UPSC Civil Services Main Exam 2016: Commission To Consider Faults In Questions During Evaluation

New Delhi: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will consider as valid various interpretations used by candidates in answering a question asked in civil services main examination during the evaluation, the government said today. Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh, in a written reply  was answering to question asked regarding the problem the candidates faced in the UPSC Main Examinations which was conducted in December 2016. Several representations from candidates of civil services (main) examination, 2016 were received in the UPSC pointing out that the Hindi translation of the essay topic "If development is not engendered, it is endangered" was different from the English version leading to confusion amongst the candidates, reported Press Trust of India.
"The representationists have been intimated by the Commission that the question papers are prepared and evaluated by the experts.

"The Commission has further informed that it has noted there could be different interpretations of the term 'engendered' and the different acceptable interpretations would be considered valid during the evaluation of the essay paper to protect candidates' interest," Mr. Jitendra Singh said in his written reply to Rajya Sabha.

The civil services exam is conducted annually by the UPSC in three stages --preliminary, main and interview-- to select officers for Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) among others. 

For last one month, various reports emerged that the Union Public Services Commission may declare the results soon. But, some enquiries regarding this with the commission confirmed that those were hoaxes reported by some websites. 

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Civil Services Main exam 2016 was conducted from December 3 to 9 at various centers across the nation. The next step in the ongoing recruitment process of UPSC Civil Services will be Personal Interview of the candidates.

(With Inputs from PTI)

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