The timetable for the UPSC CSE Main 2020 exam has been released by Union Public Service Commission, UPSC. From upsc.gov.in, the candidates who have qualified the civil services preliminary exam 2020 can check and download the schedule.
From January 8, 2021, the exam would begin and on January 17, 2021 it would end. From 9 AM to 12 noon the forenoon session would be conducted and from 2 PM to 5 PM the afternoon session would be conducted.
Timetable for mains exam UPSC CSE Main 2021:
For the Civil Service Mains exam candidates can check the timetable here. The exam would commence with the English/ essay exam and there would be 7 papers.
| Date(Day) | Forenoon Session | Afternoon Session |
|---|---|---|
| January 8, 2021 | Paper‐I Essay | None |
| January 9, 2021 | Paper‐II General Studies‐I | Paper‐III General Studies‐II |
| January 10, 2021 | Paper‐IV General Studies‐III | Paper‐V General Studies‐IV |
| January 16, 2021 | Paper‐A Indian Language {Assamese/Bengali/Bodo/Dogri/ Gujarati/Hindi/Kannada/Kashmiri/ Konkani/Maithilli/Malayalam/Manipuri /Marathi/Nepali/Odia/Punjabi/Sanskrit / Santhali (Devanagari/Olchiki Script)/ Sindhi (Devanagari/Arabic Script)/ Tamil/Telugu/Urdu} | Paper B- English |
| January 17, 2021 | Paper‐VI Optional Paper‐I {Agriculture/Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science/Anthropology/ Botany/Chemistry/Civil Engineering/ Commerce & Accountancy/Economics/ Electrical Engineering/Geography/ Geology/History/Law/Management/ Mathematics/Mechanical Engineering/ Medical Science/Philosophy/Physics/ Political Science & International Relations/Psychology/Public Administration/Sociology/Statistics/ Zoology/Literature of any one of the following languages: Assamese/Bengali/Bodo/Dogri/ Gujarati/Hindi/Kannada/Kashmiri/ Konkani/Maithilli/Malayalam/Manipuri /Marathi/Nepali/Odia/Punjabi/Sanskrit /Santhali/Sindhi/Tamil/Telugu/Urdu/ English} | Paper‐VII Optional Paper‐II {Agriculture/Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science/Anthropology/ Botany/Chemistry/Civil Engineering/ Commerce & Accountancy/Economics/ Electrical Engineering/Geography/ Geology/History/Law/Management/ Mathematics/Mechanical Engineering/ Medical Science/Philosophy/Physics/ Political Science & International Relations/Psychology/Public Administration/Sociology/Statistics/ Zoology/Literature of any one of the following languages: Assamese/Bengali/Bodo/Dogri/ Gujarati/Hindi/Kannada/Kashmiri/ Konkani/Maithilli/Malayalam/Manipuri /Marathi/Nepali/Odia/Punjabi/Sanskrit /Santhali/Sindhi/Tamil/Telugu/Urdu/ English} |