UPSC CSE admit card 2024 expected soon at upsc.gov.in; prelims exam on June 16

NEW DELHI: Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Civil Service Examination preliminary exam 2024 will be held on June 16. The UPSC CSE admit card 2024 is expected to be issued soon at the official website, upsc.gov.in. The commission has announced that the UPSC IAS recruitment 2024 aims to fill around 1,056 vacancies, which include 40 posts reserved for Persons with Benchmark Disability (PwBD) category.

“The e-Admit Cards to these candidates will be available for downloading from the UPSC's Website along with other eligible candidates of Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2024, around one week before the date of Examination,” the UPSC said.

Candidates who have completed the UPSC one-time registration (OTR) before the deadline will be able to download the UPSC CSE 2024 admit card. They will have to key in their registration number and password generated during registration to download the e-admit card.

“The e-Admit Card will be made available on the UPSC website, upsconline.nic.in, for downloading by candidates. No Admit Card will be sent by post,” it said.

UPSC CSE prelims exam pattern

The UPSC civil services prelims will consist of two papers of objective type questions carrying a maximum of 400 marks. This is the screening test to shortlist candidates for UPSC CSE Mains 2024 exam.

The commission will draw a list of candidates to be qualified for IAS Main exam based on the criterion of minimum qualifying marks of 33% in general studies paper-II of Civil and total qualifying marks of general studies paper-I of prelims exam. Both paper 1 and 2 will be held for two hours duration each and will be in English and Hindi medium.