53.11% candidates appear in PCS (prelims)-2020
The exams were conducted at 1282 centers in 19 districts of the state.
Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) conducted Combined State/ Upper Subordinate Services (Preliminary) Examination2020, commonly known as PCS (Pre)-2020, and Assistant Conservator of Forest/Range Forest Officer (ACF/RFO) Preliminary Examination-2020 on Sunday.
A total of 5,95,696 candidates had registered for the preliminary exams that was held in two shifts: 9.30am to 11.30am and 2.30pm to 4.30pm. The exams were conducted at 1282 centers in 19 districts of the state. A total of 53.11 per cent of the total registered candidates appeared in the
exam, said UPPSC secretary Jagdish.
He said that the exams were held peacefully and no untoward incident was reported from any of the centres across UP.
The districts where the exams were conducted included Prayagraj, Agra, Azamgarh, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Ayodhya, Ghaziabad,
Jaunpur, Jhansi, Kanpur Nagar, Lucknow, Barabanki, Meerut, Moradabad, Mirzapur, Rae Bareli, Sitapur, Varanasi and Mathura.
The UPPSC had issued the notification for the exams on April 20 and were to be conducted on June 21 but were then postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The commission had announced that recruitment drive was being conducted to fill 200 vacancies, the count of which could increase later on.
The posts included in PCS2020 consist of deputy collector, deputy superintendent of police, block development officer, assistant regional transport officer, assistant commissioner (commercial tax), district commandant home guards, treasury officer/accounts officer (treasury), cane inspector and assistant sugar commissioner, superintendent jail, manager credit (small industries), manager marketing and economic survey (small industries), executive officer grade-I/assistant nagar ayukta, district basic education officer/associate DIOS and other equivalent administrative posts, assistant director industries (marketing) and assistant labour commissioner among others.