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The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is the constitutional body that recruits aspirants towards various jobs for central forces and all India services and other central government jobs. UPSC has invited applications for various central forces and services of our country. The new calendar of exams issued by the UPSC gives us a detailing about the exams that are scheduled in the year 2021 and the postponed date of the exams that are scheduled in the year of 2020 due to the unprecedented situation we are facing. Let us look into the detailed description of the exams that are conducted by the UPSC, exams that are scheduled and postponed according to the new latest calendar issued by the body.
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UPSC – Introduction
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is the central recruiting agency in India. It is an independent constitutional body in the sense that it has been directly created by the constitution. Articles 315 to 323 in part XIV of the constitution of India contains elaborative provisions regarding the composition appointment and removal along with the independence, powers and functions of the UPSC. It conducts examinations for appointments to the all India services, central services and public services of the centrally administered territories. It assists the states, if requested by two or more states to do so, in framing and operating schemes of joint recruitment for any services for which candidates possessing special qualifications are required. One of the most prestigious examinations done by the UPSC is the All India Civil services which includes 16 Group A services such as IAS IPS IFS …etc and 5 Group B services.
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UPSC Exam Calendar 2021
1: Which one of the following is not a Harappan site?
The UPSC has published the calendar for the upcoming year 2021. The calendar will give the details of the scheduled examination for the next coming year of 2021.
UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION PROGRAMME OF EXAMINATIONS/RECRUITMENT TESTS (RTs) -2021 |
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S.
No. |
Name of Examination | Date of Notification | Last Date for receipt of
Applications |
Date of
commencement of Exam |
Duration of Exam |
1. | Combined Geo-Scientist (Preliminary) Examination, 2021 | 07.10..2020 | 27.10.2020 |
21.02..2021 (SUNDAY) |
1 DAY
|
2. | C.D.S. Examination (I), 2021 | 28.10.2020 | 17.11.2020 | 07.02.2021 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
3. | Reserved for UPSC RT/ Examination | 21.02.2021 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY | ||
4. | Reserved for UPSC RT/ Examination | 07.03.2021 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY | ||
5. | CISF AC(EXE) LDCE-2021 | 02.12.2020 | 22.12.2020 | 14.03.2021 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
6. | N.D.A. & N.A. Examination (I), 2021 | 30.12.2020 | 19.01.2021 | 18.04.2021 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
7. | Reserved for UPSC RT for the posts of EO/AO in the
EPFO |
09.05.2021 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY | ||
8. | Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2021 | 10.02.2021 | 02.03.2021 | 27.06.2021 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
9. | Indian Forest Service (Preliminary) Examination, 2021 through CS(P) Examination 2021 | ||||
10. | Reserved for UPSC RT/ Examination | 04.07.2021 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY | ||
11. | I.E.S./I.S.S. Examination, 2021 | 07.04.2021 | 27.04.2021 | 16.07.2021 (FRIDAY) | 3 DAYS |
12. | Combined Geo-Scientist (Main) Examination, 2021 | 17.07.2021
(SATURDAY) |
2 DAYS | ||
13. | Engineering Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2021 | 07.04.2021 | 27.04.2021 | 18.07.2021 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
14. | Central Armed Police Forces (ACs) Examination, 2021 | 15.04.2021 | 05.05.2021 | 08.08.2021 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
15. | Combined Medical Services Examination, 2021 | 05.05.2021 | 25.05.2021 | 29.08.2021 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
16. | Reserved for UPSC RT/ Examination | 29.08.2021 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY | ||
17. | N.D.A. & N.A. Examination (II), 2021 | 09.06.2021 | 29.06.2021 | 05.09.2021 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
18. | Reserved for UPSC RT/ Examination | 12.09.2021 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY | ||
19. | Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2021 | 17.09.2021 (FRIDAY) | 5 DAYS | ||
20. | Engineering Services (Main) Examination, 2021 | 10.10.2021 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY | ||
21. | C.D.S. Examination (II), 2021 | 04.08.2021 | 24.08.2021 | 14.11.2021 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
22. | Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination, 2021 | 21.11.2021 (SUNDAY) | 10 DAYS | ||
23. | S.O./Steno (GD-B/GD-I) LDCE | 15.09.2021 | 05.10.2021 | 11.12.2021
(SATURDAY) |
2 DAYS |
UPSC Exam Calendar 2020- Revised
Due to the unprecedented situation that is happening in our country, the UPSC has postponed many of the examinations that were scheduled to be conducted early this year. UPSC has declared the revised date for the examination and the details of the examination that are cancelled and that are added in the revised calendar.
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 | 06.09.2020 @
(SUNDAY) |
1 DAY |
9. | Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2020 |
12.02.2020 |
03.03.2020 |
04.10.2020 @ (SUNDAY) |
1 DAY |
10. | Indian Forest Service (Preliminary) Examination, 2020 through CS(P) Examination 2020 | ||||
11. | I.S.S. Examination, 2020 | 10.06.2020@ | 30.06.2020@ | 16.10.2020 @
(FRIDAY) |
3 DAYS |
12. | Combined Geo-Scientist (Main) Examination, 2020 | 17.10.2020 @ (SATURDAY) | 2 DAYS | ||
13. | Engineering Services (Main) Examination, 2020 | 18.10.2020 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY | ||
14. | Combined Medical Services Examination, 2020 | 29.07.2020@ | 18.08.2020@ | 22.10.2020 @ (THURSDAY) | 1 DAY |
15 | I.E.S.. Examination, 2020 | 11.08.2020@ | 01.09.2020@ | 16.10.2020 @
(FRIDAY) |
3 DAYS |
16. | Central Armed Police Forces (ACs) Examination, 2020 | 18.08.2020@ | 07.09.2020@ | 20.12.2020 @
(SUNDAY) |
1 DAY |
17. | N.D.A. & N.A. Examination (II), 2020 | 16.06.2020 @ | 06.07.2020 @ | 06.09.2020 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
18. | Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2020 | 08.01.2021@
(FRIDAY) |
5 DAYS | ||
19. | C.D.S. Examination (II), 2020 | 05.08.2020 | 25.08.2020 | 08.11.2020 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
20. | Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination, 2020 | 28/02/2021 @
(SUNDAY) |
10 DAYS | ||
21. | S.O./Steno (GD-B/GD-I) LDCE | 16.09.2020 | 06.10.2020 | 12.12.2020
(SATURDAY) |
2 DAYS |
22. | Reserved for UPSC RT/ Examination | 20.12.2020 (SUNDAY) | 1 DAY |
Conclusion
You might be understood and well known regarding the exams that are conducted by the central recruiting agency UPSC. All the recruitment is done to the most prestigious jobs in the public sector of our country. And it will be some of the most competitive exams that happen in our country for a job. Get ready to grab your job out of it. Study general knowledge for UPSC exams with the help of Entri App. Keep studying Keep winning.