I.S.S. Examination 2026 Exam - Dates, Registration, Eligibility, Syllabus, Exam Pattern
Indian Statistical Service Examination 2026 or I.S.S. Examination 2026 is the entrance examination for admission to I.S.S.. I.S.S. Examination 2026 is conducted by Union Public Service Commission.
I.S.S. Examination for the year 2026 has been announced by Union Public Service Commission and will be held on 19/06/2026. The application forms will be available from 11/02/2026 till 03/03/2026. The exam is in written mode. It is being conducted in English language. The result date will be announced later.
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I.S.S. Examination 2026 Conducting Body
Union Public Service Commission
I.S.S. Examination 2026 Eligibility Criteria
Nationality
- A citizen of India
- A subject of Nepal
- A subject of Bhutan
- A Tibetan refugee who came over to India, before the 1st January, 1962, with the
intention of permanently settling in India
- A person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East
African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethiopia or Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.
Educational Qualifications:
- A candidate for the Indian Statistical Service must have obtained a Bachelor's Degree with Statistics/Mathematical Statistics/Applied Statistics as one of the subjects or a Master's degree in Statistics/Mathematical Statistics/Applied Statistics from a University incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other Educational Institutes established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as University under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 or a Foreign University approved by the Central Government from time to time.
I.S.S. Examination 2026 Important Dates
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Last Date |
| Application Form |
11/02/2026 |
03/03/2026
06:00 pm
06:00 pm
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| I.S.S. Examination 2026 Exam Date |
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Offline Dates
19/06/2026
to  21/06/2026
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I.S.S. Examination 2026 Prospectus
I.S.S. Examination 2026 Exam Pattern
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Offline Exam |
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Theory |
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I.S.S. Examination 2026 Syllabus
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I.S.S. Examination 2026 Exam Day Instructions
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Examination Day Instructions
Before entering the Exam Centre
- Try to reach the exam centre one hour prior to the time advised in the admit card.
- Before leaving for the site, please have a hearty breakfast or light lunch depending on the session. Drink plenty of fluids; as in summers dehydration can set in affecting your performance in the exam.
- Have a cookie or a chocolate just before entering the centre; this prevents hypoglycaemia and thus helps you stay alert longer improving your results.
- If it is a busy centre, then don’t wait till last for the entry and security check.
- Centre will not allow you to enter after the stipulated time of closing the doors.
- Admission to the Exam Centre is with the Admit Card; no candidates shall be admitted to the test without the production of the Admit Card at the Test Centre.
- Usually no bags are allowed.
- No eatables are allowed.
- No communication equipment such as mobile phones / pager / wireless set, scanner, camera or any such electronic / digital gadget etc are allowed in the exam centre; carrying one will lead to disqualification.
After entering the Centre
- Once candidates enter the centre, they should locate their designated hall and seat.
- If mentioned, candidates will be hand frisked as well as photographed or video graphed before entering the centre
- After all the formalities, candidates should enter the allotted hall and take the designated seat.
- No candidate shall be allowed to leave the examination hall before the expiry of half of the time allotted for the respective paper.
- For Objective Type question papers, rough work is to be done in the space provided for this purpose. No rough work is allowed on the OMR Answer Sheet under any situation.
- Questions have to be answered on the answer sheet only.
- Copying, use of unfair means of any kind, talking, asking questions from other candidates or borrowing of material inside the Test Centre is strictly prohibited.
- The candidates are to return their OMR answer sheets and the question paper in full to the Centre Superintendent. Tearing or taking away of the question paper is not allowed failing which the candidates shall be disqualified from the entire Entrance Test.
- Smoking is not allowed.
- Misbehaviour of any kind can lead to the expulsion of the candidate.
- Caught copying helping in copying will mean cancellation of the answer sheet / cancellation of the candidature.
- Marking the answer sheet or question paper in any way will also lead to the cancellation of the exam for that candidate.
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I.S.S. Examination 2026 Results
Result dates may be checked on the official webpage.