UPSC Geo Scientist Exam 2025 Online Form

UPSC Geo Scientist Exam 2025 Online Form — a recruitment notification — is summarised below. The key figures are an application window closing 20 September 2024 and a fee of ₹200 for unreserved candidates. Everything below — dates, eligibility, fee and the official links — is set out in the order you will need it.

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducts central civil services and specialist recruitment. UPSC timelines and criteria are rarely relaxed, and only upsc.gov.in should be treated as authoritative for the application, admit card and result.

Applications open on 04 September 2024 and close on 20 September 2024, giving candidates 17 days to complete the process. At 17 days this is a normal-length window, but the fee and upload steps are the ones that fail late, so leave a few days of margin. Fee payment closes on 20/09/2024 — note that this can fall on a different day from the form deadline, and an unpaid form is not a submitted form. A correction window is listed (25/09/2024 to 01/10/2024), so errors in the submitted form can be fixed within that period rather than by re-applying. The exam is currently shown for 09/02/2025; treat this as provisional until the admit card confirms it.

The age limit runs from 16 to 21 years for unreserved candidates. That is a 5-year band, so candidates near either edge should confirm the exact cut-off date the notification measures age against — it is usually a fixed reference date, not the date you apply. On qualifications, the notification states: Geologist Group A — 16 — 21-32 — Passed / Appearing Master Degree Geological Science or Geology or Applied Geology or Geo-Exploration or Mineral Exploration or Engineering Geology or Marine Geology or Earth Science or Any Other Equivalent Degree. If your degree is an equivalent under a different name, look for the equivalence clause in the official PDF before paying the fee — a form rejected for a qualification mismatch is not usually refundable.

SC / ST / PH and All Category Female are exempt from the application fee under this notification. All fee-paying categories are charged the same ₹200. Payment is accepted via debit card, credit card, net banking, and offline bank challan. Pay only through the official portal linked on this page; the fee is normally non-refundable once the form is submitted.

Read the eligibility conditions in full before paying any fee. The most common reason applications are rejected is a qualification or age criterion that was missed at the form stage, and that cannot usually be corrected after the window closes.