UPSC Exam Schedule for Civil Services Main Exam 2016: www.upsc.gov.in
The Civil Services/ IAS Main Exam exam schedule is released on the official website of UPSC, www.upsc.gov.in. UPSC will held the Main examination in two sessions from December 3 to December 9.
The Civil Services/ IAS Main morning session exam will be held from 9:30 am to 12 noon while the afternoon session exam will be held from 2 pm to 5 pm. The first paper (essay) exam will be held on December 3.
Exam date
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Morning session
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Afternoon session
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December 3 (Saturday)
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Paper-I (Essay)
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December 5 (Monday)
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Paper- II General Studies
(Paper-I)
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Paper-
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December 6 (Tuesday)
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Paper- IV General Studies
(Paper-
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Paper- V, General Studies
(Paper-IV)
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December 7 (Wednesday)
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Paper A (Indian Language)
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Paper B (English)
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December 9 (Friday)
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Paper VI (Optional
Paper-I)
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Paper
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Exams for language papers, Indian languages (Assamese/ Bengali/ Bodo/ Dogri/ Gujarati/ Kashmiri/ Hindi/ Kanada/ Konkani/ Maithili/ Malayalam/ Manipuri/ Nepali/ Marathi/ Oriya/ Punjabi/ Sanskriti/ Santhali/ Sindhi (Devangari/ Arabic script/ Tamil/ Telegu/ Urdu) will be held in the morning session on December 7. The optional papers exams will be held on December 9.