June 13: Almost 50% of the candidates who had applied for the examination had skipped the first Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT-2011) conducted by the UPSC on Sunday. The Commission has replaced preliminary exams with CSAT from this year onward to provide a level playing field for all candidates irrespective of their academic background.
The uncertainty surrounding the pattern of the CSAT is believed to be the prime cause for the massive absenteeism. The UPSC had not clarified the total number and type of questions that would be asked in the CSAT and several candidates thought this would affect their chances and so preferred to give the exam next year. “The questions in Paper I had a distinct flavor of testing the sensitivity of the candidate to the issues of the aam aadmi. Paper-II had a predominant emphasis on passages from the comprehension section. Answering them would require more than average levels of English. This would give an advantage to the urban educated English medium aspirant.
The new pattern also requires applicants to appear for two common papers in General Studies, instead of one optional of his/her choice and a compulsory GS paper. UPSC has not specified minimum marks for Paper I and II. There is no cut-off declared. UPSC may consider the grand total of the two papers for the cut-off.
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Its true that the absenteeism was seen owing to the uncertainty of number and types of question according to new pattern of CSAT. The past record shows an average of 50% candidates dropping for prelims but this time it would have been more, around 60-65%. Paper-| certainly was the head breaker as the questions reduced from 150 to 100 from last year and most of them were tricky as the questions have been made multiple choice from single choice questions. So the scores in Paper-I is likely to go down. Paper-II was quite scoring as it emphasized mainly on the basic understanding and comprehension skills so the scores would be bit high in that. In any case the cut-off for mains would atart from 160. Anything above that would be fair
ReplyDeletei have scored 90 in paper 1 and 110 in paper 2.what are my chances.i belong to obc
ReplyDeleteYou will clear. Dont worry. Dont waste time and start preparing for mains 2011. Better late than never
ReplyDeletei will score 66 in paper 1 and 112 in paper 2.
ReplyDeleteAnd i belong to ST. What are my chances?
i think u will clear considering ur catagory
ReplyDeletei m sc candidate n get 56 in first paper n 90 in paper 2 wat r my chances
ReplyDeleteJinka is baar jpsc mai selection hoga wo bahut lucky honge. ek to competition hi nahi ha waha gen mai muskil se 450 student baidainge usme se 250 intw mai har tisray ki naukari. yeah bihar ne galat kiya 20000students kuch gahtiya posto kai liyai kaya matlab banta hai. pata nahi.kab sudhrayga bihar.
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