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About UPSC CSE Prelims 2027

The first stage of UPSC's Civil Services Examination, which recruits for the IAS, IPS, IFS and other central services.

Who takes it

• Graduates (or final-year students) aged 21 to 32 on 1 August of the exam year, with age relaxation for reserved categories
• Six attempts for General and EWS candidates, nine for OBC, and unlimited within the age limit for SC and ST

Format

• Two objective papers on the same day, 2 hours each: General Studies Paper I (100 questions, 200 marks) and CSAT Paper II (80 questions, 200 marks)
• CSAT is qualifying only: you need 33%, and your General Studies score decides who moves on
• A wrong answer costs a third of the marks for that question

What it leads to

Prelims only decides who goes on to the Mains written exam and then the personality test; its marks don't count towards the final rank. The final list fills the IAS, IPS, IFS and other Group A and B central services.

Source: UPSC Annual Calendar 2027 for the date, and the Civil Services Examination rules for the scheme. Conducting body: Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).