The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) conducted its PCS examination on December 22 in two shifts — the morning session commenced at 9:30 am and concluded at 11:30 am, and the evening session was conducted between 2:30 and 4:30 pm.
As per the data provided by the UPPSC Secretary, Ashok Kumar, a total of 5,76,154 candidates had applied for the examination, out of which only 2,41,212 candidates (about 42 per cent) appeared in the exam. “The PCS Pre exam was completed peacefully on Sunday. For the fairness of the exam, a double-layer system was put in place in which the police and the agency were conducting separate investigations,” he told PTI.
UPPSC has claimed that the exam was conducted peacefully at 1,331 centres across the state, under the watch of police and other agencies. “Every candidate of every centre was monitored from the control room set up in the commission. This monitoring was done through CCTV cameras installed in 1,331 centres across the state. As soon as any candidate was seen roaming around, we immediately alerted the concerned centre about what the particular candidate was doing,” UPPSC Secretary Ashok Kumar said. The CCTV footage was live streamed and candidates’ iris and other biometrics were screened to filter out proxies.
The sole incident of cheating was found in Etah at Jawaharlal Nehru PG College, where a candidate came with earphones, he said. The person was booked by police.
UPPSC PCS prelims exam was earlier scheduled on March 17, then got postponed to October 26 and 27. Later, the UPPSC PCS was rescheduled for December 7 and 8 but was postponed due to days of continued protest in Prayagraj.
The PCS prelims was this time hit by large-scale protests by students who demanded that the two exams be held on a single day. The protests continued for five days and were called off when the commission announced it would conduct the exams in a single day.
Result date for UPPSC PCS prelims exam is yet to be announced by the Commission. Candidates who clear the prelims exam will be eligible for the Mains exam, details of which will be released later.
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