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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My unpublished letter to the Hindu editor on the issue of the CSAT, dated July 18, 2014:
Sir/Madam,
The most important ground for demanding the scrapping of the Paper II of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination conducted by the UPSC (The Union Public Service Commission), often referred to as the CSAT Paper (Civil Services Aptitude Test Paper) is that is favors English-medium candidates and discriminates against Hindi-medium candidates in particular. While the issue needs to be looked into properly, the anti-English stance adopted by the agitating aspirants seems to have missed several valid and clear points which include inter-alia that English is the international lingua franca and having a reasonable command of English language helps an administrator in more ways than one; and that Hindi-medium candidates enjoy a privilege in the country which no other-Indian-language-medium candidates have in that the Civil Services Question Papers are bilingual, i.e. the questions in English have only the Hindi version both in the Preliminary as well as the Main Examinations even though a candidate can write the Main Examination in any of the Indian languages in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
The language issue apart, there are many aspirants who strongly feel – that the CSAT Paper tests several positive areas of a prospective civil servant including their ability to comprehend things and take decisions on the spot while discouraging rote learning; that scrapping the CSAT Paper altogether will be a regressive step; and that what is needed is an invigorated and fairer CSAT Paper which addresses the legitimate concerns of the candidates including the alleged problem arising out of the poor translation of the English texts of the questions in Hindi, undue advantages accruing to candidates having Science/Engineering background, etc.
Hopefully, the three-member Committee set up under the chairmanship of Shri Arvind Varma and the UPSC will look into the issue dispassionately with an unbiased mind and take appropriate actions by addressing the legitimate concerns of the agitating aspirants without making it a case of the crying baby getting the milk in the larger interest of the country.
With warm regards,
Your arguments are valid…im not against CSAT and not pro far CSAT….whatever govt wants to do, do it quickly…why to increase dilemma in aspirants
rightly said
Ratnamani : You are just disoriented and wasted loads of time on writing futile article. You sound frustrated and failed. Better buck-up and study english and maths.
Raka, it takes me 5-10 minutes to write a letter. i wrote the letters to raise my points of view. For your information, i don’t need to study english and maths for d csat. u may need to study them. by d way do try to improve ur analytical skills as well. u seem to b poor in that area. all d best.
Very well written…being a science student I m also with ur support that csat pattern should be changed…Quantitative aptitude and maths questions are not the sole criteria for analysing the qualitative skills.This paper csat really gives the advantage for science and management student and english medium student…and I m really shocked ki upsc ko nahi dikha ki hindi medium ke students ka selection kaam hota ja raha…so they should change this paper …were they waiting for the protest…upsc is a divine instituion but unka analysis to ek dum zero nikla ..
Now its time to declare Civil service exam as a “national sports”
I hope UPSC is not influenced by these protests.These protesters have no strong arguments against CSAT.Talk about language bias and demand for changing the pattern or scrapping CSAT only because these few protesters don’t have the ability to clear it is atrocious.The country needs good officers in this modern times.It would certainly not be in the nation’s interest if UPSC has to make changes to CSAT because of these hooligans.They are not the kind of young people India needs.In fact these are the kind of people who have been dragging India backwards.They are surely nothing more than hooligans.
Brahma u r 100 percent right
http://www.jagran.com/news/national-upsc-exam-row-again-figures-in-ls-11519650.html?src=p1
hello friends,kya uppsc ka exam postpone hoga ,
is question ka answer to sakshat dp agrwal bhi nhi de pa rhe abhi.
Hey Guys,
Anyone writing mock CL CSAT papers at home….
If yes, then how is 130-140 score….
Sam
Can you please tell me how to get CL CSAT mock papers at home………………??????????//
Please it’s urgent………….
Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!
I have the phone number of the bookstall fellow in old-rajinder nagar who told me he would send all these papers of various institutes via courier.If you want I can give you his address and his phone number.Thank you.
Please help me bro… I am also searching for coaching material.. I stay in south indian city far away from mecca of preparation(Delhi)… Plz help me to get study materials… My mail id is vakkoda@gmail.com
Please help me bro… I am also searching for coaching material.. I stay in south indian city far away from mecca of preparation(Delhi)… Plz help me to get study materials… Send me the details… My mail id is vakkoda@gmail.com
search for Raz Kr on Facebook. You will find a forum with having this name. Raz will send you all the material. You will get to know “how” on that forum.
its a vry gud score.in u r scoring dat much it means ur score in upsc vl b 165+.coz CL papr is toughr dan dat of upsc.
Your score is good…im also having some 10 CL papers..will start solving them from August 5th onwards….
please tell me acio me negative marking hoti hai kya?
On August 16th UPSC chairman Prof. D. P Agrawal is retiring… He is famous among us for breaking backs of coachinginstitutes all over thecountry and introducinglot of reforms, not just in pattern also in question pattern… So the very interesting and question to worry is “who will be the next chairman.?” Will he/she come from pro-Hindi group? Will he/she continue the backbreaking-TM trend initiated by Prof. D.P.A? Will this analyse / examine / comment etc type of questions make way for list / mention / describe / explain type again, giving an edge for rote learners? Will prelims again become stat and gk book based rather than current trend of analysis of 3-5 statements….? This should be viewed in light of protests by pro-Hindi lobbyists (including influence by protest backing coaching institutes of Mukherjee Nagar and professors of JNU and ABVP) and pro-Hindi govt by Namo…
Well said dude !!
If everything happens as I mentioned above, then our country will surely lose good aspirants getting into the selection list…. If govt bows to the lobby, then lobbyist will definitely ask for changing questions pattern to make it easier for them in future…
By seniority list the chairmanship will go to Razni Razdan a former IAS officer
Any govt. employee retires on the last date of the month of retirement. DPA will retire on 31st august. he has nothing to gain or lose and I think he will want the prelims to go under his watch for one last time to show that he was right all along.
S.No. Name & Date of Birth Date from which
holding the Post
Date of retirement as
Chairman / Member
CHAIRMAN
Prof. D.P. Agrawal
02.10.1949
31-10-2003
(MEMBER)
16-08-2008 (AN)
(CHAIRMAN)
16-08-2014
http://www.upsc.gov.in/ go to composition of commission
He is the head of a constitutional body appointed by president….!!!!
completely agreed…that kind of questions completely check the caliber of a candidate…hope next chairman Razni Razdan madam will continue this trend…
The Committee has submitted its report!!
kisi ne mujhse abhi kaha ki vrma committee ne report submit kr diya
Update…arvind babu .at last submits its report….kal kuch major news aa sakta hai gov se
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/upsc-csat-row-arvind-verma-committee-submits-report-to-centre/489495-3.html
Arvind verma committee submitted its report today. Wondering it would be laid in loksabha or will go through highcourt process, atleast its done, many wishes to jnu,abvp protestors who remained adamant and kept their position upperhand. Though i am an engineer too but free fund marks are not accepted to particular section. As i speak my mind, i believe bureaucrats like shah faesal n alokranjan should be role model, not these aimless golddiggers. Many many congratulations to abvp ,jnusu and individual protestors. For guys who are bit worried with these progress,
thanks to all protester,s who fight for their right till last movent, also thanks to ABVP, NSUI, ND ALL JNU students
they play an intergal role in dis protest,
I am frm english medium but expecting real justice for all my hindi medium aspirants
Thanks
JAI HIND JAI BHARAT
Still don’t know what tomorrow morning will bring..But my heartfelt thanx to all those protesters who incessantly fought for their rights..I am from NE whr no such protests took place but all sensible students supported their demand..We cannot trample on language medium in the name of aptitude..
whatevr u r saying dat completly true, as we can,t measure the talent of an aspirant on the behalf of language
it was too dificult to find a person who is having soft corner for protester who r raising some legitimate demands,,, like translation by transliteral tools is very strange,,, i support the cause that demands level playing field for all
Verma committee submitted its report to the centre today. Government will announce the recommendations in parliament tomorrow.
Start reading inflationary gap to fronts, pollution to protem speaker. Forget those “everyone knows everything” marks . Bidding adieu . Wishes for every one.
I sincerely hope, Arvind Committee’s report is not pro-Hindi. If they bow under these Hindi Goondas, then tomorrow Regional candidates will turn-up asking for local translation of question papers. LET ENGLISH PREVAIL. Accept it or not, this is the only common language among us.
Verma Report submitted..
Government decision 2maro
http://www.prabhatkhabar.com/news/133068-upsc-csat-dispute-arvind-verma-committee-submitted-report-to-government.html
VERMA COMMITTEE report out………………..recommends……….. take csat level to 5th class…….
primary school teachers flocking to mukharji nagar to open coachings for IAS aspirants
and now I demand a Sharma Committee to be appointed and kept in abeyance in case the scrapping of CSAT doesn’t bring the desired result of preventing encroachment of Civil Services by engineers……. …………… :) :)
Res sir your website provides a variety of information regarding civil services I am trying to download lots of time data that provide on the site but I am unable to download it I am click on download button but nothing happens it remains constant pls provides information in a simple pdf format and in a simple way like upsc portal have
thank you
May be your browser setting is blocking the download. Try Chrome or Firefox. Try reinstalling both if problem persists.
Any body having better net speed willing to compress lectured videos ?? it helps guys who are located in remote areas. thanks in advance.
which site ? and what all lecture videos ?
friend, economic survey lecture videos by mrunal, u can share it in forum ias or else i will give my mail id.
hello mrunal sir, how can we share these kind of docs in your site?? also i am not being able to edit my comment if posted once, we want such features updated frequently. thank you.
leave it yaar, you can not do this unless mrunal give up his rights.
are koi http://www.egyankosh.ac.in/ ka kuch karo yaar ….1 saal se site repair hi ho raha hai ….lazy babus
any other site to look for ignou material other than mrunal limited ones
Kindly clarify which of the following parliamentary processes require special majority and absolute majority –
1. Impeachment of President
2. Removal of Vice President
3. Impeachment of Supreme Court/ High Court Judge
4. Removal of speaker/deputy speaker
5. Removal of chairman/deputy chairman (Rajya Sabha)
6. Resolution passed by Rajya Sabha requesting Parliament to enact on state subject
7. Constitutional amendment act under A.368
I m sure about impeachment about Supreme court / High Court judges and Article 368. A bit confused about the rest. Kindly someone clarify.
a. Simple Majority => Half of members present and voting + 1
b. Absolute majority => Half of total membership of House + 1
c. Special Majority => (b) and (2/3rd of members present and voting)
1. President – 2/3rds of total membership of both Houses
2. VP – (b) in Rajya Sabha, (a) in Lok Sabha
3. Judges – (c) in both Houses
4. Speaker/Deputy – (b) in Lok Sabha
5. Chairman – remove as VP, not as Chairman, i.e., (2)
Deputy Chairman – (b) in Rajya Sabha
6. Rajya Sabha on State List – 2/3rds of members present and voting
P.S: Plz correct me if I am wrong
From what i understood from Laxmikanth ( Chap 10 on constitutional amendment)
simple majority = 50% of present and voting
absolute = 2/3 of total membership of house
special majority = 2/3 of PRESENT AND VOTING + 50% OF TOTAL MEMBERSHIP
Now, what I think is as follows –
President impeachment – absolute majority (2/3 of total membership) of both houses
Vice president – absolute majority of Rajya sabha and simple majority of Lok sabha
Judge’s impeachment, CEC and CAG removal – special majority
Speaker/Deputy speaker/Deputy Chairman – absolute majority
Article 368 – special majority.
The doubt arose because of a paragraph in the chapter “Parliament” (Laxmikanth , 3rd edition) pg 22.15 – Topic: VOTING IN HOUSE. It states President’s impeachment, constitional amendment and speaker’s removal require special majority. So whether President and speaker come under absolute majority (2/3rd of TOTAL MEMBERSHIP) or special majority ( 50% OF TOTAL MEMBERSHIP + 2/3 PRESENT AND VOTING)
Prez 2/3 of total membership of house
V.pr by majority of all d mebs of R.S
Judges Special majoritymajority
Majority of All d mebs of LS spkr nd d. Spr
Chairman same as VP
Resolution simple majority
Amndmnt Special majrty
thnxz
NEWS ALERT: UPSC may reject students’ demand to scrap CSAT
Posted: 31 Jul 2014 04:33 AM PDT
developing news for CSAT… lets wait for Official Notice from UPSC by next week.
Union Public Service Commission will have its full bench meeting on Monday to deliberate the students agitation against the English test in CSAT.
An internal note circulated among UPSC members has resolved unanimously reject the students demand of withdrawal of the English comprehension test.
Senior members of UPSC feel that a mafia of private tutorial colleges are behind this students’ agitation.
The UPSC decision will be final and that is not governed by the Union government.
Courtesy: Rediff
verma committee submitted its report today. mostly likely tomorrow doldrums over pattern and dates will be clear…..
Verma Committe Recommendation :
for protestors, No need to sit in csat…Directly come to interview….!!!
Ha ha ha ha ha ha….Nice…..
but interview in english or hindi ???? :P
m.thehindu.com/news/national/upsc-row-govt-assures-of-a-balanced-mutually-acceptable-solution-soon/article6267540.ece/?maneref=http%3A%2F%2Flm.facebook.com%2Fl.php%3Fu%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.thehindu.com%252Fnews%252Fnational%252Fupsc-row-govt-assures-of-a-balanced-mutually-acceptable-solution-soon%252Farticle6267540.ece%253Fhomepage%253Dtrue%26h%3DsAQGNh5Tq%26enc%3DAZPp9BXuvEFqTTKSx8fkax1YkV-wZEZ0RtsZVKsgUO5_fIXjwMk7HjgXggHEu2IJES2bRQ35xEDYeqwIIAjmPNr1tn6RxUyS2K1mul6ZPiWt68Qgo1R_h3yjWLKoXGXTkmI254xrzr7vEujeoUTk5Vq6%26s%3D1
Arvind Verma Committee has recommended no change in syllabus…and says it is a very well made syllabus.
Leaves it to Central Govt to do what it wants to do now…as it’s role is only advisory even though it is an expert body.
Whatever changes the syllabus may or may not undergo will be done by political parties in charge….as the experts have not recommended any change.
-DD National (source)
Now it’s upto the government whether it succumbs to politics or goes with the expert opinion.
It’s pressure time for NaMo !!!
I’m niether against it nor for it… I will have to manage it either way …as this is the least I can do to show I’m worthy for the job.
My first job is to clear the exam whether it’s in English or Hindi…I’m ready to learn Japanese if the case may be.
same here will learn anything to clear it…kidos…
I am also ready to learn latin if it is a part of the syllabus… Why, committment we show, is not possible by these protesters? Do they want shortcut or easy way to destination?
Im a regional medium student, but not complaining about CSAT(lost my chance last year due to bad performance in CSAT paper only)….but im adapting to changes, why it is not possible for others…I feel there will be no change in syllabus…sit and read, clear the exam is the only solution left now
Dear its very easy to rubbish some ones problem real situation is when it comes to you yourself….What we are demanding is level playing feild thats it………..who the hell knows that laptop is called GODH SUR in hindi………..so better look into issue then comment from your comfortable rooms u english clad harbinger……
Hi…
kal shock lagega… aur General Dong aspirants pe hasega…. hahahahaha
many many thanks sir. selected in ibps po