GURGAON: Around 62% of registered candidates appeared for the UPSC Civil Services preliminary exam that held at 120 centres across Gurgaon and Faridabad on Sunday.
As many as 41,557 candidates were supposed to appear for the exam, while 26,043 appeared in the morning shift and 25,809 sat for the evening shift of the exam. Around 39 duty magistrates - 24 in Gurgaon and 15 in Faridabad - were appointed for the exam. Also, a local inspecting officer was assigned at each centre to ensure the examination is conducted without any hurdles.
Additional Deputy Commissioner of Gurgaon Hitesh Kumar Meena told TOI that no unfair practices were reported in Gurgaon. Officials from Faridabad also did not report any malpractices during the exam. Also, the photostat shops near the centres remained closed during the examination.
The morning shift of the preliminary exam was held from 9.30am to 11.30am where the aspirants appeared for General Studies, while the CSAT paper was held in the evening from 2.30pm to 4.30pm. Candidates had to reach the exam centre an hour before the exam time.
Out of 41,557 registered candidates from Haryana, 20,060 were supposed to appear for the exam at 61 centres in Gurgaon and 21,497 at 59 centres in Faridabad. In Gurgaon, 13,734 appeared for the exam in the morning shift while 13,621 appeared in the evening shift. Similarly, across 59 centres set up in Faridabad, 12,309 appeared in the morning shift and 12,188 appeared in the evening shift.
Gyandeep Senior Secondary School, Sheetla Colony in Sector 5, and Yaduvanshi Shiksha Niketan, Near Raheja Navodaya Society in Sector 92 saw the maximum candidates (392) in the morning shift.
Among the candidates the feeling was "a moderate exam" and they expect the cutoff marks to rise this year. The UPSC CSE Paper-I had 100 questions carrying a total of 200 marks.
An aspirant appearing for the exam for the third time, told TOI, "There was a slight change in the pattern as the assertion and reasoning questions were not conventional. The multiple choice questions were also a little different as the commission asked how many choices were correct rather than asking which choice was correct."
A teacher from one of the UPSC preparation centres in Gurgaon, said, "The paper was relatively easy. Though there were some surprises, nothing came as a shock. Questions from G20, MSMEs, and Ukraine were expected and were asked."
"Most of the questions were asked from History, Geography, and Economics. Polity had the lowest count," remarked another candidate.
Meanwhile, the commission released the results of UPSC 2022 earlier this week and more than 12 aspirants from Haryana made it to the top 100 merit list of the country.
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