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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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