UPSC 2023 – Exam Date, Eligibility, Syllabus & Exam Pattern | News & Notifications: UPSC PDF Download

Union Public Service Commission has released the exam dates for UPSC 2023 on their official website. According to the UPSC schedule, the prelim exam will be conducted on May 28, 2023.

UPSC Exam 2023 Overview

The Union Public Service Commission conducts the IAS examination, once a year. Candidates who want to appear for the UPSC 2023 exam should prepare in advance to improve their exam-clearing chance with a higher score. Every year, millions of aspirant give the exam however, few of them make it out. Let’s take a look at the UPSC 2023 exam overview first:

UPSC Exam Date 2023

The UPSC calendar for session 2023 is released now. The candidates who want to appear for the exam should keep a track of the exam events with the dates. Although, the exam dates have been released. Here we have enlisted the important dates for the candidates, take a look at it:

UPSC Eligibility Criteria 2023

In the official notification, the candidates can get the complete eligibility criteria for appearing in the examination. The candidates need to check the UPSC Eligibility Criteria 2023 to apply for the same. If the candidates are not eligible for the exam but they still apply for the same then there will be issues later on.

Also, for the UPSC 2023 exam, 3 factors are important in terms of eligibility such as age, qualification and nationality. There is no minimum percentage required in graduation to appear for the UPSC 2023 exam.
UPSC Age Criteria – The age limit for the UPSC 2023 must be calculated as of August 1, 2023.

UPSC Age Relaxation 2023

UPSC provides age relaxation for different categories. The candidates must check the age relaxation details for the exam.

Nationality for the UPSC Exam

A candidate should be:

• Citizen of India
• Citizen of Nepal
• Citizen of Bhutan
• Any Tibetan refugee (should be settled here before Jan 1st, 1962)
• Migrated from Malawi, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Vietnam and Zaire.

UPSC 2023 Required Educational Qualification

The UPSC exam does not need a big certificate of educational qualification from the applicants. The candidates should have any graduation level degree from any government-recognized university or UGC-approved university. The graduation could be done in any branch. Those who are in their final year of graduation are also eligible to apply for UPSC. However, their graduation result should be declared before the final exam of UPSC.

UPSC 2023 Application Process

The candidates who are willing to apply for the UPSC 2023, can follow the following steps – Open the official website of UPSC.

• Click on the UPSC Notification and download the same.
• Find the UPSC 2023 Application Form link and click on the Apply button.
• Start filling out the application form with all the required information.
• Cross-check the details once before submitting the UPSC application form.

Guidelines while filling out the UPSC 2023 Application Form

• Scan the picture and signature properly.
• Fill out the application form for UPSC as soon as possible.
• Do not forget to pay the UPSC Application Form Fee.
• Give the details of any one of the government IDs such as Aadhar card, Voter Card, PAN, Passport, DL, etc.

UPSC 2023 Admit Card

The Union Public Service Commission will release the UPSC IAS 2023 admit card on the official website. The hall ticket will be released in the online format. The commission will release the hall ticket separately for prelims and mains examination. UPSC will release the prelims admit card first and the candidates who clear the exam will be able to sit in the mains. They will receive the Mains admit card at their official website. At the exam time, the candidates need to bring the hall ticket to the exam centre along with a valid ID card. Without the UPSC IAS 2023 hall ticket and original ID proof, the candidates will not be allowed to sit at the examination.

Details mentioned on UPSC 2023 Admit Card
On the UPSC 2023 admit card, the relevant and requisite information will be mentioned on the UPSC 2023 admit card. The candidates need to check all the details printed on the UPSC IAS 2023 hall ticket. In case of any discrepancy on the hall ticket, the candidates should immediately contact the authorities to resolve it at hand. The details will be mentioned in the admit card are as follows:

• Name of the candidate
• Roll Number of the candidate
• Gender
• Category of the candidate
• Date of birth
• Exam date and timings
• Exam Centre name
• Exam centre address and other details
• Photo of the candidate
• Signature of the candidate
• Exam day guidelines

UPSC Exam Pattern 2023

The candidates need to understand the UPSC exam pattern is an important part of the exam preparation. Getting a good insight into the UPSC Exam Pattern will surely help you to gain more marks.

UPSC Prelims Exam Pattern 2023:
The UPSC prelims exam pattern consists of the following details regarding the exam pattern and marking scheme:

• Exam is subjective
• UPSC Prelims exam is divided into papers one and two.
• GS Paper 1 has topics such as History, Geography, Economics, Polity, and Current Affairs,
• GS Paper 2 has topics related to basic quantitative reasoning, logical reasoning, comprehension, and DI.
• UPSC Prelims has a negative marking too. For every wrong answer, there will be a deduction of 0.33.
• GS Paper 2 is qualifying in nature, which needs only 33% to score for the candidates.

UPSC 2023 Mains Exam Pattern

UPSC CSE 2023 Exam Centers

The Union Public Service Commission will release the UPSC 2023 exam centres list along with their official notification. The UPSC Civil Services exam for prelims will be conducted on May 28. 2023. Also, last year, the UPSC added 2 new centres for the prelims, so now the prelims exam centre list reached 79.

UPSC CSE 2023 Prelims Exam Centre

UPSC CSE 2023 Mains Exam Centre

UPSC 2023 Syllabus

The Union Public Service Commission conducts the civil services examination to recruit eligible candidates for different Grade A posts in the government sector. To clear the UPSC examination after the prelims, only 4-5 months will never be sufficient. For cracking the UPSC, you will have to prepare for prelims and mains from day one of your preparation. To grab this prestigious job, the candidates need to score enough marks to crack the required cut-off. For clearing the exam, the candidates need to understand the complete UPSC 2023 syllabus.  

UPSC Prelims Syllabus for General Studies (Paper I)

• History of India and the Indian National Movement
• Current Affairs (Events) of National and International importance
• Indian and World Geography – Social, Physical, and Economic Geography of India & World
• Economic and Social Development – Poverty. Social Sector Initiatives, Demographics. Etc.
• Indian Polity and Governance
• General Science
• General Issues on Environmental

UPSC IAS Prelims Syllabus for CSAT (Paper-II)
The candidates can check the syllabus for the CSAT paper here. This section requires a lot of practice, reading newspapers, and articles, solving mock tests etc.

• Interpersonal skills
• Communication skills
• Comprehension
• Decision-making and problem-solving skills
• Logical reasoning and analytical skills
• General mental ability

UPSC IAS Mains Syllabus 2023

UPSC Mains exam includes 9 papers and the candidates will need to score minimum qualifying marks for each subject. Except for the language paper, the rest of the tests will be scored. The language papers are qualifying in nature.