UPSC Civil Service Mains Admit Card 2016: The Union Public Service Commission has announced the schedule for the UPSC Civil Services Mains Exam and the exam is going to conduct for 3rd December 2016 to 9th December 2016. The candidates who have qualified the UPSC Civil Services Prelims exam can only appear for the Mains exam. All these qualified candidates should gear up for the final preparations and should not forget that the UPSC IAS Mains Admit Card 2016 is a must and should be carried along on the day of the exam.
UPSC Civil Service Mains Admit Card 2016
The UPSC CSAT Mains Admit Card 2016 will contain the vital information about the candidate which will validate the candidate’s identity. So, it is a very important document to be carried with a valid ID proof on the day of the examination. The UPSC Civil Service Admit Card Dec 2016 will contain the following information:
- Name of the Candidate
- Vital Details like Date of Birth, Gender, and Category etc.
- Day & Date of the exam
- Venue of the exam
- Schedule of the exam
- Validating Signature of the candidate
- Photograph of the candidate
- Any other Important Exam Instructions
UPSC Civil Service Mains Admit Card 2016
The candidates will be able to download the hall ticket from the official site by following the simple process explained in an easy way here.
- Visit the official site
- Search for the link given for UPSC Civil Service Mains Admit Card 2016
- Click on the link and enter your credentials
- Submit the page
- Your UPSC Civil Service Mains Admit Card 2016 will appear on your screen.
The candidates should note that it is very important to check if all the information printed on the admit card is correct or not. In case of any errors or discrepancies, it is the responsibility of the candidate to check and get the correction done by contacting the concerned authorities. The call letters are usually available 2 weeks before the exam. The UPSC is not going to send hard copy to any candidate. The candidates have to download it from the website.
UPSC Civil Services Mains Exam Pattern
Qualifying Papers:
Paper A: (One of the Indian Languages i.e. . Assamese/ Bengali/ Bodo/ Dogri/ Gujarati/ Kashmiri/ Hindi/ Kanada/ Konkani/ Maithili/ Malayalam/ Manipuri/ Nepali/ Marathi/ Oriya/ Punjabi/ Sanskriti/ Santhali/ Sindhi (Devanagari/ Arabic script/ Tamil/ Telegu/ Urdu). 300 Marks
Paper B: English 300 Marks
Papers to be counted for merit
| Paper | Subject Name | Marks |
| Paper-1 | Essay | 250 |
| Paper-2 | General Studies–I (Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society) | 250 |
| Paper-3 | General Studies –II (Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations) | 250 |
| Paper-4 | General Studies –III (Technology, Economic Development, Bio‐diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management) | 250 |
| Paper-5 | General Studies –IV (Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude) | 250 |
| Paper-6 | Optional Subject – Paper 1 | 250 |
| Paper-7 | Optional Subject – Paper 2 | 250 |
| Sub Total (Written test) | 1750 | |
| Personality Test | 275 | |
| Grand Total | 2025 |
List of optional subjects for Main Examination:
- Agriculture
- Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
- Anthropology
- Botany
- Chemistry
- Civil Engineering
- Commerce and Accountancy
- Economics
- Electrical Engineering
- Geography
- Geology
- History
- Law
- Management
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Medical Science
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Political Science and International Relations
- Psychology
- Public Administration
- Sociology
- Statistics
- Zoology
- Literature of any one of the following languages:
