UPSC mains time table 2017 released

The Union Public Service Commission (upsc) has released the exam schedule of Civil Services Mains 2017 at upsc.gov.in
As per notice, UPSC will conduct civil services main examination between October 28 and November 3 at various test centres across the nation.

TIME TABLE FOR CIVIL SERVICES (MAIN) EXAMINATION, 2017

Date/Day	Forenoon Session	Afternoon Session
	9.00 A.M. to 12.00 Noon	2.00 P.M. to 5.00 P.M.
(1)	(2)	(3)
28.10.2017	Paper‐I
(Saturday)	Essay	No Paper
29.10.2017
(Sunday)	‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ No Paper ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
30.10.2017	Paper‐II	Paper‐III
(Monday)	General Studies‐I	General Studies‐II
31.10.2017	Paper‐IV	Paper‐V
(Tuesday)	General Studies‐III	General Studies‐IV
01.11.2017	Paper‐A
(Wednesday)	Indian Language	Paper‐B
	{Assamese/Bengali/Bodo/Dogri/
	Gujarati/Hindi/Kannada/Kashmiri/	English
	Konkani/Maithili/Malayalam/Manipuri/
	Marathi/Nepali/Oriya/Punjabi/Sanskrit/
	Santhali/Sindhi (Devanagari/Arabic
	Script)/Tamil/Telugu/Urdu}
02.11.2017	‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ No Paper ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
(Thursday)
03.11.2017	Paper‐VI	Paper‐VII
(Friday)	Optional Paper‐I	Optional Paper‐II
	{Agriculture/Animal Husbandry &	{Agriculture/Animal Husbandry & Veterinary
	Veterinary Science/Anthropology/	Science/Anthropology/
	Botany/Chemistry/Civil Engineering/	Botany/Chemistry/Civil Engineering/
	Commerce & Accountancy/Economics/	Commerce & Accountancy/Economics/
	Electrical Engineering/Geography/	Electrical Engineering/Geography/
	Geology/History/Law/Management/	Geology/History/Law/Management/
	Mathematics/Mechanical Engineering/	Mathematics/Mechanical Engineering/
	Medical Science/Philosophy/Physics/	Medical Science/Philosophy/Physics/
	Political Science & International	Political Science & International
	Relations/Psychology/Public	Relations/Psychology/Public
	Administration/Sociology/Statistics/	Administration/Sociology/Statistics/
	Zoology/Literature of any one of the	Zoology/Literature of any one of the
	following languages:	following languages:
	Assamese/Bengali/Bodo/Dogri/	Assamese/Bengali/Bodo/Dogri/
	Gujarati/Hindi/Kannada/Kashmiri/	Gujarati/Hindi/Kannada/Kashmiri/
	Konkani/Maithili/Malayalam/Manipuri/M	Konkani/Maithili/Malayalam/Manipuri/Mara
	arathi/Nepali/Oriya/Punjabi/Sanskrit/San	thi/Nepali/Oriya/Punjabi/Sanskrit/

Examination details :

• The four general studies papers will be conducted on October 30 and 31 in four shifts
• The language papers will be conducted on November 1 with the Indian languages paper scheduled for the morning session while the English paper is scheduled for the afternoon session.
• UPSC aspirants can opt for any language option from the 22 languages listed in the eighth schedule of the Constitution.
• The two optional papers will be held on November 3.

Detailed Application Form :

Those candidates who have successfully cleared the preliminary examination must fill the detailed application form (DAF) for the main examination which is likely to be available on August 17 on the official website of UPSC.