UPSC CMS Exam 2019

Steps to download Admit Card:

• Candidates are requested to visit the Official Website.

• Go through What's New

• Click on the link UPSC CMS E - Admit Card.

• Candidate needs to enter the Registration Number or Roll Number and Date of Birth

• Click Submit and your admit card will be displayed.

• Candidate can download it for future use. Take its print out.

Declaration of Result: September/October 2019

Immediately after the declaration of the Computer based results, successful candidates will be intimated by the Commission electronically and they shall be asked to submit Detailed Application Form (DAF) online. The successful candidates have to send the printout of this DAF with each page duly signed along with the self attested copies of the above mentioned certificates to the Commission at that time. Originals will have to be produced at the time of interview. The interview letter to the candidates may also be issued electronically.

The Admit Card is an important document; it must be preserved and produced at the time of admission also.  

Report to the selected test centre with two copies of the Hall Ticket, one photocopy of the application form and any one of the following for photo identification: 

ID proofs allowed:

• Permanent Driving License

• Passport

• PAN card

• Aadhaar card

• Government-issued ID containing photograph and signature

Q 1.When is the Examination Notice Issued?
Answer‐UPSC Examination Notices encapsulate the Rules of Examinations notified by the Government. Examination Notices of all the 13 Examinations are uploaded on the Commission’s website around 3 months before the date of examination. Examination Notices (indicative) are also published in the Employment News/Rozgar Samachar.

Q 2.What is UPSC’s Annual Calendar of Examinations?
Answer‐UPSC publishes an Annual Calendar of all the Structured Examinations conducted by it at least 6 months in advance (i.e. in June) for the Examinations to be conducted during the next calendar year. The Calendar is uploaded on the UPSC’s website as also published in the leading news papers of the country. The date of issue of Examination Notice is also mentioned in the Annual Calendar.

Q 3.How to apply for Examinations conducted by UPSC?
Answer‐Candidates can apply online for UPSC conducted Examinations by accessing the online portal hosted on the UPSC’s website (https://upsconline.nic.in).

Q 4.How much time is given to the candidates for applying online?
Answer‐A candidate gets 3 weeks to 1 month’s time to apply online and can fill up the online application by following the instructions provided on the website for filling up online applications.

Q 5.What happens if a candidate submits multiple online applications?
Answer‐While a candidate should avoid submitting more than one online application, in case of doing so, the data provided in the last application that is
successfully submitted online is accepted by the Commission. All previous applications are ignored.

Q 6.When should I apply if I choose to pay by Bank Challan?
Answer‐The closing date of submission of online application is clearly mentioned in the Examination Notice. Candidates, who make payments through Bank Challan, are required to submit online application at least a day before the notified closing date so that they can generate the Bank Challan to be submitted
in any Branch of SBI throughout India. Facility of Challan generation will be deactivated on the last day of online application automatically by the system.
However, Candidates can submit Bank Challan on the last day in SBI. Bank Challan generation is in Part‐II of Online Application.

Q 7.Which category of candidates is exempted from payment of Examination fee?
Answer‐For all the examinations conducted by the Commission, Female candidates, Persons with Disabilities and candidates belonging to the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe categories are exempted from payment of Examination fee.

Q 8.What is meant by ‘fictitious payment’?
Answer‐Those payments mentioned by the candidates in their online application, which are not authenticated by the State Bank of India, i.e. the designated bank managing the entire payment module (including managing the payment gateway), are called fictitious payments.

Q 9.How does the Commission resolve fictitious payment cases?
Answer‐The applicants, whose payments are marked fictitious, are intimated through e‐mail to submit physical proof of payment to the Commission. These
applicants are required to submit the proof within the timeframe given in the email either by hand or by speed post to the Commission. In case, no response is received from the applicants, their applications are summarily rejected and no
further correspondence is entertained in this regard.

10.What precautions must be taken by candidates for claiming community reservation or reservation for PH?
Answer‐Candidates seeking reservation/ relaxation benefits available for Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes/ Other Backward Classes/Physically Handicapped/Ex‐servicemen must ensure that they are entitled to such reservation/ relaxation in accordance with the eligibility prescribed in the Rules/Notice. They should also be in possession of all the requisite certificates in the prescribed format in support of their claims for availing reservation before applying for the examination, and in any case, not later than the closing date for receipt of applications for the examination.