Interesting Thought

mukt · #1 Sunday, April 03, 2011

Hello,

Considering CSS is a competitive exam I believe If one wants to achieve some good score he should get rid of the "competitive" somehow out of the exam. What I am thinking about might sound very odd to some people but I don't know If it will even work or not. Sounds very stupid to me too but I just thought I should share it

Since it's a competitive exam, consider 10 users attempting a very common optional subject taken by aspirants i.e Indo-Pak History or Journalism/sociology etc. Now, If 10 papers are compared and good marks are to be awarded, your material must be different and unique from others which is very difficult to achieve considering the nature of the subjects as most things and thoughts are common

Now, to eliminate this problem, Why not pick subjects that are RARELY chosen by aspirants? Suppose "X" is a subject which is the most less selected optional subject, If you pick that, you might score better comparatively than a subject which is taken by the masses and most of your ideas are not unique. In a subject which is chosen less, even If your material is not very good or extra ordinary, you can score better comparatively.

I don't know how to say it but I guess people will understand what im trying to say. This approach, however has its drawback. The checkers will have less papers to check which means they will read each and every word you have written while on other hand when there are A LOT of papers to check, im sure they are not very careful in checking (After all this is pakistan) and the checkers just want to complete their job ASAP lol.

Please comment - feel free to bash me up If you find this idea stupid, because I myself do but lol sometimes i think it's a good Idea. Dunno, confused

jawad hussain · #2 Sunday, April 03, 2011

i think you are right sir ji, but to some extent.first thing is that, no any part of an answer(in the answer paper) could be left unchecked by examiner.secondly i would like to know which are the subjects chosen rarely, as you say.

Usman Cheema · #3 Sunday, April 03, 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by mukt

Hello,

Considering CSS is a competitive exam I believe If one wants to achieve some good score he should get rid of the "competitive" somehow out of the exam. What I am thinking about might sound very odd to some people but I don't know If it will even work or not. Sounds very stupid to me too but I just thought I should share it

Since it's a competitive exam, consider 10 users attempting a very common optional subject taken by aspirants i.e Indo-Pak History or Journalism/sociology etc. Now, If 10 papers are compared and good marks are to be awarded, your material must be different and unique from others which is very difficult to achieve considering the nature of the subjects as most things and thoughts are common

Now, to eliminate this problem, Why not pick subjects that are RARELY chosen by aspirants? Suppose "X" is a subject which is the most less selected optional subject, If you pick that, you might score better comparatively than a subject which is taken by the masses and most of your ideas are not unique. In a subject which is chosen less, even If your material is not very good or extra ordinary, you can score better comparatively.

I don't know how to say it but I guess people will understand what im trying to say. This approach, however has its drawback. The checkers will have less papers to check which means they will read each and every word you have written while on other hand when there are A LOT of papers to check, im sure they are not very careful in checking (After all this is pakistan) and the checkers just want to complete their job ASAP lol.

Please comment - feel free to bash me up If you find this idea stupid, because I myself do but lol sometimes i think it's a good Idea. Dunno, confused

Hmmmm innovative idea but rejected, reasons as below:
1) If one takes out the competitive out of the exam according to you then the soul of the exam will be killed.
2) Unfortunately there are some scoring and some not scoring subjects so the subjects which are selected by most of the students are scoring thats why they are selected by a large number of aspirants. The point is that if you will pick up that subject which is low scoring then the ultimate purpose of scoring high will not be achieved even though the number of aspirants who have selected that particular subject may be very low.
3) Lastly, I really don't expect that checkers at this level are so stupid that they don't even read what a candidate has written so your this logic doesn't fit in at all.

Regards,

mukt · #4 Sunday, April 03, 2011

Just wondering, why (on what basis) does one give the attribute of high scoring or low scoring? As long as what you write is correct, should get marks. Or, how else are some subjects high scoring? isn't it dependent of aspirant mind as to what subject he picks more quickly or there's something else? Please elaborate

Fortune · #5 Sunday, April 03, 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by mukt

Hello,

Considering CSS is a competitive exam I believe If one wants to achieve some good score he should get rid of the "competitive" somehow out of the exam. What I am thinking about might sound very odd to some people but I don't know If it will even work or not. Sounds very stupid to me too but I just thought I should share it

Since it's a competitive exam, consider 10 users attempting a very common optional subject taken by aspirants i.e Indo-Pak History or Journalism/sociology etc. Now, If 10 papers are compared and good marks are to be awarded, your material must be different and unique from others which is very difficult to achieve considering the nature of the subjects as most things and thoughts are common

Now, to eliminate this problem, Why not pick subjects that are RARELY chosen by aspirants? Suppose "X" is a subject which is the most less selected optional subject, If you pick that, you might score better comparatively than a subject which is taken by the masses and most of your ideas are not unique. In a subject which is chosen less, even If your material is not very good or extra ordinary, you can score better comparatively.

I don't know how to say it but I guess people will understand what im trying to say. This approach, however has its drawback. The checkers will have less papers to check which means they will read each and every word you have written while on other hand when there are A LOT of papers to check, im sure they are not very careful in checking (After all this is pakistan) and the checkers just want to complete their job ASAP lol.

Please comment - feel free to bash me up If you find this idea stupid, because I myself do but lol sometimes i think it's a good Idea. Dunno, confused

Dear member! You have got this idea too late.This is generally believed that FPSC checks proportion of a subject opted for by candidates in a given year. If it exceeds to a prescribed ratio, checkers are asked to consider that paper for strict marking. Consider examples of Indo-Pak History 2009, 2010, Islamic History in 2010, Journalism in 2010, and History of USA in 2010. Candidates obtained exceptionally high marks in History of Islam in 2009 and when candidates turned their minds minds to it, FPSC's policy punished them brutally in 2010. Again History of USA was an ever green subject till 2010, but after fall of History of Islam, candidates turned their mind to opt for the History of USA which led to disastrous paper setting in 2011. Journalism is also a case in point. Hope you understand now.

Sikander-007 · #6 Sunday, April 03, 2011

@mukht

Quote:

Hello,

Considering CSS is a competitive exam I believe If one wants to achieve some good score he should get rid of the "competitive" somehow out of the exam. What I am thinking about might sound very odd to some people but I don't know If it will even work or not. Sounds very stupid to me too but I just thought I should share it

Since it's a competitive exam, consider 10 users attempting a very common optional subject taken by aspirants i.e Indo-Pak History or Journalism/sociology etc. Now, If 10 papers are compared and good marks are to be awarded, your material must be different and unique from others which is very difficult to achieve considering the nature of the subjects as most things and thoughts are common

Now, to eliminate this problem, Why not pick subjects that are RARELY chosen by aspirants? Suppose "X" is a subject which is the most less selected optional subject, If you pick that, you might score better comparatively than a subject which is taken by the masses and most of your ideas are not unique. In a subject which is chosen less, even If your material is not very good or extra ordinary, you can score better comparatively.

I don't know how to say it but I guess people will understand what im trying to say. This approach, however has its drawback. The checkers will have less papers to check which means they will read each and every word you have written while on other hand when there are A LOT of papers to check, im sure they are not very careful in checking (After all this is pakistan) and the checkers just want to complete their job ASAP lol.

Please comment - feel free to bash me up If you find this idea stupid, because I myself do but lol sometimes i think it's a good Idea. Dunno, confused

You have hit the nail on its head.But one has to understand that even if ten people read the same material even then their style of attempt will be entirely different.

CSS has to some degree a mix of cramming and critical thinking but good reproduction and answering skills entails practice and perfection.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

Regards.

Mehrankhan · #7 Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Sir i must say that the chance of scoring well in any subject of css is only dependent on what you have produced in your paper.. Like if u are very much knowledge bearer in current affairs but ur way of answering and the exact and focused answer is missing than u will never secure good result.. on the other hand if one subject is of ur least interest but u have written to the point answer,, you will prosper with good marks..

It is entirely on your output during paper..

but trends also play a bigger role.. if they select a subject for high scoring.. they will definitely give good marks .. provided u force them to..!!

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