Changes made to one of the most prestigious exams in India: UPSC CSE

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The Union Public Service Commission is the most prominent organization that conducts examinations for various industries all over the world. The most well-known jobs are IAS, IPS, and IFS, and it has lately been seen that UPSC has made several changes in its pattern that have been met with both resistance and open-armed welcome. The UPSC CSE test is divided into three stages: Prelims, Mains, and Interview. To acquire the most up-to-date information on modifications to the UPSC pattern, visit the official UPSC website at www.upsc.gov.in.

One notable alteration that has occurred as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic period is that applicants who appeared for the exam during that period, i.e. in the year 2020, and if it was their last attempt, will be given an additional attempt. Aside from that, one of the key changes reflected in the test design is that the main exam will now be more descriptive, with 9 papers instead of 6 papers. Previously, the total number of marks was 800, however, this has now been increased to 1750. On the other side, there will be two 300-mark language papers, with a candidate needing to achieve 25% qualifying marks to qualify for the merit score.

There are a total of seven required papers, each worth 250 points, and the marks obtained will be considered as a merit score in the future. There will be four general studies papers, two papers on topics chosen by the candidate, and one essay writing topic among these seven papers. Furthermore, the age restriction for the SC category will be 42 years, 37 years for the general category, and 40 years for the OBC category. In the meantime, numerous rumours circulated that the UPSC was intending to lower the age restriction to 32, but they were all false. Aside from that, some modifications have been seen by state PCS officials in various states, like as Haryana PSC, Punjab PSC, Andhra Pradesh PSC, and Arunachal Pradesh PSC. 

The APPSC (Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission) introduced revisions to its mains test for group 2 posts, where only two exams would be offered for 150 marks each, as opposed to three papers formerly held in their category. HPSC, on the other hand, changed its prelims format and will now provide 5 options in its prelims paper rather than 4. It was implemented so that candidates could not leave any question blank, i.e. if a candidate does not know the answer to any of the questions and leaves all A, B, C, and D options empty, they must fill the E option. 

The Punjab Civil Services chose to adopt the UPSC test number of attempts criterion and increased the General category efforts to 6 and 9 for backward classes, respectively, while SC category attempts were limitless. Similarly, Arunachal Pradesh PCS decided to raise the age restriction for general candidates to 35 and for Scheduled Tribe candidates to 40. Aside from that, speculations have circulated that the UPSC is planning to remove the optional topic from the test because there is no standard criterion for evaluating applicants due to the multiplicity of options available to candidates to select the optional paper. But these were only rumours that never came to fruition. There was also some bogus news about the UPSC answer key scheme, which was also untrue. As a result, knowing the appropriate information about the modifications being made is critical, as more than 10 lakh people apply for the exam, representing a sizable population, and knowing the right information is critical.

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