30% skip UPSC Engineering Services Examination
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, January 8
The preliminary round of the UPSC Engineering Services Examination was conducted in the city today. About 25-30 per cent of the candidates were found absent from the exam centres. The paper, meanwhile, received a mixed response from different domain candidates.
While paper-I was common to all engineering domain candidates; paper-II was subject-specific for four different engineering domain which includes civil, electrical, electronic and mechanical engineering.
Analysing the general studies paper, city-based UPSC examination expert Kunal Singh said, “Majority of the questions in general studies paper which was common for all four domains were related to project management, basic engineering sciences like material science, quality management as mathematical reasoning, problem solving approach, makes it a little different from previous years’ trend.”
“Earlier, current affairs used to have a considerable weight age in general studies paper but the tested majorly general science and engineering application in paper-I which every engineering candidate studies in first year of course. It is definitely a good step,” he said.
Shivam, a student of UIET, Panjab University, who appeared for the exam said, “I found the GS section moderate but paper-II was a bit tough which needed a good subject knowledge rather than university type theoretical knowledge.”
Another candidate Karanjit Singh said, “The change in pattern and month of examination is definitely responsible for fall in attendance. Earlier, the exam used to be conducted in May when students had already passed out of college.”
Notably, approximately 440 posts in civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and electronics and telecommunication engineering categories would be filled through the examination. The Engineering Services Examination will be conducted in three stages – preliminary, main and personality test. The prelims examination is conducted for paper 1 and 2. This paper 1 is held for 200 marks for the duration of 2 hours and paper 2 is conducted for engineering for 300 marks in the duration of 3 hours. There was negative marking for wrong answers by a candidate in the objective type question papers.
