I’ve closed the comment system, because aspirants wasting too much time in debate, rather than studying.
UPSC has uploaded the halltickets for CSAT-2014. No change in exam date. It’s same 24th august 2014, Sunday. No change in exam structure- same two papers. No change in negative marking, same 33%.
Link: upsconline.nic.in/eadmitcard/admit_card.php
Many people getting server down error, so try it later.
Warning
- For entering date of birth while downloading admit card: select year first, then month and then date in the end..else it will not get selected.
- any discrepancy in name, parent’s name, photo then send mail to web-upsc@nic.in
- You’ve to tick OMR answers only in BLACK pen. Otherwise you paper will not will evaluated.
- I recommend you bring clipboard. Reason: Sarkaari colleges and highschools have benches have rough surface and holes. It’ll “injure” your OMR sheet while you’re marking answer in black pen.
- if you’ve applied twice, then Use HIGHER REGISTRATION number while downloading the hallticket.
- If your hallticket doesn’t have clear photo/signature, you will have to bring a photo identity proof viz. Adhar Card, Driving License, Passport, Voter I Card etc. and two passport size photographs one for each paper with an undertaking.
- Save your own hallticket PDF file in google drive. So there is no fear of misplacing/forgetting roll number.
| Paper | Time |
| General Studies (paper 1) | 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM |
| Aptitude (paper 2) | 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM |
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@Mrunal sir are you fine? In past two years since I have been following your portal never I have witnessed scarcity of articles and disproportionate comments to any article like this.IF you are doing well then you must be enjoying enlightening debate going on here. Guys please request mrunal sir to publish some fresh articles. Because this debate is demoralizing us to the core.
http://www.prepsure.com/news/upsc-prelims-2014-admit-cards-to-be-taken-back-assures-rajnath-singh-2/
this is all the mess created by mr. D.P.Agarwal . he wants that persons in beuracracy and at some constitutional positions like his should be his juniors from IITs
Rajnath Singh ji…..jo bi Karna hai jaldi karo, csat hatao ya na hatao , I want only peace mind
mooh ki bhat cheen li bhai….
When CSAT was introduced it was held that it would enable to evaluate candidates on the basis of the kind of values, morals and ethics they have inculcated and their aptitude which is suited for being a civil servant. The intention was right but the execution has gone wrong !!
1. In the old pattern the GS questions comprised of humanities subjects like history, polity, eco, geo and science subjects like physics, chem, bio and S&T and also general mental ability and reasoning questions. A little bit of current affairs also.
So the point is candidates could chose from a wide array of questions. A person good in humanities would answer questions on such subjects with confidence and also the other areas with some extra effort and learning and a person with science background would have an ease over the science and maths n reasoning questions along with the other areas also. Hence, the marks would balance out. This was more like a level playing field. None of the aspirants had a problem with it.
Now what they have done is, they have taken out the whole chunk of GMA and reasoning questions from GS paper of the old pattern ( there used to be around 20-25 questions) and introduced them in paper 2 of CSAT with 2.5 marks over the 2 marks for GS paper 1. This is a clear advantage for candidates with proficiency in GMA and Reasoning.
If this is the basis for testing qualities of candidates required for a more dynamic role in the changing scenario in the country as civil servants then such qualities on the basis of such questions were being tested earlier also in the Old Pattern.
This was regarding was one part of the paper 2 of CSAT.
2. English no doubt has to be tested at such an Important exam. But for that there is the compulsory english paper at the mains level. It not only tests your comprehension abilities but also things like coherency of thoughts through essay along with english grammer. This paper determines the fate of your other papers as they would not be evaluated if you dont clear this very paper. Hence it could be said that the required competence in english was being tested appropriately.
Candidates might have a problem with level of this paper also but its the same case with some candidates who are not too confident with the compulsory language paper and find it tough. Minimum level of proficiency is required and that can be worked upon as it is only a qualifying paper whose marks are not taken into consideration.
Now in the paper 2 of CSAT there are a large number of english question which could be avoided as the english language proficiency is tested at mains level also. This is a clear advantage to english background candidates irrespective of them being from science or humanities.
Even in the passages there is an issue. The comprehension of the passages dont seem to be a hassle as a candidate with little proficiency can comprehend them but the problem lies with questions and the options of answers which come along with them. Some answers are so vague that even if you have understood the passage well you could end up choosing the wrong answer. This becomes a question of chance now. If your lucky you might get it right or else negative. It should be clarified here that it not the case with all the question but some of them do pose such problems.( cant afford to lose even 2.5 marks !! )
And the translation of such passages is no doubt pathetic !!
3. The questions which actually which bring out the traits and aptitude in you to take up a career in public service have gone from 10 to 6 in the exam !!
You dont guarantee efficient and dynamic civil servants with such an evaluative pattern, do you ??
The time is right to give it a serious review.
The exam issue is not a debate on Urban vs Rural or English vs Hindi or anything else. The exam pattern needs attention !
oaky……. so riddle me this —– in 2010 there was no CSAT – everything hunky dory,,, no discrimination……………..no change in syllabus to suit engineers and giving them unfair advantage………. everything was in its place ….. then why was it that of all the candidates finally recommended, 41% were “stupid” engineers (as per UPSC annual report), even when all talented and truly deserving souls from geopgrpahy, history, sociology, public administration, literature, agriculture, medicine , commerce, and so on appeared and wrote the exam……………….why was it so if CSAT is the only enabler assisting the engineers to get through nowadays and discriminating against truly “deserving” candidates
seriously rahul that is what u think of engineers and u call urself an IAS aspirant. Engineers form the backbone of the country. Being an IAS u must know what backbone does (assuming u don’t know , it gives support and u know what happens without the support). There is no field that remains untouched by Engineers presence today. U should be ashamed of urself because even if engineers are getting slight advantage of aptitude in pre. But in the mains u get a huge advantage by having subjects of ur field. Then engineers never complain that we are not they are having advantage and we are not. U know why because that is what engineers do. They find solutions of the problems, not cry over it. U give them problem and they will give u solution anyhow. Being an IAS demands that attitude and if u don’t have that in u then maybe u should not even prepare
@navz …by your logic, why should we have GS in prelims, when it is tested in mains …
padh lo bhai..padh lo ye facebook ya twitter ya whats app nahi hai hindi vs english chalta rahega tum mat ruko…..AAJ AAP TIME BARBAAD KARENGE,AUR KAL WO AAPKO…
you cannot appoint the persons to run this this country only on mathematical calculations…..when a collector gets an issue ……..like communal violence in his locality….will english or maths help him in solving that issue?….persons like DP should be appointed in MHRD (human resource and development) so that they can take such giant steps at grond level, so that such english maths issues not come ahead of the people after completing their graduation…childrens in their schooling should me made sound in english and maths…..you cannot impose such decisions on a student after giving him whole education in hindi…if u want english and maths at this level than first make english and maths mandatory since 1st class to graduation…
i saw some students getting 180-185 in CSAT 2nd paper, 50-60 in their 1st paper and writing mains exam…are they eligible for mains? and in the mains exam they just get 250 marks i.e. less than their prelims score…..such persons just ruining some eligible administrators. THE better solution is just make the prelims paper of 300 marks/3hours with some 100 questions of G.S. and 40 of english maths and decision making or a G.S. paper of 200 marks and csat 2nd paper as qualifying with 50% marks
भारत की सर्व साधारण जनता को सूचित किया जाता है कि प्रौद्योगिकी के क्षेत्र में गोली कम्प्यूटर , लोहे का पौधा, बादल कम्प्यूटर जैसे क्रांतिकारी खोजों के जनक, संघ लोक सेवा आयोग के अध्यक्ष डी पी अग्रवाल को “सनकीपन” का नोबेल पुरस्कार देने की घोषणा की गयी है , इसके अलावा भारत के लिये गर्व का विषय यह है कि इतनी महान खोजों का अनुमोदन करने वाले व सीसैट नामक प्रणाली से ग्रामीण पिछड़े तबके के बच्चों को छाँटने वाले कुछ अन्य पूर्व सदस्यों को “संयुक्त राष्ट्र बौड़म एजेंसी” ने “लाइफ़ टाइम एचीवमेंट” अवार्ड देने की घोषणा की है !
ये सभी पुरस्कार मूर्ख दिवस के दिन फुरसतगंज थाने के झुमरी तलैया में दिये जायेंगे !
देवियों और सज्जनो यहाँ कुछ लोग csat के पच्छ और कुछ विपाछ में बोल रहे है उन्हें मई कुछ तथ्य बताना चाहता हूँ
१ अंग्रेजी का कही कोई विरोध नहीं कर रहा है यहाँ विरोध गलत अनुवाद का है जैसे agriculture reform= आर्थिक सुधर
२ हिंदी वालो के लिए पेपर हिंदी में बनाये जाएँ या हिंदी से अंग्रजी में अनुवाद किया जाये
३ अंग्रेजी के साथ साथ भारतीय भाषाओं के भी १० प्रश्न दे दिए जाये
४ हिंदी मीडियम का विद्यार्थी जब मीडियम बदल कर वही चीज़ अंग्रेजी में लिखता है तो उसी व्यक्ति को अधिक नंबर क्यों मिलते है क्यों अंग्रेजी में लिखने से बाते बदल जाती है
५ रही बात अंग्रेजी के ग्लोबल होने के तो फ़्रांस, जापान , चीन , स्पेन आदि कई देश बिना अंग्रेजी के आगे बढ़ रहे है
६ अंग्रेजो के समय 1947 के पहले सरे ICS अंग्रेजी जानते थे परन्तु डाटा बताते है की उस समय ज्यादा आकाल पड़ते थे , आम जनता और अधिक कष्ट में थी
इस प्रकार मेरे मित्रों प्रशासन केवल भषा से नहीं चलाया जाता बल्कि इच्छा शक्ति से चलता है
for having messed up in 2011-13 and for ruining countless lives due to thier idiocy UPSC must give 35 years and 9 attempts. the earlier demand was right.
@Rudra YEs UPSC must give 4 extra attempts to every UPSC aspirants due to her IDIOTIC CSAT.
Khane ka hai chicken curry, usko mangta pati hari
Jeb main tere dus rupiya, peele cutting khale bhajiya) – 2
Kismat pe rone ka nahi, calender badalate rehne ka!!
Fatela jeb sil jayega, jo chahega mil jayega
Tere bhi din aayenge chhote, achcha khasa hil janyega,
Yesterday after reading ur earlier comments I was thinking, u r 2 gd at english, still u sound like a frustated atma, then I thought u must b around 33yrs old, hv crossed d age limit bar. This comment clarifies my doubt.
Lol,
35byrs upper age limit with 9 chances!!!
aisa karte hain upper age limit 58yrs(2 yrs probation ke liyd v chahiye warna 60) with unlimited chance rakh lete hain. Bhai, hone bale ka 2 chance me v ho jata he, na hone wale ka 7 me v nahi hota, with even 20 marks relaxation in prelims and 30 in mains.
guys focus on preparations,do not waste time digging net on useless issues like this
The language in which the Centre transacts its business is Hindi or English. So, in all the tests conducted by UPSC, ‘proper’ (not literal) Hindi translation must be given. The same applies to the disputed 8 questions on Reading Comprehension in CSAT.
However, it should be noted that CSAT, as such is not opposed to Hindi-medium or rural-background students. How can questions on Time & Distance, Data Interpretation, Reading Comprehension, etc., be a barrier to these aspirants? Are these not necessary in analysing the aptitude of a person?
Coming to the weightage of the aptitude paper, is it not true that aptitude is as important as the knowledge of a person? One can memorise the subjects of Polity, Geography, History and co. and can score well in the General Studies paper. But, memorising-method does not work in CSAT. The student’s power of analysis is crucial here. So, CSAT must be given equal weightage as the GS paper. {However, bowing to ‘mafia’ power, the Govt. might not hold on to this moral principle}
Lastly, about the ‘mafia’ who argue violently that the percentage of those clearing Civil Services exam from rural and Hindi-medium background is reducing over time. This is absolutely true. But the reason for this is not because of their background. It is due to the heavy competition received from some of the best minds in our country, who are incidentally from IITs, NITs, and IIMs. They did not consider UPSC as their aim till the late 1990s (barring some exceptions). But, since then, as the number of engineers and ‘management gurus’ in our country gradually increased, they felt a need to search for other careers. That is how they arrived to the UPSC arena and started to ‘fight’ in the exam.
THE NUMBER OF UPSC ASPIRANTS FROM IITs, NITs and IIMs HAS BEEN INCREASING EVERY YEAR. AND THAT IS THE REASON WHY THEIR REPRESENTATION IS ON THE RISE IN THE FINAL UPSC TOPPERS LIST
P.S: This is my first post. I didn’t want to enter into a fight, but, wanted to improve my writing ability and so started writing here.
Two sections of aspirants are desperate:
1. Aspirants with very high aptitude, very low GS knowledge. They able to score ~180-190 in Paper II in any given day.
Because they dont want any change in present CSAT pattern. Not optimistic about their chance in older or GS oriented pattern.
2. Aspirants with very low aptitude, very high GS knowledge.
Because they felt they are not at all in competition in the present CSAT pattern. They want to entirely replace CSAT with older pattern.
These two categories of aspirants fight their life because its almost their life matter. They do whatever possible whether its spamming Mrunal page or Facebook page.
Others majority of aspirants can adopt to any pattern decided by UPSC.
If you are not confident of ~180-190 score in Paper II dont waste your time in supporting CSAT.
Dont fool yourself by involving in this nonsense debate. We are not policy makers or committee members now. If you try to be act like that now itself will you never reach that position. Our work is focusing on exam preparation till we satisfy with our name in UPSC final list.
Best of luck people
hello everyone,anyone plz tell me about the cut off of uttar pradesh lower exam
watch times now
http://live.indiatimes.com/
with in 4 weeks
@mansi
bw 89 to 91 (in question)
My 102 Question r correct
My frnd 95
(Both qualified 4 mains)
salA bHOSDI KI…. YE LOG PROTEST KAREKE THEY ARE GIVING ME A BUTTERFLY TUMMY…. I AM NOT GOOD IN MATHS IF TOMMOROW UPSC INCLUDE MORE MATHS PROBLEM WILL I PROTEST?
TIME BARBAAT KAR RAHA HAI…..
IS DESH KA YA HOGA…
SSC TO GAYA ….
ATLEAST UPSC SHOULD NOT BE DISTURBED…
bhai 2014 and 2015 sath me hoga jan 2016 me …upsc needs time to for trials…2014 me csat ke sath phr 2015 me optional ke sath..phr compare karege phr paper hoaga …..so keep enjoying nd choose in whch trial u wnt to appear….ha ha ha
selection should through lottery system.That way everyone have fair chance. This should be done for all other competitive systems like CAT ,IIT etc.The students should decide among themselves exams pattern and selection procedure,not upsc.
No no no. Selection for IAS should be through campus interviews at engineering colleges! !!
..goswami start debate biased on one side and will prove his point at t end….it isnt a debate…they didnt discuss CSAT specific issue..made it english vs othr….. T guys who represented anti csat was such an idiot…khoj ke arnab usko bulaya tha …
ya that anti csat guy was stupid hilarious … :P
Is mrunal getting married or offered some political role in gujarat government or modi took him to brics summit n forgot taking him back ? Will wait for answer p.s : scrap csat
koi chance hai eam postpone hone ki
Baba ji sabr kero…..postpone hona tay hai…delhi me janta pagal ho gayi hai…bina postpone kiye nahi manegi..15 august aa raha hai..gov us samay protest jhelne kinstithi me nahi rahega… Uper se sarra oppposition ka support mil gaya hai..gov jhukegi in bacho ke saamne
had nautanki hai…………………………………candidates ko exam apne hisab se chahiye……………ye poore world me kahi naoi hota……………..
fir complain hum hi log karenge prashashan corrupt hai slow ,biased hai ye toh wo
@Mrunal is actually defending India at WTO :)
@Mrunal Why page not showing my comments? Here lots of nonsense, inflammatory things are posted but my comment related to hall ticket blocked!
No transparency in moderation. But Mrunal files RTI queries for more transparency in UPSC!!! Anyway I quit here. Thanks for all.
Narendra Aggarwal and DP Modi ji…
Kuch bhi karo pr jaldi karo !!!
Planning ka toh styanaash ho gya studies ka mera…
Aap ka bhi styanaash ho….
Ha ha ha
“Aap ka bhi satyanash ho”
Jabardast ashirvad
Bilkul time par diya :)
haha
agar ye csat ka ppr hat gya to sab se jada loss 1st timers ka hoga chahe english medium ho ya hindi , ye jineke 2 attempt bade h saare selection unke hi honge as unki gs jada acchi hoti h , bt unse 10th k math nhi lgti h ,main support hu ki compherhension ko google translate na kiya jaaye rest pura pattern sahi h , bt csat hatana sahi nhi h
I was searching for something else when I came to this piece of shit comment section.First things first.
1.This exam is not about you, it is about searching the best person for the job and its upsc’s task, not yours.
2.Only some of the people from hindi belt are hell bent on changing it (no racism intended) and rest seems to be fine with it .
3.How many of you have heard of Tanmay Chakravarty of bengal cadre. He is till date the only person who cleared IAS in bengali. http://civilserviceonline.blogspot.in/ is his blog . There are absolutely no books or study material available in bengali. He himself translated books and materials into bengali and created his own notes to study . This is the level of commitment and here people crying “discrimination” for an inconsequential thing(compared to his hard work) like CSAT .No change is perfect. Yes UPSC should have been more careful while setting the paper but the buck stops there .
4. The aspirants who “PROTESTED” by destroying public properties are already great ias officers and they demonstrated it by complete disregard to fundamental duties.An IAS aspirant should atleast understand that it is not his property but others as well . How the hell are you going to work for others if you start your journey by destroying their peoperties ??These are the same people who give CSE for getting big dowries and and “make money” once they are in the system when millions of souls are burning .
Tum karo fundamental duties ka paalan… chupchap baithe khaate raho malaai. Those who r fighting for their rights are law-breakers in your eyes. Was da government sleeping when dese disadvantaged students were staging peaceful protests well within da ambits of law?
u r ryt…but bro if u will see the condition here in mukherjee nagar thn u will also say tht wht students r dng z ryt….i was thr nly on wednesday ..evrythng was gng on peacfully suddenly police came and startedthe lathicharge….unhe jo dikha sbko mara mai bhi parathakha raha tha maje se…paratha chod ke bhagna pada….nehru vihar me sari shop band rahi do din tak ….chup chup ke khana mil raha h..kya mtlb peaceful protest chal raha chalne do..kbtak karege student???
I was searching for something else when I came to this comment section.First things first.
1.This exam is not about you, it is about searching the best person for the job and its upsc’s task, not yours.
2.Only some of the people from hindi belt are hell bent on changing it (no racism intended) and rest seems to be fine with it .
3.How many of you have heard of Tanmay Chakravarty of bengal cadre. He is till date the only person who cleared IAS in bengali. http://civilserviceonline.blogspot.in/ is his blog . There are absolutely no books or study material available in bengali. He himself translated books and materials into bengali and created his own notes to study . This is the level of commitment and here people crying “discrimination” for an inconsequential thing(compared to his hard work) like CSAT .No change is perfect. Yes UPSC should have been more careful while setting the paper but the buck stops there .
4. The aspirants who “PROTESTED” by destroying public properties are already great ias officers and they demonstrated it by complete disregard to fundamental duties.An IAS aspirant should atleast understand that it is not his property but others as well . How the hell are you going to work for others if you start your journey by destroying their peoperties ??These are the same people who give CSE for getting big dowries and and “make money” once they are in the system when millions of souls are burning .
Mr. Mrunal is part of “Lion bachao Aandolan ” and doing a gr8 social activity in GIR forest.
Is coal a bio-mass source of energy?
no.
Thanks Deepali. Let me present here the complete question. This question is in the exercise of Chapter 14 – Source of Energy of 10th Class Science Book (NCERT).
Q Which of the following is not an example of a bio-mass energy source?
a) Wood
Thanks Deepali. Let me present here the complete question. This question is in the exercise of Chapter 14 – Source of Energy of 10th Class Science Book (NCERT).
Q Which of the following is not an example of a bio-mass energy source?
a) Wood b) Gobar-gas c) Nuclear Energy d) Coal
Obviously a and b are wrong. I am confused in c and d. I think coal can be considered a bio-mass source, anyway it has been formed from dead plants and animals (although it took millions of years). Please let me know what you think.
Which of these energies is not ultimately derived from the sun?
a) Nuclear Energy
b) Geothermal Energy
nuclear energy
Thanks Deepali. Can you kindly explain how Geothermal energy is derived from the sun?
infact geothermal energy is derived frm radioactive decay,occuring inside the earth,nd solar energy is directly not involved atleast.nuclear fusion is the source of sun’s energy ,i cnt say about vice versa.i think need 2 check ncert wht it says.and we generally dnt include coal in biomass source of energy nd its neither renewabl.nuclear energy is nt frm biomass,tht’s confirmed.
i know it is useless to comment here as it will get lost in the heap of comments and will not lead to any change. but i can not resist myself to ‘vomit’ my unease. this whole hullabaloo for csat or no csat is causing a lot of discomfort. csat rahega ya jayega, 24 aug ko hi hoga ya bad me hoga, pattern change hoga ya kya hoga. dimag ki dahi ho gayi hai.
where the hell is achhe din? where is governance? what is happening ? are modiji, rajnath ji, dp ji, jitendra ji, kuchh karna hi hai to jaldi kijiye aur batate rahiye ki kya kar rahe hain. apke lite to sirf ek general public grievance hai, but humare jaise badnashibo ke liye ye janlewa sabit ho rahi hai. kuch kijiye ki hum shant man se padh sake. please don’t make it a controversial issue.
Sabke ki lagi padi hai is CSAT KI ” uncertainity ” se …aap akele nahi hai ..hope it get clear wthn 2 days ( as per jitu’ ek week me resolve kerna wala dialogue ke hisab se )
This is the real politics of APPEASEMENT!!