discretion. According to the new marks allocations in Civil Service Examination 2013 there are some changes made in the examination according to the suggestion of the Prof. Arun. S. Nigavekar Committee. However, after some controversy, the qualifying papers for Indian languages and English were restored. 1.The paper A on Indian Language will not, however, be compulsory for candidates hailing from the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim. List of languages The examination is available in the following languages, with the name of the script in parenthesis: Assamese (Assamese) Bengali (Bengali) Bodo (Devanagari) Dogri (Devanagari) English (English) Gujarati (Gujarati) Hindi (Devanagari) Kannada (Kannada) Kashmiri (Persian) Konkani (Devanagari) Maithili (Devanagari) Malayalam (Malayalam) Manipuri (Bengali) Marathi (Devanagari) Nepali (Devanagari) Odia (Odia) Punjabi (Gurumukhi) Sanskrit (Devanagari) Santhali (Devanagri or Ol Chiki) Sindhi (Devanagari or Arabic) Tamil (Tamil) Telugu (Telugu) Urdu (Persian) Optional subjects The subjects available for Papers VI and VII are: Agriculture Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science Anthropology Botany Chemistry Civil Engineering Commerce and Accountancy Economics Electrical Engineering Geography Geology History Law Literature of any one of the languages listed above Management Mathematics Mechanical Engineering Medical Science Philosophy Physics Political Science and International Relations Psychology Public Administration Sociology Urdu Statistics Zoology Personality Test Unofficially called the "interview", the objective of the interview is to assess the personal suitability of the candidate for a career in public service by a board of competent and unbiased observers. The test is intended to evaluate the mental calibre of a candidate. In broad terms, this is really an assessment of not only a candidate's intellectual qualities, but also social traits and interest in current affairs. Some of the qualities to be judged are mental alertness, critical powers of assimilation, clear and logical exposition, balance of judgement, variety and depth of interest, ability for social cohesion and leadership, and intellectual and moral integrity. The technique of the interview is not that of a strict cross-examination, but of a natural, though directed and purposeful conversation that is intended to reveal the mental qualities of the candidate. The interview is not intended to test either of the specialized or general knowledge of the candidate, which has been already tested through written papers. Candidates are expected to have taken an intelligent interest not only in their special subjects of academic study, but also in the events which are happening around them both within and outside their own