Vijayawada: The 2016 civil services prelims examination which was conducted at Vijayawada on Sunday passed off peacefully. However, authorities said that many candidates skipped the exam and the attendance percentage was very low.
In Vijayawada, the exam has recorded an average attendance of 29 per cent for both sessions. The examination was conducted in two sessions for Paper I (morning) and II (afternoon).
The Krishna district authorities made elaborate arrangements for peaceful conduct of the exam at 28 centres in Vijayawada. As many as 30 supervisors and 42 assistant supervisors were deployed under the UPSC coordinator Bupender Singh and the urban MRO to monitor the exam.
In all, 14,647 candidates were to appear for the test but only 4,372 of them showed up for Paper I and 4,293 appeared for Paper II.
Senior instructors and candidates said the exam was tough and there was a considerable shift in question papers, compared to the last couple of examinations.
The questions were focused on environmental issues and factual information. The questions were set in a manner to test the candidates’ analytical skills and knowledge on different issues, says Rajendra, instructor of Harshitha Institute.
“In Paper-II, there were a few questions pertaining to inter-personal skills and decision-making. I could not complete the paper due to lengthy passages, says Geetha Reddy, a candidate.
