The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will first time hold Combined Medical Services (CMS) examination online.
The Doctors appearing for CMS exam for getting job as medical officers in Indian Railways and different civic bodies in Delhi will take this online exam for first time.
Acoording to a statement issued on Commission's website "This paperless test of objective type questions will be held at over 40 cntres across the country on June 22." The aspirants under the online format of the exam will be allowed to change the answers at any time during the test, it added.
Earlier, UPSC used to conduct the written CMS examination for two objective-type papers through OMR (optical mark recognition) sheets where candidates had to darken their choice of answer from multiple choice (objective) paper.
The commission has brought this change to make exam smoother. In order to help the aspirants taking computer-based online test, UPSC will come out with a 'demo' module on its website soon. The students are requested to visit the official website of UPSC on regular basis to get more details on this.
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The commission conducts the CMS examination every year to recruit MBBS graduates to various services/posts in the government. It includes assistant divisional medical officers in the railways, assistant medical officers in Indian Ordnance Factories Health Service and general duty medical officers in New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) among others.
UPSC said the invigilator would help the candidate to re-login the test in case it gets disrupted for any reason. "This will start the exam from where it had stopped," the commission said in its instruction manual.
The Doctors appearing for CMS exam for getting job as medical officers in Indian Railways and different civic bodies in Delhi will take this online exam for first time.
Acoording to a statement issued on Commission's website "This paperless test of objective type questions will be held at over 40 cntres across the country on June 22." The aspirants under the online format of the exam will be allowed to change the answers at any time during the test, it added.
Earlier, UPSC used to conduct the written CMS examination for two objective-type papers through OMR (optical mark recognition) sheets where candidates had to darken their choice of answer from multiple choice (objective) paper.
The commission has brought this change to make exam smoother. In order to help the aspirants taking computer-based online test, UPSC will come out with a 'demo' module on its website soon. The students are requested to visit the official website of UPSC on regular basis to get more details on this.
Also Read:
UPSC to change exam pattern of CMS Examination 2014
The commission conducts the CMS examination every year to recruit MBBS graduates to various services/posts in the government. It includes assistant divisional medical officers in the railways, assistant medical officers in Indian Ordnance Factories Health Service and general duty medical officers in New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) among others.
UPSC said the invigilator would help the candidate to re-login the test in case it gets disrupted for any reason. "This will start the exam from where it had stopped," the commission said in its instruction manual.
