The annual civil service exam kicked off on Sunday, and some recent topics - such as college graduates starting their own businesses and the Yutu lunar rover - appeared in the exam questions.

The 1.48 million people who qualified to take the exam marked an increase of 90,000 over last year, while the number of positions offered - 27,000 - remained almost the same. The number of people who actually took the exam is yet to be released.

Last year, only 930,000 of the 1.39 million qualified finally entered the exam halls.