127 Responses to Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT)-2011

Hi all,
As i am the first one to comment on this, will not be surprised to see many critics of my view
Please readers its only my views .. no hard feelings please
Clearly CSAT is not the fair decision and coming as a substitute of prelims degrades it more. Widely accepted and appreciated pattern is being disturbed to keep the trend of getting in something new and bringing about a change
Needless to say it will be biased to students with engg background but interesting point to discuss and note is the present structure fair to all
Its not the students with ARTS, COMMERCE background gaining even a bit of the advantage. They get to choose one of the optional subjects as there graduation courses which reduces at least there effort by 16.5% (giving equal preference to GS , Optional 1, Optional 2 and assuming they have to put in half the effort as compared to the student totally new to the subject)
And coming back to engg background students, even if they choose subjects like maths, phys, elec how much is the success % in this case and how hard is the marking and how difficult is it to score in these subjects, although he holds a masters degree in the same subject
Is the present structure not unbiased or being unfair to them…??
And what i feel the only solution to is that exam gets equalized from each and every corner which is next to impossible and become hell lot of confusing and hectic for not only the aspirants but also the selectors. It may even result in more partial structure
So the only way left is to keep it on a see saw which surely cannot be parallel to ground but still can be leaned with maintaining a minimum angle with it
Again i am not saying its fair, neither i believe it is or was till now. But i feel its like a see saw sometimes this side is heavy sometimes the other. What can be hoped is that it always tries to maintain a balance and never falls for one side
Perfectness is achieved through a path of improvisation. Every step may not get you closer but sometimes its necessary
Regards
Sumit
P.S: Criticisms/(appreciations if any ) are welcome