Myths associated with UPSC

 
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducts exams to recruit candidates for different government services like Civil Services, NDA, CDS, SCRA, CISF etc. Among these several examinations the most tough and popular exam is the Civil Services Examination (CSE). The CSE is very often referred to as the IAS exam and includes close to 24 services like IFS, IPS, IRS, IPRS etc apart from IAS. Several lakhs of candidates fill out the CSE application form and compete for just 900 - 1000 vacancies. Being such a popular examination and due to recent changes made in its examination pattern; there are certain myths which have been associated with the UPSC exam.

Myths associated with UPSC Exam:

• It is impossible to clear UPSC exam in the first attempt – Many candidates think that UPSC exam cannot be cleared in the first attempt and so generally they do not give their 100% in their first attempt. The final results in the past few years have shown that many candidates have been able to clear all the stages of CSE in their first attempt itself and also there rank is better than the veterans.

• Fluency and command over English language – Another common UPSC myth is that only those who are fluent and confident in English stand a chance of final selection in CSE. Apart from the compulsory paper on English, candidates can write the exam in their vernacular language. So a little dedicated work on Basic English is usually enough.Even, in interview this is not important, what more important is character, attitude and reasoning ability.

• Graduates in Arts and Humanities have an advantage over other graduates – This was true to some extent in the earlier pattern of the examination. But with the revised exam pattern and increased age limit; the UPSC exam is now a more level playing field for graduates from different streams. Even Engineers are opting for Arts and Humanities subjects and they score good marks as well, this shows there is some edge for people from these background.
  
  So take a chill pill and gear-up for journey.
  
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