Govt. approves introduction of Civil Services Aptitude Test

The Government today said it had approved the proposal for introduction of the Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) in place of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination.

Minster of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Prithviraj Chavan told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply to a question that, in CSAT, one of the optional subjects whicha candidate could have chosen out of 23 options, has been replaced with a common paper on aptitude test.

He said the syllabus of CSAT was being worked out and the Government would shortly notify the new scheme of examination, along with details of the syllabus.

The Civil Services Examinations are conducted by the Union Public Service Commission for recruitment to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), the Indian Foreign Service (IFS), the Indian Police Service and other Central services.

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