• The results of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2024, conducted by the Union Public Service Commission, was declared on July 1.

• The examination was held on June 16.

• Candidates who have qualified in the Prelims will proceed to the Mains, and eventually to the  Personality Test round.

• The candidature of these candidates is provisional. 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.

• Candidates are also informed that marks, cut off marks and answer keys of the examination will be uploaded on the UPSC’s website only after the entire process of the Civil Services Examination and Indian Forest Service examination is over, that is after the declaration of final result.

• The Civil Services Examination is conducted annually in three stages — preliminary, main and interview — to select officers for services such as the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and the Indian Police Service (IPS).

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