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Public Administration UNIT 01Where were the civil service exams held in London? - Answer -Oxford and Cambridge
When did India start having exams in London of civil service - Answer -1922
Who is the father of civil service exam? - Answer -Corn Wallis
When did Britishers came to India? - Answer -1600
Who nominated the civil service people? - Answer -During the time of Warren hasting the court of
director nominated the people who were in civil service (IAS).
What were the two post of civil service exams during British period? - Answer -covenanted and
uncovenanted
What was the covenanted post? - Answer -These people worked with the Britishers and only the
Britishers. Earlier, no Indian was allowed to have this post.
Uncovenanted post? - Answer -These were the low post people, mostly Indians.
, What happened after sometime in the civil services? - Answer -Eventually, corruption began and Corn
wallis started giving people promotion and also stopped them from opening their own private business.
The people who worked good were given promotion.
Richard welis - Answer -He gave civil servants, a training Fort in Kolkata in 1801 college.
Charter act of 1853 - Answer -This was the first chapter act and also civil service was changed quite a lot
by this.
Exams became compulsory to enter civil service .
There was an open competition. Anyone could participate.
1854 London civil service commission to exam, but only in London
Indians were allowed in the covenanted posts
The age criteria was 23years.
This act was passed by Lord Canning .
Lord Canning also reserved seats .
In 1860, what was the age criteria? - Answer -In 1860, the age criteria was 22 years
Who was the first person to pass the civil service exam, Indian? - Answer -In 1863, Rabindranath
Tagore's elder brother Satyendranath Tagore pass the civil service exam at the age of 21
What was the age criteria of civil service exam in 1866? - Answer -The age criteria was reduced to 21
years.
Four more Indians cleared the exam
Who reduced the age criteria to 19 years in 1878? - Answer -Lord litten reduced age criteria to 19 years
What is the now age criteria? - Answer -Now it is 21 years.
What were the changes done by Indian national Congress for the civil service exam? - Answer -In 1919
act
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