UPSC Announcement on English Language Comprehension skills
As per
decision taken by the Government
of India, certain
amendments have been made vide an
Extra-Ordinary Gazette Notification No. 202 dated 16.08.2014,
in the Rules of Civil
Services Examination, 2014 notified
earlier on 31.5.2014.
The candidates
appearing in the
Civil Services (Preliminary)
Examination, 2014 to be conducted by the Union Public Service
Commission on 24.08.2014 (Sunday),
may please
note the following changes made in the scheme of Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2014 as per
above mentioned amendments made by the Government :
a) Both Paper-I and
Paper-II of
Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2014 to be conducted on 24.8.2014
will
be of two hours duration
each.
b) The
questions on English
Language Comprehension skills (of Class X level) contained in
each set of Test Booklets of Paper-II are not to be attempted as these questions shall not be
evaluated for gradation
or merit. The
Candidates are, therefore, advised not
to attempt questions
on English Language Comprehension skills
for which Hindi translation
has not been
given in the
respective Test Booklets of Paper-II.
c) The Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2014,
shall thus comprise of two compulsory
papers of which Paper-I will be of
200 marks and Paper II will be of 200 marks minus the maximum
marks allocated to
the questions on
English Language Comprehension skills.
d) Final merit for qualifying the candidates for
the Civil Services
(Main) Written Examination will be drawn by using the
aggregate marks obtained in Paper-I out of 200 marks and
marks obtained in Paper-II out of 200 marks minus the maximum
marks allocated to the questions
on English Language
Comprehension skills (i.e. those questions in Paper-II for which Hindi translation has not been given).
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