UPSC

The Union Public Service Commission provides a list of gadgets/things which are prohibited at the IAS examination centre. The candidates will be required to read the exam day instructions released by the Commission along with the UPSC admit card. Below we are providing the list of gadgets which are prohibited at the UPSC exam centre:
Mobile Phone
Smart Watches
Bluetooth devices of any kind
Electronic Writing Pad
Calculator of any type and in any form
Log-table
Electronic/smart eyewear
The candidates should have no connection with the outer world once he or she enters the examination centre.

Yes, you can download the IAS admit card again from the official website. There is no restriction on downloading the IAS admit card from the official website. The candidates can do so any number of times till the IAS exam date. The candidates will be required to carry one photo identity proof with them to the examination centre. The type and number of such identity cards were asked in the IAS application form. The candidates are required to carry the same identity card as mentioned on their admit card.

There is no official dress code for appearing in the IAS exam. The candidates should wear a decent and comfortable dress for the IAS exam. The candidates should note that the candidates can be frisked at the IAS examination centre in case of any doubt. There are instructions for the exam day but it does not mention much about the dress code. The candidates will not be allowed to carry any digital gadget into the examination hall. Mobile phones, Bluetooth devices, headphones, and smart watches are banned at the examination centre.

The candidates can open the UPSC website on the Google chrome and follow the steps given below to download the UPSC website:
Click on the Admit Card link available on the Home page of the website Read the instructions given on the page and click on the Yes button Select any of the given two options
By Registration ID or
By Roll Number
Enter registration ID and date of birth ("if By Registration ID" is selected) or roll number and date of birth (if "By Roll Number" is selected)
Click on the Submit button.

The candidates should take the colour printout of the IAS admit card to present the clear picture of theirs. The candidates can take the black and white print out too but in case of blurry photograph, the candidates can suffer at the examination centre while comparing the face of the candidate with the scanned image shown in the admit card. The coloured printout will help the candidates to gain the entry at the examination centre easily.

The candidates can download the IAS admit card in case they lost it. Even on the day of exam, the candidates can appear in the first paper and show their IAS admit card in the second shift. The candidates will be require to sign an undertaking that they will produce the IAS admit card in the second shift. The candidates can download their IAS admit card even if they forget their registration number. The UPSC admit card will be available till the exam day for downloading purpose. The candidates should take two copies of the UPSC admit card to produce another copy in such cases.

IAS admit card is the authorisation letter required to secure entry to the examination centre. The candidates cannot appear for the IAS exam without the IAS admit card. But the IAS admit card is available online to download so there cannot be an issue. The examination authority will not allow the candidates (without admit card) to enter the examination centre. Sometimes, the candidates with no admit card is allowed to appear in the paper 1 but they need to furnish an undertaking to produce the admit card in the second shift.

The UPSC releases the admit card of the exam three weeks before the date of exam. But after the COVID-19 pandemic, UPSC is working proactively and issuing the admit card well before the expected date. IAS 2023 exam will be conducted on May 28 and as per the official timeline, the UPSC is expected to release the UPSC IAS admit card 2023 soon. The candidates will be required to download their admit card from the official website or alternatively they can download the IAS admit card by following the steps given here.

UPSC 2023 notification was released for 1,105 vacancies on February 1. The last date to apply online for the UPSC exam 2023 will be February 21. The candidates will get 20 days to fill out the UPSC IAS applications online. No physical application form will be released by the Commission. The higher number of vacancies can be attributed to the Central Government's impetus to increase recruitment in its ministries and departments.