IAS 2020 Exam Pattern not changing. CSAT will not be dropped: Jitendra Singh
IAS 2020 exam pattern is not changing. CSAT paper will not be dropped. See here the details.
The Minister of State for Department of Personnel, Dr Jitendra Singh in a written reply in Rajya Sabha stated that the Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) as it is popularly called, will not be dropped from the UPSC Civil Services (IAS) prelims exam. It means the Government of India is not considering dropping the General Studies Paper-II (CSAT) paper from the IAS prelims exam. IAS 2020 prelims exam will be conducted as per the notified exam pattern. The IAS prelims 2020 will be conducted on October 4 across the nation.
Download here: IAS 2020 Admit card
The MoS responded in a negative when asked that “Whether the government is considering changing the IAS exam pattern”. He said that the CSAT is a part of the Civil Services Exam. The UPSC conducts the Civil Services (IAS) exam every year to recruit the candidates for the All-India Services and Central Civil Services. The UPSC Civil Services exam has three stages.
- Prelims
- Main (written)
- Interview
See here: IAS exam pattern
The Civil Services Prelims exam is conducted to filter the candidates for the Civil Services and Indian Forest Services Main Exam. The IAS prelims exam is a screening exam only and the mark secured in the Civil Services prelims exam is not considered for the final merit list. In the IAS prelims exam, there are two objective type question papers. The names of the papers are as follows.
| Paper |
Questions |
Marks |
|---|---|---|
| General Studies Paper- I |
100 |
200 |
| General Studies Paper-II (Aptitude Test) |
80 |
200 |
| Total |
400 |
|
The General Studies Paper-II is often called CSAT paper and the Hindi medium candidates find it difficult to qualify in the paper. The reason behind this difficulty is the comprehensions given in the Hindi version of the CSAT paper.
See here: IAS Syllabus
There was the demand from various quarters to drop the CSAT paper from the IAS prelims exam and hence this question was asked in the Upper House of the Parliament. The official statement came as “No Sir” so it is very much clear that the IAS prelims pattern is not changing and the CSAT paper is here to stay.
See here: IAS question papers
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