UPSC Civil Services Examination 2015 Official Notification Out – CSAT is Qualifying (Its Marks Not Counted)

Today UPSC has published official notification for civil services(Preliminary) examination  to be conducted on August 23, 2015. Now it is official that only marks scored in General Studies paper – 1 will be considered in Preliminary exam to determine one’s eligibility to write Mains exam. Whereas General Studies paper – 2 (CSAT) is made qualifying – which …

UPDATE: Government Clarification Regarding CSAT (Paper – 2) of UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam 2015

Following news appeared today on http://pib.nic.in with regard to government’s stand on the nature of CSAT (Paper – 2) of UPSC Civil Services exam 2015. We are posting (pasting) it verbatim for your information. Civil Services Examination The Government has approved the following in respect of Civil Services Examination: An Expert Committee would be constituted …

Official Clarification By the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) Regarding CSAT Paper Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2014

Candidates taking Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2014, being conducted by the Union Public Service Commission on 24 August, 2014 may note the following:- The Paper II of the CSE (Preliminary) is of 200 marks and 2 hours duration. It contains a section on English Language Comprehension Skills (Class X Level). It contains some questions based …

Insights Secure PRELIMS-2014: Important Questions from Previous Years

Sometimes 10 to 12 questions from past years are repeated by the UPSC in recent exams. They are either modified or repeated as it is. This happens mostly in questions belonging to static portion of the syllabus such as ancient history, basic science and polity. So, from today, we will post 20 previous year questions every …