UPSC Prelims Admit Card 2025: Union Public Services Commission (UPSC), it is one of the most prestigious and honored examinations in the India, students from all branches or any stream who aspires to work in the civil services or police services wishes to join the officers rank like (IAS, IRS, IPS, etc.), takes up one of the most difficult exams to crack. With years of studies, requirements of vast knowledge and in depth analysis of India’s domestic yet foreign policies and economic and political affairs too, it covers and touches each and every topic.
With the examination expected to be conducted on 25th May, 2025, this will be the ultimate guide that compiles all critical updates—from easy hacks to download the admit card to exam-day protocols—to ensure you’re fully prepared for the exam day.
UPSC Prelims Admit Card 2025: Official Website
The official website of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) of India is upsc.gov.in.
Civil Services Examination (CSE) Prelims 2025 Details
- Admit Card Release Date: The admit cards for the UPSC CSE Prelims 2025 were released on May 13, 2025.
- Expected Date of Examination: The CSE Prelims 2025 is scheduled to be conducted on 25th May, 2025.
- Total Number of Applicants: The precise official number of applicants applied this year for CSE Prelims 2025 was not found, though on the basis of trends from previous years (2023 and 2024), around 10 to 13.4 lakh candidates typically apply for the examination. In 2024, approx 13.4 lakh aspirants applied and appeared for the Prelims.
UPSC Prelims Admit Card 2025: How to Download the Admit Card with Easy Steps
To download your admit card for the UPSC CSE Prelims 2025, follow these simple steps:
- Visit the official UPSC website (upsc.gov.in).
- Click on the link for the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2025 e-Admit Card.
- You will likely need to log in using your Registration ID or Roll Number and Date of Birth.
- There are 2 ways to login in:
- By Registration id: You would be required to fill the mentioned below details.
- By Roll Number:
- Once logged in, your admit card will be displayed.
- It is recommended that you Download and take 2-3 print copies of the same for future reference.
UPSC Prelims Admit Card 2025: In Case of Discrepancy, What to Do?
Check the e-Admit Card carefully and bring discrepancies, if any, to the notice of the UPSC immediately.
How/Ways to Reach:
- Via mail on email- ID i.e. uscsp-upsc@nic.in. (Pro-tip: Always use your registered E-mail id.)
- Problem in Downloading the Admit Card: May please be informed in detail on e-mail: web-upsc@nic.in (For Technical Problem), uscsp-upsc@nic.in (For Applicant Data Problem)
UPSC Prelims Admit Card 2025: Exam Day Guidelines and Instructions
Please refer to your admit card for the exact reporting time, gate closing time, and a comprehensive list of instructions and permitted/prohibited items for your specific examination center.
| 1. Check the e-Admit Card carefully and bring discrepancies, if any, to the notice of the UPSC immediately via mail on email- ID i.e. uscsp-upsc@nic.in |
| 2. Mention your Name, Roll Number, Registration ID, Name and Year of the Examination in all the communication/correspondence with the UPSC. |
| 3. Bring the print out of e-Admit Card along with the original Photo Identity Card, as mentioned in the e-Admit Card, in each session to secure admission to Examination Hall. E-Admit Card must be preserved till the declaration of the final results of the Civil Services Examination, 2025. |
| 4. 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 service of any impersonator. |
| 5. Candidates should note that any omission/ mistake/ discrepancy in encoding / filling in details in the OMR answer sheet, especially with regard to Roll Number and Test Booklet Series Code, will render the answer sheet liable for rejection. |
| 6. Please note that entry into the Examination Venue shall be closed 30 minutes before the schedule commencement of the Examination i.e. 09:00 AM for the Forenoon Session and 02:00 PM for the Afternoon Session. No candidate shall be allowed the entry into the Examination Venue after closure of the entry. |
| 7. Candidates are advised to enter the Examination Venue well in time for identity verification and frisking. |
| 8. Candidates should note that they shall not be allowed to appear at any other Examination Venue except the Examination Venue mentioned in the e-Admit Card. |
| 9. Read the ‘Special Instructions for candidates admitted to the Examination’ given in the Examination Notice. |
| 10. Your candidature to the Examination is provisional. |
| 11. Candidate should not be in possession of or using any mobile phone (even in switched off mode), pager or any electronic equipment or programmable device or storage media like pen drive, smart watches, etc., or camera or Bluetooth devices or any other equipment or related accessories either in working or switched off mode capable of being used as a communication device during the examination. Any infringement of these instructions shall entail disciplinary action including ban from future Examinations. |
| 12. Use of normal or simple wrist watches by candidates is allowed inside the Examination Rooms/ Halls. However, use of watches fitted with any special accessory that might be used as communication device or smart watches is strictly prohibited and candidates are not allowed to take such watches into the Examination Rooms/ Halls. |
| 13. Candidates are not allowed to enter the examination premises with any bag, baggage, luggage, valuables/costly items, mobile phones, smart/digital watches, other IT gadgets, books, etc. Candidates are advised not to bring banned items as Venue Supervisor will not make any arrangement for keeping these items at the Venue. In case, a candidate brings any such banned items, he/she will make his/her own arrangement for keeping the same outside the Venue and the Commission will not be responsible for any loss in this regard. |
| 14. Candidates will be allowed to take with them only the print of e-Admit Card, pen, pencil, identity proof, copies of self-photographs (whichever applicable) and any other items as specified in the Instructions of e-Admit Card to the Venue. No other items shall be allowed to be taken inside the Venue. |
| 15. There will be penalty (Negative Marking) for wrong answers marked by a candidate in both the question papers of the Examination. |
| 16. Answers other than those marked by Black Ball Point Pen will not be evaluated. |
| 17. A candidate, whose photograph on his/her e-Admit Card is not clear or the photograph is without his/her name and date of photograph, will have to bring a photo identity card alongwith two passport size photographs (with his/her name and date of photograph), one for each session for appearing in the Examination with an undertaking. |
| 18. Candidates may please ensure that all the details such as Name, Photograph & the QR Code on their e-Admit Card, are correct. In case of any discrepancy(ies), they may contact UPSC in this regard as advised in instruction number 1 above. |
| 19. Candidates, who have opted for their own scribe, may note that their own scribe will be allowed for the Examination only with a separate e-Admit Card for such scribe. The e-Admit Cards for the own scribes has been issued in eligible cases. |
| 20. All the candidates are advised that they should visit and confirm their exam centre at least one day prior to the exam. |
| 21. If any candidate has changed his/her name then he/she will have to produce Government issued Photo ID, in changed name, at the exam centre (in each session of the CSP,2025), failing which he/she may not be allowed to enter Examination premises. |
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