10. Candidates should use only international form of Indian numerals (e.g. I, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, etc.) while answering question papers.
11. Candidates will be allowed the use of Scientific (Non-programmable type)
calculators at the conventional type examinations of UPSC. Programmable type
calculators will however not be allowed and the use of such calculators shall
tantamount to resorting to unfair means by the candidates. Loaning and
interchanging of calculators in the Examination Hall is not permitted.
C
PERSONALITY TEST
The candidate will be interviewed by a Board of competent and unbiased
observers who will have before them a record of his/her career. The object of the
Interview is to assess the personal suitability of the candidate for the Service. The
candidate will be expected to have taken an intelligent interest not only in his/her
subjects of academic study but also in events which are happening around him/her both
within and outside his/her own state or country, as well as in modem currents of
thoughts and in new discoveries which should rouse the curiosity of well educated
youth.
2. The technique of the interview is not that of a strict cross examination, but of a
natural, though directed and purposive conversation, intended to reveal mental qualities
of the candidate. The Board will pay special attention to assessing the intellectual
curiosity, critical powers of observation and assimilation, balance of judgment and
alertness of mind, initiative, tact, capacity for leadership; the ability for social cohesion,
mental and physical energy and powers of practical application; integrity of character;
and other qualities such as topographical sense, love for out-door life and the desire to
explore unknown and out of way places.·
SECTION III
SYLLABI FOR THE EXAMINATION
NOTE : Candidates are advised to go through the Syllabus published in this Section for
the Preliminary Examination and the Main Examination.
Part A—Preliminary...