UPSC countermand the age old Mains process

Important news for all the IAS aspirants who have cleared the prelims and all set to write the mains.

UPSC has again throw bouncer towards the aspirants who are preparing for the Mains Exam that

• In Mains 2013, instead of separate Question Paper and answer book, a consolidated Question Paper-cum-Answerbook, having space below each part/sub part of a question shall be provided to them for writing the answers.
• Candidates shall be required to attempt answer to the part/sub-part of a question strictly within the pre-defined space.
• Any attempt outside the pre-defined space shall not be evaluated.

In nut shell exam takers have to be extra cautious while writing the mains exam as now they have to strictly follow the word limit.Moreover they are not able to ask extra supplement sheet for the same.