Time Table for UPSC Civil Services Main Exam 2016
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the timetable for the Civil Services (Main) Examination 2016. The exam will begin on December 3 2016 (Saturday). Freshers may note that the complete syllabus for IAS/IPS exam – Prelims, Mains and Interview – is available in the link – UPSC syllabus. The details of the Main Exam timetable for 2016 is as follows:
Time Table for UPSC Civil Services Main Exam 2016
| Date | Day | Forenoon Session 9.00 A.M. to 12.00 Noon |
Afternoon Session 2.00 P.M. to 5.00 P.M. |
| 03.12.2016 | Saturday | Paper‐I Essay | — |
| 05.12.2016 | Monday | Paper‐II General Studies‐I | Paper‐III General Studies‐II |
| 06.12.2016 | Tuesday | Paper‐IV General Studies‐III | Paper‐V General Studies‐IV |
| 07.12.2016 | Wednesday | Paper A Indian Language* | Paper B English |
| 09.12.2016 | Friday | Paper‐VI Optional Paper‐I** | Paper‐VII Optional Paper‐II |
- The Indian Language paper (Paper A): Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi (Devanagari/Arabic Script), Tamil, Telugu, Urdu.
- The Optional Paper II (Paper VII) is for the following subjects: 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, Literature of any one of the following languages: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, English
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Candidates can now participate in the UPSC mains answer writing sessions by ClearIAS team. The program is available online for free from October 1 till October 30. The motive behind this initiative is to provide proper guidance for all serious UPSC civil services aspirants regarding the requirements of the mains exam (read: UPSC Mains Guidance). The program will be designed in such a way as to cover almost all relevant topics for UPSC mains within 30 days.
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Aspirants who aim for Prelims 2017 and Mains 2017
| The official notification will be out on: | 22nd February 2017 |
| Final date for submitting the application form: | 17th March 2017 |
| The Civil Services Exam 2017 (Prelims): | 18th June 2017 |
| The Civil Services Exam 2017 (Main Exam): | 28th October 2017 |
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