dharwad the union public commissions preliminary examination for civil services passed off smoothly in dharwad on sunday the examination was held at bengaluru mysuru and dharwad centres in karnataka however in dharwad the attendance of candidates was not encouraging as only 56 per cent of those who had registered turned up as many as 11650 candidates had registered for the examination and only 6545 turned up for the morning session while 5105 remained absent for the second session the attendance was 5187 out of 11650 as many as 5187 candidates remained absent additional deputy commissioner shivanand bhajantri said the examination passed off hasslefree at 36 centres in the city tnn