Exam Calendar 2021 : IBPS, SSC & UPSC Exam Dates

Exam Calendar 2021 – SSC, Bank & JEE, MBA Exam Dates 2021 : Candidates interested in working in the Government sector or looking for admission in prestigious institutes for education must know entrance/ competitive examination details and their schedule. UPSC, SSC, Bank, Engineering Exam Calendar 2021-22 has been given in this article. The candidate should prepare according to the dates of the examination.

Here is a list of important examinations and their schedule to be held in the year 2021-2022. The candidate should go through the details given below carefully and plan your preparation accordingly. The date of notification, application or registration dates, examination dates of various admission exams, and competitive exams are listed below.

UPSC Exam Dates & Calendar 2021

UPSC has released the annual calendar for the year 2021, in which the dates of notification and examination dates are mentioned. Every year UPSC releases an annual exam calendar and follows the same schedule for conducting various recruitment examinations.

UPSC Civil Services, Engineering Services, Combined Geo-Scientist, C.D.S. Examination, CISF AC(EXE) LDCE, N.D.A. & N.A. Examination(I), Combine Medical Service Examination, Central Armed Police Forces(ACs) Examination, and S.O./ Steno(GD-B/GS-I) LDCE dates are mentioned below. Candidates should follow the UPSC annual exam calendar and plan the preparation accordingly.

UPSC Recruitment 2021

Download UPSC Exam Calendar 2021

C.D.S. Examination (I)

• Date of Issue of Notification: 28.10.2020
• Last Date to Apply: 17.11.2020
• Date of Commencement of Exam: 07.02.2021

CISF AC (EXE) LDCE

• Date of Issue of Notification: 02.12.2020
• Last Date to Apply: 22.12.2021
• Date of Commencement of Exam: 14.03.2021

N.D.A. & N.A. Examination (I)

• Date of Issue of Notification: 30.12.2020
• Last Date to Apply: 19.01.2021
• Date of Commencement of Exam: 18.04.2021

Civil Services Examination

• Date of Issue of Notification: 10.02.2021
• Last Date to Apply: 02.03.2021
• Date of Commencement of Preliminary Exam: 27.06.2021 Postponed to 10 Oct 2021
• Date of Commencement of Mains Exam: 17.09.2021 (5 Days) (Expected in Jan 2022)

India Forest Service Examination

• Date of Issue of Notification: 10.02.2021
• Last Date to Apply: 02.03.2021
• Date of Commencement of Preliminary Exam: 27.06.2021 Postponed to 10 Oct 2021
• Date of Commencement of Mains Exam: 21.11.2021 (Expected in Feb 2022)

Engineering Services Examination

• Date of Issue of Notification: 07.04.2021
• Last Date to Apply: 27.04.2021
• Date of Commencement of Preliminary Exam: 18.07.2021
• Date of Commencement of Mains Exam: 10.10.2021

Central Armed Police Forces (ACs) Examination

• Date of Issue of Notification: 15.04.2021
• Last Date to Apply: 05.05.2021
• Date of Commencement of Exam: 08.08.2021

Combine Medical Service Examination

• Date of Issue of Notification: 05.05.2021
• Last Date to Apply: 25.05.2021
• Date of Commencement of Exam: 29.08.2021

N.D.A. & N.A. Examination (II)

• Date of Issue of Notification: 09.06.2021
• Last Date to Apply:29.06.2021
• Date of Commencement of Exam: 05.09.2021

C.D.S. Examination (II)

• Date of Issue of Notification: 04.08.2021
• Last Date to Apply: 24.08.2021
• Date of Commencement of Exam: 14.11.2021

S.O. / Steno (GD-B/GS-I) LDCE

• Date of Issue of Notification: 15.09.2021
• Last Date to Apply: 05.10.2021
• Date of Commencement of Exam: 11.12.2021

Combined Geo-Scientist 2022 (Tentative Dates)

• Date of Issue of Notification: 07.10.2021
• Last Date to Apply: 27.10.2021
• Date of Commencement of Preliminary Exam: 21.02.2022
• Date of Commencement of Mains Exam: 17.07.2022

Following Is A Tabular Representation Of The Above Details :

• Combined Geo-Scientist
• UPSC IES
• IES/ESE Syllabus
• IES Apply Online
• IES Admit Card
• IES Result
• UPSC NDA
• UPSC NDA & NA Apply Online
• UPSC NDA Syllabus
• UPSC NDA Admit Card
• UPSC NDA Results
• Civil Services Exam
• Civil Services Apply Online
• UPSC Civil Services Admit Card
• UPSC Civil Services Result
• UPSC CMS
• UPSC CMS Apply Online
• UPSC CMS Syllabus
• UPSC CMS Admit Card
• UPSC CMS Result
• UPSC CAPF AC Recruitment
• UPSC CAPF AC Apply Online
• UPSC SO/ Steno
• UPSC SO/Steno Application Form
• UPSC SO/Steno Syllabus
• UPSC SO/Steno Admit Card
• UPSC SO/Steno Result

SSC Exam Dates & Calendar 2021

Staff Selection Commission (SSC) is a Government organization that recruits staff for various posts in different departments and in subordinate services. SSC conducts recruitment to various gazetted and non-gazetted posts through various examinations. The SSC has released the official exam calendar for the year 2021, candidates are advised to go through the calendar for a schedule of each examination.

The commission has released the dates for the examination of Multi-Tasking (Non-Technical) Staff Examination, Junior Engineer Examination, Stenographer Grade “C” and “D”, Combine Graduate Level and Combine Higher Secondary (10+2) examination to be held in the later half of 2020 and in the year 2021.

SSC Exam Calendar 2021 (From 01.10.2020 to 31.08.2021)

Multi-Tasking (Non-Technical) Staff Examination 2021

• Date of Issue of Notification: 05.02.2021
• Last Date to Apply: 21.03.2021
• Date of Commencement of Tier I: 01.07.2021 to 20.07.2021
• Tier II Exam Date: 21.11.2021

SSC Constable GD 2021

• Date of Issue of Notification: 25.03.2021 (Postponed)
• Last Date to Apply: 10.05.2021 (Postponed)
• Date of Commencement of Tier I: 02.08.2021 to 25.08.2021

SSC Selection Post

• Date of Issue of Notification: To be notified
• Last Date to Apply: To be notified
• Date of Commencement of Tier I: To be notified

SSC JHT

• Date of Issue of Notification: June 2021 (Tentative)
• Last Date to Apply: July 2021 (Tentative)
• Date of Commencement of Exam: 26th Aug 2021 (Tentative)

SSC CPO

• Date of Issue of Notification: 17 June 2021 (Tentative)
• Last Date to Apply: 16 July 2021 (Tentative)
• Date of Commencement of Exam: 29th Sep 2021 – 7th Oct 2021(Tentative)

Junior Engineer (Civil, Electrical and Mechanical) Examination

• Date of Issue of Notification: 04.08.2021
• Last Date to Apply: 03.09.2021
• Date of Commencement of Exam: February 2022 (Paper I)

Stenographer Grade “C” and “D” Examination

• Date of Issue of Notification: 04.08.2021
• Last Date to Apply: 03.09.2021
• Date of Commencement of Exam: 01.12.2021 to 03.12. 2021

Combine Graduate Level Examination

• Date of Issue of Notification: 15.09.2021
• Last Date to Apply: 15.10.2021
• Date of Commencement of Exam: To be notified

Combine Higher Secondary (10+2) Examination

• Date of Issue of Notification: 30.11.2021
• Last Date to Apply: 15.12.2021
• Date of Commencement of Exam: To be notified

Following is a tabular representation of the above dates:

• SSC CHSL
• SSC CHSL Application Form 2021
• SSC CHSL Syllabus 2021
• SSC JE
• SSC JE Syllabus 2021
• SSC JE Application Form 2021
• SSC MTS Application Form
• SSC MTS 2021
• SSC CPO
• SSC CPO Syllabus
• SSC JHT
• SSC JHT Apply Online

Bank Exam Dates & Calendar 2021

IBPS

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) is the utmost body that conducts various examinations for the selection of PO, Clerks, SO’s at various levels of banks and other reputed institutes.

The IBPS has released the dates of the examination for the Probationary Officers, Specialist Officers, Clerks in various banks such as Allahabad Bank, Bank of India, Indian Bank, Canara Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Corporation Bank, and Union Bank of India, etc.

• Upcoming Bank Exams
• IBPS PO 2020
• IBPS SO 2020
• IBPS RRB PO 2020
• IBPS RRB SO 2020
• SBI PO 2020
• SBI SO 2020
• IBPS Clerk
• SBI Clerk

IBPS RRB

• Notification: 7 June 2021
• Last Date To Apply: 28 June 2021
• Prelim Exam: Officer Scale I & Office Assistants: 1,7,8,14,15th August 2021
• Main Exam: Officer Scale I: 25.09.2021, Office Assistants: 25.09.2021
• Single exam: Officer Scale-II & III: 25.09.2021

IBPS Clerk

• Date of Issue of Notification: June 2021
• Last Date to Apply: July 2021
• Date of Commencement of Pre-Exam: 28, 29 Aug & 4, 5 Sep 2021
• Date of Commencement of Main Examination: October 2021

IBPS PO Exam

• Date of Issue of Notification: 1st week of August 2021
• Last Date to Apply: August 2021
• Date of Commencement of Pre-Exam: 9th, 10th, 16th, 17th Oct 2021
• Date of Commencement of Main Examination: 27.11.2021

IBPS Specialist Officer

• Date of Issue of Notification: October 2021
• Last Date to Apply: November 2021
• Date of Commencement of Pre- Exam: 18.12.2021 and 26.12.2021
• Date of Commencement of Main Exam: 01.01.2022

Following is a tabular representation of the above:

SBI

SBI conducts various recruitment exams to recruit eligible staff in its branches all over India. SBI Probationary Officers, Clerical, Specialist Officer’s exam will be conducted every year to fill a number of vacancies. SBI PO, Clerk and SO exam calendar has been given below based on actual dates and on the previous year’s trend.

Public Sector Units Entrance Examination

Candidates who are looking to work in reputed Public Sector Units such as National Thermal Power Plant, Indian Oil, Oil, and Natural Gas Corporation, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Steel Authority of India, etc. will have to qualify for the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) with a high scorecard.

This year’s examination will be organized by the Indian Institute of Technology- Delhi. IIT-Delhi has released the official notification for the examination and here are the important details:

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)

• Date of Issue of Notification: 11 Sep 2020
• Last Date to Apply: 8 Sep 2020
• Date of Commencement of Exam: 6, 7, 13, 14 Feb 2021
• Result: 19 Mar 2021

Following is a tabular representation of the above:

Medical Entrance Examination 2021

The medical profession is one of the best professions and a number of aspirants attend various medical entrance exams to pursue their studies in the medical field. . There are national-level examinations for providing admission into MBBS and other related courses. Every year lakhs of candidates apply for the medical entrance exams such as NEET, AIIMS that has huge competition due to fewer seats. Following are the dates of various medical entrance exams.

National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET)

• Date of Issue of Notification: 2nd week of June 2021
• Last Date to Apply: 3rd week of July 2021
• Date of Commencement of Exam: 1 August 2021

All India Institute of Medical Sciences Entrance Exam (AIIMS MBBS) Through NEET

• Date of Issue of Notification: 2nd week of June 2021
• Last Date to Apply: 3rd week of July 2021
• Date of Commencement of Exam: 1 August 2021

Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research Entrance Exam (JIPMER) Through NEET

• Date of Issue of Notification: 2nd week of June 2021
• Last Date to Apply: 3rd week of July 2021
• Date of Commencement of Exam: 1 August 2021

Armed Force Medical College Entrance Exam (AFMC) Through NEET

• Date of Issue of Notification: 2nd week of June 2021
• Last Date to Apply: 3rd week of July 2021
• Date of Commencement of Exam: 1 August 2021

Following is the tabular representation of the above:

Engineering Entrance Examinations 2021

The engineering profession is one of the most enrolled fields in the country. There are lakhs of institutes that provide Engineering in different fields such as Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, Electronics and Communication, Power Engineering, Computer Science Engineering, Marine Engineering, etc.

There are different examinations conducted at the national, state, and university levels for providing admission into engineering courses. Here are the important dates that an engineering aspirant should look carefully at:

University of Petroleum and Energy Studies Engineering Aptitude Test (UPESEAT)

• Date of Issue of Notification: Sep 2020
• Last Date to Apply: 12 June 2021
• Date of Commencement of Exam: 17-19 June 2021

Vellore Institute of Technology Engineering Entrance Examination (VITEEE)

• Date of Issue of Notification: 30 Nov 2020
• Last Date to Apply: 21 May 2021
• Date of Commencement of Exam: 28-31 May 2021 & 10 June 2021

SRM Joint Entrance Examination (SRMJEE)

• Date of Issue of Notification: 12 Dec 2020
• Last Date to Apply: Phase I: 19 May 2021, Phase II: 20 June 2021
• Date of Commencement of Exam: Phase I: 23-24 May 2021, Phase II: 29-30 June 2021

Joint Entrance Exam (JEE)

JEE Main (4 Sessions – Feb, Mar, Apr, May 2021)

• Date of Issue of Notification: 16th Dec 2020, 1st Mar 2021, 25th Mar 2021, June 2021
• Last Date to Apply: 16th Jan 2021, 10 Mar 2021, April 2021, June 2021
• Date of Commencement of Exam:
• Session I: 23-26 February 2021
• Session II: 16-18 March 2021
• Session III: 27,28,30 April 2021 (Postponed)
• Session IV: 24-28 May 2021 (Postponed)

JEE Advanced

• Date of Issue of Notification: June 2021 (Postponed)
• Last Date to Apply: June 2021
• Date of Commencement of Exam: 3^rd July 2021 (Postponed)

Birla Institute of Technology and Science Admission Test (BITSAT)

• Date of Issue of Notification: 23 Feb 2021
• Last Date to Apply: 30 June 2021
• Date of Commencement of Exam: 24-30 June 2021 (Postponed)

Following is a tabular representation of the above:

Academics Related Examination

Candidates interested to pursue Assistant Professor or Junior Research Fellowship can apply to University Grant Commission – National Eligibility Test. The organization has released tentative dates for the following. The candidate is advised to follow the dates and plan accordingly for the examination.

UGC-NET

• Date of Issue of Notification: 2 Feb 2021
• Last Date to Apply: 9 March 2021
• Date of Commencement of Exam: May 2021

CSIR UGC-NET (June & December)

• Date of Issue of Notification: To be notified
• Last Date to Apply: To be notified
• Date of Commencement of Exam: To be notified

Following is a tabular representation of the above:

Designing Related Examination

Candidates who are interested to pursue design and drawing are hereby informed about the examination and the important dates. The dates are tentative but are most likely to be true. The candidate is advised to plan according to the mention dates for getting a high score.

National Institute of Fashion Technology

• Date of Issue of Notification: 14 Dec 2020
• Last Date to Apply: 21 Jan 2021
• Date of Commencement of Exam: 14 Feb 2021

Common Entrance Exam for Design

• Date of Issue of Notification: 9 Sep 2020
• Last Date to Apply: 10 Nov 2020
• Date of Commencement of Exam: 17 January 2021

Following is a tabular representation of the above:

Management Entrance Examination 2021

Management is the process of controlling things, processes, and people so as to avail maximum profit for an organization or individual. The entrance examination is given by both working professionals as well as students; hence a proper knowledge about the dates is of high importance.

There are a large number of institutes that provide the candidates with such courses and candidates should be aware of the examination as well as the important dates.  Here are some important management examinations held in the country:

• CAT Exam
• CAT Application Form
• MAT Exam
• XAT Exam
• XAT Apply Online

Xavier Aptitude Test

• Date of Issue of Notification: 12 Sep 2020
• Last Date to Apply: 10 Dec 2020
• Date of Commencement of Exam: 3 Jan 2021

Indian Institute of Foreign and Trade (IIFT)

• Date of Issue of Notification: 06.11.2020
• Last Date to Apply: 30.12.2021
• Date of Commencement of Exam: 24.01.2021

Common Management Aptitude Test (CMAT)

• Date of Issue of Notification: 23.11.2020
• Last Date to Apply: 01.03.2021
• Date of Commencement of Exam: 31.03.2021

Management Aptitude Test (MAT)

May Session:

• Date of Issue of Notification: PBT: 10 June 2021, CBT: 10 June 2021
• Last Date to Apply: PBT: 21st June 2021, CBT: 21st June 2021, IBT: 27th May -9th June 2021
• Date of Commencement of Exam: PBT& CBT: 26th June 2021, IBT: 30th May – 13th June 2021

Common Aptitude Test (CAT)

• Date of Issue of Notification: Last week of July 2021
• Last Date to Apply: 3rd week of Sep 2021
• Date of Commencement of Exam: 28.11.2021

Symbiosis National Aptitude Test (Tentative)

• Date of Issue of Notification: 2nd week of Aug 2021
• Last Date to Apply: Last week of Nov 2021
• Date of Commencement of Exam: Second week of Dec 2021

Following is a tabular representation of the above: