The results of the prestigious civil services examination, to select IAS and IPS officers, among others, will be announced tomorrow evening by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
It is the first time that the Commission is declaring the final results within four days of the closing date for the personality tests or interviews, a senior official said.
The civil services preliminary examination was conducted on August 24 last year at 2,137 venues in 59 centres across the country. About 9.45 lakh candidates had applied for it but approximately 4.51 lakh appeared for the examination.
Of these, 16,933 were declared qualified for the main examination. The main examination was held in December last year and, out of the 16,933 candidates, 16,286 appeared for it, he added.
The result of civil services main examination was declared on March 13 this year. 3,308 candidates were declared qualified for the personality test. Out of these, 3,303 appeared for the personality test, which were held from April 27 to June 30.
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