Colonial civil-service exams tested character equally with bookkeeping skills
Evidence
Entrance exams for the Indies civil service, like those for the British in India, measured character as much as bookkeeping skills—“self-denial, diligence, temperance and self-control” were coveted bureaucratic traits. — Ann Laura Stoler, Along the Archival Grain_ Epistemic…, 402
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