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Printable UPSC exam-day checklist covering admit card, photo ID and allowed items, with a reporting plan built on the 10-minute gate rule.
The UPSC Admit Card Day Checklist turns the instructions printed on the UPSC e-Admit Card into a tickable list and a reporting plan. It separates the entry-critical documents — the printed admit card, the photo ID whose number appears on it, and a black ball point pen — from the merely useful, and works the clock backwards from the Commission's rule that no candidate is admitted after the entry closing time, ten minutes before a session begins. Civil Services Preliminary day has two two-hour sessions, so the plan can be run once for the forenoon paper and again for the afternoon.
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Pick the Session — Paper I — General Studies (forenoon) 09:30-11:30 or Paper II — CSAT (afternoon) 14:30-16:30 — and enter Travel time to the centre, Buffer before gate closing and Time to get ready at home in minutes.
The plan counts back from the gate closing 10 minutes before the start and lists 'Start getting ready at', 'Leave home by', 'Be at the centre by', 'Gate closes' and 'Paper starts'.
Work through the Bag and document checklist, where entry-critical items such as the printed e-Admit Card, the original photo ID and black ball point pens are counted separately, then press 'Print' to carry it, or 'Copy result'.
Separates what stops you at the gate from what is merely convenient.
Counts back from the 10-minute entry closing time, not from the exam start.
Prints cleanly, so the checklist works at a centre where phones are banned inside.
A printed copy of the e-Admit Card and the original photo identity card whose number is quoted on that admit card. If the admit card carries no photograph or an unclear one, carry an identical passport photograph for each session along with proof of identity.
Ten minutes before the session begins — so 9:20 am for a 9:30 am paper and 2:20 pm for a 2:30 pm paper. Candidates are not admitted after that time under any circumstances, which is why the plan here counts backwards from gate closing rather than from the start of the paper.
No. Mobile phones, bluetooth devices, smart or digital watches, calculators and any other communication or storage gadget are barred inside the premises, and centres make no arrangement to keep them. Leave them at home or with someone outside.
A black ball point pen. The OMR answer sheet, the attendance list and the details on the test booklet must all be filled in black ball point pen, so carry two in case one fails.