The date of UPSC Civil Service prelims exam 2020 was postponed in the recent past owing to corona virus outbreak. This well-known exam was actually supposed to be conducted on 31 May this year as per the earlier planned schedule.

Outbreak of corona virus has put the entire nation in a lockdown almost two months ago. Many exams were postponed and UPSC Civil Services Exam prelims 2020 was among that.

In adherence to this UPSC said the new dates for UPSC Civil Service prelims 2020 would be posted on 5 June after assessing the situation.

While UPSC Civil Service 2019 exams were over and the personality test was pending and a part of that was supposed to take place this year. However, owing to corona virus outbreak even that also stood postponed.

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UPSC Civil Service aspirants can access the notice (scrolling message) on the official website of UPSC at ‘upsc.gov.in’ This year proved truly unique with regards to education and employment.

This is the year that dreams of many youngsters to land in high-profile jobs ended up in uncertainty, says T. Ranjana Kumar, a civil service aspirant.

‘I still remember downloading the exam calendar for the sake of informing the students.’ Things however did not go as per that calendar, he recollects.

Taking this into account, the new exam calendar will perhaps be brought out on 5 June or perhaps shortly before or after that, he estimates.

Some of the popular exams that have been postponed along with UPSC Civil Service exam prelims 2020 are given below:

Central Armed Police Forces AC exam 2020
Exam date: 9 August2020
New date: To be announced later

Indian Forest Service Prelims 2020
Exam date: 31 May 2020
New date: To be announced later

IES/ISS Exam 2020
Exam date: 26 June 2020
New date: To be announced later

NDA and NA Exam (I) 2020
Exam date: 19 April 2020
New date: To be announced later

The old examination calendar is available at the link ‘https://www.upsc.gov.in/sites/default/files/ExamCal-2020-Engl-030619.pdf’

The best thing to do have updates about UPSC Civil Service exam or other exams conducted by UPSC would be to visit its official website at ‘upsc.gov.in’

Candidates who have already applied for various exams including UPSC Civil Service prelims 2020 can refer their email id or mobile number they provided while filling the respective application forms for updates regarding the examinations.

History of Civil Service in India

Civil Servants for the East India Company used to be nominated by the Directors of the Company and thereafter trained at Haileybury College in London and then sent to India. Following Lord Macaulay’s Report of the Select Committee of British Parliament, the concept of a merit based modern Civil Service in India was introduced in 1854.

The Report recommended that patronage based system of East India Company should be replaced by a permanent Civil Service based on a merit based system with entry through competitive examinations.

For this purpose, a Civil Service Commission was setup in 1854 in London and competitive examinations were started in 1855. Initially, the examinations for Indian Civil Service were conducted only in London.

Maximum age was 23 years and minimum age was 18 years. The syllabus was designed such that European Classics had a predominant share of marks. All this made it difficult for Indian candidates.

Nevertheless, in 1864, the first Indian, Satyendranath Tagore brother of Shri Rabindaranath Tagore succeeded. Three years later four other Indians succeeded.

Throughout the next 50 years, Indians petitioned for simultaneous examinations to be held in India without success because the British Government did not want many Indians to succeed and enter the ICS.

It was only after the First World War and the Montagu Chelmsford reforms that this was agreed to. From 1922 onwards the Indian Civil Service Examination began to be held in India also, first in Allahabad and later in Delhi with the setting up of the Federal Public Service Commission.

The Examination in London continued to be conducted by the Civil Service Commission.

The schedule to submit applications for JEE Advanced 2025 has been announced along with that of AAT 2025 registration,

Application process for AAT starts after result declaration of JEE Advanced. This year too, the trend is no different.

Who will conduct AAT 2025?

AAT 2025 will be conducted by IIT Kanpur and is expected to see a participation in impressive numbers. The same institution is conducting JEE Advanced 2025.

Details about the exam are available on the official website mentioned above. Students who pass AAT 2025 will be able to study BArch in IIT Roorkee, IIT Kharagpur and IIT (BHU) Varnasi.

Who can take up AAT 2025 registration?

Students who have passed JEE Advanced 2025 with required qualifying marks can take up AAT 2025 registration. Applying for JEE Advanced requires a pass in JEE Mains.

Candidates who have passed plus two with maths, physics and chemistry as subjects will be able to take up JEE Mains registration. The process to take up JEE Advanced AAT 2025 registration is online.

1. The URL has to be typed into the browser and the webpage has to be allowed to download.

2. Once the website is available, students should click the link for JEE Advanced AAT 2025 registration and enter JEE Advanced 2025 registration number, their date of birth, mobile number and email address.

3. Post providing the above details, applicants will be asked if they are interested in AAT. Students have to answer ‘Yes’ to take up JEE Advanced AAT 2025 registration.

4. Candidates have to provide the required information and choose the centers where they wish to write the exam and submit the form.

5. They will receive message indicating successful completion of JEE Advanced AAT 2025 registration.

The message has to be downloaded and a printout of it has to be taken and preserved for use in future. This could be of use during the admission process.

Website for JEE Advanced 2025/AAT 2025 Registration is Here

Exam pattern

Candidates who have completed JEE Advanced AAT 2025 registration must also know the exam pattern if they are to score good marks.

Those who have taken up AAT 2025 registration can take up the exam which will be held in offline mode, as a pen and paper mode test.

Candidates will have three hours time to answer all the questions. The medium of the test is English.

The sections in the question paper are – Imagination and aesthetic sensitivity, three dimensional perception, Geometrical drawing, Freehand drawing and Architectural Awareness.

Syllabus for AAT 2025

The next thing to do after completing AAT 2025 registration is focus on preparing for the test.

The subjects to be studied while preparing for AAT 2025 are mentioned below. Candidates can also refer the official website for more information on syllabus when the registration for the exam begins:

Geometrical Drawing

Exercises in geometrical drawing containing lines, angles, triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons, circles, etc. Study of plan (top view), elevation (front or side views) of simple solid objects like prisms, cones, cylinders, cubes, splayed surface holders, etc.

Freehand Drawing

This would comprise of simple drawing depicting the total object in its right form and proportion, surface texture, relative location and details of its component parts in appropriate scale.

Common domestic or day-to-day life usable objects like furniture, equipment, etc., from memory.

Three dimension perception

Understanding and appreciation of three-dimensional forms with building elements, colour, volume and orientation. Visualization through structuring objects in memory.

Architectural Awareness

General interest and awareness of famous architectural creations – both national and international, places and personalities (architects, designers, etc.) in the related domain.

Imagination and Aesthetic Sensitivity

Composition exercise with given elements. Context mapping.

Creativity check through innovative uncommon test with familiar objects. Sense of colour grouping or application.

The medium of the test is English. The sections in the question paper are – Imagination and aesthetic sensitivity, three dimensional perception, Geometrical drawing, Freehand drawing and Architectural Awareness.

The admit cards obtained for JEE Advanced 2025 can also be used to gain entry into the test centers for AAT 2024.

Point to remember

Candidates can visit the official website of JEE Advanced exam for more information on JEE Advanced AAT 2025 registration and other related topics.

The students have to quickly take up the AAT 2025 registration as the time left would be very short.

Like JEE Advanced exam where the registration is open for a longer duration, that of AAT 2025 registration is open for only a short period.

The details about AAT 2025 registration provided above are for general understanding purpose of the students.

There could be some changes in the exam, students can visit the official website of the exam at regular intervals to receive updates.

More information could be provided as the time for AAT 2025 registration would commence, till that time, students can refer other sources also.

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