UPSC Exam Schedule 2020: Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) recently released the UPSC Examination calendar 2020 for various exams which are conducted by its authority for several government posts. Candidates can check the UPSC Exam Schedule for all the exams and plan their preparations according to it.
As the candidates appeared for the Civil Services Prelims exam 2019 on June 2, the Union Public Service Commission has released the exam date for UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam 2020. As per the latest calendar released on the UPSC official website, the UPSC Civil Services Prelims Exam 2020 will be conducted on May 31, 2020.
The Indian Forest Services (IFS) Exam will be conducted on the same date. The application for IFS, IAS exam will be released on February 12 and the applications for the two will end by March 3, 2020.
According to the official UPSC Examination Calendar 2020, the first exam that is to be conducted by the UPSC is the Engineering Services (Prelims) Exam 2020. The Public Service Commission will release the official notification for the IES Prelims Exam on 25th September 2019 and the application process for the same will start on the same date. The last date to submit the application will be 15 Oct. 2020. The exam will be conducted on 05th Jan. 2020. On January 19, the commission will conduct Combined Geo-Scientist (prelims) and also the UPSC RT exam.
This article covers the details and dates for the examination to be conducted by the Union Public Service Commission in the year 2020.
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UPSC Exam Schedule 2020
Through UPSC Exam calendar 2020 candidates can have the idea for the Schedule of various UPSC examinations – date of notification, application form filling window, the commencement of the Examinations/ Recruitment Tests (RTs) ‐ 2020 etc.
| S. No. | Name of Examination | Date of Notification | Last Date for receipt of Applications | Date of commencement of Exam | Duration of Exam |
| 1. | Engineering Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2020 | 25.09.2019 | 15.10.2019 | 05.01.2020 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
| 2. | Combined Geo-Scientist (Preliminary) Examination, 2020 | 25.09.2019 | 15.10.2019 | 19.01.2020 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
| 3. | Reserved for UPSC RT/ Examination | 19.01.2020 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY | ||
| 4. | C.D.S. Examination (I), 2020 | 30.10.2019 | 19.11.2019 | 02.02.2020 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
| 5. | Reserved for UPSC RT/ Examination | 23.02.2020 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY | ||
| 6. | CISF AC (EXE) LDCE-2020 | 04.12.2019 | 24.12.2019 | 01.03.2020 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
| 7. | Reserved for UPSC RT/ Examination | 08.03.2020 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY | ||
| 8. | N.D.A. & N.A. Examination (I), 2020 | 08.01.2020 | 28.01.2020 | 19.04.2020 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
| 9. | Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2020 | 12.02.2020 | 03.03.2020 | 31.05.2020 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
| 10. | Indian Forest Service (Preliminary) Examination, 2020 through Civil Services (Prelims) Examination 2020 | 12.02.2020 | 03.03.2020 | 31.05.2020 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
| 11. | I.E.S./I.S.S. Examination, 2020 | 25.03.2020 | 13.04.2020 | 26.06.2020 (FRIDAY) | 3 DAYS |
| 12. | Combined Geo-Scientist (Main) Examination, 2020 | 27.06.2020 (SATURDAY) | 2 DAYS | ||
| 13. | Engineering Services (Main) Examination, 2020 | 28.06.2020 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY | ||
| 14. | Reserved for UPSC RT/ Examination | 05.07.2020 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY | ||
| 15. | Combined Medical Services Examination, 2020 | 08.04.2020 | 28.04.2020 | 19.07.2020 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
| 16. | Central Armed Police Forces (ACs) Examination, 2020 | 22.04.2020 | 12.05.2020 | 09.08.2020 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
| 17. | Reserved for UPSC RT/ Examination | 23.08.2020 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY | ||
| 18. | N.D.A. & N.A. Examination (II), 2020 | 10.06.2020 | 30.06.2020 | 06.09.2020 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
| 19. | Reserved for UPSC RT/ Examination | 13.09.2020 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY | ||
| 20. | Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2020 | 18.09.2020 (FRIDAY) | 5 DAYS | ||
| 21. | Reserved for UPSC RT/ Examination | 04.10.2020 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY | ||
| 22. | C.D.S. Examination (II), 2020 | 05.08.2020 | 25.08.2020 | 08.11.2020 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
| 23. | Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination, 2020 | 22.11.2020 (SUNDAY) | 10 DAYS | ||
| 24. | S.O./Steno (GD-B/GD-I) LDCE | 16.09.2020 | 06.10.2020 | 12.12.2020 (SATURDAY) | 2 DAYS |
| 25. | Reserved for UPSC RT/ Examination | 20.12.2020 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
A total of 25 Examinations/ RTs (Recruitment Tests) are scheduled to be conducted in 2020 over several government posts.
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