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To help budding UPSC civil service aspirants pursue their dream, many private and government led/funded institutions provide scholarships and free coaching to aspirants.
The UPSC civil service exam is broadly divided into three successive stages - preliminary, main and personality test. Candidates need to qualify all the three stages to make it to the final merit list.
Given the high profile and extremely visible lives of civil servants, especially in the age of social media, a civil servant needs to be prudent in his personal and professional conduct.
