UPSC Prelims 2027 Countdown

The UPSC Prelims countdown shows the time left until the first stage of the Civil Services Examination, which recruits for the IAS, IPS, IFS and other central services. The same Prelims also screens candidates for the Indian Forest Service.

With months-long syllabuses, aspirants often plan in phases: foundation, revision, and mock tests. This countdown runs to 9:30 am IST on Prelims day and shows days, hours and minutes, with the status of the date and links to the other major exams. It keeps going to the next year's Prelims once UPSC publishes the new calendar.

Prelims has two objective papers on the same day, each two hours long and worth 200 marks. General Studies Paper I (100 questions) decides the merit list. Paper II, the Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT, 80 questions), is qualifying: you need 33% in it, but its marks aren't added. Wrong answers cost a third of the question's marks.

Prelims only screens candidates for the Mains; its marks don't count towards the final rank.