UPSC CSE Prelims 2025 Answer Key Released
Candidates who appeared for the UPSC CSE 2025 prelims will be able to download the answer keys from the official website, upsc.gov.in and upsconline.gov.in.
NEW DELHI: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the Civil Services Examination (CSE) preliminary exam answer keys for the 2025 exams.
Candidates who appeared for the UPSC CSE 2025 prelims will be able to download the answer keys from the official website, upsc.gov.in and upsconline.gov.in.
This would be the last time that the Commission has released the answer keys after the completion of the complete exam cycle. From the 2026 session, UPSC will begin releasing provisional answer keys on its official website after conducting the CSE Preliminary exams.
While the UPSC CSE 2025 prelims exam was conducted on May 25 last year, the CSE mains UPSC exam was held from August 22 to August 31.
For direct link to download the UPSC CSE Prelims 2025 answer key, click here
According to UPSC data, 9,37,876 candidates applied for the 2025 Civil Services Examination. Of those, 5,76,793 appeared for the prelims.
A total of 14,161 cleared the prelims and qualified for the Main exam. From there, 2,736 candidates made it to the Personality Test stage.In the final list, the Commission recommended 958 candidates – 659 men and 299 women – for appointment to the Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, Indian Police Service, and Central Services – Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’.
The UPSC CSE 2026 prelims exam will be held on May 24. This year, over 900 posts are on offer. Candidates scoring above the cut-off marks in CSE prelims will become eligible to register for the UPSC main examination. The mains will be descriptive and will be conducted in August.