UPSC Full Form

Full Form of UPSC: Union Public Service Commission

UPSC Full Form in Hindi: संघ लोक सेवा आयोग

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC; Hindi: संघ लोक सेवा आयोग) is a board in India which conduct several exams to select grade 1 officer for Indian government. UPSC is also responsible for traning and allocation of positions to its different selected candidates.

 What is UPSC? UPSC Full form.

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The Union Public Service Commission (Hindi: संघ लोक सेवा आयोग), commonly abbreviated as UPSC, is India's premier central recruiting agency. It is responsible for appointments to and examinations for All India services and group A & group B of Central services. While the Department of Personnel and Training is the central personnel agency in India.

Merit-based civil services exam system started in India since 1854. Before 1854 Directors of East India company use to recruit or nominate civil servants and train them at Haileybury college in London. In early days of civil services exam pappern was focused to help Britishers for this post and exam use to be conducted only at London. It was first in 1922 that civil services exam started in India as well. First Indian to clear civil servant exam was Satender Nath Tagore in 1864 and till 1922 only 4 other Indians could clear civil services. In 1935 civil service commission was brough to "government of India act" It came in affect since 1st April 1937. It was called as Federal public service commission.

India became Independent on 15th August 1947 and after inauguration of the constitution of India on 26th January 1950, the Federal Services commission of India was called Union Public services commission under clause (1) of Article 378 of the Indian constitution.