UPSC CSAT Syllabus 2026, Exam Pattern

Detail Information about UPSC CSAT has published notification 2026 for the notification of UPSC Civil Services Aptitude Test vacancies. Those Candidates who are Interested to the following vacancy and completed all Eligibility Criteria can read the Notification & Apply Online. In this page we provide the Complete Syllabus of this Notification with Latest Update Exam Pattern and the Exam.

UPSC CSAT Notification 2026 - Overview

Organization Name	Union Public Service Commission
Posts Name	Indian Administrative Service Indian Foreign Service Indian Police Service Indian Audit and Accounts Service Indian Civil Accounts Service Indian Corporate Law Service Indian Defence Accounts Service Indian Defence Estates Service Indian Information Service Indian Postal Service Indian P&T Accounts and Finance Service Indian Railway Protection Force Service Indian Revenue Service (Customs & Indirect Taxes) Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax) Indian Trade Service, (Grade III) Indian Railway Management Service Armed Forces HQ Civil Service (Section Officer’s Grade) Civil Service (DANICS) Police Service (DANIPS) Pondicherry Civil Service (PONDICS) Pondicherry Police Service (PONDIPS)
Application Mode	Online
Exam Mode	Offline / Pen & Paper
Salary	INR 56100 – INR 250,000
Selection Process	Prelims Mains Personal Interview
Official website	https://www.upsc.gov.in/

UPSC CSAT Syllabus 2026

1. Comprehension

Reading Passages and answering questions based on them.

2. Interpersonal Skills Including Communication Skills

Verbal Interpretations; Analogies; Critical Reasoning etc.

3. Decision Making and Problem Solving

Ethical dilemmas and hypothetical questions based on them

4. Logical Reasoning and Analytical Ability

Sequence & Series; Coding & Decoding; Blood Relations

Venn Diagrams; Distance & Directions; Seating Arrangements; Puzzles

5. General Mental Ability

Profit & Loss; Mixture & Alligations; Time & Work; Time & Distance

Geometry; Mensuration & Area

Partnerships; Clocks; Dices etc.

6. Basic Numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, etc.)

Number Systems; LCM & HCF; Averages; Fractions; Ratio & Proportion

Averages; Percentage; Simple & Compound Interests etc.

7. Data Interpretation (Charts, Graphs, Tables, Data Sufficiency etc.

UPSC CSAT Exam Pattern

Duration : 120 Minutes

No.of Question : 80

Total Marks : 200

Negative Marking : 0.33

Every Correct Answer : 2.5 Marks

S. No.	Test Area	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018
1.	Comprehension	27	27	30	27	25	30	26
2.	Basic Numeracy, Data Interpretation and Sufficiency	40	35	29	25	43	25	18
3.	General Mental Ability	11	09	12	23	11	19	22
4.	Logical Reasoning and Analytical Ability	02	09	09	03	01	04	03
5.	Decision Making and Problem Solving	-	-	-	02	-	02	11
	Interpersonal Skills including Communication Skills	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Total	80	80	80	80	80	80	80

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