EXAMINATION NOTICE NO.12/2020-CPF DATED : 18.08.2020
(LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSION APPLICATIONS : 07.09.2020)
(COMMISSION’S WEBSITE : https://www.upsc.gov.in
1. CANDIDATES TO ENSURE THEIR ELlGIBILlTY FOR THE EXAMINATION:
Candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfill all eligibility conditions for admission to the Examination. Their admission at all the stages of the examination will be purely provisional subject to satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions. Mere issue of e-Admission Certificate to the candidate will not imply that his/her candidature has been finally cleared by the Commission. Verification of eligibility conditions with reference to original documents is taken up only after the candidate has qualified for Interview/Personality Test.
Candidates are required to apply online only by using the website https://www. upsconline.nic.in. Brief
instructions for filling up the online Application Form have been given in Appendix-II. Detailed instructions are available on the above mentioned website.
2.1 Candidate should have details of one Photo ID Card viz. Aadhaar Card/Voter Card/PAN
Card/Passport/Driving License/Any other Photo ID Card issued by the State/Central Government. The
details of this Photo ID Card will have to be provided by the candidate while filling up the online application form. The candidates will have to upload a scanned copy of the Photo ID whose details have been provided in the online application by him/her. This Photo ID Card will be used for all future referencing and the candidate is advised to carry this Photo ID Card while appearing for
Examination/Personality Test.
2.2 The Commission has introduced the facility of withdrawal of Application for those candidates who do not want to appear for the Examination. In this regard, Instructions are mentioned in Appendix-II (B) of this Examination Notice.
The Online Applications can be filled upto 07th September, 2020 till 18.00 Hours.
(II) The online Applications can be withdrawn from 14.09.2020 to 20.09.2020 till 6.00 PM. Detailed
instructions regarding withdrawal of Applications is available at Appendix-II (B).
commencement of the examination. The e-Admission Certificate will be made available in the UPSC
website [https//www.upsconline.nic.in] for downloading by candidates. No Admission Certificate will be sent by post. All the applicants are required to provide valid and active E-Mail I.D. while filling up Online Application Form as the Commission may use electronic mode for contacting them.
Candidates should note that there will be penalty (Negative Marking) for wrong answers marked by a candidate in the Objective Type Question Paper.
a) For both writing and marking answers in the OMR Sheets (Answer Sheet) candidates must use black ball point pen only. Pens with any other colours are prohibited. Do not use Pencil or Ink pen. Candidates are further advised to read Special Instructions contained in Appendix-III of the Notice.
b) Candidates should note that any omission/mistake/discrepancy in encoding/filling in details in the OMR answer sheet; especially with regard to Roll Number and Test Booklet Series Code, will render the answer sheet liable for rejection.
Candidates are advised to read carefully “Special Instructions to the Candidates for Conventional Type
Tests” (Appendix-IV).
In case of any guidance/information/clarification regarding their applications, candidature etc. candidates can contact UPSC’s Facilitation Counter near ‘C’ Gate of its campus in person or over Telephone No. 011-23385271/011-23381125/011-23098543 on working days between 10.00 hrs. and 17.00 hrs.
(a) The use of any mobile phone (even in switched off mode), pager or any electronic equipment or programmable device or storage media like pen drive, smart watches etc. or camera or blue tooth devices or any other equipment or related accessories either in working or switched off mode capable of being used as a communication device during the examination is strictly prohibited. Any infringement of these instructions shall entail disciplinary action including ban from future examinations.
(b) Candidates are advised in their own interest not to bring any of the banned item including mobile phones or any valuable/costly items to the venue of the examination, as arrangement for safe-keeping cannot be assured. Commission will not be responsible for any loss in this regard.
No.11/1/2020-E.1(B) : The Union Public Service Commission will hold a Written Examination on
20th December, 2020 for recruitment of Assistant Commandants (Group A) in the Central Armed
Police Forces (CAPF) viz. Border Security Force (BSF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF),
Central Industrial Security Force(CISF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and Sashastra Seema
Bal (SSB). The Examination will be held in accordance with the Rules for the published by Ministry of Home Affairs in the Gazette of India dated 18th August, 2020. The date of holding the examination as mentioned above is liable to be changed at the discretion of the Commission. The tentative Examination number of vacancies to be filled on the results of the examination is as
follows:
(i) BSF 78
(ii) CRPF 13
(iii) CISF 69
(iv) ITBP 27
(iv) SSB 22
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Total 209
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The number of vacancies mentioned above is liable to alteration. Reservation will be given effect to as per policy of the Govt. 10% of the vacancies are earmarked for ex-servicemen.
NOTE: In case the vacancy(ies) reserved for Ex-servicemen remain unfilled due to non- availability of eligible or qualified candidates, the same shall be filled by candidates from non-ex-servicemen category.
2. CENTRES OF EXAMINATION :
The Examination will be held at the following Centres :
AGARTALA,HYDERABAD,PATNA ,AHMEDABAD,IMPHAL,PORT BLAIR ,AIZAWL, TANAGAR,PRAYAGRAJ (ALLAHABAD ) , BANGALORE,JAIPUR,RAIPUR , BAREILLY, JAMMU, RANCHI ,BHOPAL, JORHAT, SAMBALPUR ,CHANDIGARH, KOCHI, SHILLONG , CHENNAI, KOHIMA, SHIMLA ,CUTTACK, KOLKATA ,SRINAGAR , DEHRADUN, LUCKNOW, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ,DELHI, MADURAI, TIRUPATI ,
DHARWAD, MUMBAI, UDAIPUR ,DISPUR ,NAGPUR ,VISHAKHAPATNAM ,GANGTOK PANAJI (GOA)
DHARWAD, MUMBAI, UDAIPUR ,DISPUR ,NAGPUR ,VISHAKHAPATNAM ,GANGTOK PANAJI (GOA)
the discretion of the Commission. Applicants should note that there will be a ceiling on the number of
candidates allotted to each of the Centres, except Chennai, Dispur, Kolkata and Nagpur. Allotment of
Centres will be on the “first-apply-first allot” basis, and once the capacity of a particular Centre is
attained, the same will be frozen. Applicants, who cannot get a Centre of their Choice due to ceiling,
will be required to choose a Centre from the remaining ones. Applicants are, thus, advised that they
may apply early so that they may apply early so that they could get a Centre of their choice.
NB : Notwithstanding the aforesaid provision, Commission reserve the right to change the
Centres at their discretion if the situation demands.
examination. The candidates should note that no request for change of centre will be entertained.
Reservations will be made for candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, other Backward Classes and Economically Weaker Sections categories in respect of vacancies as may be fixed by the Government.
caste to which the candidates belong is included in the list of reserved communities issued by the
Central Government. The candidates will be eligible to get the benefit of the Economically Weaker
Section reservation only in case the candidate meets the criteria issued by the Central Government
and in possession of such eligibility certification. If a candidate indicates in his/her application form
for Central Armed Police Forces (Assistant Commandants) Examination that he/she belongs to
General category but subsequently writes to the Commission to change his/her category to a reserved
one, such request shall not be entertained by the Commission. Further, once a candidate has chosen
a reserved category, no request shall be entertained for change to other reserved category viz. SC to
ST, ST to SC, OBC to SC/ST or SC/ST to OBC, SC to EWS, EWS to SC, ST to EWS, EWS to ST, OBC to EWS, EWS to OBC. No reserved category candidates other than those recommended on General Merit shall be allowed to change his/her category from Reserved to Unreserved or claim the vacancies for UR category after the declaration of final result by UPSC.
community in the list of any of the reserved communities and the date of submission of the application by the candidate. In such cases the request of change of community from general to reserved may be
considered by the Commission on merit. Candidates seeking reservation/relaxation benefits available for SC/ST/EWS/OBC must ensure that they are entitled to such reservation/relaxation as per eligibility prescribed in the Rules/Notice. They should also be in possession of all the requisite certificates in the prescribed format in support of their claim as stipulated in the Rules/Notice for such benefits, and these certificates should be dated earlier than the due date (Closing date) of the application. The EWS Candidates applying for CAPF (ACs) Exam, 2020 must produce an Income and Asset Certificate for F.Y. 2019-2020.
As per the decision taken by the Government for increasing the access of unemployed to job opportunities, the Commission will publically disclose the scores of the candidates (obtained in the Written Examination and Interview/Personality Test) through the public portals. The disclosure will be made in respect of only those candidates who will appear in the Interview/Personality Test for the Central Armed Police Forces (Assistant Commandants) Examination and are not finally recommended for appointment. The information shared through this disclosure scheme about the non-recommended candidates may be used by other public and private recruitment agencies to appoint suitable candidates from the information made available in the public portal.
Candidates will be required to give their options at the time of Interview/Personality Test, while
acknowledging the e-summon letter mailed to them for interview. A candidate may opt out of the scheme
also and in that case his/her details will not be published by the Commission. Besides sharing of the information of the non-recommended candidates for the examinations conducted by the Commission, the Commission will not assume any responsibility of liability for the method and manner in which information related to candidates who appear at the Commission’s Examinations/Selections is utilized by other private of public organizations.
(I) Nationality : No person who is not a citizen of India shall, except with the consent of the Central
Government signified in writing be appointed or employed under these Rules.
Provided that nothing contained in these rules shall debar the appointment, enrolment or employment
of a subject of Nepal or Bhutan under these Rules.
(II) Sex : Both Male and Female candidates are eligible for appointment to the post of Assistant
Commandants.
(III) Age Limits :
(a) A candidate must have attained the age of 20 years and must not have attained the age of 25 years
on 1st August, 2020, i.e. he/she must have been born not earlier than 2nd August, 1995 and not later
than 1st August, 2000.
(b) The upper age limit prescribed above will be relaxable.
(i) upto a maximum of five years if a candidate belongs to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled
Tribe.
(ii) upto a maximum of three years in the case of candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes
who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable to such candidates.
(iii) upto a maximum of five years for Civilian Central Government Servants in accordance with the
existing instructions of the Central Government. Ex-Servicemen will also be eligible for this
relaxation. However the total relaxation claimed on account of Government Service will
be limited to five years.
Note I : Candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes and the Other
Backward Classes who are also covered under any other clause of Para 3(III)(b) above, viz. those
coming under the category of Civilian Central Government Servants/Ex-Servicemen, will be eligible for grant of cumulative age-relaxation under both the categories.
Note II : The term Ex-Servicemen will apply to the persons who are defined as Ex-Servicemen in the
Ex-Servicemen (Re-employment in Civil Services and Posts) Rules, 1979, as amended from time to
time
Note III : The term “Civilian Central Government Servants” in Para 3(b)(iii) above will apply to persons
who are defined as “Government Servants” in the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and
Appeal) Rules, 1965 as amended from time to time.
Note IV: The age concession under Para 3(II)(b)(iii) will be admissible to Ex-servicemen i.e. a person
who has served in any rank whether as combatant or non-combatant in the Regular Army, Navy and
Air Force of the Indian Union and who either has been retired or relieved or discharged from such
service whether at his own request or being relieved by the employer after earning his or her pension.
The term “Civilian Central Government Servants” will apply to persons who are defined as
“Government Servants” in the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965
as amended from time to time.
SAVE AS PROVIDED ABOVE THE AGE LIMITS PRESCRIBED CAN IN NO CASE BE RELAXED.
Note V : The date of birth accepted by the Commission is that entered in the Matriculation or
Secondary School Leaving Certificate or in a certificate recognised by an Indian University as
equivalent to Matriculation or in an extract from a Register of Matriculates maintained by a
University, which must be certified by the proper authority of the University or in the Higher
Secondary or an equivalent examination certificate. No other document relating to age like
horoscopes, affidavits, birth extracts from Municipal Corporation, service records and the like will be
accepted. The expression Matriculation/Secondary Examination Certificate in this part of the
instructions includes the alternative certificates mentioned above.
NOTE VI : Candidates should also note that once Date of Birth has been submitted by them
in the application form and entered in records of the Commission for the purpose of
admission to an Examination, no change will be allowed subsequently (or at any other
Examination of the Commission) on any grounds whatsoever.
NOTE VII : The candidate should exercise due care while entering their Date of Birth in Online
Application Form for the Examination. If on verification at any subsequent stage, any variation is
found in their Date of Birth from the one entered in their Matriculation or equivalent Examination
Certificate, disciplinary action will be taken by the Commission under the Rules.
(IV) Minimum Educational Qualifications: A candidate must hold a Bachelor’s degree of a University incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under Section-3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 or possess an equivalent qualification.
NOTE 1 : Candidates who have appeared at an examination the passing of which would render them
educationally qualified for the Commission’s examination but have not been informed of the results as
also the candidates who intend to appear at such a qualifying examination in the year 2020 will also
be eligible for admission to the examination. Such candidates will be admitted to the examination if
otherwise eligible but the admission would be deemed to be provisional and subject to cancellation if
they do not produce proof of having passed the requisite examination along with the Detailed
Application Form which will be required to be submitted online by the candidates who after
qualifying on the result of the written part of the examination are also declared qualified in the
Physical Standards/Physical Efficiency Tests and Medical Standards Tests. Such proof of
passing the requisite examination should be dated earlier than the due date (closing date) of Detailed
Application Form of the Central Armed Police Forces (Assistant Commandants) Examination, 2020.
NOTE II : In exceptional cases the Union Public Service Commission may treat a candidate who has
not any of the foregoing qualifications as a qualified candidate, provided that he/she has passed an
examination conducted by the other Institutions, the standard of which in the opinion of the
Commission justifies his/her admission to the examination.
NOTE III : Candidates possessing professional and technical qualifications which are recognised by
Government as equivalent to professional and technical degree would also be eligible for admission to
the examination.
V. Restriction on re-appearance of candidates finally selected/ recommended earlier:
A candidate who has been finally selected on the basis of an earlier examination to the post of
Assistant Commandants in any of the forces participating in the Central Armed Police Forces
(Assistant Commandants) Examination will not be eligible to appear at a subsequent examination for
recruitment of Assistant Commandants in the participating CAPFs.
VI. Physical Standards : Candidates must meet the prescribed Physical and Medical Standards for
admission to Central Armed Police Forces (Assistant Commandants), Examination, 2020 specified in
Appendix-V of the Notice.
VII. Possession of NCC ‘B’ or ‘C’ Certificates :
Possession of NCC ‘B’ or ‘C’ Certificate will be a desirable qualification. These qualifications will
be given consideration at the time of Interview/Personality Test only.
Candidates (excepting Female/SC/ST Candidates who are exempted from payment of fee) are required
to pay fee of Rs.200/- (Rupees Two Hundred only) either by remitting the money in any Branch of
State Bank of India or by using Visa/Master/RuPay Credit/Debit Card or by using Internet Banking
of SBI. Applicants who opt for "Pay by Cash" mode should print the system generated Pay-in-slip
during part II registration and deposit the fee at the counter of SBI Branch on the next working day
only. "Pay by Cash” mode will be deactivated at 23.59 hours of 06.09.2020 i.e. one day before the
closing date; however applicants who have generated their Pay-in- Slip before it is deactivated may
pay at the counter of SBI Branch during banking hours on the closing date. Such applicants who are
unable to pay by cash on the closing date i.e during banking hours at SBI Branch, for reasons
whatsoever, even if holding valid pay-in-slip will have no other offline option but to opt for available
online Debit/Credit Card or Internet Banking payment mode on the closing date i.e. till 18:00 Hours
of 07.09.2020.
Note: 1. Candidates should note that payment of examination fee can be made only through the
modes prescribed above. Payment of fee through any other mode is neither valid nor acceptable.
Applications submitted without the prescribed fee/mode (unless remission of fee is claimed) shall be
summarily rejected.
Note: 2. Fee once paid shall not be refunded under any circumstances nor can the fee be held in
reserve for any other examination or selection.
Note: 3. For the applicants in whose case payments details have not been received from the bank,
they will be treated as fictitious payment cases and their applications will be rejected in the first
instance. A list of all such applicants shall be made available on the Commission website within two
weeks after the last day of submission of Online Application. The applicants shall be required to
submit the proof of their fee payment within 10 days from the date of such communication either by
hand or by speed post to the Commission. On receipt of documentary proof, genuine fee payment
cases will be considered and their applications will be revived, if they are otherwise eligible.
ALL FEMALE CANDIDATES AND CANDIDATES BELONGING TO SCHEDULED CASTES/ SCHEDULED TRIBES ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PAY ANY FEE. NO FEE EXEMPTION IS, HOWEVER, AVAILABLE TO OBC/EWS CANDIDATES AND THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PAY THE FULL PRESCRIBED FEE.
(a) Candidates are required to apply Online using the link https://www.upsconline.nic.in Detailed
instructions for filling up Online Applications are available on the above mentioned website.
(b) The applicants are advised to submit only single application. However, if due to any unavoidable
situation, he/she submits another/multiple applications, then he/she must ensure that application
with the higher RID is complete in all respects like applicants details, examination centre,
photograph, signature, fee etc. The applicants who are submitting multiple applications should note
that only the application with higher RID (Registration ID) shall be entertained by the Commission
and fee paid against one RID shall not be adjusted against any other RID.
(c) All candidates, whether already in Government Service, Government owned industrial
undertakings or other similar organisations or in private employment should submit their
applications direct to the Commission. Persons already in Government service, whether in permanent or temporary capacity or as work-charged employees other than casual or daily rated employees or those serving under the Public Enterprises are however, required to inform in writing their Head of Office/Department that they have applied for the Examination. Candidates should note that in case a communication is received from their employer by the Commission withholding permission to the candidates applying for/appearing at the examination, their application will be liable to be rejected/ candidature will be liable to be cancelled.
NOTE 1 : While filling in his/her Online Application Form, the candidate should carefully
decide about his/her choice for the Centre for the Examination.
If any candidate appears at a centre other than the one indicated by the Commission in his/her
e-Admission Certificate, the papers of such a candidate will not be evaluated and his/her
candidature will be liable to cancellation.
NOTE 2 : Incomplete or defective applications shall be summarily rejected. No representation or
correspondence regarding such rejection shall be entertained under any circumstances.
NOTE 3 : Candidates are not required to submit Hard Copy of their applications to the Commission at
this stage.
The candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfill all the eligibility
conditions for admission to the examination. Their admission at all the stages of examination
for which they are admitted by the Commission viz. Written Examination, Physical and Medical
Standards Tests and Physical Efficiency Test (PET) and Interview/ Personality Test will be
purely provisional, subject to their satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions. If on
verification at any time before or after the Written Examination, Physical and Medical
Standards Tests, Physical Efficiency Test (PET) and Interview/ Personality Test, it is found that
they do not fulfill any of the eligibility conditions, their candidature for the examination will be
cancelled by the Commission.
If any of their claims is found to be incorrect, they will render themselves liable to disciplinary action by the Commission in terms of Rule 14 of the Rules for the Central Armed Police Forces (Assistant Commandants) Examination, 2020 reproduced below :
A candidate who is or has been declared by Commission to be guilty of :
i) obtai ning support for hi s/her candidature by any following means namely;
(a) offering illegal gratification; or
(b) applying pressure on ; or
(c) blackmailing or threatening to blackmail any person connected with the
conduct of the examination; or
(ii) impersonation, or
(iii) procuring impersonation by any person, or
(iv) submitting fabricated documents or documents which have been tampered with, or
(v) uploading irrelevant photos in the application form in place of actual photo/signature; or
(vi) making statements which are incorrect or false, or suppressing material information, or
(vii) resorting to the following means in connection with his /her candidature for the examination,
namely
a) obtaining copy of question paper through improper means,
b) finding out the particulars of the persons connected with secret work relating to the
examination,
c) influencing the examiners, or
(viii) being in possession of or using unfair means during the examination, or
(ix) writing irrelevant matter including, obscene language or irrelevant matter pornographic
matter, in the script(s), or
(x) misbehaving in any other manner in the examination hall, or
(xi) harassing or doing bodily harm to the staff employed by the Commission for the conduct of
their examination, or
(xii) being in possession of or using any mobile phone (even in switched off mode), pager or any
electronic equipment or programmable device or storage media like pen drive, smart
watches etc. or camera or blue tooth devices or any other equipment or related accessories
either in working or switched off mode capable of being used as a communication device
during the examination; or
(xiii) violating any of the instructions issued to candidates along with their e-Admission
Certificates permitting them to take the examination, or
(xiv) attempting to commit, or as the case may be abetting the commission of all or any of the
acts specified in the foregoing clauses; may in addition to rendering himself/herself liable to
criminal prosecution, be liable
(a) and shall be disqualified by the Commission from the examination for which he/she is a
candidate; and/or
(b) shall be liable to be debarred either permanently or for a specified period:-
(i) by the Commission from any examination or selection held by them;
(ii) by the Central Government from any employment under them; and
(c) if he/she is already in service under Government to disciplinary action under the
appropriate rules :
Provided that no penalty under this rule shall be imposed except after :
(i) giving the candidate an opportunity of making such representation in writing as
he/she may wish to make in that behalf; and
(ii) taking the representation, if any, submitted by the candidate, within the period
allowed to him/ her into consideration.
Any person who is found by the Commission to be guilty of colluding with a candidate (s) in
committing or abetting the commission of any of the misdeeds listed at Clauses (i) to (xiii) above render himself liable to action in terms of the Clause (xiv).
The Online Applications can be filled upto 07st September, 2020 till 18.00 Hours, after which the link will be disabled. Detailed instructions regarding filling of online application is available at Appendix-II(A).
(ii) The online Applications can be withdrawn from 14.09.2020 to 20.09.2020 till 6.00 PM after which the link will be disabled. Detailed instructions regarding withdrawal of Applications is available at Appendix-
II(B).
7. CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE COMMISSION :
The Commission will not enter into any correspondence with the candidates about their candidature
except in the following cases:
(i) The eligible candidates shall be issued an e-admission Certificate three weeks before the
commencement of the examination. The e-Admission Certificate will be made available in the UPSC
website [https://www.upsc.gov.in] for downloading by candidates. No paper Admission Certificate
will be sent by post. For downloading the e-Admission Certificate/e-Admit Card the candidate must
have his/her vital parameters like RID & Date of Birth or Roll No. (if received) & date of birth or name, father's name & Date of Birth available with him/her. If a candidate does not receive his/her e-
Admission Certificate or any other communication regarding his/her candidature for the
examination three weeks before the commencement of the examination, he/she should at once
contact the Commission. Information in this regard can also be obtained from the Facilitation
Counter located in the Commission’s office either in person or over phone Nos. 011-23381125/011-
23385271/011-23098543. In case no communication is received in the Commission’s office
from the candidate regarding non-receipt of his/her e-admission certificate at least 3 weeks
before the examination, he/she himself/herself will be solely responsible for non-receipt of
his/her e-Admission Certificate.
No candidate will ordinarily be allowed to take the examination unless he/she holds an e-
admission certificate for the examination. On the receipt of e-Admission Certificate, candidates
should check it carefully and bring discrepancies/errors, if any, to the notice of UPSC
immediately.
The candidates should note that their admission to the examination would be purely provisional
based on the information given by them in the application form. This will be subject to verification of
all the eligibility conditions by the UPSC.
The mere fact that an e-admission certificate to the Examination has been issued to a candidate will not imply that the Commission has finally cleared his/her candidature or that the Commission has accepted entries made by the candidate in his/her application for the Examination as true and correct. Candidates may note that the Commission will take up the
verification of eligibility conditions of a candidate, with reference to original documents, only
after the candidate has qualified the Central Armed Police Forces (Written) Examination. Unless
the Commission formally confirms candidature, it continues to be provisional.
The decision of the Commission as to the eligibility or otherwise of a candidate for admission to the
Examination shall be final. Candidates should note that the name in the e-Admission Certificate in
some cases may be abbreviated due to technical reasons.
(ii) The candidates must ensure that their E-Mail IDs given in their Online Applications are valid and
active as the Commission may use electronic mode of communication while contacting them at
different stages of examination processes.
(iii) A candidate must see that communications sent to him/her at the address stated in his/her
application are redirected, if necessary. Change in address should be communicated to the Commission at the earliest opportunity. Although the Commission make every effort to take account of such changes, they cannot accept any responsibility in the matter.
(iv) Candidates may note that they will not be allowed to take the examination on the strength of an e-
Admission Certificate issued in respect of another candidate.
IMPORTANT : ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO THE COMMISSION SHOULD INVARIABLY CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING PARTICULARS.
1. NAME AND YEAR OF THE EXAMINATION
2. REGISTRATION I.D. (RID)
3. ROLL NUMBER (IF RECEIVED)
4. NAME OF CANDIDATE (IN FULL AND IN BLOCK LETTERS)
5. COMPLETE POSTAL ADDRESS AS GIVEN IN THE APPLICATION.
6. VALID AND ACTIVE E-MAIL ID.
N.B.I : Communications not containing the above particulars may not be attended to. Candidates are
strongly advised to keep a print out or soft copy of their online application for future references.
7. CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE COMMISSION :
The Commission will not enter into any correspondence with the candidates about their candidature
except in the following cases:
(i) The eligible candidates shall be issued an e-admission Certificate three weeks before the
commencement of the examination. The e-Admission Certificate will be made available in the UPSC
website [https://www.upsc.gov.in] for downloading by candidates. No paper Admission Certificate
will be sent by post. For downloading the e-Admission Certificate/e-Admit Card the candidate must
have his/her vital parameters like RID & Date of Birth or Roll No. (if received) & date of birth or name, father's name & Date of Birth available with him/her. If a candidate does not receive his/her e-
Admission Certificate or any other communication regarding his/her candidature for the
examination three weeks before the commencement of the examination, he/she should at once
contact the Commission. Information in this regard can also be obtained from the Facilitation
Counter located in the Commission’s office either in person or over phone Nos. 011-23381125/011-
23385271/011-23098543. In case no communication is received in the Commission’s office
from the candidate regarding non-receipt of his/her e-admission certificate at least 3 weeks
before the examination, he/she himself/herself will be solely responsible for non-receipt of
his/her e-Admission Certificate.
No candidate will ordinarily be allowed to take the examination unless he/she holds an e-
admission certificate for the examination. On the receipt of e-Admission Certificate, candidates
should check it carefully and bring discrepancies/errors, if any, to the notice of UPSC
immediately.
The candidates should note that their admission to the examination would be purely provisional
based on the information given by them in the application form. This will be subject to verification of
all the eligibility conditions by the UPSC.
The mere fact that an e-admission certificate to the Examination has been issued to a candidate will not imply that the Commission has finally cleared his/her candidature or that the Commission has accepted entries made by the candidate in his/her application for the Examination as true and correct. Candidates may note that the Commission will take up the
verification of eligibility conditions of a candidate, with reference to original documents, only
after the candidate has qualified the Central Armed Police Forces (Written) Examination. Unless
the Commission formally confirms candidature, it continues to be provisional.
The decision of the Commission as to the eligibility or otherwise of a candidate for admission to the
Examination shall be final. Candidates should note that the name in the e-Admission Certificate in
some cases may be abbreviated due to technical reasons.
(ii) The candidates must ensure that their E-Mail IDs given in their Online Applications are valid and
active as the Commission may use electronic mode of communication while contacting them at
different stages of examination processes.
(iii) A candidate must see that communications sent to him/her at the address stated in his/her
application are redirected, if necessary. Change in address should be communicated to the Commission at the earliest opportunity. Although the Commission make every effort to take account of such changes, they cannot accept any responsibility in the matter.
(iv) Candidates may note that they will not be allowed to take the examination on the strength of an e-
Admission Certificate issued in respect of another candidate.
IMPORTANT : ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO THE COMMISSION SHOULD INVARIABLY CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING PARTICULARS.
1. NAME AND YEAR OF THE EXAMINATION
2. REGISTRATION I.D. (RID)
3. ROLL NUMBER (IF RECEIVED)
4. NAME OF CANDIDATE (IN FULL AND IN BLOCK LETTERS)
5. COMPLETE POSTAL ADDRESS AS GIVEN IN THE APPLICATION.
6. VALID AND ACTIVE E-MAIL ID.
N.B.I : Communications not containing the above particulars may not be attended to. Candidates are
strongly advised to keep a print out or soft copy of their online application for future references.
Applications can be withdrawn as per instructions available at Appendix II (B).
Service Allocation will be made on the basis of position in the Merit List and the Service Preferences,
which will have to be indicated by the candidates at the time of filling up the Detailed Application
Form before the Physical and Medical Standards Tests and the Physical Efficiency Tests. Both Male
and Female candidates are eligible for appointment to the post of Assistant Commandants.
For other details regarding the Examination, the candidates may refer to the Appendices as specified
below :
(a) Selection Procedure/Scheme and syllabus of Examination Appendix-I
(b) Instructions to candidates for filling up the Online Application Form Appendix-II
(c) Special Instructions for Objective Type Tests Appendix-III
(d) Special Instructions for Conventional Type Tests Appendix-IV
(e) Physical and Medical Standards Appendix-V
( OM PRAKASH )
Under Secretary
Union Public Service Commission
APPENDIX - I
SELECTION PROCEDURE/SCHEME AND SYLLABUS OF THE EXAMINATION
(A) Selection Procedure/Scheme: - The Selection Procedure/Scheme of the Examination will be as follows:
(i) Written Examination: The written examination to be conducted by Union Public Service Commission will be held on 20th December, 2020 and will comprise two papers. Paper I will be held from 10 a.m. to 12.00 Noon and Paper II will be held from 2.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.
Paper I : General Ability and Intelligence - 250 Marks The questions in this paper will be of Objective (Multiple Answers) Type in which the questions will be set in English as well as Hindi.
Paper II : General Studies, Essay and Comprehension - 200 Marks In this paper candidates will be allowed the option of writing the Essay Component in English or Hindi, but the medium of Precis Writing, Comprehension Components and other communications/ language skills will be English only.
NOTE-I : Candidates should ensure that in Paper II they write the answers only in the medium
allowed by the Commission for the different Components as mentioned above. No credit will be given
for answers written in a medium other than the one allowed in the Paper. Candidates will be required
to indicate the medium of Essay Component in the Attendance Lists and on the Answer Book. No
credit will be given for the Essay Component if the candidate indicates a medium on the Attendance
List and on the Answer Book other than the one in which he/she has written the Essay.
NOTE-II: There will be minimum qualifying marks separately in each Paper as may be fixed by the
Commission in their discretion. Paper-I will be evaluated first and evaluation of Paper-II will be done
only of those candidates who obtain the minimum qualifying marks in Paper-I.
(ii) Physical Standards/Physical Efficiency Tests and Medical Standards Tests :
Candidates who are declared qualified in the written examination will be summoned for Physical
Standards/Physical Efficiency Tests and Medical Standards Tests. Those candidates who meet the
prescribed Physical Standards, specified in Appendix-VI, will be put through the Physical Efficiency
Tests as indicated below :
Physical Efficiency Tests (PET)
|
Physical Efficiency Tests (PET) |
||
|
|
Males |
Females |
|
100 Meters race |
In 16 seconds |
In 18 seconds |
|
800 Meters race |
In 3 minutes 45 seconds |
In 4 minutes 45 seconds |
|
Long Jump |
3.5 Meters(3 chances) |
3.0 meters (3 chances) |
|
Shot Put |
7.26 Kgs. |
4.5 Meters |
Pregnancy at the time of PET will be a disqualification and pregnant female candidate will be rejected.
Medical Standards Tests, to check the standards specified in Appendix-VI, will be conducted only in
respect of candidates who are declared qualified in the Physical Efficiency Test.
The Physical Standards/Physical Efficiency Tests and Medical Standards Tests will be conducted
under the supervision of a Nodal Authority to be appointed by the Ministry of Home Affairs. These
tests will be conducted at various centres to be notified after the results of the written examination.
Appeals will be entertained only against the Medical Standards Tests and will have to be made to the
Appellate Authority designated by the Ministry of Home Affairs within a period of 15 days from the
date of declaration of the results of these tests.
(iii) Interview/Personality Test : Candidates who are declared qualified in the Medical Standards
Tests, will be called for Interview/Personality Test to be conducted by Union Public Service
Commission. Candidates who are declared medically unfit but allowed to appear before the “Review
Medical Board” on their appeal by the Appellate Authority will be called for Interview/Personality
Tests provisionally. The Interview/Personality Test will carry 150 Marks.
Candidates who are short-listed for Interview/Personality Test, including those shortlisted for
Interview/Personality Test provisionally will be issued a Detailed Application Form (DAF) in which
among other things, they will be required to indicate their preference of Forces.
(iv) Final Selection / Merit : The merit list will be drawn on the basis of marks obtained by the
candidates in the Written Examination and Interview/Personality Test.
(B) Syllabi of the Written Papers:-
Paper I : General Ability and Intelligence
The objective type questions with multiple choices in this paper will broadly cover the following areas:
1. General Mental Ability
The questions will be designed to test the logical reasoning, quantitative aptitude including numerical
ability, and data interpretation.
2. General Science
The questions will be set to test general awareness, scientific temper, comprehension and appreciation
of scientific phenomena of everyday observation including new areas of importance like Information
Technology, Biotechnology, Environmental Science.
3. Current Events of National and International Importance:
The questions will test the candidates’ awareness of current events of national and international
importance in the broad areas of culture, music, arts, literature, sports, governance, societal and
developmental issues, industry, business, globalisation, and interplay among nations.
4. Indian Polity and Economy:
The questions shall aim to test candidates’ knowledge of the Country’s political system and the
Constitution of India, social systems and public administration, economic development in India,
regional and international security issues and human rights including its indicators.
5. History of India :
The questions will broadly cover the subject in its social, economic and political aspects. This shall
also include the areas of growth of nationalism and freedom movement.
6. Indian and World Geography:
The questions shall cover the physical, social and economic aspects of geography pertaining to India
and the World.
Paper II : General Studies, Essay and Comprehension
Part-A – Essay questions which are to be answered in long narrative form either in Hindi or English
totaling 80 Marks. The indicative topics are modern Indian history especially of the freedom struggle,
geography, polity and economy, knowledge of security and human rights issues, and analytical ability.
Part-B – Comprehension, précis writing, other communications/language skills – to be attempted in
English only (Marks 120) – The topics are Comprehension passages, précis writing, developing counter arguments, simple grammar and other aspects of language testing.
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Salient features of the system of Online Application Form are given hereunder:
• Detailed instructions for filling up Online Applications are available on the above mentioned website.
• Candidates will be required to complete the Online Application Form containing two stages viz. Part-
I and Part-II as per the instructions available in the above mentioned site through drop down menus.
• The candidates are required to pay a fee of Rs. 200/- (Rupees Two Hundred only) [excepting
SC/ST/Female candidates who are exempted from payment of fee] either by depositing the money in
any branch of State Bank of India by cash, or by using net banking facility of State Bank of India or
by using any Visa/Master/RuPay Credit/Debit Card.
Before start filling up Online Application, a candidate must have his photograph and signature duly
scanned in the .jpg format in such a manner that each file should not exceed 300 KB each and must
not be less than 20 KB in size for the photograph and signature.
The candidate should have details of one Photo ID viz. Aadhar Card/Voter Card/PAN Card/
Passport/Driving License/Any other photo ID Card issued by the State/Central Government. The
details of this photo ID will have to be provided by the candidate while filling up the online application
form. This photo ID will be used for all future references and the candidate is advised to carry this ID
while appearing for the examination.
The Online applications (Part I and II) can be filled from 18th August, 2020 to 07th September,
2020 till 18:00 Hrs.
• Applicants should avoid submitting multiple applications. However, if due to any unavoidable
circumstances, any applicant submits multiple applications then he/she must ensure that the
application with higher RID is complete in all respects.
• In case of multiple applications, the application with higher RID shall be entertained by the
Commission and fee paid against one RID shall not be adjusted against any other RID.
• The applicants must ensure that while filling their Application Form, they are providing their valid
and active E-Mail IDs as the Commission may use electronic mode of communication while contacting
them at different stages of examination process.
• The applicants are advised to check their e-mails at regular intervals and ensure that the e-mail
address ending with @nic.in are directed to their inbox folder and not to the SPAM folder or any other
folder.
• Candidates are strongly advised to apply online well in time without waiting for the last date
for submission of Online Applications.
Moreover, the Commission has introduced provision of withdrawal of application for the
candidate, who does not want to appear at the Examination, he/she may withdraw his/her
application.
Appendix-II (B)
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS TO WITHDRAW APPLICATION
1. Candidates are advised to go through the instructions carefully before filling up the request for
withdrawal of application.
2. The Commission has provided the withdrawal facility from 14.09.2020 to 20.09.2020 (till 6.00
PM) to those candidates who do not want to appear at this Examination.
3. Candidates are advised to provide the details of registered application with registration-id which
was completed and submitted finally. There is no provision for withdrawing of incomplete
applications.
4. Before making the request for withdrawal, candidate must ensure that they have access to the registered mobile number and email-id which were provided by them at the time of submission of
application. Separate OTPs will be sent by the Commission on the registered mobile number and email-id. Request for withdrawal will be accepted only after it is confirmed by validating the OTP
details sent on candidate’s mobile and email-id. Such OTPs will be valid for 30 Minutes only.
5. Request for generating OTP for withdrawal of application will be accepted only till 5.30 PM
on 20.09.2020.
6. If a candidate has submitted more than one application form then the higher registration-id of
Application (latest) will be considered for withdrawal and all earlier applications will be treated as
cancelled automatically.
7. After the final acceptance of the request for online withdrawal of application, the candidate must
print the authenticated receipt. Once application has been withdrawn by the candidate, it cannot be
revived in future.
8. UPSC has no provision to refund any fee amount paid by candidates, so in case of successful
withdrawal of application the fees will not be refunded.
9. On successful completion of withdrawal of application, an auto-generated email and SMS will be
sent on candidate’s registered email-id and mobile. In case any candidate has not submitted the
request for withdrawal of application he/she may contact UPSC on email-id: upscsoap@nic.in
immediately.
10. Candidates are advised not to share the OTPs received on email and SMS to anybody.
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1. Articles permitted inside Examination Hall
Clip board or hard board (on which nothing is written), a good quality black ball pen for making responses
on the Answer Sheet. Answer Sheet and sheet for rough work will be supplied by the invigilator.
2. Articles not permitted inside Examination Hall
Do not bring into the Examination Hall any article other than those specified above e.g. books, notes,
loose sheets, electronic or any other type of calculators, mathematical and drawing instruments, Log
Tables, stencils of maps, slide rules, Test Booklets, rough sheets pertaining to earlier session(s), etc.
Mobile phones or any other communication devices are not allowed inside the premises where
the examination is being conducted. Any infringement of these instructions shall entail
disciplinary action including ban from future examinations. Candidates are advised in their own
interest not to bring any of the banned items including mobile phones etc. to the venue of the
examination, as arrangements for safekeeping cannot be assured.
3. Penalty for wrong Answers (in Objective Type Papers)
THERE WILL BE PENALTY (NEGATIVE MARKING) FOR WRONG ANSWERS MARKED BY A CANDIDATE IN THE OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTION PAPERS.
(i) There are four alternatives for the answer to every question. For each question for which a wrong
answer has been given by the candidate, one third (0.33) of the marks assigned to that question will
be deducted as penalty.
(ii) If a candidate gives more than one answer, it will be treated as a wrong answer even if one of the
given answers happens to be correct and there will be same penalty as above for that question.
(iii) If a question is left blank i.e. no answer is given by the candidate, there will be no penalty for
that question.
4. Unfair means strictly prohibited
No candidates shall copy from the papers of any other candidate nor permit his papers to be copied nor give nor attempt to give not obtain nor attempt to obtain irregular assistance of any description.
5. Conduct in Examination Hall
No candidates should misbehave in any manner or create disorderly scene in the Examination Hall or
harass the staff employed by the Commission for the conduct of the examination. Any such misconduct will be severely penalised.
6. Answer Sheet Particulars
(i) Write in black ball pen your Centre and subject followed by Test Booklet series (in bracket), subject code and roll number at the appropriate space provided on the Answer Sheet at the top. Also encode your booklet series (A, B, C or D as the case may be), subject code and roll number with black ball pen in the circles provided for the purpose in the Answer Sheet. The guidelines for writing the above particulars and encoding the above particulars are given in Annexure. In case the booklet series is not printed on the Test Booklet or Answer Sheet is unnumbered, please report immediately to the invigilator and get the Test Booklet/Answer Sheet replaced.
(ii) Candidates should note that any omission/mistake/discrepancy in encoding/filling of details in the OMR answer sheet, especially with regard to Roll Number and Test Booklet Series Code, will render the answer sheet liable for rejection.
(iii) Immediately after commencement of the examination please check that the Test Booklet supplied to you does not have any unprinted or torn or missing pages or items etc. If so, get it replaced by a complete Test Booklet of the same series and subject.
7. Do not write your name or anything other than the specific items of information asked for, on the Answer Sheet/Test Booklet/sheet for rough work.
8. Do not fold or mutilate or damage or put any extraneous marking in the Answer Sheet. Do not write
anything on the reverse of the Answer Sheet.
9. Since the Answer Sheets will be evaluated on computerised machines, candidates should exercise due care in handling and filling up the Answer Sheets. They should use black ball pen only to darken the circles. For writing in boxes, they should use black ball pen. Since the entries made by the
candidates by darkening the circles will be taken into account while evaluating the Answer Sheet on
computerised machines, they should make these entries very carefully and accurately. The
candidate must mark responses in the Answer Sheet with good quality black ball pen.
10. Method of marking answers
In the "OBJECTIVE TYPE" of examination, you do not write the answers. For each question (hereinafter referred to as "Item") several suggested answers (hereinafter referred to as "Responses") are given. You have to choose one response to each item. The question paper will be in the Form of TEST BOOKLET. The booklet will contain item bearing numbers 1, 2, 3 etc. Under each item, Responses marked (a), (b), (c), (d) will be given. Your task will be to choose the correct response. If you think there is more than one correct response, then choose what you consider the best response.
In any case, for each item you are to select only one response. If you select more than one response,
your response will be considered wrong. In the Answer Sheet, Serial Nos. from 1 to 160 are printed.
Against each numbers, there are circles marked (a), (b), (c) and (d). After you have read each item in the Test Booklet and decided which one of the given responses is correct or the best, you have to mark
your response by completely blackening to indicate your response.
Ink pen or pencil should not be used for blackening the circle on the Answer Sheet.
For example, if the correct answer to item 1 is (b), then the circle containing the letter (b) is to be
completely
11. Entries in Scannable Attendance List Candidates are required to fill in the relevant particulars with black ball pen only against their columns in the Scannable Attendance List, as given below :-
i) Blacken the circle (P) under the column (Present/Absent)
ii) Blacken the relevant circle for Test Booklet Series iii) Write Test Booklet Serial No.
iv) Write the Answer Sheet serial No. and also blacken the corresponding circles below
v) Append signature in the relevant column
12. Please read and abide by the instructions on the cover of Test Booklet. If any candidate indulges in
disorderly or improper conduct, he will render himself liable for disciplinary action and/or imposition of a penalty as the Commission may deem fit.
13. The candidates are not allowed to leave the Examination Hall before the expiry of prescribed time period of the examination.
Annexure
How to fill in the Answer Sheet of objective type tests in the Examination Hall Please follow these instructions very carefully. You may note that since the Answer Sheets are to be evaluated on machine, any violation of these instructions may result in reduction of your score for which you would yourself be responsible. Before you mark your responses on the Answer Sheet, you will have to fill in various particulars in it.
As soon as the candidate receives the Answer Sheet, he/she should check that it is numbered at
the bottom. If it is found unnumbered he/she should at once get it replaced by a numbered one.।
You will see from the Answer Sheet that you will have to fill in the top line, which reads thus:
1. Answers to be written in own hand
Write the answers in your own hand in ink. Pencil may be used for rough work.
2. Check Answer Book
The candidate must write his/her roll number (and not his/her name) only in the space provided for the purpose on every answer book used by him/her. Before writing in the answer book, please see that it is complete. In case here are any missing pages, it should be got replaced. Do not tear out any pages from the Answer Book. If you use more than one Answer Book, indicate on the cover of first Answer Book the total number of Answer Books used. Do not leave any blank, unused spaces between answers. If such spaces are left, score them out.
3. Answers in excess of prescribed number will be ignored The candidate must attempt questions strictly in accordance with the directions given on each question paper. If questions are attempted in excess of the prescribed number only questions attempted first up to the prescribed number shall be valued and the remaining answers will be ignored.
4. Questions relating to précis should be attempted only on précis sheets to be supplied on demand by the invigilators. Precis sheet, whether used or not, should be placed inside the answer books and fastened along with the additional answer book(s), if any. Candidates who fail to observe this instruction will be penallised. Do not write your roll number on these sheets.
5. Unfair means strictly prohibited
Do not copy from the papers of any other candidates nor allow your papers to be copied nor give nor attempt to give nor obtain nor attempt to obtain irregular assistance of any description. It will be responsibility of every candidate to ensure that his/her answers are not copied by another candidate. Failure to do so will invite penalty, as may be awarded by the Commission for adoption of unfair means.
Medical Standards Tests, to check the standards specified in Appendix-VI, will be conducted only in
respect of candidates who are declared qualified in the Physical Efficiency Test.
The Physical Standards/Physical Efficiency Tests and Medical Standards Tests will be conducted
under the supervision of a Nodal Authority to be appointed by the Ministry of Home Affairs. These
tests will be conducted at various centres to be notified after the results of the written examination.
Appeals will be entertained only against the Medical Standards Tests and will have to be made to the
Appellate Authority designated by the Ministry of Home Affairs within a period of 15 days from the
date of declaration of the results of these tests.
(iii) Interview/Personality Test : Candidates who are declared qualified in the Medical Standards
Tests, will be called for Interview/Personality Test to be conducted by Union Public Service
Commission. Candidates who are declared medically unfit but allowed to appear before the “Review
Medical Board” on their appeal by the Appellate Authority will be called for Interview/Personality
Tests provisionally. The Interview/Personality Test will carry 150 Marks.
Candidates who are short-listed for Interview/Personality Test, including those shortlisted for
Interview/Personality Test provisionally will be issued a Detailed Application Form (DAF) in which
among other things, they will be required to indicate their preference of Forces.
(iv) Final Selection / Merit : The merit list will be drawn on the basis of marks obtained by the
candidates in the Written Examination and Interview/Personality Test.
(B) Syllabi of the Written Papers:-
Paper I : General Ability and Intelligence
The objective type questions with multiple choices in this paper will broadly cover the following areas:
1. General Mental Ability
The questions will be designed to test the logical reasoning, quantitative aptitude including numerical
ability, and data interpretation.
2. General Science
The questions will be set to test general awareness, scientific temper, comprehension and appreciation
of scientific phenomena of everyday observation including new areas of importance like Information
Technology, Biotechnology, Environmental Science.
3. Current Events of National and International Importance:
The questions will test the candidates’ awareness of current events of national and international
importance in the broad areas of culture, music, arts, literature, sports, governance, societal and
developmental issues, industry, business, globalisation, and interplay among nations.
4. Indian Polity and Economy:
The questions shall aim to test candidates’ knowledge of the Country’s political system and the
Constitution of India, social systems and public administration, economic development in India,
regional and international security issues and human rights including its indicators.
5. History of India :
The questions will broadly cover the subject in its social, economic and political aspects. This shall
also include the areas of growth of nationalism and freedom movement.
6. Indian and World Geography:
The questions shall cover the physical, social and economic aspects of geography pertaining to India
and the World.
Paper II : General Studies, Essay and Comprehension
Part-A – Essay questions which are to be answered in long narrative form either in Hindi or English
totaling 80 Marks. The indicative topics are modern Indian history especially of the freedom struggle,
geography, polity and economy, knowledge of security and human rights issues, and analytical ability.
Part-B – Comprehension, précis writing, other communications/language skills – to be attempted in
English only (Marks 120) – The topics are Comprehension passages, précis writing, developing counter arguments, simple grammar and other aspects of language testing.
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APPENDIX-II(A)
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES FOR FILLING ONLINE APPLICATIONS
Candidates are required to apply Online using the website www.upsconline.nic.in. Salient features of the system of Online Application Form are given hereunder:
• Detailed instructions for filling up Online Applications are available on the above mentioned website.
• Candidates will be required to complete the Online Application Form containing two stages viz. Part-
I and Part-II as per the instructions available in the above mentioned site through drop down menus.
• The candidates are required to pay a fee of Rs. 200/- (Rupees Two Hundred only) [excepting
SC/ST/Female candidates who are exempted from payment of fee] either by depositing the money in
any branch of State Bank of India by cash, or by using net banking facility of State Bank of India or
by using any Visa/Master/RuPay Credit/Debit Card.
Before start filling up Online Application, a candidate must have his photograph and signature duly
scanned in the .jpg format in such a manner that each file should not exceed 300 KB each and must
not be less than 20 KB in size for the photograph and signature.
The candidate should have details of one Photo ID viz. Aadhar Card/Voter Card/PAN Card/
Passport/Driving License/Any other photo ID Card issued by the State/Central Government. The
details of this photo ID will have to be provided by the candidate while filling up the online application
form. This photo ID will be used for all future references and the candidate is advised to carry this ID
while appearing for the examination.
The Online applications (Part I and II) can be filled from 18th August, 2020 to 07th September,
2020 till 18:00 Hrs.
• Applicants should avoid submitting multiple applications. However, if due to any unavoidable
circumstances, any applicant submits multiple applications then he/she must ensure that the
application with higher RID is complete in all respects.
• In case of multiple applications, the application with higher RID shall be entertained by the
Commission and fee paid against one RID shall not be adjusted against any other RID.
• The applicants must ensure that while filling their Application Form, they are providing their valid
and active E-Mail IDs as the Commission may use electronic mode of communication while contacting
them at different stages of examination process.
• The applicants are advised to check their e-mails at regular intervals and ensure that the e-mail
address ending with @nic.in are directed to their inbox folder and not to the SPAM folder or any other
folder.
• Candidates are strongly advised to apply online well in time without waiting for the last date
for submission of Online Applications.
Moreover, the Commission has introduced provision of withdrawal of application for the
candidate, who does not want to appear at the Examination, he/she may withdraw his/her
application.
Appendix-II (B)
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS TO WITHDRAW APPLICATION
1. Candidates are advised to go through the instructions carefully before filling up the request for
withdrawal of application.
2. The Commission has provided the withdrawal facility from 14.09.2020 to 20.09.2020 (till 6.00
PM) to those candidates who do not want to appear at this Examination.
3. Candidates are advised to provide the details of registered application with registration-id which
was completed and submitted finally. There is no provision for withdrawing of incomplete
applications.
4. Before making the request for withdrawal, candidate must ensure that they have access to the registered mobile number and email-id which were provided by them at the time of submission of
application. Separate OTPs will be sent by the Commission on the registered mobile number and email-id. Request for withdrawal will be accepted only after it is confirmed by validating the OTP
details sent on candidate’s mobile and email-id. Such OTPs will be valid for 30 Minutes only.
5. Request for generating OTP for withdrawal of application will be accepted only till 5.30 PM
on 20.09.2020.
6. If a candidate has submitted more than one application form then the higher registration-id of
Application (latest) will be considered for withdrawal and all earlier applications will be treated as
cancelled automatically.
7. After the final acceptance of the request for online withdrawal of application, the candidate must
print the authenticated receipt. Once application has been withdrawn by the candidate, it cannot be
revived in future.
8. UPSC has no provision to refund any fee amount paid by candidates, so in case of successful
withdrawal of application the fees will not be refunded.
9. On successful completion of withdrawal of application, an auto-generated email and SMS will be
sent on candidate’s registered email-id and mobile. In case any candidate has not submitted the
request for withdrawal of application he/she may contact UPSC on email-id: upscsoap@nic.in
immediately.
10. Candidates are advised not to share the OTPs received on email and SMS to anybody.
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APPENDIX-III
Special Instruction to candidates for objective type tests 1. Articles permitted inside Examination Hall
Clip board or hard board (on which nothing is written), a good quality black ball pen for making responses
on the Answer Sheet. Answer Sheet and sheet for rough work will be supplied by the invigilator.
2. Articles not permitted inside Examination Hall
Do not bring into the Examination Hall any article other than those specified above e.g. books, notes,
loose sheets, electronic or any other type of calculators, mathematical and drawing instruments, Log
Tables, stencils of maps, slide rules, Test Booklets, rough sheets pertaining to earlier session(s), etc.
Mobile phones or any other communication devices are not allowed inside the premises where
the examination is being conducted. Any infringement of these instructions shall entail
disciplinary action including ban from future examinations. Candidates are advised in their own
interest not to bring any of the banned items including mobile phones etc. to the venue of the
examination, as arrangements for safekeeping cannot be assured.
3. Penalty for wrong Answers (in Objective Type Papers)
THERE WILL BE PENALTY (NEGATIVE MARKING) FOR WRONG ANSWERS MARKED BY A CANDIDATE IN THE OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTION PAPERS.
(i) There are four alternatives for the answer to every question. For each question for which a wrong
answer has been given by the candidate, one third (0.33) of the marks assigned to that question will
be deducted as penalty.
(ii) If a candidate gives more than one answer, it will be treated as a wrong answer even if one of the
given answers happens to be correct and there will be same penalty as above for that question.
(iii) If a question is left blank i.e. no answer is given by the candidate, there will be no penalty for
that question.
4. Unfair means strictly prohibited
No candidates shall copy from the papers of any other candidate nor permit his papers to be copied nor give nor attempt to give not obtain nor attempt to obtain irregular assistance of any description.
5. Conduct in Examination Hall
No candidates should misbehave in any manner or create disorderly scene in the Examination Hall or
harass the staff employed by the Commission for the conduct of the examination. Any such misconduct will be severely penalised.
6. Answer Sheet Particulars
(i) Write in black ball pen your Centre and subject followed by Test Booklet series (in bracket), subject code and roll number at the appropriate space provided on the Answer Sheet at the top. Also encode your booklet series (A, B, C or D as the case may be), subject code and roll number with black ball pen in the circles provided for the purpose in the Answer Sheet. The guidelines for writing the above particulars and encoding the above particulars are given in Annexure. In case the booklet series is not printed on the Test Booklet or Answer Sheet is unnumbered, please report immediately to the invigilator and get the Test Booklet/Answer Sheet replaced.
(ii) Candidates should note that any omission/mistake/discrepancy in encoding/filling of details in the OMR answer sheet, especially with regard to Roll Number and Test Booklet Series Code, will render the answer sheet liable for rejection.
(iii) Immediately after commencement of the examination please check that the Test Booklet supplied to you does not have any unprinted or torn or missing pages or items etc. If so, get it replaced by a complete Test Booklet of the same series and subject.
7. Do not write your name or anything other than the specific items of information asked for, on the Answer Sheet/Test Booklet/sheet for rough work.
8. Do not fold or mutilate or damage or put any extraneous marking in the Answer Sheet. Do not write
anything on the reverse of the Answer Sheet.
9. Since the Answer Sheets will be evaluated on computerised machines, candidates should exercise due care in handling and filling up the Answer Sheets. They should use black ball pen only to darken the circles. For writing in boxes, they should use black ball pen. Since the entries made by the
candidates by darkening the circles will be taken into account while evaluating the Answer Sheet on
computerised machines, they should make these entries very carefully and accurately. The
candidate must mark responses in the Answer Sheet with good quality black ball pen.
10. Method of marking answers
In the "OBJECTIVE TYPE" of examination, you do not write the answers. For each question (hereinafter referred to as "Item") several suggested answers (hereinafter referred to as "Responses") are given. You have to choose one response to each item. The question paper will be in the Form of TEST BOOKLET. The booklet will contain item bearing numbers 1, 2, 3 etc. Under each item, Responses marked (a), (b), (c), (d) will be given. Your task will be to choose the correct response. If you think there is more than one correct response, then choose what you consider the best response.
In any case, for each item you are to select only one response. If you select more than one response,
your response will be considered wrong. In the Answer Sheet, Serial Nos. from 1 to 160 are printed.
Against each numbers, there are circles marked (a), (b), (c) and (d). After you have read each item in the Test Booklet and decided which one of the given responses is correct or the best, you have to mark
your response by completely blackening to indicate your response.
Ink pen or pencil should not be used for blackening the circle on the Answer Sheet.
For example, if the correct answer to item 1 is (b), then the circle containing the letter (b) is to be
completely
11. Entries in Scannable Attendance List Candidates are required to fill in the relevant particulars with black ball pen only against their columns in the Scannable Attendance List, as given below :-
i) Blacken the circle (P) under the column (Present/Absent)
ii) Blacken the relevant circle for Test Booklet Series iii) Write Test Booklet Serial No.
iv) Write the Answer Sheet serial No. and also blacken the corresponding circles below
v) Append signature in the relevant column
12. Please read and abide by the instructions on the cover of Test Booklet. If any candidate indulges in
disorderly or improper conduct, he will render himself liable for disciplinary action and/or imposition of a penalty as the Commission may deem fit.
13. The candidates are not allowed to leave the Examination Hall before the expiry of prescribed time period of the examination.
Annexure
How to fill in the Answer Sheet of objective type tests in the Examination Hall Please follow these instructions very carefully. You may note that since the Answer Sheets are to be evaluated on machine, any violation of these instructions may result in reduction of your score for which you would yourself be responsible. Before you mark your responses on the Answer Sheet, you will have to fill in various particulars in it.
As soon as the candidate receives the Answer Sheet, he/she should check that it is numbered at
the bottom. If it is found unnumbered he/she should at once get it replaced by a numbered one.।
You will see from the Answer Sheet that you will have to fill in the top line, which reads thus:
APPENDIX IV
Special instructions to Candidates for Conventional Type papers 1. Answers to be written in own hand
Write the answers in your own hand in ink. Pencil may be used for rough work.
2. Check Answer Book
The candidate must write his/her roll number (and not his/her name) only in the space provided for the purpose on every answer book used by him/her. Before writing in the answer book, please see that it is complete. In case here are any missing pages, it should be got replaced. Do not tear out any pages from the Answer Book. If you use more than one Answer Book, indicate on the cover of first Answer Book the total number of Answer Books used. Do not leave any blank, unused spaces between answers. If such spaces are left, score them out.
3. Answers in excess of prescribed number will be ignored The candidate must attempt questions strictly in accordance with the directions given on each question paper. If questions are attempted in excess of the prescribed number only questions attempted first up to the prescribed number shall be valued and the remaining answers will be ignored.
4. Questions relating to précis should be attempted only on précis sheets to be supplied on demand by the invigilators. Precis sheet, whether used or not, should be placed inside the answer books and fastened along with the additional answer book(s), if any. Candidates who fail to observe this instruction will be penallised. Do not write your roll number on these sheets.
5. Unfair means strictly prohibited
Do not copy from the papers of any other candidates nor allow your papers to be copied nor give nor attempt to give nor obtain nor attempt to obtain irregular assistance of any description. It will be responsibility of every candidate to ensure that his/her answers are not copied by another candidate. Failure to do so will invite penalty, as may be awarded by the Commission for adoption of unfair means.
6. Conduct in Examination Hall
Do not misbehave in any manner or create disorderly scene in the examination hall or harass or bodily harm the staff deployed for the conduct of examination. You will be severely penalized if you attempt to do so.
7. Please read carefully and abide by the instructions printed on the Question Paper and on the Answer
Book supplied in the Examination Hall.
Do not misbehave in any manner or create disorderly scene in the examination hall or harass or bodily harm the staff deployed for the conduct of examination. You will be severely penalized if you attempt to do so.
7. Please read carefully and abide by the instructions printed on the Question Paper and on the Answer
Book supplied in the Examination Hall.
APPENDIX-V
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