LUCKNOW, May 26 -- The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducted the Civil Services Prelims Examination in two shifts at 91 centres in Lucknow on Sunday. A total of 40,026 candidates were registered to appear in the exam, Lucknow district magistrate Vishak G said in a statement. For the peaceful and copying-free examination, 33 sector magistrates and 91 static magistrates were deployed, the DM said.

Also, UPSC had given supervisory responsibility to 5 senior officers. During the examination, the DM visited the examination control room and the CCTV control room. He also inspected various examination centres and observed all the arrangements.

Out of 40,026 candidates who had registered for the exam in Lucknow, 14,125 (35.29%) skipp...