UPSC Civil Services prelims results 2017 declared at upsc.gov.in

UPSC has announced the result of civil services preliminary examination at upsc.gov.in. The result was published on July 27 night. The examination was held on June 18, 2017. This year, the candidates have found the paper tougher as there were questions on Goods and Services Tax (GST), benami transactions and schemes run by the central government.

The aspirants were also asked questions related to National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF), ‘Vidyanjali Yojana’ and ‘Smart India Hackathon’, all of which are the NDA government’s initiatives.

A petition is being filed at the Supreme Court on this year’s UPSC preliminary examination paper. The plea alleged that two questions in the 2017 preliminary examination of the prestigious Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) were wrong. “There are rules for determining whether the questions are wrong? The result is yet to be declared. It (result) will come out any day,” she told the bench.

She has also referred to earlier judgements of the apex court which had said that a question has two or more corrects answers should be considered as incorrect.

Lakhs of aspirants appeared in the preliminary examination held across the country can view their result by following the steps written below:

UPSC Civil Services results 2017, here’s how to download

Step 1: Go to the official website mentioned above

Step 2: On the homepage, click on the ‘UPSC Civil Services results 2017′ flashing on the right side of the page

Step 3: A new page will open displaying roll number wise results.

Step 4: Check your result and take a print out.

All the qualified candidates have to fill up the DAF (CSM) online and submit it online to participate in the Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2017 scheduled to be held on Saturday, October, 28, 2017. The candidates can find the DAF (CSM) on August 17 on the official website of the commission till 6 pm.

The cut-off marks and answer keys of screening test held in the preliminary exam 2017 will be uploaded on the Commission website after the declaration of final result of Civil Services Examination, 2017.