INSTRUCTIONS
Objective type tests
Articles permitted inside Examination Hall
● Clip board or hard board (on which nothing is written),
● a good quality H.B. pencil for making responses on the Answer Sheet, eraser, pencil sharpener and a pen containing blue or black ink.
Articles not permitted inside 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 and rough sheets pertaining to earlier session(s).
● Mobile phones, pagers or any other communication devices.
● Answer Sheet and sheet for rough work will be supplied by the Invigilator.
Penalty for wrong answers
[There will be negative marking for wrong answers]
● There are four alternatives for the answers 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.
● 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.
● If a question is left blank i.e. no answer is given by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.
Answer Sheet particulars
● Write in ink or ball point 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.
● Encode (in pencil) your booklet series (A, B, C or D, as the case may be), subject code and roll number in the circles provided for the purpose in the answer sheet.
● In case the booklet series is not printed on the test booklet or answer sheet is un-numbered, please report immediately to the Invigilator and get the test booklet/answer sheet replaced.
● All corrections and changes in writing the roll number must be initialed by the candidates as well as by the Invigilator and countersigned by the Supervisor.
● 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.
● Do not fold or damage or put any other marking in the Answer Sheet.
● Do not write anything on the reverse of the answer sheet.
Use HB pencil to mark answer
● HB pencil should be used only to darken the circles.
● Mark your response by completely blackening with pencil to indicate your response.
● Blue/black ink should be used for writing in boxes
Method of marking answers
● It is not require to write down the answers in Objective Type of examination
● For each question several suggested answers (usually four) are given. You have to choose one response to each item..
● You have to choose the correct response. If you think there is more than one correct response, then choose what you consider the best response.
Signature on Attendance List
● Your are required to write the serial number of the Answer Sheet and Test Booklet and Series of Test Booklet issued to you on the Attendance List and to sign in appropriate column against your name.
● Any change or correction in these particulars should be authenticated by the candidate by putting his signatures.
Subjective type tests
Articles permitted inside Examination Hall
● Calculators: Battery-operated pocket and non-programmable type only,
● Mathematical/engineering/drawing instruments: including a flat rule divided on the edges into inches and tens of an inch and into centimeters and millimeters, a slide rule, set squares, a protractor and a pair of compasses, pencils, coloured pencils, mapping pens, eraser, T-square and drawing board for use wherever necessary.
Articles NOT permitted inside Examination Hall
● Tables or Charts: Candidates are not allowed to bring with them any "Tables or Charts" for use in the Examination Hall.
● Communication device: Mobile phones, pagers or any other communication devices are not allowed inside the premises where the examination is being conducted.
Tables to be supplied by UPSC
● If it is considered necessary for answering the questions set in any paper, the Commission may supply any of the following for reference purpose only:-
● Mathematical/Physical, Chemical and Engineering Tables (including Logarithmic Tables);
Steam Table (including Mollier Diagrams for Temperature up to 800 C and Pressure up to 500 Kgf/Cm);
● National Building Code of India 1970 or 1983 Group 2 Part VI
● Any other special articles that may be necessary for the candidates to answer the question paper.
● After conclusion of the examination, return the above items to the Invigilator.
Answers to be written in own hand
Write the answers in your own hand in ink. Pencil may be used for maps, mathematical drawings or rough work.
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 there 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.
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, the remaining answers will be ignored.
Questions relating to graph/precis
● It should be attempted only on graph/precis sheets to be supplied on demand by the Invigilators.
● All loose sheets such as precis sheet, drawing papers, graph sheets etc. 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 penalized.
● Do not write your roll number on these sheets.
Other Instructions
Unfair means strictly prohibited
● Do not copy from the papers of any other candidate nor allow your papers to be copied.
● Do not give attempt to obtain irregular assistance of any description.
● It will be responsibility to every candidate to ensure that his 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.
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.
● The candidates are not allowed to leave the Examination Hall before the expiry of prescribed time period of the examination.
