The aptitude test will continue to be part of civil services preliminary examination however it will be not a compulsory paper any more. The paper will be of qualifying nature, according to the government. The minimum qualifying marks of CSAT fixed at 33 per cent.
The candidates to be qualified for Civil Service (Main) Exam based on the criterion of minimum qualifying marks of 33% in the General Studies Paper-II (CSAT) in the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination and the total qualifying marks of General Studies Paper-I as may be determined by the UPSC.
Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2015 has been notified by the UPSC to be conducted on 23rd August, 2015.
Please share marks you scored in SGT based on key, along with district to which you belong. It may help to find out the cutoff mark.
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