Changes in exam pattern for SBI PO and UPSC Leaves Students in a tizzy

This Sunday, when thousands of aspirants for probationary officers' jobs in SBI write their exam, they wouldn't have to do number crunching. No arithmetic, no mensuration, no percentages, no time and work, instead they would have to do a bit of Data Analysis and Interpretation as well as Test of Reasoning (high level). And from the next year, even the grand old exam (civil services) that used to test knowledge of a subject would get a makeover with aptitude, moral and ethics getting a priority.

Get ready for an age of entrance examinations where it isn't how much you know that is going to be the key, but how well you use the information that is available. “Nowadays all the information is available at the click of a button, so information is no big deal and that's the reason why aptitude is taking centre-stage,” says C. Vepa who runs a coaching centre in Abids.

This changing pattern has set the cat among pigeons for students as well as the trainers. “Right now we don't even know the syllabus or the pattern of questions expected and how they will test administrative aptitude. So, yes there are certain misgivings among students, but I am sure UPSC is trying to create a level-playing field,” says Sosin, who is part of a civil service coaching centre.

In the banking sector, only SBI has adopted the new pattern of exam, for the civil services the change is only in the preliminary examination. Read more..

Courtesy: The Hindu