UPSC CSE photograph and signature

Civil Services Examination, 2025, published by Union Public Service Commission. The source is Examination Notice No. 05/2025-CSP and its Appendix-II (2025-01-22, Date printed on Examination Notice No. 05/2025-CSP). The tool above makes the JPEG in this browser. It does not upload the file.

Photograph

UPSC CSE photograph

Format	JPG, between 20 KB and 300 KB (Appendix-II).
File size	20–300 KB
Pixels	Not stated in the notice
How to read the pixels	Appendix-II requires a .jpg between 20 KB and 300 KB. It does not state pixel dimensions. This tool does not invent a width and height; it only compresses the photograph you cropped.
Background	Plain white. Paragraph 9 of the notice says the face should occupy 3/4 of the photograph.

Signature

UPSC CSE signature

Format	JPG, between 20 KB and 300 KB (Appendix-II).
File size	20–300 KB
Pixels	Not stated in the notice
How to read the pixels	Appendix-II puts the signature in the same 20–300 KB .jpg band and does not state pixels. A later candidate-portal sheet has circulated different numbers; they are not this examination notice, so they are not applied here.
Background	Not given a colour in Appendix-II. Use a clean light sheet.

Common reasons this exam rejects the file

• Photograph more than 10 days old on the day online applications opened, 22 January 2025 for this notice (paragraph 9(a)).
• Name and the date the photograph was taken missing from the photograph (paragraph 9(b)).
• Face occupying less or more than about 3/4 of the photograph (paragraph 9(c)).
• Photograph or signature under 20 KB or over 300 KB, or not .jpg (Appendix-II).
• Appearance at the preliminary, the main, or the interview that does not match the uploaded photograph, including beard and spectacles (paragraph 9(d)).

Questions people ask about this notice

What is the UPSC CSE photo size in pixels?

Examination Notice No. 05/2025-CSP does not print a pixel size. Appendix-II says each of the photograph and the signature must be a .jpg of at least 20 KB and at most 300 KB. This page will not substitute a square pixel size from a different portal document.

Does the face have to fill the photo?

Yes. Paragraph 9(c) says the candidate’s face should occupy 3/4 of the space in the photograph. Crop before you encode. The tool checks file size, not face coverage.

Why do some sites say 550 × 550 pixels or a triple signature?

Those figures appear in other UPSC portal instructions, not in Notice No. 05/2025-CSP. Where two official texts disagree, this page follows the examination notice and marks anything else unverified rather than mixing them.

What must be written on the photograph?

Paragraph 9(b): the candidate’s name and the date the photograph was taken, clearly mentioned on the photograph. Add that in the photograph itself before uploading. This tool does not stamp it on for you.

From the same notice

• Online applications for this notice ran from 22 January 2025 to 11 February 2025 (18:00). The 10-day photograph rule is measured from the start of that window.
• The same photograph has to match you at the preliminary exam, the written main, and the interview.

Notices are replaced. If the date above is not the exam you are filling, read the current PDF before you upload. A figure marked unverified is a conversion or a gap, not a number the notice printed.