UPSC Successfully Conducted CSAT-2011, cut-off Speculation Begins

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New Delhi, June, 12: UPSC has successfully conducted the brand new patterned CSAT-2011 across the nation to eliminate the candidate for the Civil services in India. The examination structure was changed this year with respect of previous year by removing optional paper and introducing the innovative aptitude test in the first eliminator round named CSAT. Each paper was of 200 marks and the time duration was 120 minutes for each.

Paper I: General Studies


Paper I was followed more or less previous trend if UPSC PT by asking 100 questions from General Science, History of India including the Indian national movement current events of national and international importance, Indian and world geography, and Indian polity and governance. The paper was objective type with multiple choice questions. Many questions were asked from the newer areas like economic and social development and general issues on, biodiversity, environmental ecology and ecological changes.

Paper II: Aptitude:


This paper was the new development. The changed paper wise of completely different test for civil services aspirants there was 80 questions were asked from General Mental Ability, Comprehension (General and English), Interpersonal and Communication Skills, Basic Numeracy, Decision-making and Problem-solving, Logical Reasoning and Analytical Ability. Some questions from this paper was as English comprehension which was required to be answered in English only and Hindi translation was not given for the same. The paper was also having objective type-multiple choice questions.

Student Reaction


Students shown the mixed reaction after appearing in the examination the prime worry some factors were hovering in their mind regarding the cut off. Praveen Kumar Jha an applicant of CSAT-2011, who belongs to History background, told  that the first paper was on predicted line but Paper II was bit complex because the aptitude section was tough to handle in stipulated time given by the UPSC. Raman Sinha and Ashutosh singh who belongs to engineering background said that the Paper II was good for them but they had faced some difficulty to tackle the Paper I.

It seems from the students Reactions that the science background people were comfortable with the Paper II the aptitude section and Humanity students were comfortable with the Paper I the general studies section. The result of CSAT-2011 will be announced after combining the marks of Paper I and paper II so UPSC had tried their best to balance the sections no not give additional advantage to some section of students. The result of the CSAT-2011 is expected to announce by the first week of August.

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UPSC CSAT-2011 held in country amid tight security

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) CSAT  is  conducting the examination across the country today.

This is the newly framed preliminary examination will be conducted on various examination centers across the states. More than 300000 students will be appearing for the test.

 Flying squads of police as well as the administration has also been formed for this purpose.

The examination will be conducted twice at all examination centers on the scheduled day. The test will be held from 9.30 am to 11.30 am and from 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm.

The administration across the location has started making all possible arrangements so that the examination is conducted smoothly at all the centre’s.

Civil Services a Great Career Option in India

The Civil Services aptitude test (CSAT)is designed to test the aptitude of the candidate to a certain extent . The government of India announced the sketch of the new Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) and changes in the General Studies (GS) paper. Each year about 500000 applicants apply for Civil Services Examination. The Union Public service commission (UPSC) had made available the detailed syllabus on their web site. In new Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT), the preliminary exam has replaced by a General Studies paper and there is no Optional Paper. Now the new civil services exam pattern will be CSAT, Main exam and interview.

Career option of civil Services:

The civil services exam is one of the most rewarding and respected competitive exams in India. Lack’s of people attempt these examinations with the hope of getting a great job to serve the nation and at the same time earn respect in the society.

It provides great career options based on the marks the candidate gets in the mains and interview. It is based on these marks that the candidates are selected in various services like the Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, Indian Police services, and various departments like Post and Telegraph and Finance and so on.

A job in any of these disciplines gives the candidate power in the country. Candidates are ensured promotions on a timely basis, if they serve their country well. With these promotions, the candidate experiences an automatic increase in their privileges.

The recruited applicants are first put through short training sessions at an academic staff college that is associated with the candidate’s allocated service. The greatest and the most popular reason for people to seek a career in the civil service is its job security.

Another popular reason for a civil services career is the special facilities associated with the job. Candidates who get jobs in the civil services experience special facilities like telephone and transport facilities, subsidized accommodation, leave travel concession and medical benefits. The last reason for people to opt for a job in the civil services is the satisfaction they experience while they participate in the development of their country.

Remuneration

There are fixes salary grades for Civil Servants. The range of salaries of the civil servants is usually divided into Junior Officers who earn about rs 22,000, Senior Officers who earn about Rs 29,000 onwards., Junior Administrative Grade Officers who earn about  Rs 29,500. Selection Grade officers who earn about Rs 44,000., Additional Secretaries who earn about Rs 65,000 . and the Secretary or Cabinet Secretary who earn about Rs 90,000Rs. per month. While this is a generic approximation of remuneration for various jobs, the different branches of different services have different pay scales.

Additional benefits

Besides all these remunerations, salaried civil service servants receive various additional benefits like City compensatory allowance, Leave Travel Allowance, Dearness Allowance, Medical and subsidized housing.

Even though the salary of a person in the civil services may not be as much as the salary of a person working in a private company, the additional allowances and intangibles make up for all this.

In addition to all this, as a government employee, you are assured the job security associated with a governmental job. Once you manage to get yourself into the government job sphere, you can well expect to remain there for some time.

LSW topic for BPSC mains 2011

After the comprehensive research of previous year questions asked by the BPSC, I am putting the most important topic for the Labour and Social Welfare (LSW) Paper I and Paper II.

So, please don't go to the examination hall without covering the following topics

Paper-I

1. Factory act -1948 (Health and safety)  provisions

2. Workmen compensation act 1923

3. ESI act -1948

4. Bidi Cigar act

5. Shop and establishment act

6. Maternity benefit act-1961

7. ILO structure

Paper-II

1. Anti poverty Program

2. Collective bargaining and its significance

3. Sex workers /prostitution

4. Strikes

5. Trade Union act 1926

6. Unemployment

MF Hussain Passes away

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New Delhi, June 9: Renowned artist MF Husain, India’s best contemporary painter has died at an age of 95 due to heart attack at Royal Brompton hospital in London on Thursday. He was admitted only two days ago for fluid retention in his lungs, and but had otherwise been in good condition.

At 95, he was active. He died in exile, unhappy with the way his home country had treated him after his controversial paintings of some Hindu deities released.

 He was born on September 17, 1915 in Pandharpur, Maharashtra. MF Hussain did his schooling from Indore. In 1935, MF Husain moved to Bombay and joined Sir J. J. School of Art. He started off by painting cinema hoardings.

Then In late 1940’s he became well known as an artist then in 1947 he joined the Progressive artists group which encouraged Indian artist to go internationally.

In 1952, finally he got his solo exhibition and displayed his painting in Zurich, Switzerland. Then in 1955 he was honoured Padma Shree award by the Government of India.

Hussain was famously known for his Shwetambari exhibition at the Jehangir Art Gallery in Mumbai which consisted of two halls masked with barren white cloth, coils of which embraced the floor with torn newspapers.

MF Husain first came under the controversy after his first alleged anti-Hindu artwork published in 1996 he had depicted Hindu deities, nude, was canvassed in the 70s. After it was published, the dispute over Free expression versus Hurting Hindu sentiments; forced the fanatics to threaten his life. 

Yet again, in 2006 he was charged with hurting sentiments of people because of his controversial painting Bharatmata and since then Husain went in to exile.

After multiple controversies of his paintings being taken down from exhibitions, MF Husain was left alone with no choice but to leave the country. Later, he was honored with Qatar citizenship.

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