“For writing the UPSC Civil Services Exam, the age-limits for Hindus and Muslims are 32 years and 35 years, respectively. Also, the number of attempts are six and nine, respectively”
Social media posts
Claim dated 12 Sep 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
There is no such discrimination between Hindus and Muslims in the eligibility criteria for writing the UPSC Civil Services Exam. No religion-based criteria are found in the official notification of the exam. There are only caste-based differences in the eligibility criteria
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 12 September 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 14 September 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/SadhviPrachi/photos/a.783671325020881/3227282940659695/?type=3&t…
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