Prelims on June 18, Civil services exam advanced

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will be conducting the examination in June after a gap of three years. The preliminary tests for 2016, 2015 and 2014 were held during the month of August, a senior UPSC official said. The preliminary exam for 2013 was held on May 26 that year. 

The civil services preliminary examination, 2017, will be held by the Commission on June 18, as per an official order. The number of vacancies to be filled on the result of the examination is expected to be approximately 980 which include 27 vacancies reserved for those in physically handicapped category, it said. 

“Reservation will be made for candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Physically Disabled Categories in respect of vacancies as may be fixed by the government,” the notification order said. 

As per the notification for this year’s exam, a candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 32 years as on August 1, 2017 ( i.e. he must have been born not earlier than August 2, 1985 and not born later than August 1, 1996), to appear in the preliminary exam. The upper age limit is relaxable for certain categories of candidates.