53% absent for UPSC prelims exam in city

 53% absent for UPSC prelims exam in city

Chennai:11.10.2021

Of 28,422 candidates who registered for the Union Public Service Commission’s civil services preliminary exam from the city, only 13,216 candidates (47%) appeared for the exam on Sunday.

The exam, which was scheduled to be held on June 29, was postponed due to the Covid-19 second wave. Trainers said attendance varies each year depending on the vacancy and preparation of the candidates.

According to aspirants, the general studies paper on Sunday was a mixed one with less questions from current affairs and geography. “More than 20 questions were from history and few were from current affairs. Unusually, the UPSC asked three questions from sports,” a candidate said.

Another candidate said the questions were interpretative and not straight forward this year.

“The general studies paper was tougher than last year, the aptitude test was more or less the same,” said S Chandru, academic head, Shankar IAS Academy.

Israel Jebasingh, founder and director of Officers Training Academy, said the cut-off will be 96 or 97 marks out of 200, which will be slightly higher compared to last year. TNN