Nearly 43 per cent candidates skipped Civil Services preliminary examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) here on Sunday.

Of the 40,018 candidates, only 57.10 per cent turned up. In the morning shift, 23,123 (57.78 per cent) aspirants appeared, while 16,895 skipped the exam.

In the second shift, 22,851 candidates appeared (57.10 per cent) and 17,167 gave it a miss. About 50 per cent candidates had skipped the exam in 2020.

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Meanwhile, the candidates who appeared found the General Studies (GS) paper very tough as compared to previous year. The UPSC conducts civil services exam every year for the posts of IAS, IPS, IRS and other services in country.

Rajeshwar Singh, an aspirant who came from Barabanki to write the exam said, "The general studies question paper was quite tough this year. I took the same exam last year too, but this year the paper was much more difficult."

The second paper 'Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT)' was easy, he said. The exam was held in 86 exam centres in the state capital.

Internet Memes follow

Soon after the exam, several aspirants flooded the social media with memes. The paper-I had more questions from Ecology and Current affairs. With many lengthy questions, candidates were tested in conceptual clarity.

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The aspirants were also disappointed that no questions to answer through the elimination method was possible. They hit the social media posting on the toughness of the paper and the situation for aspirants.

Here are some: