Civil Services

Civil Services

UPSC CSE 2025 Mains Exam from August 22

PUBLISH DATE 16th July 2025

UPSC Civil Services Main Exam 2025 Schedule: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has announced the exam dates for the Civil Services Examination (CSE) Mains 2025. According to the announcement, the written examination will be conducted over five days, from August 22 to August 31. The exam will be conducted with two three-hour papers scheduled each day.

This year, a total of 14,161 candidates have qualified the UPSC Prelims 2025 to appear in the UPSC CSE Mains exam. These candidates will now participate in the written stage, following which the interview round is held for qualified candidates.

UPSC Civil Services Main Exam 2025: Complete paper-wise schedule below

Date (Day) Forenoon Session (9 am to 12 noon) Afternoon Session (2:30 pm to 5:30 pm)
August 22, (Friday) Paper I – Essay No Paper
August 23 (Saturday) Paper II – General Studies-I Paper III – General Studies-II
August 24 (Sunday) Paper IV – General Studies-III Paper V – General Studies-IV
August 30 (Saturday)

Paper A – Indian Language

Story continues below this ad

(List of languages below)

Paper B – English
August 31 (Sunday)

Paper VI – Optional Subject – Paper 1

(List of subjects below)

Paper VII – Optional Subject – Paper 2

(Same subjects as Paper VI)

List of languages for 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, Telugu, Urdu

List of optional subjects for Paper-VI & VII:

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.

This also includes literature of any one of the following languages – Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, English

UPSC Civil Services Main Exam 2025: When will admit cards be issued?

The Commission generally releases e-admit cards two to three weeks prior to the start of the examination. Given that the Mains are scheduled from August 22 to 31, candidates can expect the UPSC CSE Mains admit card to be issued in the second week of August 2025 on the official website of the Commission.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

VidyarthiMitra Career Guidance

Admission Guidance 2024: WhatsApp https://wa.me/917720025900

Get real-time alerts and all the news on your phone with the all-new VidyarthiMitra app. Download from Google Play

Aptitude Test | Career Counselling | Option From Filling | Admission Assistance | 

Call 77200 25900 or 77200 81400                   

11th Admissions (FYJC) & DTE Cut-off | Cutoffs 2024 |

We bring you the fastest and most relevant notifications on Bank, Railways, and Government Jobs. Stay Connected 
Join us on WhatsApp https://wa.me/917720025900

| Cutoffs & Opening Closing Ranks => CSAB 2024 | JoSSA 2024 | MHT-CET 2024 | MBA 2024 | Pharmacy 2024 | Polytechnic 2024

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Get free Educational & jobs alerts on WhatsApp OR Telegram(https://t.me/VidyarthiMitra) Save this mobile number (77200 25900) on your phone as VidyarthiMitra.org and send a WhatsApp message (Your Name, City & Interest)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'विद्यार्थी मित्र' जॉईन करा आणि मिळवा न्यूज, नोकरी, शासकीय व निमशासकीय नोकऱ्यांच्या जाहिराती व माहिती अगदी विनामूल्य ते ही आपल्या व्हॉटस्अॅपवर किंवा* *टेलेग्राम (https://t.me/VidyarthiMitra) 77200 25900 हा मोबाईल नं. सेव्ह करून आपले <नाव> <शहर> <नोकरी/शिक्षण> पाठवा.


Related News


UPSC CSE 2025 Mains Exam from August 22
12th July 2025

MPSC Group C Result

UPSC CSE 2025 Mains Exam from August 22
10th July 2025

UPSC CMS Admit card 2025:

UPSC CSE 2025 Mains Exam from August 22
23rd June 2025

PRATIBHA Setu UPSC

UPSC CSE 2025 Mains Exam from August 22
21st May 2025

UPSC Prelims Exam 2025

UPSC CSE 2025 Mains Exam from August 22
20th May 2025

Gk Quiz in Marathi

UPSC CSE 2025 Mains Exam from August 22
17th May 2025

MPSC Group B Exam Result

UPSC CSE 2025 Mains Exam from August 22
21st April 2025

UPSC Final Result 2025

UPSC CSE 2025 Mains Exam from August 22
17th April 2025

MPSC Prelims 2025

UPSC CSE 2025 Mains Exam from August 22
16th April 2025

ICAI CA May admit card 2025

UPSC CSE 2025 Mains Exam from August 22
6th March 2025

NDA/NA Exam 2025

UPSC CSE 2025 Mains Exam from August 22
6th March 2025

UPSC CAPF ACs 2025

UPSC CSE 2025 Mains Exam from August 22
3rd March 2025

RPF SI Cut Off 2025 Out

UPSC CSE 2025 Mains Exam from August 22
28th February 2025

SSC CPO 2024 paper 2 exam city

UPSC CSE 2025 Mains Exam from August 22
20th February 2025

UPSC CMS 2025

UPSC CSE 2025 Mains Exam from August 22
19th February 2025

UPSC CSE 2025:

UPSC CSE 2025 Mains Exam from August 22
10th February 2025

UPSC CSE 2025

UPSC CSE 2025 Mains Exam from August 22
12th December 2024

UPSC CSE 2024 Result

UPSC CSE 2025 Mains Exam from August 22
10th December 2024

UPSC CSE Mains Result 2024

UPSC CSE 2025 Mains Exam from August 22
28th November 2024

RRB RPF Exam Date 2024

UPSC CSE 2025 Mains Exam from August 22
18th November 2024

ICSI CSEET November Result 2024