Candidates who cleared the preliminary exam were eligible to appear for the main exam which started on September 20 and lasted until September 29.
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Civil Services (Main) Exam 2024 concluded today, September 29, 2024. The last exam was conducted today in two shifts, morning shift from 9 am to 12 from noon and the afternoon shift from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm.
Candidates will be interviewed by a Board who will have before them a history of the candidate’s career. The candidate will be asked questions on matters of general interest. (HT file)
Candidates who cleared the preliminary exam were eligible to appear for the main exam which started on September 20, 2024 and lasted until September 29, 2024.
What’s next?
Based on the results and minimum marks of the Civil Services (Main) Examination, the candidates will be shortlisted and the commission will prepare the list of eligible candidates to appear for the interview/personality test.
Candidates will be interviewed by a Board who will have before them a history of the candidate’s career. The candidate will be asked questions on matters of general interest.
“The objective of the Interview/Personality Test is to assess the candidate’s personal suitability for a career in public service by a board of competent and impartial observers. The interview/personality test is aimed at judging the mental caliber of a candidate. In general terms, it is actually an evaluation not only of intellectual qualities, but also of social characteristics and interest in current affairs. Some of the qualities to be judged are mental acuity, critical capacity for assimilation, clear and logical exposition, balance of judgment, variety and depth of interests, capacity for social cohesion and leadership, and intellectual and moral integrity. , mentions the official notification. by the commission.
The Interview/Personality Test according to the commission is not intended to be a test of the specialized or general knowledge of the candidates who have already been evaluated through their written works.
“Candidates are expected to have shown an intelligent interest not only in their special subjects of academic study but also in the events taking place around them, both within and outside their own State or Country, as well as in modern currents of thought. and in new discoveries. which should arouse the curiosity of well-educated youth,” the official notification mentions.
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