Around 93.95 per cent of 4,78,567 candidates, who had registered for the exam, appeared for preliminary written examination for the recruitment of Stipendiary Cadet Trainee Police Constable (PCs) Civil or equivalent posts on Sunday.
A total of 4,78,567 had registered for the examination of which 4,49,584 candidates took the test in 966 examination centres across the State from 10 am to 1 pm.
The Telangana State Level Police Recruitment Board in a press release said the written examination was conducted smoothly across the State. Biometric attendance
of the candidates including the digital fingerprints and digital photographs had been captured during the test to facilitate conduct of further process, it said.
A preliminary key would be made available on the official website www.tslprb.in within a few days, it said, adding that candidates would be given three days to submit their objections, if any on the preliminary key.
The Board had issued notification for recruitment of 16,925 vacancies of SCT PCs Civil and/or equivalent posts in the Police Department.