Find your exact age on the cut-off date of any government exam and check if you are eligible, with OBC, SC/ST and PwBD age relaxation.
| Exam | Age limit (General) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| UPSC Civil Services (IAS/IPS) | 21–32 years | 1 August of the exam year |
| SSC CGL | 18–32 years | Varies by post (18–27, 18–30, 20–30 or 18–32) |
| SSC CHSL | 18–27 years | — |
| SSC MTS | 18–25 years | Havaldar posts: 18–27 |
| SSC GD Constable | 18–23 years | — |
| IBPS PO | 20–30 years | — |
| IBPS Clerk | 20–28 years | — |
| SBI PO | 21–30 years | — |
| SBI Clerk | 20–28 years | — |
Based on recent notifications. Limits can change every year. Always confirm in the official notification. OBC, SC/ST and PwBD candidates add their relaxation to the upper limit.
| Category | Upper age relaxation |
|---|---|
| General / EWS | None |
| OBC (non-creamy layer) | 3 years |
| SC / ST | 5 years |
| PwBD – General / EWS | 10 years |
| PwBD – OBC | 13 years |
| PwBD – SC / ST | 15 years |
| Ex-servicemen | Military service + 3 years (as per rules) |
State government jobs follow state rules (for example extra relaxation for women or state domicile). Use "Other relaxation" in the calculator for those.
Your age for a government job is not your age today. Every notification fixes one date on which the age of all candidates is counted, for example 01-01-2026 for many SSC and state exams or 1 August for UPSC Civil Services. A candidate who is 32 today may still be 31 on the cut-off date and therefore eligible, or the other way round. That is why this calculator lets you choose the date instead of using today’s date.
Notifications word the upper limit in two ways. Most say the age should not exceed, for example, 32 years, which normally allows candidates until the day before their 33rd birthday. Some, like UPSC, say the candidate must not have attained 32 years, which means you must be younger than 32 on the cut-off date. When you are in your last year of eligibility the calculator warns you. The date-of-birth range printed in the notification (“born not before … and not after …”) always decides.
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