Instructions To The Candidates For Filling Online Applications (APPENDIX-II)

Candidates may apply Online using the website http://www.upsconline.nic.in. Salient features of the system of Online Application Form are given hereunder:

• Detailed instructions for filling up online applications are available on the above mentioned website.
• Candidates will be required to complete the Online Application Form containing various modules as per the instructions available in the above mentioned site through drop down menus.
• Before starting filling up of online application, a candidate must have his/her photograph and signature duly scanned in the .jpg format in such a manner that each file size should not exceed 40KB each and must not be less than 3KB in size  for the photograph and 1KB for the signature.
• The Online applications can be filled from 3rd March, 2012 to 1st April, 2012 till 11.59 p.m. after which link will be disabled.
• Candidates wanting to apply online are strongly advised to do so well in time without waiting for last date for submission of online application.

Special Instructions to Candidates for Objective type papers (Appendix-III)

1. Articles permitted inside Examination Hall Clip board or hard board (on which nothing is written), a good quality black/blue ball pen for making responses on the Answer Sheet. Answer Sheet and sheet for rough work will be supplied by the Invigilator.

2. Articles not permitted inside Examination Hall Do not bring into the Examination Hall any article other than those specified above, e.g., books, notes, loose sheets, electronic or any other type of calculators, mathematical and drawing instruments, Log Tables, stencils of maps, slide rules, Test Booklets, rough sheets pertaining to earlier session(s), etc. Mobile phones, pagers or any other communication devices are not allowed inside the premises where the examination is being conducted. Any infringement of these instructions shall entail disciplinary action including ban from
future examinations. Candiates are advised in their own interest not to bring any of the banned items including mobile phones, pagers to the vanue of the examination, as arrangements for safekeeping cannot be assured.

3. Penalty for wrong Answers THERE WILL BE PENALTY (NEGATIVE MARKING) FOR WRONG ANSWERS MARKED BY A CANDIDATE IN THE OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTION PAPERS.

• There are four alternatives for the answer to every question. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one third (0.33) of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty.
• If a candidate gives more than one answer, it will be treated as a wrong answer even if one of the given answers happens to be correct and there will be same penalty as above for that question.
• If a question is left blank i.e. no answer is given by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.

4. Unfair means strictly prohibited No candidates shall copy from the papers of any other candidate nor permit his papers to be copied nor give nor attempt to give not obtain nor attempt to obtain
irregular assistance of any description.

5. Conduct in Examination Hall No candidates should misbehave in any manner or create disorderly scene in the Examination Hall or harass the staff employed by the Commission for the conduct
of the examination. Any such misconduct will be severely penalised.

6. Answer Sheet particulars

• Write in black/blue ball pen your Centre and subject followed by Test Booklet series (in bracket), subject code and roll number at the appropriate space provided on the Answer Sheet at the top. Also encode your booklet series (A, B, C or D, as the case may be), subject code and roll number with black/blue ball pen in the circles provided for the purpose in the Answer Sheet. The guidelines for writing the above particulars and for encoding the above particulars are given in
  Annexure. In case the booklet series is not printed on the Test Booklet or Answer Sheet is un-numbered, please report immediately to the Invigilator and get the Test Booklet/Answer Sheet replaced.
• All corrections and changes in writing the roll number must be initialed by the  candidates as well as by the Invigilator and countersigned by the Supervisor.
• Immediately after commencement of the examination please check that the Test Booklet supplied to you does not have any unprinted or torn or missing pages or items etc. If so, get it replaced by a complete Test Booklet of the same series and subject.

7. Do not write your name or anything other than the specific items of information asked for, on the Answer Sheet/Test Booklet/sheet for rough work.

8. Do not fold or mutilate or damage or put any extraneous marking in the Answer Sheet. Do not write anything on the reverse of the Answer Sheet.

9. Since the Answer Sheets will be evaluated on computerised machines, candidates should exercise due care in handling and filling up the Answer Sheets. They should use black/blue ball pen only to darken the circles. For writing in boxes, they should use blue or black ball pen. Since the entries made by the candidates by darkening the circles will be taken into account while evaluating the Answer Sheets on computerised machines, they should make these entries very carefully and accurately. The candidate must mark responses in the Answer Sheet with good quality black/blue ball pen.

10. Method of marking answers In the "OBJECTIVE TYPE" of examination, you do not write the answers. For each question (hereinafter referred to as "Item") several suggested answers (hereinafter
referred to as "Responses") are given. You have to choose one response to each item. The question paper will be in the Form of TEST BOOKLET. The booklet will contain item bearing numbers 1, 2, 3 ............ etc. Under each item, Responses marked (a), (b), (c), (d) will be given. Your task will be to choose the correct response. If you think there is more than one correct response, then choose what you consider the best response. In any case, for each item you are to select only one response. If you select more than one response, your response will be considered wrong. In the Answer Sheet, Serial Nos. from 1 to 160 are printed. Against each numbers, there are circles marked (a), (b), (c) and (d). After you have read each item in the Test Booklet and decided which one of the given responses is correct or  the best, you have to mark your response by completely blackening to indicate your response. Ink pen or pencil should not be used for blackening the circle on the Answer Sheet.

11. Signature on Attendance List You are required to write the serial number of the Answer Sheet and Test Booklet and Series of Test Booklet issued to you on the Attendance List and to sign in
appropriate column against your name. Any change or correction in these particulars should be authenticated by the candidate by putting his signatures.

12. Please read and abide by the instructions on the cover of Test Booklet. If any candidate indulges in disorderly or improper conduct, he will render himself liable for disciplinary action and/or imposition of a penality as the Commission may deem fit.

13. The candidates are not allowed to leave the Examination Hall before the expiry of prescribed time period of the examination.

Special Instructions For Conventional Type of Papers (APPENDIX - IV)

1. Answers to be written in own hand Write the answers in your own hand in ink. Pencil may be used for rough work.

 2. Check Answer Book The candidate must write his/her roll number (and not his/her name) only in the space provided for the purpose on every answer book used by him/her. Before writing in the
answer book, please see that it is complete. In case there are any missing pages, it should be got replaced. Do not tear out any pages from the Answer Book. If you use more than one Answer
Book, indicate on the cover of first Answer Book the total number of Answer Books used. Do not leave any blank, unused spaces between answers. If such spaces are left, score them out.

3. Answers in excess of prescribed number will be ignored The candidate must attempt questions strictly in accordance with the directions given on each question paper. If questions are attempted in excess of the prescribed number only the questions attempted first up to the prescribed number shall be valued and the remaining answers will be ignored.

4. Questions relating to precis should be attempted only on precis sheets to be supplied on demand by the Invigilators. Precis sheet, whether used or not, should be placed inside the answer books and fastened along with the additional answer book(s), if any. Candidates who fail to observe this instruction will be penalized. Do not write your roll number on these sheets.

5. Unfair means strictly prohibited Do not copy from the papers of any other candidate nor allow your papers to be copied nor give nor attempt to give nor obtain nor attempt to obtain irregular assistance of any description. It will be the responsibility of every candidate to ensure that his/her answers are not copied by another candidate. Failure to do so will invite penalty, as may be awarded by the Commission for adoption of unfair means.

6. Conduct in Examination Hall Do not misbehave in any manner or create disorderly scene in the examination hall or harass or bodily harm the staff deployed for the conduct of examination. You will be severely penalized if you attempt to do so.

7. Please read carefully and abide by the instructions printed on the Question Paper and on the Answer Book supplied in the Examination Hall.

Courtesy: upsc.gov.in