IAS CSAT For UPSC Civil Services Examination
The current pattern of the civil services preliminary exams was conceived in 1979 on the recommendations of the Kothari Commission. Since then, for 41 years, the preliminary pattern sustained with only some minor changes once in ten or fifteen years. But from 2011 onwards, civil services aspirants should prepare themselves for a sea change in how they prepare for the preliminary examination as the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has received the Union Government's approval for introducing the Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) pattern. So what will the CSAT be like? CSAT will have two papers common to all candidates with no optional paper There will be a paper to test the candidate's aptitude for the prestigious civil services from the ethical and moral dimension The age limit could be lowered The number of attempts could also be reduced More emphasis on understanding and analysis than memorizing What will be the impact of these changes? IAS candidates can no longer ne...