Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Monday, 20 July, announced that it will be holding the Personality Tests (PTs)/Interviews for the remaining candidates of the UPSC (IAS) Exam 2019 from 20-30 July and all the candidates have been suitably informed in advance.
Candidates are requested to visit the official website for further updates. These tests were scheduled between 23 March to 3 April 2020.
The civil services preliminary examination 2020 will be now held on Sunday, 4 October, and the main exams will be held on 8 January 2021. The prelims examination was earlier scheduled for 31 May 2020 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Civil Services Examination 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.
Candidates can check the revised dates for the exam online and any further updates on the commissions official website-upsc.gov.in.
Every year more than seven lakh candidates register for the UPSC Civil Services Prelims Exam.
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