new delhi the uncertainty surrounding the covid 19 pandemic has taken a toll on the future civil servants the upsc aspirants appearing for the preliminary exam 2020 to keep the aspirants focused during lockdown excelon academy has launched an artificial intelligence ai based test seriesthe test series provides personalised results and feedback to each and every single user and helps aspirants identify their blind spots and weak areas in each major subject of general studies it incorporates the best features of both paperbased and online tests such as to strike off options when arriving at the right option to mark questions for review to revisit later a reverse timer for overall test and timer for each question and analysing the performance through multiple dimensionsexcelon academy has been started by t uday kumar an iit madras alumnus with several years of experience in coaching civil service aspirants and muthu kumar raju a usbased tech entrepreneur specialising in building cuttingedge technology platform for startups and aspiring businesseselaborating on the importance of preparing smartly in the last few weeks before the preliminary examinations kumar cofounder said of the 12 to 15 monthlong effort that a candidate undertakes to prepare for preliminary examination of the upsc the last few weeks are very crucial as one consolidates and applies their knowledge by solving multiple question papers it is here that the aibased test series provides immense value by not only calculating the scores and giving questionwise explanation which other tests also do but also highlighting the candidates blind spotskumar added this test series will help the candidate focus and revise only those areas where their score is low thus improving the candidates confidence and marks this personalised feedback is what an aspirant looks forward toupsc has postponed the civil services exam prelims 2020 the new exam date will be announced on may 20 the civil services prelims exam was scheduled to be held on may 31 and the admit cards were supposed to be released this weekthe civil services prel examination2020 scheduled to be held on 31052020 stands deferred decision on fresh date of the examination will be made available on 20052020 after assessing the situation the union public service commission upsc saidon the new online platform raju said every challenge is an opportunity we have been thinking about the impact of covid19 pandemic in india and the kind of tools and services that could be used to ensure indias future leaders upsc aspirants do not miss a beat in their learning we built this platform in a rapid model to provide immediate value during these trying times let us hope that post covid19 the innovations and technology that help aspirants today become commonplace and plays a key role in newage learning