UPSC exam: Visually impaired candidates to get extra time
23 Aug 2014 5:54 AM IST
Visually impaired candidates appearing for civil services preliminary examination will get 40 minutes extra time per paper, the UPSC said on Friday.
‘All the visually impaired category candidates appearing in the civil services preliminary examination, 2014 to be conducted by the UPSC on 24 August will be allowed an extra time of 20 minutes per hour for both Paper-I and Paper-II of the examination,’ the Commission said.
Thus, the visually impaired category candidates will be allowed an extra time of 40 minutes for Paper I and also an extra time of 40 minutes for Paper II of the civil services preliminary examination, it said. There are two compulsory papers of 200 marks each in the civil services preliminary examination. Candidates are given two-hour time per paper. The announcement comes following a directive by Delhi High Court in this regard on 19 August, the notice said.
In another public notice, the UPSC advised candidates not to attempt questions on English language comprehension skills asked in Paper II of the preliminary exam. ‘The questions on English language comprehension skills (of Class X level) contained in each set of test booklets of Paper II are not to be attempted as these questions shall not be evaluated for gradation or merit,’ it said.
The examination shall comprise of two compulsory papers of which Paper I will be of 200 marks and Paper II will be of 200 marks minus the maximum marks allocated to question on English language
comprehension skills, the UPSC said.
‘All the visually impaired category candidates appearing in the civil services preliminary examination, 2014 to be conducted by the UPSC on 24 August will be allowed an extra time of 20 minutes per hour for both Paper-I and Paper-II of the examination,’ the Commission said.
Thus, the visually impaired category candidates will be allowed an extra time of 40 minutes for Paper I and also an extra time of 40 minutes for Paper II of the civil services preliminary examination, it said. There are two compulsory papers of 200 marks each in the civil services preliminary examination. Candidates are given two-hour time per paper. The announcement comes following a directive by Delhi High Court in this regard on 19 August, the notice said.
In another public notice, the UPSC advised candidates not to attempt questions on English language comprehension skills asked in Paper II of the preliminary exam. ‘The questions on English language comprehension skills (of Class X level) contained in each set of test booklets of Paper II are not to be attempted as these questions shall not be evaluated for gradation or merit,’ it said.
The examination shall comprise of two compulsory papers of which Paper I will be of 200 marks and Paper II will be of 200 marks minus the maximum marks allocated to question on English language
comprehension skills, the UPSC said.
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