UPSC declares Civil Services (Main) Examination 2026 results

• The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) declared the results of the Civil Services (Main) Examination 2026 on November 5.

• The Mains examination was conducted from August 21 to 30.

• A total of 2,526 candidates have cleared the Mains examination.

• Candidates who cleared the Mains examination have qualified for the Personality Test (interview) for selection to the Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, Indian Police Service and other Central Services (Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’).

• The dates of the Personality Test will be announced in due course. 

• The eligible candidates will be required to produce original certificates supporting their eligibility and reservation claims, including those related to age, educational qualifications, community, economically weaker section (EWS) and Person with Benchmark Disability (PwBD), along with other documents.

• The candidates have been advised to keep these documents ready for verification at the time of the interview.

• The interviews will be held at the UPSC office at Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi.

• The e-summon letters for the qualified candidates will be made available on the UPSC’s website — upsc.gov.in and upsconline.nic.in — in due course.

• No paper or physical summons letters will be issued for the personality tests by the UPSC.

• The marks sheets of all the candidates will be uploaded on the commission's website within 15 days of the declaration of the final results, following the Personality Tests, and will remain available for 30 days.

• The Civil Services Examination is conducted annually in three stages — Preliminary, Mains and Interview — to select candidates for the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) and other services.