UPSC Civil Services

Can you tell me if UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) has announced the dates for the Civil Services Examination, 2016 Mains?

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The Union Public Service Commission has announced the important dates for Civil Services Examination, 2016 Mains. It is scheduled to be conducted from December 3 to 9, 2016.


Important Dates for UPSC Civil Services Mains 2016

Notification
October 7, 2016

Application Form begins
October 7, 2016

Application Form Ends
October 20, 2016 (till 6:00 PM)

Admit Card
November 10, 2016

Offline Exam
December 3 to 9, 2016 onwards

Result
January/February 2017

Cutoff
After the final result of UPSC CS 2016


UPSC Civil Services Mains Exam Time Table 2016

03.12.2016 (Saturday)
Paper I – Essay

05.12.2016 (Monday)
Paper II - General Studies‐I
Paper III - General Studies‐II

06.12.2016 (Tuesday)
Paper IV - General Studies‐III
Paper V - General Studies‐IV

07.12.2016 (Wednesday)
Paper A - Indian Language {Assamese/ Bengali/ Bodo/ Dogri/ Gujarati/ Hindi/ Kannada/ Kashmiri/ Konkani/ Maithili/ Malayalam/ Manipuri/ Marathi/ Nepali/ Oriya/ Punjabi/ Sanskrit/ Santhali/ Sindhi (Devanagari/ Arabic Script)/Tamil/ Telugu/ Urdu}

Paper B – English


09.12.2016 (Friday)
Paper VI - Optional Paper‐I {Agriculture/Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science/ Anthropology/ Botany/ Chemistry/ Civil Engineering/ Commerce & Accountancy/ Economics/ Electrical Engineering/ Geography/ Geology/ History/ Law/ Management/ Mathematics/ Mechanical Engineering/ Medical Science/ Philosophy/ Physics/ Political Science & International Relations/ Psychology/ Public Administration/ Sociology/ Statistics/ Zoology/ Literature of any one of the following languages: Assamese/ Bengali/ Bodo/ Dogri/ Gujarati/ Hindi/ Kannada/ Kashmiri/ Konkani/ Maithili/ Malayalam/ Manipuri/ Marathi/ Nepali/ Oriya/ Punjabi/ Sanskrit/ Santhali/ Sindhi / Tamil/ Telugu/ Urdu/ English}

Paper VII - Optional Paper‐II {Agriculture/ Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science/ Anthropology/ Botany/ Chemistry/ Civil Engineering/ Commerce & Accountancy/ Economics/ Electrical Engineering/ Geography/ Geology/ History/ Law/ Management/ Mathematics/ Mechanical Engineering/ Medical Science/ Philosophy/ Physics/ Political Science & International Relations/ Psychology/ Public Administration/ Sociology/ Statistics/ Zoology/ Literature of any one of the following languages: Assamese/ Bengali/ Bodo/ Dogri/ Gujarati/ Hindi/ Kannada/ Kashmiri/ Konkani/ Maithili/ Malayalam/ Manipuri/ Marathi/ Nepali/ Oriya/ Punjabi/ Sanskrit/ Santhali/ Sindhi / Tamil/ Telugu/ Urdu/English}