IAS Prelims 2021 Exam Centers and Exam Day Instructions

The UPSC IAS exam centers are there all over the country. It is alloted on a first-come-first-serve basis and candidates should register at the earliest to ensure that they are alloted their choice of center. for IAS 2020 Prelims some of the exam centers were Kolkata, Bhopal, Bangalore, Mumbai, Aizwal, Jaipur, Shillong, Ranchi, Sambalpur, Kohima- to name a few. The exam center and venue is mentioned in the IAS admit card and cannot be changed. However, for 2020, an exception was made where candidates were given a second chance to update their choice of exam center before the admit cards were issued due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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• Separate IAS exam centers list is published by UPSC for preliminary and main exam. 
• The address of the allotted exam center is mentioned on IAS Admit Card issued to the candidate.
• One must carefully check the published list and select appropriate IAS Exam Center out of the given list, according to his/her convenience.
• However, UPSC holds all the rights to allot an exam center other than the selected one by a candidate.

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IAS 2021 Prelims Exam Centers

GCandidates had to make a choice of the most preferred IAS Exam Center but the Commission has the authority of allocation of the center. A candidate can choose any IAS 2021 Exam Center from the given list, whichever is convenient for him/her. Usually the number of IAS Prelims exam center is more than IAS Mains exam centers as there are more candidates to be accomodated.

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UPSC IAS Mains Exam Centre 2021

The IAS mains 2020 exam is ongoing across 51 cities of the nation. This will also give you an idea about probable exam centers for IAS 2021 exam. Check the following table to know more about it:

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Allocation of IAS 2021 Exam Centers

Following points related to the allocation of IAS 2019 Exam Center must be known by every candidate:

• Allotment of IAS 2021 Exam Center is done on ‘first-apply-first allot’ basis
• Once the capacity of a particular IAS Exam Center is completely filled that center gets frozen and no candidate is able to choose that IAS Exam Center after that
• It is under the discretion of IAS that the IAS 2019 Exam Centers and the date of examination can be changed
• Applicants must note that only a limited number of candidates are allotted to each of the IAS 2021 Exam Center, except Chennai, Dispur, Kolkata, and Nagpur
• Applicants who fail to get IAS 2021 Examination Center of his/her choice, are required to choose an exam center from the remaining ones only
• If the situation demands, the Commission reserves the right to change the IAS Civil Services 2021 Exam Center at their discretion
• Applicants are advised to apply early so that they can get the desired IAS Examination Center
• No request for the change of IAS 2021 Exam Center is entertained under any circumstance
• All the IAS 2019 Examination Center for CS (P) 2021 Examination caters to examination for Low Vision Candidates in their respective center
• Candidates admitted to the examination are informed of the time table and place or places of IAS 2021 Examination

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IAS 2021- Exam Day Instructions

• A candidate can take only certain articles along with him/her inside the IAS 2019 Examination hall that includes a clipboard or hardboard on which nothing is written or marked, black ball pen of good quality for marking the response on the IAS Answer Sheet
• A candidate cannot carry any extra sheet for rough work as it is provided by the invigilator inside the IAS Exam Hall.
• Things like books, notes, loose sheets, electronic devices, any type of calculator, mathematical or drawing instruments, log tables, stencils of maps, side rules are not allowed to carry inside the IAS 2019 Exam Center. If any candidate is found with the said items inside the IAS 2019 Exam Hall, his/her candidature gets right away cancelled
• Candidates are advised not to take any valuable item with themselves to the IAS 2019 Exam Center, as the commission is not responsible for the safety of any such belongings of any candidate
• Any kind of misbehavior with anyone inside the IAS Exam Hall is not tolerated and strict actions are taken against such behavior

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Unfair means and Practices

A candidate must take care of the following points while appearing for IAS Exam 2021:

• A candidate must ensure that he/she fulfills all the IAS Exam Eligibility conditions before applying for IAS Exam 2019
• Admission of a candidate remains provisional during all the stages of IAS Exam as it is a subject to their satisfying the prescribed IAS Exam 2019 Eligibility conditions
• The commission can cancel the candidature of any candidate if, during verification, he/she is found not fulfilling the IAS Eligibility norms at any stage
• If any of the claims made by the candidate is found to be incorrect, he/she might render himself/herself liable to disciplinary action
• Any candidate who is found making use of any kind of electronic device or any other unfair means in the IAS 2019 Examination hall, his/her candidature is canceled by the commission right away

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