IT News/ Agencies
Imphal, Oct 4:
The Civil Services Exam for selection to Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service and Indian Police Service and other Civil Services has begun today. Selection to the civil services is done through a preliminary exam, a main exam and an interview which are conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
Candidates who clear the UPSC Civil Services Prelims will be shortlisted for the main exam which is scheduled to be held in January, 2021. Our correspondent reports, UPSC had earlier scheduled the exam on May 31st however due to COVID-19 pandemic the exam was postponed.
Nearly 10.58 lakh candidates registered for the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) civil services examination (CSE) prelims that was held today. The candidates who appeared in the prelims rated the paper as moderate, and the paper followed the pattern of prelims of previous years.
The UPSC has taken special measures owing to COVID-19 guidelines. Among those, the number of exam centres have been increased this year due to social distancing. The recruitment exams are being held at 72 centres and 2,500 sub-centres. The commission has also allowed candidates to change their exam centres, and over 60,000 candidates had availed this option.
The candidates who had cleared the prelims will appear for main, scheduled to be held on January 8, 2021. The cut-off marks and answer keys of screening test held through CS (P) examination will be uploaded on the commission’s websites, upsc.gov.in or upsconline.nic.in only after the entire process of the examination is over, that is, after the declaration of the final result.
