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Syllabusfor2011UPSCAptitudeTestforPrelims

From2011,UPSCCivilServicesPreliminaryTestwillbeonaptitudeforcivilservicesas

wellasonethicalandmoraldimensionofdecisionmakingunderaCivilServicesAptitudeTest

(CSAT).Boththeseobjectivetestswillbecommonandcompulsoryforall.

Recommendationsof

the

10

th

Administrative

Reforms

Committee

to

revamp

Civil

Services

PreliminaryExamination

1. Thepermissibleageforappearing intheCivilServicesExaminationshouldbe21to25yearsforgeneralcandidates,21to28yearsforcandidatesfromOBCand21to29years

forcandidatesfromSC/STasalsoforthosewhoarephysicallychallenged.

2. Thenumberofpermissibleattempts intheCivilServicesExaminationshouldbe3,5,6and6respectivelyforgeneralcandidates,candidatesfromOBC,candidatesfromSC/ST

andphysicallychallengedcandidatesrespectively.

3. Thepresentcutoffdatefordeterminingtheeligibilityintermsofage(i.e.1stofAugustintheyearoftheexamination)maycontinue.

4. Structure of Examination: Either of the following two models may be adopted forcompressingtheexaminationcycle.

i. ThePreliminary andMainExaminations for theCivil ServicesExaminationwouldbeconductedtogetherontwotothreeconsecutivedays.Evaluation

ofpapers for theMainExamination shouldbedone in caseofonly those

candidateswhohavesecuredathreshold levelofmarks inthePreliminary

Examination.Thepersonalitytestwouldfollowthereafter.

OR

ii. BasedontheresultsofthePreliminaryExamination,candidateseligiblefortakingthemainexaminationandthepersonalitytestwouldbeshort listed

inaccordance

with

their

rankings.

Only

these

short

listed

candidates

would

be eligible for appearing in the Main Examination, which would be

conductedwithintwomonthsofthePreliminaryExamination.Theshortlist

wouldbe limited toabout two to three timesof thenumberofvacancies

available. Thus itwould be possible to start the Personality Test and the

MainExaminationalmostsimultaneously.

5. Recruitment Content:i. ThePreliminaryExaminationshouldconsistofanobjectivetypetesthaving

oneortwopapersongeneralstudiesincludingtheConstitutionofIndia,the

Indian legal system, Indian economy, polity, history and culture. There

should

be

no

optional

subjects.

ii. TheMainExaminationshouldconsistoftwopapersonlyinthecompulsorysubjects. These compulsory subjects may include Constitution of India,

Indian legal system, Indian economy, polity, history and culture etc. The

question papers should be of the conventional descriptive type. Besides,

thereshouldbeaseparateessaypaperasapartoftheMainExamination.

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5. Stepsmay be taken byDOPT in consultationwith theUPSC to finalise the syllabi ofcompulsory subjects for the both the preliminary and main examination, for the

recruitmentcycle2010.Thiscould lateronbedovetailedwiththerecommendationof

theExpertCommitteesuggestedinParagraph5.3.6.

UPSCChairman

D.P.

Agrawals

speech

on

12.11.2009

UnionPublicServiceCommission in2002had forwardedtherecommendationsonthe

AlaghCommitteeReportbutnoactionhasbeen takenbytheGovt.onthesame.Considering

thechangesthathadtakenplaceduringthe interregnum,Commissiondeliberatedthe issue in

theirmeetings,andasaforwardlookingorganizationinimprovingthequalityofcandidatesfor

CivilService,maderecommendationsforreplacingtheCivilServices(Preliminary)Examination

withaCivilServicesAptitudeTest.

TheAdministrativeReformsCommissioninitsrecommendationshasalsosupportedthis

view.Theproposal isunderactiveconsiderationoftheGovernment.Here, Imustexpressthe

gratitudeoftheCommissiontofiveoftheEx.HonbleChairmenforsparingtheirvaluabletime

andguiding

us

in

formulating

the

response

on

the

points

raised

by

the

Administrative

Reforms

Commission.Apartfromthis,anotherissue,whichhasbeenaconcernfortheCommission,was

linkageofUPSCExaminationswithEighthSchedule languages.Commissionhadbeentakingup

thismatterwiththeGovernmentfora longtimeandnowtheGovernmenthascomeroundto

CommissionsviewandhasagreedwithCommissions recommendation toconstitutea single

StandingCommitteetoconsiderallissuesrelatingtoLanguagePolicyfortheCommission.

Accordingly,CommissionhasconstitutedaHighLevelStandingCommitteetoexamine

the modalities for implementing the recommendations of the Parliamentary Resolution on

Official Languages in a manner consistent with the high standards of UPSC without

compromising thequality and standardsofexaminations conductedby theCommission.This

Committeewillinteralialaydownstandardstobemetforalanguagetobeeligibleforinclusion

inthe

examinations

conducted

by

the

UPSC.

TheUPSChadtoldthegovernmenttwoyearsagotherewasaneedtotestnotjustthe

knowledgeofaspirantsinparticularsubjectsbuttheiraptitudefor"ademandinglifeinthecivil

services". Ithadalso recommendedbringingdown thenumberofattemptsacandidatecould

take.

Theexistingprelimsconsistoftwopapers:thefirstisongeneralstudiesandcommon

toall;candidatescanthenchoosethesecondpaper froma listof23Optionalsubjects.The

proposedgeneralstudiespapermightbetweakedbutitisthesecondpaperthatwillundergo

amajorchange.

AtopgovernmentofficialsaidUPSCchairmanProfessorD.P.Agrawalhasconstituted

ahigh

powered

committee

under

former

University

Grants

Commission

vice

chairman

ProfessorS.K.Khanna toworkoutthedetailsofthetwopapers.Thecommitteehasbeen

given time till April, 2010end. Then the UPSC will discuss its recommendations with the

governmentandfinalisethecontentandsyllabusofthepaper,theofficialsaid.

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