Civil Services Examination
Table:
Civil Services Examination
Acronym

UPSC CSE

UPSC CSPE (Prelimnary)

UPSC CSME (Mains)

Type	Paper-based standardized test
Administrator	Union Public Service Commission
Skills tested	Writing, English, General knowledge, others
Purpose	Selection of candidates to the various posts of Civil Services of India
Year started	1922 (1922)[1]
Duration	2 hours/paper (Prelims)
3 hours/paper (Mains)
Score range	0 - 200 (Prelims)
0 - 1750 (Mains)
0 - 275 (Interview)
Total = 2025 (Mains + Interview)
Offered	Once a year
Restrictions on attempts	6 (General), 9 (OBC & PwBD- General), no limits for SC & ST candidates
Regions	India
Languages	Question paper is only given in Hindi or English. Answers can be given in any one of the scheduled languages of India
Annual number of test takers	About 1 million students applied for the Preliminary examination in 2017.
Prerequisites	Must be a graduate, and an Indian citizen.
Fee	₹ 100/- (for general male candidates). For other categories of candidates, the registration fee is exempted.
Used by	Union Public Service Commission for the selection of the students to the various Civil Services of India
Qualification rate	approximately 0.1 %
Website

upsc.gov.in

Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2019

From the table, state whether the hypothesis is entailed, neutral, or refuted. Output only the JSON object {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

Hypothesis: The Civil Services Examination is offered biannually.

answer: refuted