UPSC application process for the Civil Services Prelim exam and Indian Forest Service Prelim exam 2020 on February 12, 2020. Candidates who are interested to appear for the exam can apply for the exam till March 3, 2020. The exam will be held on May 31, 2020.

The candidates can apply for the UPSC Civil Services exam from the official website of UPSC– upsconline.nic.in.

UPSC Civil Services 2020: Eligibility Criteria

The minimum eligibility required for appearing in the Civil Services exam is a Bachelor’s degree from a recognised University or institute. Age-wise, the applicant must not be younger than 21 years and older than 32 years.

Upper age limit is relaxable by 5 years for SC, ST, and ex-servicemen candidates and up to three years for OBC candidates, and Defence Services Personnel, disabled in operations during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence.

UPSC Civil Services: Number of attempts

An applicant is allowed six attempts at the Civil Services exam. In case of OBC candidates, the number of permissible attempts is nine. There is no cap on attempts for candidates belonging to SC and ST categories.

Candidates of Persons with Benchmark Disability will get as many attempts as are available to other candidates who do not belong to Persons with Benchmark Disability of his or her community.

In the case of Persons with Benchmark Disability in General category, the number of attempts allowed will be nine.

Meanwhile, the centre is pondering over merging the UPSC test for recruitment of entry-level paramilitary forces’ officers with the Civil Services exam which is held for recruitment on posts like IAS, IFS etc.

This news taken from indiatoday.in