Banka: Two bureaucrats are paving the way for a better, brighter life for others in Bihar's Naxal-hit Banka region. They are providing UPSC aspirants free education and coaching sessions. Cracking the UPSC is a difficult proposition, especially for aspirants who live in Naxal-infested areas, with no access to proper coaching facilities. But all that has changed in Bihar's Banka district due to the efforts of district magistrate Dipak Anand and...
09:58 AM, Apr 29, 2013
New Delhi: The Civil Services (Main) examination will be held in November or December this year and applications for it will be called in August or September, according to a notification issued by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). UPSC, which conducts the prestigious examinations to select IAS, IPS and IFS officers among others, has in a recently issued public notice dropped the mandatory English language paper from the main...
04:22 PM, Mar 29, 2013
New Delhi: Amid a nation-wide controversy, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has withdrawn changes suggested by it in civil services mains examination, dropping mandatory English language paper requirement. UPSC, which conducts the prestigious examination to select IAS, IPS and IFS officers among other, issued a corrigendum on Tuesday restoring the earlier practice of two qualifying papers in any Indian language and English, the marks obtained on which will not...
03:59 PM, Mar 28, 2013
The government is mulling doing away with compulsory English language examination at mains level in the prestigious civil services test conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). The Centre's move to make English language proficiency mandatory for qualifying the examinations had come under attack from its allies and opponents including SP, RJD, Left parties, Akali Dal, National Conference, AIADMK, DMK and BJP, forcing it on Friday to keep a notification...
12:40 PM, Mar 17, 2013
A day after Pakistan parliament passed a resolution on Afzal Guru's hanging, Parliament in India also passed a resolution in return condeming Pakistan's move saying Islamabad should not interfere in Delhi's internal matters. ...
09:42 PM, Mar 15, 2013
The government has put on hold the notification on changing UPSC exam norms. This came after there was uproar in Parliament over the proposed changes in the Union Public Service Commission examinations. ...
02:50 PM, Mar 15, 2013
There is controversy over the change in the UPSC civil services exam. English test marks will now be included and only those who have graduated in a regional language can write the paper in that language. CNN-IBN spoke to those affected. ...
01:11 PM, Mar 13, 2013
Accusing the central government of trying to impose Hindi by making changes in the civil services exam norms, DMK president M Karunanidhi on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to withdraw the notification as it would filter out candidates from rural India. ...
06:13 AM, Mar 13, 2013
The new UPSC exam rules will close down linguistic concessions offered to all vernacular languages and will take into account the score of the English language paper in the final selection for top jobs. IAS Officer Srivatsa Krishna shared his perspective on the pros and cons of such steps. ...
05:23 PM, Mar 12, 2013
Key UPA ally DMK on Tuesday joined a host of parties in opposing a UPSC notification for scrapping of regional language paper, describing it as an attempt to "impose" Hindi and that the move will affect rural aspirants. ...
03:08 PM, Mar 12, 2013
Which language should candidates be allowed to take the IAS and IPS exams? Only in English and Hindi or also in their mother tongue and other languages. A new expert commitee of the UPSC has recommended that the civil services examinations be taken only in English and Hindi. Politicians say this will give English and Hindi speakers an unfair advantage. ...
11:52 PM, Mar 11, 2013
Union Public Service Commission's decision to scrap regional language test in its exams has led to a controversy and the BJP and the Shiv Sena are calling the decision anti-people. ...
11:59 AM, Mar 07, 2013
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Friday declared the results of the Main examination held in October 2012. The candidates who qualified in the Main examination are slated to appear for a Personality Test. ...
11:24 PM, Feb 22, 2013
New Delhi: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has suggested changes in the prestigious Civil Services examination to make it more relevant in the present day scenario. "The UPSC have submitted a proposal to the Central Government, suggesting certain changes in the existing scheme of Civil Services (Main) examination to make it more relevant with the present day, global as well as internal scenario on the basis of the report...
05:37 PM, Dec 06, 2012
Paper I: General Studies 1. History (Indian History and Indian National Movement) Essential: a. NCERT books IX, X, XI, XII b. Modern India by Bipin Chandra Additional: History of Modern India by A.C Banerjee 2. Geography (Indian and World Geography) Essential: a. NCERT books IX, X, XI, XII b. General Principals of World Geography by Charles Farro c. School Atlas Additional: Certificate Course in Geography by Goh Cheng Leong 3....
04:35 PM, Jul 16, 2012
UPSC 2012 Civil Service Prelims Solved Paper: CSAT PAPER II: CSAT with Answers Directions for the following 6 (six) items: Read the following two passages and answer the items that follow each passage. Your answers to these items should be based on the passages only. Passage I The poor especially in market economics need the strength that collectivities offer for creating more economic, social and political space for themselves, for...
03:30 PM, Jul 16, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has directed Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to disclose the marks obtained by candidates in the civil services preliminary examination 2010. A bench of Acting Chief Justice AK Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw gave the ruling, dismissing UPSC's appeal against a single judge order to disclose the marks, albeit only of successful candidates in the 2010 preliminary exam. The bench directed for disclosure...
09:04 AM, Jul 15, 2012
PAPER I : General Studies 1) In India other than ensuring that public funds are used efficiently and for intended purpose what is the importance of the office of the CAG? 1. CAG exercises exchequer control on behalf of the parliament when the president of India declares national emergency / financial emergency 2. CAG reports on the execution of projects or programmes by the ministries are discussed by the PAC...
02:57 PM, Jul 13, 2012
The Commission holds Combined Graduate Level Examination, for recruitment to different posts for which a Graduation from a recognized University is the minimum requirement. The Examination will comprise of two-tier written Objective Type examination followed by Computer Proficiency Test / Interview / Skill test, wherever applicable as per the Scheme of Examination notified. The Combined Graduate Level Examination is the open competitive exam for recruitment for various posts in the...
06:12 PM, Jul 12, 2012
The Indian Railway Protection Force (IRPF) was formed in the year 1954. IRPF is one of the Group A Central Civil Service of India. The training ground for RPF is at Jagjivan Ram RPF Academy, Lucknow. The cadre controlling authority is the Director General, RPF. Cadre size: 287 posts (direct recruitment: 50%, promotion: 40%, Lateral Entry: 10%). Functions of the Officers - Responsible for protection of Railway property. - Assist...
06:07 PM, Jul 12, 2012
