India, Sept. 23 -- Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday indicated that the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) examinations could in future be conducted in a multiple-choice format instead of the existing descriptive one. However, any such change will be based on the recommendations of the high-powered committee, headed by IAS officer V Radha, constituted to examine reforms in the conducting of MPSC examinations and the functioning of the commission.

Fadnavis said that students and government job aspirants, during their hearings before the committee, had demanded a change in the exam pattern, including the reintroduction of the objective or multiple-choice format for food safety officer and engineering positions among oth...