4.5 lakh students appear UPSC CSAT 2014, error in Hindi translation

4.5 lakh students appear UPSC CSAT 2014

Aug 25: A total of 4,51,602 candidates appeared for USPC Civil Service (Preliminary) Examination on August 24, 2014 at 2,137 centres in 59 cities across the country.

 

There were no incidents of protest from any of the centre in the country. We are very happy that the examination went off peacefully and without any law and order problem," Union Public Service Commission Secretary Ashim Khurana told PTI.

He said none of the chief secretary of states, where the examination was conducted, reported any incident of protest.

"All officials of UPSC, Department of Personnel and Training and chief secretaries successfully coordinated for peaceful conduct of the examination," he said.

A total of 9,44,926 candidates applied for the examination and of these, 6,80,455 downloaded their admit cards for appearing in the test.

"As many as 4,51,602 candidates took the examination in various exam centres spread across the country. About 1.27 lakh more than the last year," Khurana said.

A total of 3,24, 101 had appeared in civil services preliminary examination 2013. The UPSC had this time chosen 14 new cities including Varanasi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, Gwalior and Jabalpur for conducting the exams. In Delhi alone, there were 222 examination centres.

"As many as 66,787 candidates appeared for the examination from Delhi," said Khurana, a 1983 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

The preliminary examination consists of two papers--Paper I and Paper II of two hours duration each. The first paper began at 9:30 AM and second started at 2:30 PM.

Some of the students complained of "errors" in Hindi translation of questions asked in English in Paper I. Both the government and UPSC officials did not comment on the issue.

No incident of protest by students during civil services preliminary exam: UPSC Secretary Ashim Khurana.

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