Civil Services Examination (Preliminary)

Preliminary screening for IAS/IFS/IPS and other services

Exam facts

Conducting body: Union Public Service Commission
Coverage: National · All India
Record status: Active recurring
Last checked: 2026-09-18

Prelims is common with IFoS.

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Date records: 12
Eligibility rules: 8
Cutoff records: 27
Syllabus topics: 0
Related syllabus links: 0
Indexed papers: 20

Preparation note

Practise General Studies I and II as separate timed papers. Treat Paper II as a qualifying threshold and analyse mistakes in comprehension, reasoning and numeracy.

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