New Delhi: Most UPSC candidates now come from small-town India. And coaching or academic discipline don’t have much to do with cracking the exam, according to UPSC chairman Ajay Kumar.

“Today, 80-90 per cent of candidates come from tier-2 and tier-3 cities. Many from difficult circumstances are getting selected; there are countless stories of success,” he told aspirants in a live session on the YouTube channel of DD News.

During the hour-long live-streamed programme on Wednesday, he fielded a range of questions from civil services aspirants — from the prelims answer key and optional subjects to age limits, number of attempts, and reforms. Show Full Article

When one aspirant argued that the Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) is too heavily focused on maths and gives “an unfair advantag

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