UPPSC PCS Admit Card 2026: Prelims 6 Dec, e-Admit Card Status

The UPPSC PCS 2026 Prelims e-Admit Card has not been released yet (as of 27 October 2026); the Preliminary examination is scheduled for 6 December 2026 in the Commission's Exam Calendar 2026. It will be issued as an e-Admit Card through uppsc.up.nic.in. Under Advertisement A-1/E-1/2026 the date, time, venue and roll number reach candidates through the e-Admit Card, and no change of centre is entertained.

When is the PCS 2026 Prelims and what will the admit card cover?

The UPPSC Exam Calendar 2026 (dated 30 January 2026) lists the Combined State/Upper Subordinate Services (Prelims) Exam-2026 on 6 December 2026, a Sunday. The 2026 cycle is for about 500 vacancies. The PCS 2026 advertisement fixes the day's structure:

• Paper I (150 questions) from 9.30 to 11.30 A.M. and Paper II (100 questions) from 2.30 to 4.30 P.M.
• Each paper is of 200 marks and two hours, answered on OMR sheets.
• You must sit both papers. A candidate who misses either paper is disqualified, so carry the admit card for both sessions.

Keep the roll number safe: the advertisement says successful candidates take the Main examination against the same roll number allotted for the Prelims.

How do you download the PCS e-Admit Card?

The advertisement places the "Download Admit Card" link in the Candidate's Help Desk section of uppsc.up.nic.in. UPPSC's homepage says the OTR (One Time Registration) number is the only registration number for its applications and asks candidates to log in to the Candidate Dashboard for examination details. The Commission has not yet published a PCS 2026 admit-card notice.

If anything printed is wrong, write to the Commission quoting the examination name, advertisement number, OTR number, application ID, your name, date of birth, father's/husband's name and roll number, as the advertisement requires for all correspondence.

Exam-day rules for the PCS Prelims

• Fill the OMR sheet with a black ball point pen only; any other pen or pencil is prohibited.
• Whitener, blade, pin or rubber must not be used on the OMR sheet. Circles not darkened properly are not evaluated.
• The OMR sheet comes in three copies: pink (original), green (preserved) and blue (candidate's copy). The invigilator keeps the first two and you take the blue copy home, which you will need to check the answer key.
• The Uttar Pradesh Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024, dated August 6, 2024, applies to this examination.

For its October 2026 screening exams UPPSC let candidates in from 1 hour 30 minutes before the start and closed entry 45 minutes before; check the PCS 2026 notice for its own times.

Mains e-Admit Card and interview letter

PCS has three call letters. For the Mains, the advertisement says dates and venue will be informed later through e-Admit Cards. In the 2025 cycle the Mains ran from 29 March to 1 April 2026 at centres in Prayagraj and Lucknow.

For the interview, the notice of 18 September 2026 made PCS 2025 interview letters available from 22 September 2026. Candidates clicked the interview-letter link on the homepage and authenticated with OTR number and password/OTP. They then filled and submitted the online post-preference (adhimanyata) form and printed five documents: application form, authentication form, deshna patrak, marksheet details and the preference form. Reporting was 08.00 AM for the morning session and 12.30 PM for the afternoon session at Saraswati Bhawan in the Commission's Prayagraj campus. Candidates had to bring two self-attested and three plain photographs (05 in all) and original certificates.

UPPSC PCS admit card release in past cycles