The government has approved the proposal for Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) in place of Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination. In CSAT, one of optional subjects that a candidate could have chosen out of 23 optionals is being replaced with a common paper on aptitude. Here is a look at the proposed reforms: - There shall be two objective type papers carrying equal marks, unlike present, in which General Studies paper carries 150 marks and optional paper carries 300 marks. So now, it shall be two papers carrying 200 marks each.New pattern for Preliminary Exam in 2011
- Instead of one compulsory paper of General Studies and one Optional paper, both the papers shall be compulsory.
- Both the papers will be common to all candidates as the UPSC gets rid of the current scaling system. The problem of scaling is over and now no candidate will take any undue advantage over others because of a particular optional of his or her choice.
- The compulsory paper other than General Studies, will test “aptitude for civil services”. It means testing the ability for decision making without compromising moral and ethical values. Therefore it is the ability of value based decision making instead of taking just facts based decision. It will reflect the candidates ability to analyse than ability to memorise.
Sunday, May 29, 2011
New pattern for Preliminary Exam in 2011
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