Update: Clarification on fresh attempts and age relaxation in Civil Services Examination : With reference to the decision of the Competent Authority conveyed earlier, the existing position in respect of number of attempts and maximum age limits for various categories of candidates and the changes as approved in number of attempts & age-limits consequent to providing two additional attempts would be as under:-
Number of attempts and age limit for UPSC IAS exam
- For a general category candidate, the maximum age limit permissible to write UPSC prelims would be 32 years. Number of attempts permissible would be 6.
- For an OBC candidate, the maximum age limit permissible to write UPSC prelims would be 35 years. Number of attempts permissible would be 9.
- For an SC/ST candidate, the maximum age limit permissible to write UPSC prelims would be 37 years. Number of attempts permissible would be unlimited within that age-limit.
- For a PH candidate belonging to general category, the maximum age limit permissible would be 42 years. That would be 45 for a PH candidate in OBC and 47 for a PH candidate in SC/ST. The number of attempts permitted would be 9 for a PH candidate in general categorty and OBC while it is unlimited for SC/ST.
Get the official notification about age relaxation from DoPT here.
Raghu says
July 30, 2017 at 11:35 amI will be in final year of bba distance education & exam will be conducted in December 2019 , results 2 months later & im 35 years old (obc category) by that time, am I eligible for ias exams 2019. plz clarify me
Manoj Kumar says
March 6, 2018 at 8:43 amI am Manojkumar my age is 33yer old. Can I apply or not.
heena says
January 27, 2019 at 6:16 pmmy age is 39 can i apply
Aditi Shukla says
May 1, 2019 at 12:24 amमेरी जन्म तिथि 30/01/1988 है क्या मैं यूपी एससी परीक्षा 2020 मे बैठ सकती हूं
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