UPSC LDCE, Officers’ Grade B admit cards 2025 released at upsc.gov.in: Direct link to download hall tickets here

UPSC LDCE, Officers’ Grade B admit cards 2025: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has issued the admit cards for the Combined Section Officers’ Grade ‘B’ Limited Departmental Competitive Examination (LDCE) 2025. Candidates appearing for the Section Officers’ Grade B and Combined Stenographers’ Grade B examinations can now access their hall tickets on the official website.The competitive examination will be held across nine centres in the country, including Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, Nagpur, Noida (Gautam Buddha Nagar), Ghaziabad, Faridabad, and Gurugram. The recruitment covers multiple service categories, although the final number of vacancies is yet to be confirmed.Services covered under the examinationThe LDCE 2025 will facilitate recruitment to the following cadres:

Category I: Section Officers’ Grade, Central Secretariat Service
Category II: Section Officers’ Grade, General Cadre, Indian Foreign Service, Branch ‘B’
Category III: Section Officers’ Grade, Railway Board Secretariat Service
Category VIII: Section Officers’ Grade, Intelligence Bureau
Category X: Section Officers, Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service
Category XI: Assistant Director/Section Officers/Manager Grade I, Employees’ State Insurance Corporation

UPSC LDCE, Officers’ Grade B admit card 2025: Steps to download

Candidates can follow the steps below to access their hall ticket:

Visit the official website of the Union Public Service Commission at upsc.gov.in.
On the homepage, open the “What’s New” section.
Click on the link titled “Admit Card for Combined Section Officers’ Grade ‘B’ LDCE 2025”.
You will be redirected to the login page. Enter your details and submit.
Download the admit card and save a copy for future reference.

Direct link here.

UPSC LDCE 2025: Exam pattern

The Commission has also published the detailed scheme of examination for the 2025 cycle. The assessment will include both objective-type and descriptive-type papers.

Paper	Marks	Date	Timing
General Studies, Constitution of India, parliamentary procedures, and RTI Act, 2005	150	13 December 2025	10 am to 12 noon
Procedure and practice in Government of India Secretariat, attached offices, financial and service rules	150	13 December 2025	2.30 pm to 4.30 pm
Noting, drafting and précis writing	200	14 December 2025	10 am to 1 pm
Qualifying shorthand test in Hindi or English (100 WPM) – for Categories IV, V, VI, VII, IX	Qualifying	20, 27, 28 December 2025	From 10 am onwards (in batches)