The Uttar Pradesh government has reduced the interview portion of the Public Service Commission exam from 200 points to 100 points, providing relief to candidates. The total exam points have been reduced from 1700 to 1600. Written exam points will account for 1500 of the total. The curriculum will be updated based on the Central Government Exam of 2013. Medical science has also been added as an optional subject. Changes to the exam include splitting the general studies section into 4 papers of 200 points each for a total of 800, and keeping Hindi and essay papers at 150 points each. Candidates will now choose one optional subject with two 200 point question papers instead of two subjects.