Mysuru, Aug. 2 -- Over 20,000 candidates appeared for the Civil Police Constables (CPC) recruitment written exam this morning at a total of 47 centres in Mysuru district, including 43 in city alone.

As many as 22,054 candidates had registered across the 47 centres of the district, which included 43 in Mysuru city and the rest 4 at Nanjangud.

The Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) is conducting the exam for recruitment of nearly 4,000 CPCs for the State Police force. The exam featured a General Knowledge paper (100 marks) of 90 minutes duration for Residual Parent Cadre posts held in the morning session (10.30 am to 12 noon) and in the afternoon session (2.30 to 4 pm) for Kalyana Karnataka cadre.

The City Police had enforced prohibit...