New Delhi: Over 4.5 lakh students on Sunday appeared in civil services preliminary examination which passed off incident-free at various centres across the country after being mired in controversy following protests over change in its pattern.
As many as 4,51,602 candidates took the examination, about 1.27 lakh more than the last year, at 2,137 centres in 59 cities. “There were no incidents of protest from any of the centres in the country. We are very happy that the examination went off peacefully and without any law and order problem,” UPSC Secretary Ashim Khurana told PTI.
He said none of the chief secretaries of states, where the examination was conducted, reported any incident of protest. “All officials of UPSC, Department of Personnel and Training and chief secretaries successfully coordinated for peaceful conduct of the examination,” he said. (PTI)
