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interpretation 4 Quantitative aptitude / Mental ability 5 Conventional mental ability 5 English language (No Hindi questions here) 5 Decision Making (no penalty for any question) 5 Conclusion (again not looking for debates) 7 Speed calculation vs Speed reading 7 Engineer-science-MBA friendly? 7 Remove the caps and start from the scratch 8
Introduction
CSAT Aptitude Paper-II had 80 questions worth 200 marks.(Exam on 12 June 2011) Comprehension 28 Mental Ability 10 Verbal reasoning 17 Data interpretation8 English 9 Decision Making 8 total 8
Reading Comprehension
Paragraph Questions # of Lifted from 4TFs 3 3 The Hindu editorial Economic Survey 2009-10, Chapter Microfoundations of Inclusive growth Manoranjan Mohanty, Social Movements in All 4 Creative Society: Of Autonomy and Interconnection in peoples Rights Right to Education (lifted 5 from The Hindu editorial) Inclusive growth Creative society Country under Foreign domination Keystone species Ecosystem Moral Act Total 5 4
4 2 Discovery of India by Nehru questions 4 question 3 3 All 3 3 2 Ethical Religion (1907) by M.K.Gandhi 28 20
1. As you can see, Comprehension question =28 = more than any two of the remaining topics combined. So Comprehension for Aptitude=Climate Change topic for GS=HOT. 2. In school exams, the comprehension questions are direct- simple 4 options and answer can be found directly from any single sentence. Here we find most questions are 4TF. 3. 4TF means (4 statements: true or false) i.e. youre given multiple statements and asked to identify how many correct/incorrect. These types of questions eat more time and energy because you have to read each sentence very carefully to make sure there is no hidden meaning inside it. Mere hasty superficial reading, may lead to wrong conclusions. You may need to re-read many passages again and again for each 4TF. (same was the case with GS paperlot of 4TF questions) 4. In UPSC prelim-question papers, paragraph is one first page then questions will be on 3rd page. (page #1=English, Page#2=Hindi translation) So youve to frequently flip the pages. And if it is a 4TF question, then youve to flip pages more number of times. So it requires practice.
Velocity of Train A and B (graph) 1 Disease graph-# of bacteria vs Time 3 Total 8 Compared to BANK PO verbal-reasoning and Data interpretation questions, these are relatively easy. Hence For LR/DI portion, R.S.Agrwals Verbal and Non-verbal reasoning book is more than sufficient to get a grip on logical-reasoning and data interpretation. No special coaching is required for this.
Averages Student: 3 tests with average N score 1 Counting 6 routes from City A to B 1 Progression Penalty for Each day 1 Total 10 As you can see, these questions dont require mugging up tons of complex formulas for liquid mixtures allegation, partnership, moving railway and boat speeds etc. You dont need to master the Chinese Remainder theorem or Vedic math formulas for high-speed calculation.
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Meeting missed because boss did not tell you Local thug asking you to vacate the plot in Bollywood ishtyle. Project deadline, you met accident. Earthquake survivors alleging corruption charges against you. Boat prices high during flood. Vaccine for Gram-Pradhan Night shelters for homeless=increased thefts in area. Dowry case
These were quite complex than the mock-Situation reaction tests given in RS Agarwaal etc books, where the options are black vs white: good vs evil. Here most options are either in gray area or equally white. More than one correct answer is possible depending on your approach (humane officer vs rulebook officer vs boy scout vs Jhola-chhaap NGO or Activist of pseudo-civil society vs Columnist of The Hindu/Frontline vs IPS officer of a typical South Indian movie (who is not bound by CrPC, IPC, Police manual or even Newtons three laws). Mr.Rulebook officer approach is not necessarily the bad option for every question and every situation e.g. in financial matters or subjects handled by different departments: there are rules to be followed, there is office-discipline to be maintained, there is division of work and separation of powers and they all exist for a good-reason. Same way Mr. Humane-take-no-punitive-action officer approach may not be the best answer for every situation. Officers are given discretionary coercive powers for a reason and theyre expected to exercise them according to the situation. Similarly encroaching upon the jurisdiction of other Departments (even with good intentions) may have long term negative impacts as everyone starts to poke his nose in others business: it leads to chaos. So selecting the Superman(Lokpal!) cum Superjournalist cum superNGO cum judge-juryexecutioner cum Mr.Poke-my-nose-in-everything-disregarding authority-&-rules approach for every question and every situation may not lead to the best answer. Like UPSC said response will be evaluated based on level of appropriateness for given situation In these Decision Making questions : which is the best answer? Even the real-life officers with impeccable service record will have different answers, if you ask them to solve theseso only UPSC can tell and I dont think theyll release the official-answer-key for this. As JohnRambo said These decision making Qs are too subjective, one could successfully argue on all four options.
1. Increasing number of 4TF questions in comprehension. Itll put candidates on panic because of the time limit. Even this time people had hard time going through the comprehension. 2. Increasing the number and complexity of Decision Making questions (as there is no proper book/material available on this, itll keep coaching classes at bay. So for UPSC it is two birds in one stone.) 3. Diversifying the English portion: not limiting it to just paragraph reading. May be some easy fill in the blanks etc. but I dont think theyll immediately toughen this up, in order to give the rural candidates a level playing ground.
Engineer-science-MBA friendly?
1. Some people had been saying that now Engineers, MBA and science-graduates are at advantage than Arts/Commerce graduates because of the changed trend. Is it really so? Let us see. 2. In the GS paper, the science topics did not require subject specialization. Anyone doing proper preparation from NCERT,GS manuals could have solved majority of those questions. If they asked for chemical formulas of compound released in ATP cycle or the amount of light emitted by 50 CFL bulbs of xyz power-rating.then we could say yes it is friendly for them. 3. So there no need for anyone to feel guilty for not being an engineer/science graduate. 4. Similarly now there is enough time and idea on how to deal with the secret aptitude paper. So again being a non-MBA, non-CAT, non-Bank PO guy is not going to put you at disadvantage because now you have enough time to practice and master your aptitude skills in right direction, till now you had compiled a mountain of material on your desk, from internet and bookstores dealing with everything from CAT,GMAT,Bank PO, CDS,LIC,SSC everything because you did not know what kind of aptitude paper will be there. But now the 2011 exam is gone and you know what is worth doing and what is worth skipping.
all about science, biochem and medicines and still my concepts about Artificial sweeteners/ Sugar-free are not clear and they asked a 4TF question= Im fumbling for answers. Similarly, I had mugged down Sprectums book on Gandhi-Nehru Tagore and other (50+) Personalities of Modern India. So I consider myself freedom fighter specialist And yet a new freedom fighter Usha Mehta comes in GS 2011 and Ive no idea about her! So for 2012: Remove the caps and start from the scratch and basics. (true for any tough competitive exam)