UPSC CSE Prelims Result 2025 (Out) Updates: Check CSE prelims result PDF at upsc.gov.in, what’s next?

Last year, the cut-off marks in UPSC CSE prelims for general category students was 87.98, while in the OBC and EWS categories, UPSC CSE prelims cut-off marks were of 87.28 and 85.92.

As many as three questions were dropped each from series A, B, C and D general studies paper 1 of UPSC CSE prelims 2024 answer key. No questions are dropped from general studies paper 2.

Yes, the UPSC CSE prelims answer key will be released after the announcement of the final result. UPSC on May 21 released the CSE preliminary exam answer keys for the 2024 exams. The UPSC CSE 2024 prelims exam was conducted on June 16, and the CSE mains UPSC exam was held on September 20, 21, 22, 28 and 29. Candidates who cleared the mains were called for an interview and personality test round. The UPSC CSE 2024 interviews or the personality tests started from January 7 and continued till April 17. As many as 2,845 candidates were shortlisted for the interview stage. The UPSC CSE 2024 result was declared on April 22, 2025.

As per aspirants who appeared for the exam this year, the UPSC Prelims 2025 exam was an overall lengthy paper. This year’s UPSC Prelims saw a significant shift in trend, with 16 questions emerging from the History and Art and Culture section alone.

A year after shutting down its residential coaching facility for Muslim civil services aspirants, the Haj Committee of India (HCI) has announced the reopening of its Mumbai-based training centre. The revamped programme will now have 20 per cent seats reserved for candidates from other minority communities as well as Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs). A formal notification has been issued, inviting applications for the upcoming batch aimed at preparing aspirants for the 2026 Civil Services Examination.

Last year, UPSC held the CSE prelims exam June 16 and the UPSC CSE prelims result status was announced on July 1. While, in 2023, the UPSC CSE preliminary exam was conducted on May 28 and the result was released June 12.

Over 92% of those who registered have opted to use their Aadhaar for identity verification. The new portal, launched on May 28, is part of a broader push to streamline the application process for exams conducted by the UPSC. Candidates are now required to register through a four-step process—account creation, universal registration, common application form, and examination application—on the portal upsconline.nic.in.

UPSC has launched a new portal and the applicants will now have the option of using Aadhaar authentication to register. The UPSC has included the option of Aadhaar verification and authentication, saying: “Applicants are strongly advised to use their Aadhaar Card as ID document in the Universal Application for easy, effortless and seamless verification and authentication of ID and other details after which it serves as a permanent and common record for all examinations.” Apart from the identity profile, the applicants have to furnish either Aadhaar or another valid photo identity document, it said.

This year, as many as 979 posts will be filled in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Police Service (IPS), Indian Postal Service (Group A), Indian Railway Protection Force Service (Group A), etc.

In order to prevent malpractices by candidates, the UPSC is likely to implement Aadhaar-based biometric authentication for its exams starting in June. The Commission had in June last year kicked off the project by inviting bids from public sector undertakings for “Aadhaar based Fingerprint Authentication/Digital Fingerprint Capturing & Facial Recognition of Candidates, QR Code Scanning of e-Admit Cards and Live AI-based CCTV Surveillance”, as per the tender document.

The UPSC CSE prelims 2025 exam was held on May 25. The UPSC CSE prelims exam was held in two shifts — first from 9.30 am and the next from 2.30 pm for paper 1 and paper 2, respectively.