The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has deferred the Personality Tests (interviews) for all the candidates of Civil Services Examination in 2019 due to the deadly coronavirus pandemic. UPSC released a notice on their official website.
The Personality Test was initially scheduled from March 23 to April 3, 2020. The new schedule for the interviews will be announced soon by the organisation.
UPSC started conducting Personality Test for candidates who cleared the Civil Services Main Exam (written) from February 17, 2020 but the remaining interviews had to be postponed due to outbreak of covid-19 virus in our country.
The interview has been postponed as a preventative measure to slow down the spread of coronavirus. Many universities and schools have canceled classes to avoid large gathering of students .
The novel coronavirus (covid-19) outbreak has turned into a pandemic, with the number of positive cases increasing rapidly. There have been nearly 2,37,000 positive cases of the coronavirus reported globally, 195 of which are in India. Due to its fatal nature, there have been 4 deaths in India due to the virus.
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