A flip through the book in question, Tata Mc Graw Hills’ ‘General Studies Manual for Civil Services Preliminary Paper I’ confirms that in the Current Affairs section of the question paper, all 50 questions were lifted from the model questions for current affairs (page 99-103) of the book. Again, the concept of “current affairs” in NPSC lexicon appears to pertain to “events” which occurred two or three years back, and not the “current” as the conventional connotation suggests.
“All the current affairs questions were on events which happened in 2012,” states a dejected candidate. This is her third NPSC Mains exam and she points out that even last year the Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) were “copy paste” from a Tata McGraw book. She also highlighted the “sub standard” work in the setting of NPSC question papers. “There are many spelling errors of names and places, many wrong questions, and some questions are repeated.”
Further look into the question paper and the book reveals that nearly 130 questions out of 200 questions were taken from the book. The history and science section questions reveal appalling case of poor workmanship. Sources informed The Morung Express that NPSC outsources the work of setting question papers to a company.
Will there be a re-examination for the given paper? It is not currently known as an official from the NPSC refused to comment on the issue stating that there is no written complaint yet.
Source: Morung Express
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