What is IAS Exam? UPSC released new exam dates for IAS 2020 exams. The IAS prelims 2020 exam will be conducted on October 4. The IAS exam 2020(main) will be conducted from January 8, 2021. The USC new exam dates were announced on June 5 through a press release of new UPSC exam calendar 2020. The new exam dates have postponed the exam to approximately by four months and mains exam is also postponed in the same way. UPSC IAS exam is the most prestigious exam in the country and lakhs of candidates dream about the Indian Administrative Services as their dream job. IAS exam is the most coveted exam in India conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). UPSC recruits the candidates for Indian Administrative Services (IAS), Indian Police Services (IPS) and Central Civil Services including the Indian Foreign Services through this exam. All the ministries and the departments in the union and state governments are headed by the IAS officers. Hence the IAS exam has acquired t