Exam Name: UPSC IAS Civil Services (Main) Examination

Year: 2024

Admit Card Issue Date: 10-09-2024

Admit Card Download End Date: 20-09-2024

 

Important Instructions

1. Your candidature to the examination is provisional. You are expected to maintain decorum and strictly comply with all rules / instructions for smooth conduct of the examination at all times.
2. Please read carefully the Examination Notice No. 05/2023-CSP dated 01.02.2023, Rules for the Examination published in The Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I – Section 1 on 01.02.2023, Instructions for Candidates in CS (M) Examination, 2023 provided with the Detailed Application Form-I and “Poster” containing instructions displayed outside the Examination Hall.
3. Check the e-Admit Card carefully and bring discrepancy (ies), if any, to the notice of UPSC immediately.
4. Bring this e-Admit card (print out), along with the (original) Photo Identity Card, whose number is mentioned in the e-Admit Card, in each session to secure admission to Examination Hall. E-Admit Card must be preserved by the candidate.
5. You are responsible for safe custody of the e-Admit Card and in the event of any other person using this e-Admit Card, the onus lies on you to prove that you have not used the services of any impersonator(s).
6. Candidates are advised not to bring any valuables/costly items in the Examination Halls as safe keeping of the same cannot be assured. The Commission will not be responsible for any loss in this regard.
7. Enter the Examination Hall 30 minutes before the scheduled commencement of the Examination in each session. Entry to the Examination Hall closes 10 minutes prior to the scheduled commencement of the examination in each Session.
8. If you appear at a centre / sub-centre or in an optional subject / Indian language (if applicable), other than the one indicated by the Commission in your e-Admit Card, your answer scripts will not be evaluated and your candidature will be liable to be cancelled.
9. Possession (even in switch off mode) / use of Mobile Phones and other Electronics / Communication devices are banned at the examination premises. Any infringement of these instructions shall entail disciplinary action including ban from future examinations under the rules of the examination.
10. Candidates who do not have clear photographs on the e-admit card will have to bring passport size photograph, one for each session, for appearing in the examination with an Undertaking.
11. Use of Scientific (Non-Programmable type) Calculators is allowed and if considered necessary may be brought by candidates. Programmable type calculators are, however, not allowed in this examination.
12. Candidates must note that they should strictly answer all parts and sub-parts of a question in the Question Cum Answer (QCA) booklet in the space provided under each question / part in the QCA booklet. Read the Instructions for Candidates printed on the QCA booklet carefully. Any infringement of the instructions in the QCA booklet might entail penalty in the form of deduction of marks scored by the candidate and disciplinary action including cancellation & debarment from future examinations under the rules of the examination.
13. Candidates are advised to ensure that spaces / pages remaining blank are clearly crossed out before the QCA booklets are handed over to the Invigilator.
14. Candidates for each session are required to hand over their QCAB to the Invigilator after detaching Question Paper available in detachable form at the end of the QCA Booklet, before leaving the Examination Room/Hall.
15. Candidates are required to use the specific space, available at designated place in answer copy, for rough work. Copy of the admit card or any other space/sheet etc. should not be used for rough work.
16. Violation of any instruction(s) shall entail cancellation of candidature of the candidate in addition to any other appropriate action that may be taken by the Commission against the candidate under the rules of the examination.
17. Mention your Name, Roll Number, Registration ID and Name & Year of the Examination in all the correspondence with the Commission.
18. Candidate are also advised to bring black ball point pen to the Examination hall for making entries in the attendance list.
19. Candidates are advised to wear mask/face cover.
20. Candidates, however, will have to remove their masks for verification, whenever required by the Examination functionaries.
21. Candidate may carry his/her own hand sanitizer (small size) in transparent bottle.
22. Candidates to follow COVID 19 norms of ‘social distancing’ as well as ‘personal hygiene’ inside the Examination Halls/Rooms as well as in the premises of the Venue.
23. The specimen Question-cum-Answer Booklets (QCABs) to be used in Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2023 has been uploaded on Commission’s website. For QCABs click here:

Courtesy: UPSC