Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) PRELIMS 2020 EXAMS TODAY

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) prelims has begun this morning.

The Supreme Court on September 30 declined to postpone the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination and scheduled it for October 4.

The exam is scheduled to be held at 2569 centres across 72 cities. A total of 10.58 lakh candidates have registered for the UPSC CSE prelims, as per reports.

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Candidates while maintaining the decorum 'social distancing' as well as 'personal hygiene' inside the examination halls/rooms. UPSC has also published some guidelines which needs to be followed by all candidates appearing for the exam.
1.Wearing of mask
2.face cover is mandatory for all candidates.

However, will have to remove their masks for verification, whenever required.

Candidate may carry his/her own hand sanitizer (small size) in transparent bottle.

“This is a very unprecedented situation. Pandemic is nowhere to end in the near future, so it is better to conduct exams.”

UPSC IAS prelims 2020 will be in two sessions on October 4, 2020 and the time duration is 2 hours. Below is the UPSC IAS Exam 2020 date and time table.
Papers:
General Studies Paper 1 (9:30 am to 11:30 am)

Candidates who will qualify the UPSC Civil Services Exam 2020 will be appointer to given services based on their UPSC IAS Marks.

*Indian Administrative Service
*Indian Foreign Service
*Indian Police Service
*Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Group 'A'
*Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group 'A'
*Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise), Group 'A'
*Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group 'A'
*Indian Revenue Service (I.T.), Group 'A'
*Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group 'A' (Assistant Works Manager, Administration)
*Indian Postal Service, Group 'A'
*Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group 'A'
*Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group 'A'
*Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group 'A'
*Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group 'A'
*Post of Assistant Security Commissioner in Railway Protection Force, Group 'A'
*Indian Defence Estates Service, Group 'A'
*Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group 'A'
*Indian Trade Service, Group 'A'
*Indian Corporate Law Service, Group 'A'
*Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group 'B' (Section Officer's Grade)
*Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli
*Civil Service, Group 'B'
*Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, *Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & *Nagar Haveli Police Service, Group 'B'
*Pondicherry Civil Service, Group 'B'

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