• Civil Services Examination

Eligibility Conditions:

• For the Indian Administrative Service, the Indian Foreign Service and the Indian Police Service,  a candidate must be a citizen of India.
• For other services, a candidate must be either
• a citizen of India, or
• a subject of Nepal, or
• a subject of Bhutan, or
• a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or

Age Limits:

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   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, 2020 i.e., he must have been born not earlier than 2nd August, 1988 and not later than 1st August, 1999. Necessary action to make corresponding changes in respective Rules/Regulations pertaining to various services is being taken separately. 
• The upper age-limit prescribed above will be relaxable
• up to a maximum of five years if a candidate belongs to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe;
• up to a maximum of three years in the case of candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable to such candidates;
• up to a maximum of three years in the case of Defence Services Personnel, disabled in operations during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof;
• up to a maximum of five years in the case of ex-servicemen including Commissioned
• Officers and ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least five years Military Service as on 1st August, 2020 and have been released;

Minimum Educational Qualifications :

The candidate must hold a degree of any of educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a  University Under Section-3Universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other 

Number of attempts

Restrictions on applying for the examination

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Offline Dates

• 27/06/2021

Examination Day Instructions