UPSC CSE Prelims Result 2024 Updates: When and how to fill DAF?

Facilitation counter of UPSC has also been set up near the examination hall building in its premises at Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi. Candidates may obtain any information and clarification regarding their result on all working days between 10 am and 5 pm in person or on calls at 011-23385271, 011-23098543 or 011-23381125 from the facilitation counter.

Marks obtained in UPSC CSE prelims, cut off marks and answer keys of CS (P) Examination, 2024 will be uploaded on the Commission’s website -- upsc.gov.in only after the entire process of the Civil Services Examination, 2024 and Indian Forest Service Examination, 2024 is over i.e. after the declaration of final result. 

In accordance with the Rules of the Examination, all these candidates have to apply again in the Detailed Application Form-I (DAF-I) for the Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2024. The dates and important instructions for filling up of the DAF-I and its submission will be announced in due course on the website of the Commission, UPSC said while releasing the CSE prelims result on July 1.

"Upon reviewing the question paper, I observed that the Polity section comprised 15 questions. Of these, 10 were easy, 2 were of medium difficulty, and 3 were tough. Notably, 10-12 questions were drawn from the last two years.  Impressively, 13 out of the 15 questions were directly covered in my classes. Although the tough questions were more challenging than last year’s, the remaining 12 followed a predictable pattern,” shares Anubhav Sharma, Faculty of Polity, Rau’s IAS Study Circle.

In Prelims 2024, there are 18 questions from the Indian Economy. Out of 18 questions, 7 Questions are from Banking and Finance, 3 Questions related to Government schemes and rest of the questions are from other themes such as Taxation, Infrastructure etc. Out of 18 questions, around 12 questions can be considered as Easy to moderadte.
 
Overall, the Economy section was along the expected lines in terms of overall weightage to Economy (18 Questions) and in terms of weightage to Themes ( Majority of the questions are from Banking and Finance). Most of the questions have been asked from the Static/Core part and only few questions have been asked from Current Affairs. 

Under the Theme of Banking and Finance, Focus has shifted from chapter of Monetary Policy to Capital Market/Money Market. UPSC has also continued with its previous pattern of asking questions related to Schemes (Digital India, PM-SYM, Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan), Core Concepts ( sectors of Economy, Types of Physical Capital), Important Economic Developments in other countries (Venezuela Crisis, US Debt Crisis).  

Most of the Questions from the Economy section required the students to identify as to "which statements are correct?" rather than identifying "How many statements are correct?". Hence, an average well-read student could easily answer around 10-12 questions out of 18 questions through elimination method.

(Inputs by Basava Uppin, Faculty- Economy, Rau’s IAS Study Circle)

No credentials will be required to check and download the UPSC CSE prelims result. The UPSC official website is hosting the prelims result PDF with all the roll numbers of the qualified candidates.

UPSC conducted the CSE Preliminary exam on June 16 in two shifts for GS paper 1 and GS paper 2. The exam was earlier scheduled for May 26, which was postponed due to the general elections by the Election Commission.

The UPSC takes nearly 14-15 months to complete the Civil Services recruitment cycle process. The exam is divided into three stages — prelims, main and personality test and an appearing candidate failing at any of the stages need to reappear for the stage 1 — preliminary exam next year. 

Criticising the long recruitment period, a Parliamentary Committee has recently suggested the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to reduce the UPSC CSE cycle.

“The Committee is of the opinion that the duration of any recruitment examination should not ordinarily exceed six months as long and protracted recruitment cycles waste prime years of a candidates’ life besides taking a toll on their physical and mental health. The Committee, accordingly, recommends that UPSC should take steps to reduce the duration of the recruitment cycle significantly without compromising the quality,” the report said.

Candidates who appeared for the first shift of the UPSC CSE prelims exam found the exam to be "balanced, and easier than last year". The cut-off, therefore, might increase.

The UPSC CSE exam is held in three stages — prelims, mains, and the personality test to select officers for Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) Indian Police Service (IPS), and other Grade A and B posts in the central government and its departments.

There will be penalty for wrong answers marked by a candidate in both the question papers of the examination. One-third of the marks will be cut for wrong answers marked in UPSC CSE prelims. 

The numbers available between 1975 and 2014 show that students who graduated from Delhi University performed better than other university students.

The commission has previously notified candidates that there are a total of 150 vacancies for IFoS and for CSE 1,056. The vacancies this year have decreased, in contrast with 1,105 posts last year. However, only 712 posts were available in 2021 and 796 in 2020.

The shortlisted candidates will now have to apply again in the detailed application form-I (DAF-I) for the Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2024. The dates and important instructions for filling up of the DAF-I and its submission will be announced in the UPSC official website soon, the Commission said while releasing the CSE prelims result.

Follow these steps to check the UPSC CSE prelims result

Step 1 – Go to the official website – upsc.gov.in 

Step 2 – Select the “Result” option, on the homepage

Step 3 – Click on link “UPSC Civil Service Preliminary Result 2024”

Step 4 – On the next window, the result pdf will be displayed on the candidate's screen

Step 5 – Download and save the result for further reference.