grade of the Railway Board Secretariat Service
• Category VIII Section Officers’ Grade of the Intelligence Bureau
• Category X Section Officers in Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service
• Category XI Assistant Director/Section Officers/Manager Gr.I in Employees’ State Insurance Corporation.

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UPSC LDCE, Officers’ Grade B 2025: Exam pattern

The objective-type paper will carry 150 marks and subjective-type will consist of 200 marks. The UPSC has announced the detailed exam pattern for the recruitment exam.