UPSC Prelims exam will be on Oct. 4

New Delhi: UPSC prelims exam date has been announced. The Union Public Service Commission or UPSC, the central hiring agency for recruitment to various services, said in a UPSC notification that the postponed UPSC prelims examination will be held on October 4.

New Delhi, June 5: The civil services preliminary examination 2020, postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, will be held on October 4, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) announced on Friday.

It said the personality test of the candidates selected through the last year’s civil services preliminary and main examinations will resume from July 20.

This year’s preliminary test was originally scheduled to be held on May 31, but was deferred due to the nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Minister of state for personnel Jitendra Singh said the announcement of fresh date for the civil services preliminary exam would allay apprehensions in some quarters of it being cancelled.

“It would also allay apprehension from the minds of some quarters who thought that they would become overage by the next year in case the exam was postponed. Candidates need not worry. The examination will be held as per the UPSC’s schedule," he said.

The civil services examination is conducted annually in three stages prelims, main and interview — by the UPSC to select officers for the IAS, IFS and the Indian Police Service (IPS), among others.

`— PTI