Expert committee constituted to revisit IAS exam pattern

Expert committee for revision of civil service exam pattern

Ques: Who is the chairman of the committee constituted recently to revisit the Civil Service examination pattern?

(a) Mr. Anand Prakash
(b) Mr. B.S. Baswan
(c) Ms Naini Jayaseelan
(d) Mr. Sanjay kumar Srivastava

Ans: b

Related facts:

  • September 27, 2015 the Union Minister Jitendra Singh disclosed to constitute an expert committee to revisit the IAS / Civil Services examination pattern.
  • The committee will revisit the entire pattern, syllabus and eligibility criteria for Civil Services examination.
  • The committee will be chaired by Chhattisgarh cadre IAS Officer B. S. Baswan.
  • The primary objective of providing a level playing field to aspirants from diverse streams of curriculum like mathematics, engineering, medicine or humanities and at the same time, also ensuring that the youngsters who took up IAS as a career possess a genuine aptitude for administrative job.

Reference:

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=128221

http://www.ptinews.com/news/6547917_Govt-forms-panel-to-review-UPSC-exam-pattern-