Over 10K appear for Civil Services prelims

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 4

Over 10,000 candidates appeared for Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Civil Services prelims here today.

The examination was held in two phases. Paper I was held from 9.30 am to 11.30 am and paper II was held from 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm.

Markandey singh, who appeared for the exam, said: “I found general studies paper quite brainstorming and difficult. Only polity and some static questions were moderate. A majority of the questions were beyond textbooks, which need voracious reading of newspapers and journals.”

Civil Services exam mentor Kunal Singh said: “The UPSC tried to paint a wide canvas of comprehensive and exhaustive questions majorly from agriculture, environment, economics, application of science technology followed by moderate polity and history questions. A majority of the questions were dynamic in nature, which needed in-depth understanding and interpretation, along with elimination technique rather cramming up the facts only.”

“Paper-II (CSAT) was rather scoring with normal mathematical and reasoning questions. I think cut-off will be slightly on the lower side this year with such aromatic and intricate questions,” he said.