Job.info Name of examination: Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2025
No of vacancy: 979 posts
Age Limit: A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 32 years on the 1st of August, 2025 i.e., the candidate must have been born not earlier than 2nd August, 1993 and not later than 1st August, 2004.
Age Relaxation: Category-wise age relaxation is as mentioned below.
1. SC/ ST: 5 years
2. OBC: 3 years
3. PwBD: 10 years
Educational Qualification: A candidate must hold a degree of any of the Universities incorporated by an Act of the central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 or possess an equivalent qualification.
Appearing Candidates: Candidates who have appeared at a qualifying examination the passing of which would render them educationally qualified for the Commission’s Examination but have not been informed of the result as also the candidates who intend to appear at such a qualifying examination will also be eligible for admission to the written part of Civil Services Examination, 2025. However, all such candidates, who are declared qualified by the Commission for Interview/Personality Test, will be required to produce proof of passing of the requisite qualifying examination within the time limit prescribed in Rule 13 of CSE, 2025.
UPSC Civil Services (Pre) Examination Scheme:
The Civil Services Examination will consist of two successive stages :
(i) Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination (Objective type) for the selection of candidates for the Main Examination; and
(ii) Civil Services (Main) Examination (Written and Interview) for the selection of candidates for the various Services and posts noted above.
Examination Centres @ Assam: Jorhat and Dispur .
Application Fee: Category-wise application fee is as under.
| Category | Fee |
| SC/ST/Women/PwBD category | Nil |
| Other category | Rs. 100/- |
How to Apply:
Interested and eligible candidates may apply online for these vacancy through online mode by visiting official UPSC Recruitment Portal.
Important Dates:
1. Starting date of submission of online application: 22nd January 2025
2. Last date of submission of online application: 11th February 2025, 6 PM
3. Date of Preliminary Exam: 25th May 2025