UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PRESS NOTE ON AMENDMENT OF SCHEME OF CIVIL

SERVICES (PRELIMINARY) EXAMINATION, 2014


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).



( Malay Mukhopadhyay )
Deputy Secretary (Exam.)
Union Public Service Commission