Wednesday, May 13, 2015

UPSC GS II / CSAT Only Qualifying


The Government has approved the following in respect of Civil Services Examination:

• An Expert Committee would be constituted to comprehensively examine various issues raised from time to time namely, eligibility, syllabus, scheme and pattern of Civil Services Examination.

• Till such time the Government takes decision on the recommendation of the above Committee, the General Studies Paper-II(CSAT) in the Civil Services(Preliminary) Examination will remain a qualifying paper with a minimum qualifying marks fixed at 33%.

• The English Language comprehension skill portion from General Studies Paper-II of Civil Services(Preliminary) Examination will continue to remain excluded.

• The above decisions are incorporated in the CSE Rules-2015.
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Merit to be determined on GS - I

UPSC has more or less reverted to pre-2011 status.

Govt needs to be applauded on this decision - better late than never !

We urge the aspirants to focus more on core General Studies. But, they should also practice about One GS II paper in 1 - 2 weeks to remain in touch - depending upon their Strengths & Weaknesses.

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