UPPSC PCS 2024 Exam Centres - Check District-wise Test Centres List
Uttar Pradesh Combined State/ Upper Subordinate Exam 2025 ( UPPSC UPPCS )
Exam On - 12 Oct '25
The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission conducted the UPPSC PCS prelims exam 2024 on December 22, 2024, in all of its districts. The candidates will be allotted the UPPSC exam centre in their district or the nearby district. There is no news that the Commission will make any sea changes in the centre allotment. UPPSC admit card 2024 mentioned the UPPCS exam centre of the candidate. The Commission released the list of UPPSC PCS exam centres in the official notification. The Commission will conduct the UPPSC prelims exam in 75 districts across the state. This is a major upgrade in terms of the number of exam centres.
The Commission will conduct the UPPSC PCS 2024 exam in offline mode. The candidates will be required to reach their exam centres one hour before the exam starts. Uttar Pradesh is a big state in terms of geographical area and population. UPPSC PCS exam is conducted all across the state and the candidates need to appear in the exam at the designated centres.
Q: How is the UPPSC UPPCS exam centre allotted?
The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission allots the UPPSC prelims exam centre based on the centres choice made by the candidates. The candidates are required to choose the UPPSC exam centre in the UPPSC PCS application form. The Commission allots the UPPCS exam centre on the first apply first allot basis.
There are good number of exam centre in Uttar Pradesh. The Commission increased the UPPCS exam centres to 51. In most cases, the candidates get the exam centre of their choice.
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Q: What considerations are important in choosing the UPPSC UPPCS exam centre?
The candidates should opt the UPPSC PCS exam centre based on certain considerations. These considerations can be the following:
- Choosing their home city as their centre
- Choosing their city of current residence at their exam centre
- Choosing the city which is easy to reach
The candidates can choose the UPPSC exam centre based on the above consideration.
Upvote Q: What is the process to change the UPPSC UPPCS exam centre?
The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission allots the UPPSC exam centre based on the UPPSC application form of the candidates. The candidates are required to choose their exam centre in the application form. The Commission provides the opportunity to make corrections in the UPPSC PCS applications.
The candidates can make corrections in the UPPSC application and can change their exam centre choice that time. The candidates should note that the Commission can allot any of the exam centre in the state.
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UPPSC PCS Exam Centres - Prelims
The UPPSC PCS admit card 2024 will be released ten days before the exam. After the release of the admit card, the candidates come to know their exam centre and they need to arrange for travel and other things to appear in the exam. Sometimes, the candidates need to book accommodation as well because of the distance.
See Here: UPPSC PCS Syllabus
The name of the districts in which the Preliminary Examination will be held are as follows -
| (1) Agra |
(2) Aligarh | (3) Ambedkar Nagar |
| (4) Ayodhya | (5) Azamgarh | (6) Banda |
| (7) Ballia | (8) Budaun | (9) Bareilly |
| (10) Basti | (11) Bijnor | (12) Bulandshahr |
| (13) Chandauli | (14) Deoria | (15) Fatehpur |
| (16) Firozabad | (17) Ghazipur, | (18) Ghaziabad |
| (19) Gorakhpur | (20) Greater Noida (Gautam Buddha Nagar) | (21) Gonda |
| (22) Hapur | (23) Hardoi | (24) Etawah |
| (25) Jaunpur | (26) Jhansi | (27) Jyotibaphule Nagar |
| (28) Kanpur Nagar | (29) Kaushambi | (30) Kushinagar, |
| (31) Lakhimpur, | (32) Lalitpur | (33) Lucknow, |
| (34) Maharajganj | (35) Mainpuri | (36) Mathura |
| (37) Mau | (38) Meerut | (39) Mirzapur |
| (40) Moradabad | (41) Muzaffarnagar | (42) Prayagraj |
| (43) Pilibhit | (44) Raebareli | (45) Rampur |
| (46) Saharanpur | (47) Shahjahanpur | (48) Sitapur |
| (49) Sultanpur | (50) Varanasi | (51) Unnao |
UPPSC PCS Exam Centre – Main Exam
This is another pain area for the candidates because there are only three exam centres in the state for the main exam. The candidate from any district needs to appear in the main exam at these centres only. The candidates need to carry all the important books and study material related to the exam. This is a difficult situation.
The UPPSC PCS main exam centres are
- Lucknow
- Prayagraj
- Ghaziabad
So the candidates need to stay at accommodation, maybe a hotel or the like, because the main exam is conducted for four to five days.
See Here: UPPSC PCS Exam Pattern
UPPSC PCS Exam Centre FAQs
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