What will be the gap between prelims and mains exam of UPSC?

hello friends,

i am amber and want to knoe the gap between pre and main exams of upsc and also the passing criteris please help.

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The gap between the Preliminary and Main examination is at about five months. There is no such passing criteria for the examination. So you have to qualify the examination and obtain the minimum qualifying marks which is decided by the UPSC. Thanks...

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Hi Aspirant,

Generally UPSC release the notification for Civil exam in the month of December.

Preliminary exam conducted in the third week of may.

Mains exam is conducted in the month of October.

So the gap between both exam will be 5 months.

Best of Luck�

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Hey there,

>> The Civil Services exams are conducted annually by the UPSC.
>> Now,you must be aware that the exams are carried out in three legs,namely-The Prelims.The Mains and The Interviews.

>> To your question,I would like to clarify that there is a gap of about 4 and a half to 5 months between the Preliminary and The Mains exams.
>> The Preliminary exams are conducted in May.
>> The results of the same are declared by the first week of August.
>> The Shortlisted candidates are invited to fill in the detailed application form for the Mains exams,which is scheduled to run between October and November.
>> The dates of exams for Mains vary according to the optional subjects you have chosen.
>> However,the GS papers,Essay paper,and the English language qualifying paper happen on the same day for all.

>> The competition being very tough,one must for the result of the Prelims to be declared.
>> Start your preparations soon after the Prelims.Five months are enough to fetch good results.
>> For proper notifications regarding the events around this exam,visit the official website of the UPSC :: www.upsc.gov.in

all the best.
aman //

Dear Friend,

There is a gap of 5 months between the preliminary and MAINS Examinations conducted by the Union Public Service Commission.

* The Preliminary Exam is Generally conducted in the Month of May every year.

* The MAINS Exam is generally Conducted by the end of the month October every year.

however , sometimes , The MAINS Exam is also condcuted in the month of November.

This is the information i have to the best of my knowledge regarding your query. Hope the information will help you to the extent you want.

For more information regarding the same , you can visit : http://www.upsc.gov.in .

Dear Friend

Generally the gap between civil services preliminary examination and main examinations is approximately five (5) months .

Considering an example for the year of 2013.

the preliminary test for the civil services will be held on 19/05/2013 and the main examination will be held on 08/11/2013.

Five month gap is generally provided for better preparation as the main examination is the toughest stage .

you can join coaching institutes for better preparation in these five months .

the list of some good coaching institutes are as follows:

1.Chanakya's IAS academy

2.TIME

3.Vajiram and ravi IAS coaching centers.

4.Career point

5.career shapers

6.Rau's ias academy


hope the information provided by helps you.

all the best

aashisranjan784

This year, there is a gap of 4.5 months between prelims and mains exam of UPSC.
Prelims on 20/5/2012 and mains on 5/10/2012.

There is not a fixed time of gap or duration between UPSC prelims and mains exam but according to expectation we can say that UPSC conduct prelims exam around May and the mains exam conducted around October so that the gap become around 5 months between both preliminary and mains exam and UPSC provide all detais and information about the dates and call letters for pre and mains exams at www.upsc.gov.in so you should keep visiting at this website.

There is not a fixed criteria for passing pre or mains exam but generally the result declare around these following marks :

General Category - 60% around

OBC Category - 55-57% around

SC Category - 52-53 % around

ST Category - 50% around

All the best