Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is going to conduct Civil Services Prelims exam on June 03, 2018. Candidates who have applied for the exam can now download IAS 2018 Admit Card. It was released on May 07 and can only be downloaded until the exam day. The admit card of IAS 2018 is available on the UPSC’s website i.e. www.upsc.gov.in. The link to get it easily is available on this page.
Right now, UPSC has issues IAS Prelims Admit Card 2018. Candidates who will qualify the Preliminary exam will be issued IAS Main Admit Card 2018. The Main exam will be held from October 01, 2018, and the admit card for it will be issued few days before the paper. Read more to know the process for downloading UPSC IAS 2018 Admit Card, exams and special instructions for the Scribe please read out this page.
IAS 2018 Admit Card
Through this examination, UPSC will select 782 candidates. The exam is conducted for A and B Grade post in Central Civil Services, which is regarded as prestigious positions. Last year, around 11 lakh candidates appeared for the exam and of these only (approx.) 900 candidates were selected. It is indeed one of the toughest paper. But with determination, all can be cracked. The schedule about the releasing of the admit card is given below.
| UPSC IAS Exam | Important Dates |
| Issuance of the Prelims Admit Card | 07 May 2018 |
| Date of Prelims examination | 03 Jun 2018 |
| Result for Prelims examination | Jul 2018 |
| Issuance of the Mains Admit Card | To be announced |
| Main Examination date | 01 Oct 2018 |
Admit Card:
- Click here to download the UPSC IAS admit card.
- Click here to download the scribe Instructions.
Official website: www.upsc.gov.in
UPSC IAS Prelims Admit Card
The first of UPSC IAS Examination is the Prelims. The candidates who have filled the application form for the examination can download the admit card. UPSC will not send the admit card by post or by any other method. So, for downloading the admit card for the Prelims you can use the above link or can visit the official website.
How to download the Prelims examination Admit card?
The candidates who submitted their applications for the IAS examination can download the admit card by following the steps below:
- First of all get your Registration ID. That is the essential data for getting the UPSC IAS Prelims Admit Card.
- After getting your Registration ID now click on the above link or official website.
- If you are on the official website then check the lower right corner. Now find the link which says e-Admit Card.
- Now you will get the instruction manual which you should download and print.
- After doing so now click on the yes button.
- Here you will get two options to download the admit card. First one is the By Registration Id and the Second one is the By Roll No. The page will look like this image shown below.
Admit card downloading by entering Registration ID
Now if you have chosen for the first option then you should follow these steps to download the admit card.
- Here you will able to see the page with three text field which is asking for the information.
- The text fields are Registration Id, Date of Birth and Capta image.
- Fill all the fields properly.
- Now hit the Submit button.
- For resolving the confusion we have provided the image of the page
Admit card downloading by entering Roll Number
If you don’t remember the registration Id then it such case you can opt for the second option i. e. by via Roll Number.
The process of downloading the admit card via Roll no is exactly same as the Registration no. Except for the one thing that is you need to enter the Roll no instead of the Registration Id. Rest of the method is exactly same.
How to Remove Discrepancy in IAS 2018 Admit Card
Sometimes, due to the discrepancy on the admit card the candidature is canceled. Hence, after downloading the Admit Card the first thing you should do is to check all the details in it. If any of the detail is incorrect then candidates must inform UPSC. To do so, visit Facilitation Counter located in the Commission’s Office either in person or Call / E-mail at:
- Phone Number – Nos. 011-23381125/011- 23385271/011-23098543.
- E-mail Address – [email protected]
Note: If you fail to communicate with the commission. Then you will be responsible for the non-receipt of your e- Admission Certificate.
Examination Pattern of UPSC Civil Services Prelims and Main
As the stages are three in the selection process. So you need to know all the major points of the IAS examination scheme.
Preliminary Examination Pattern
The questions in the IAS preliminary exam is of objective type. The preliminary examination shall contain two papers which will carry 200 hundred marks for each paper.
| Paper | Subject Name | Total Marks |
| Paper I | General Ability Test | 200 |
| Paper II | General Studies | 200 |
- Both papers will be 02 of hours.
- There is the provision of the negative marking. 0.33 mark will be deducted from every wrong marked answer.
- The Paper II will be qualifying in nature, The minimum qualifying marks will be 33%.
- The question paper will be bilingual, i.e. in Hindi as well as the English language.
- The mode of the Prelims examination is offline.
Main Examination Pattern
The main examination will be subjective type. The candidates have to write the essays and the conventional answers for the question. Let’s understand the whole pattern for the main examination.
| Paper | Name of the Paper | Marks | Duration in Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paper A | Any selected Indian languages as in schedule 8th of Constitution – Qualifying in nature |
300 | 03 |
| Paper B | English – Qualifying in nature | 300 | 03 |
| Paper I | Essay | 250 | 03 |
| Paper II | General Studies I | 250 | 03 |
| Paper III | General Studies II | 250 | 03 |
| Paper IV | General Studies III | 250 | 03 |
| Paper V | General Studies IV | 250 | 03 |
| Paper VI | Optional Subject | 250 | 03 |
| Paper VII | Optional Subject | 250 | 03 |
The main examination will be of conventional type. So there will be no negative marking. But if the writing of the candidate is not easily readable. The deduction will be made.
Instruction for Scribe in IAS 2018 Exam
UPSC releases the admit card for the Scribe separately. The admit card and the instructions list is present here on this page. For more information please go through the image.
Important Instructions Related to UPSC IAS 2018 Admit Card and Exam
When downloading the admit card you will get a set of instruction on the official website. You should print and follow the instructions. We have also covered those instructions here.
- It is very important to carry your admit card in the examination hall in each session. This will help you to secure your admission into the Examination hall.
- After printing the admit card you should check for any discrepancy on the admit card. If you found so then contact immediately to the UPSC Commission.
- The candidate should reach at the examination venue at least half an before the examination time. As the entry shall be closed 10 minutes before the exam. That means you have to enter in before 09:20 AM in morning and 02:20 PM in the noon.
- UPSC will not allow any electronic gadgets inside the exam hall. And do not bring your bag and valuable items on the exam venue. You will be liable for any loses.
- Do not tamper with the admit card. If possible then take several prints of the admit card.
- In case your image on the admit card is not clear. Then you have to bring the ID proof, 02 passport size photograph, and an undertaking document in the examination hall.
- After getting the question paper and the OMR sheet. Please write your roll number immediately on it. While doing so please make sure that you do not omit any zeros in the roll no.
- At the exam hall, candidates can only carry Black ballpoint pen. The commission will not evaluate the answers which are not marked by a Black ballpoint pen.
UPSC IAS Mains 2018 Admit Card
The second stage of the UPSC IAS examination is the Mains examination. The candidates, who will appear in the preliminary examination and will obtain the minimum qualifying marks of 33% in General Studies Paper-II. And total qualifying marks of General Studies Paper-I of Civil Services Prelims Examination they are eligible for mains. The method of releasing mains Admit Card will be same as the prelims.
Examination Center of IAS 2018
UPSC conducts prelims examination all over the country. The center list for the Prelims examination is given below.
- Agartala, Agra, Ajmer, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Aligarh, Allahabad, Anantapur, Aurangabad,
- Bengaluru, Bareilly, Bhopal, Bilaspur
- Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuttack,
- Delhi, Dharwar, Dispur, Dehradun
- Faridabad
- Gaya, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, Gorakhpur, Gwalior, Gangtok, Gautam Buddh Nagar
- Hyderabad
- Imphal, Itanagar, Indore
- Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jammu, Jodhpur, Jorhat
- Kochi, Kohima, Kolkata, Kozhikode(Calicut)
- Lucknow, Ludhiana
- Madurai, Mumbai, Mysore
- Navi Mumbai, Nagpur
- Panaji (Goa), Patna, Portblair, Puducherry, Pune
- Raipur, Rajkot, Ranchi
- Sambalpur, Shillong, Shimla, Siliguri, Srinagar
- Thane, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirapalli, Tirupati
- Udaipur
- Varanasi, Vellore, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam
Examination Centers list for the main examination
- Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Allahabad,
- Bangalore, Bhopal
- Chandigarh, Chennai, Cuttack
- Dehradun, Delhi, Dispur (Guwahati)
- Hyderabad
- Jaipur, Jammu
- Kolkata
- Lucknow
- Mumbai,
- Patna
- Raipur, Ranchi
- Shillong, Shimla
- Thiruvananthapuram
- Vijayawada
