<Tr> <Td_colspan="3">--Macaulay Committee Report </Td> </Tr> <P> The competitive examination for entry to the civil service was combined for the Diplomatic, the Home, the Indian, and the Colonial Services . Candidates had to be aged between 21 and 24, which gave everyone three chances for entry . The total marks possible in the examination were 1,900 . Successful candidates underwent one or two years probation in England, according to whether they had taken the London or the Indian examination . This period was spent at the University of Oxford (Indian Institute), the University of Cambridge, colleges in the University of London (including School of Oriental Studies) or Trinity College, Dublin, where a candidate studied the law and institutions of India, including criminal law and the Law of Evidence, which together gave knowledge of the revenue system, as well as reading Indian history and learning the language of the Province to which they had been assigned . </P> <P> The Early Nationalists, also known as the Moderates, worked for several implementation of various social reforms such as the appointment of a Public Service Commission and a resolution of the House of Commons (1893) allowing for simultaneous examination for the Indian Civil Service in London and India . </P> <P> By 1920, there were five methods of entry into the higher civil service: firstly, the open competitive examinations in London; secondly, separate competitive examinations in India; thirdly, nomination in India to satisfy provincial and communal representation; fourthly, promotion from the Provincial Civil Service and lastly, appointments from the bar (one - fourth of the posts in the ICS were to be filled from the bar). </P>

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