UPSC Geo-Scientist Recruitment 2021: On Wednesday, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has invited online applications for the UPSC Combined Geo-Scientist preliminary examination 2021 on its official site. A notification related to the exam has been uploaded on the commission’s official website.
Interested candidates who meet the required eligibility can register for the UPSC Combined Geo-Scientist preliminary examination 2021 online by logging the official portal, upsc.gov.in on or before October 27, 2020, till 6 PM.
The online applications can be withdrawn from November 4 to 10, 2020, till 6 pm.
“Since there is no vacancy for the posts of Geologist and Geophysicist, these posts have been removed from the Combined Geo-Scientist Examination, 2021. Besides, two new Services have been added in this Examination viz. Scientist-B (Geophysics), Group A and Scientist-B (Chemical), Group A and the post of Jr. Hydrogeologist (Scientist B) has been renamed as Scientist-B (Hydrogeology),” reads the official notice.
The recruitment examination is being held to hire candidates for a total of 40 vacancies, from which, 16 vacancies are for Scientist ‘B’(Hydrogeology), Group ‘A’, 15 for Chemist, Group A, 6 for Scientist ‘B’(Geophysics) Group ‘A’, and 3 for Scientist ‘B’(Chemical ) Group ‘A’.
“A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 32 years on the first day of the month of January of the year in which the Examination is to be held (i.e. as on 1st January, 2021] i.e. he/she must have been born not earlier than 2nd January, 1989 and not later than 1st January 2000,” reads the official recruitment notice.
Candidates belonging to the general category have to pay an application fee of Rs 200, while for Female/SC/ST/PwBD candidates are exempted from payment of the registration fee.
For further information, candidates are recommended to read the official notification.
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