In the recently conducted preliminary examination of NCS/NPS/NSS & Allied services of Nagaland Public Service Commission, several errors committed by NPSC regarding the right answers to the question and setting of unreasonable questions, need to bring to the notice of NPSC for appropriate judgement.
The appropriate answers for the questions where the NPSC has given wrong answers are:-
1. Slumdog Millionaire won the Oscar Award in the year: Ans:- (D) 2009 and not (C)2008 (Q. No. 99 in series A and Q. No. 101 in series B). Slumdog Millionaire was nominated in 10 (ten) categories of Oscar in the 81st Academy Award and got 8 Oscar out of 10 nominations on February 2009. The correct answer in option (D).
2. Which of these is a provision that a democratic constitution does not have:
Ans:- (B) name of the head of the state and not (D) name of the country. (Q. No- 138 in series A and Q. No. 80 in series B). India has the largest democratic constitution in the world and Article-1 of Indian Constitution named India as Bharat, so option (D) name of the country is wrong and the right answer is option (B).
3. India has___ of the total world population. Ans: (A) 17.80% and not 16.90% (Q. No-158 in series A and Q. No-192 in series B) According to the census of India 2011, India’s population is 1.21 billion, 17.50% of world population so option (A) 17.80% is the nearest and most reasonable answer among the given options.
4. The system of Panchayati Raj is democratic decentralization at the grass root level and local self-government envisages Gram Panchayat at the Village Level, Panchayat Samiti at the block level and Zilla Parishad at the district level. So, the appropriate answer is option A and not C. (Q. No- 181 in A series and Q. No- 169 in B Series).
5. Jamnagar in Gujarat is known for which industry? (Q. No-48 in A Series and Q. No-95 in B Series). Ans:- in this question option (A) Cotton Textile and option B (B) Woolen Textile cannot overtake one another to be the appropriate answer, as Digjam Limited Cotton Textile Company in India, S.K. Birla Group Cotton Textile began its activities nearly 60 years back in Jamnagar and presently there exist both Cotton Textile Industry and Woolen Textile Industry in Jamnagar, none of the two is less well known. So, the question is erroneous as like setting up unreasonable question like : which among the following is a freedom fighter of India with given options : (A) Tilak, (B) Gandhi, (C) Laxmibhai, (D) S.C. Bose. Both options A and B regarding Jamnagar are right and should carry equal marks.
6. The communication protocol used by all computers on the internet is represented by : Ans:- Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is a communication protocol used by all computers on the internet to transfer or carry information on internets and the World Wide Web (WWW). So, the appropriate answer is option (B) Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and not option (A) (Q. No-69 in A series and Q. No- 138 in B series).
7. When the value of exports exceed the value of imports, it is termed as: Ans:- in economics, the difference in value between the total exports and total imports of a nation during a specific period of time is called Balance of Trade. If the value of exports exceed that of the value of imports, a country is said to have a trade surplus or favorable balance of trade, while the opposite case is called a trade deficit or unfavorable balance of trade. So, the appropriate answer is option (A) favorable balance of trade. Option (B) unfavorable balance of trade is absolutely wrong. (Q. No- 144 in A series and Q. No- 141 in B series).
8. Which of the following is applied to Wasp bite? (Q. No-170 in series A and Q. No-71 in series B) Ans:- In this question only option (A) Sugar is incorrect. The rest three options B,C,D, are equally correct and the right answer cannot be restricted to any of the three and in doing so cannot prove sound reason. A thick paste of Baking Soda with water can apply to sting, Vinegar is another good application to Wasp bite as the acid neutralize the venom, also poison caused by Wasp bite and other insects get nullified by the prompt application of a paste of fresh turmeric or it’s powder. So, it depends upon the convenience of a person to apply any of the three. Any of the options B,C,D, should carry equal marks.
9. Find the number of rectangles in the given figure:
Ans:- There is no appropriate number of rectangles given in options of this question so any of the options should carry equal marks. (Q. No-183 in A series and Q. No-99 in B series).
10. Average cup of tea contains_________ MG of Caffine:
Ans:- The contents of Caffeine cannot be always the same in an average cup of tea. The simple answer is it depends. There are two main variables that influence the caffeine content of an average cup of brewed tea: The type of leaf and the tea preparation method. According to department of nutritional services report provides the following ranges caffeine content for an average cup of tea made:
Black tea : 23-110 MG
Oolong tea : 12-55 MG
Green tea : 8-36 MG
White tea : 6-25 MG
So, to maintain fairness and reasonability, all the options should carry equal marks. (Q.No-23 series A and Q. No-121 in series B). the word caffeine has been wrongly written as caffine in this question).
NPSC, the apex examination conducting body of Nagaland should not victimize the examinees every year by giving totally wrong answers to several questions by setting up some ridiculous, baseless and unreasonable questions. The doubt now stands that question setters have never faced the civil service exams themselves, thus not understanding the enormousity of this prestigious exams, we would like to add this point that such apparent mistakes in the prelims points that, in the mains exams too the candidates are not given the chance to evaluate their performance, there remains a high chance of unfair malpractice in the marks evaluation for final ranking.
B.K. Swu
K. Shikhu
Lipok
Abel Solo
Vizotou
The appropriate answers for the questions where the NPSC has given wrong answers are:-
1. Slumdog Millionaire won the Oscar Award in the year: Ans:- (D) 2009 and not (C)2008 (Q. No. 99 in series A and Q. No. 101 in series B). Slumdog Millionaire was nominated in 10 (ten) categories of Oscar in the 81st Academy Award and got 8 Oscar out of 10 nominations on February 2009. The correct answer in option (D).
2. Which of these is a provision that a democratic constitution does not have:
Ans:- (B) name of the head of the state and not (D) name of the country. (Q. No- 138 in series A and Q. No. 80 in series B). India has the largest democratic constitution in the world and Article-1 of Indian Constitution named India as Bharat, so option (D) name of the country is wrong and the right answer is option (B).
3. India has___ of the total world population. Ans: (A) 17.80% and not 16.90% (Q. No-158 in series A and Q. No-192 in series B) According to the census of India 2011, India’s population is 1.21 billion, 17.50% of world population so option (A) 17.80% is the nearest and most reasonable answer among the given options.
4. The system of Panchayati Raj is democratic decentralization at the grass root level and local self-government envisages Gram Panchayat at the Village Level, Panchayat Samiti at the block level and Zilla Parishad at the district level. So, the appropriate answer is option A and not C. (Q. No- 181 in A series and Q. No- 169 in B Series).
5. Jamnagar in Gujarat is known for which industry? (Q. No-48 in A Series and Q. No-95 in B Series). Ans:- in this question option (A) Cotton Textile and option B (B) Woolen Textile cannot overtake one another to be the appropriate answer, as Digjam Limited Cotton Textile Company in India, S.K. Birla Group Cotton Textile began its activities nearly 60 years back in Jamnagar and presently there exist both Cotton Textile Industry and Woolen Textile Industry in Jamnagar, none of the two is less well known. So, the question is erroneous as like setting up unreasonable question like : which among the following is a freedom fighter of India with given options : (A) Tilak, (B) Gandhi, (C) Laxmibhai, (D) S.C. Bose. Both options A and B regarding Jamnagar are right and should carry equal marks.
6. The communication protocol used by all computers on the internet is represented by : Ans:- Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is a communication protocol used by all computers on the internet to transfer or carry information on internets and the World Wide Web (WWW). So, the appropriate answer is option (B) Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and not option (A) (Q. No-69 in A series and Q. No- 138 in B series).
7. When the value of exports exceed the value of imports, it is termed as: Ans:- in economics, the difference in value between the total exports and total imports of a nation during a specific period of time is called Balance of Trade. If the value of exports exceed that of the value of imports, a country is said to have a trade surplus or favorable balance of trade, while the opposite case is called a trade deficit or unfavorable balance of trade. So, the appropriate answer is option (A) favorable balance of trade. Option (B) unfavorable balance of trade is absolutely wrong. (Q. No- 144 in A series and Q. No- 141 in B series).
8. Which of the following is applied to Wasp bite? (Q. No-170 in series A and Q. No-71 in series B) Ans:- In this question only option (A) Sugar is incorrect. The rest three options B,C,D, are equally correct and the right answer cannot be restricted to any of the three and in doing so cannot prove sound reason. A thick paste of Baking Soda with water can apply to sting, Vinegar is another good application to Wasp bite as the acid neutralize the venom, also poison caused by Wasp bite and other insects get nullified by the prompt application of a paste of fresh turmeric or it’s powder. So, it depends upon the convenience of a person to apply any of the three. Any of the options B,C,D, should carry equal marks.
9. Find the number of rectangles in the given figure:
Ans:- There is no appropriate number of rectangles given in options of this question so any of the options should carry equal marks. (Q. No-183 in A series and Q. No-99 in B series).
10. Average cup of tea contains_________ MG of Caffine:
Ans:- The contents of Caffeine cannot be always the same in an average cup of tea. The simple answer is it depends. There are two main variables that influence the caffeine content of an average cup of brewed tea: The type of leaf and the tea preparation method. According to department of nutritional services report provides the following ranges caffeine content for an average cup of tea made:
Black tea : 23-110 MG
Oolong tea : 12-55 MG
Green tea : 8-36 MG
White tea : 6-25 MG
So, to maintain fairness and reasonability, all the options should carry equal marks. (Q.No-23 series A and Q. No-121 in series B). the word caffeine has been wrongly written as caffine in this question).
NPSC, the apex examination conducting body of Nagaland should not victimize the examinees every year by giving totally wrong answers to several questions by setting up some ridiculous, baseless and unreasonable questions. The doubt now stands that question setters have never faced the civil service exams themselves, thus not understanding the enormousity of this prestigious exams, we would like to add this point that such apparent mistakes in the prelims points that, in the mains exams too the candidates are not given the chance to evaluate their performance, there remains a high chance of unfair malpractice in the marks evaluation for final ranking.
B.K. Swu
K. Shikhu
Lipok
Abel Solo
Vizotou
