Indies civil service exams tested character alongside technical skill.

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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