15,000 candidates qualify for Civil Services preliminary examination this year

New Delhi: A total of 15,008 candidates have qualified in this year's Civil Services preliminary examination, results of which were declared Monday by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). As against a record number of 9.45 lakh candidates who applied for the exam, about 4.63 lakh had sat in the test on 23rd of August, which is about 49 per cent of



the total applicants. The results of the preliminary exam were declared within 50 days of conducting the exam. It is the shortest ever duration in which the results have been declared.

All the qualified candidates are advised to fill up the Detailed Application Form online for civil services (main) examination, to be held from 18th of December 2015.