By Alex Guite
IMPHAL, October 28: The screening test for the post of assistant professor for colleges of Manipur conducted by the Manipur Public Service Commission drew several criticisms from several quarters.
Many lapses have been found in the question booklet in many subjects.
At the same time several candidates were heard complaining of the time given for their preparation considering that the test was supposed to be direct interview of the candidates who are NET qualified or P Hd holders and changed to the screening test just about a week ago.
The History question booklet had atleast one question repeated four times in Question No 138, 139, 144 and 145 which means that a candidate could loss eight marks in case he selected a wrong answer, which is bad especially considering the competitive world where one can lost out on a mere one mark margin.
Officials of the MPSC on being approached said that the candidates will get bonus marks for the repeated questions, which however is very unnatural and unbecoming of for the selection of such a post.
On inquiring with some candidates, it is learnt that certain lapses were also there in other subjects like Zoology.
The Zoology had questions which had all four options correct which means that selecting only one would mean incomplete answer, according to some candidates.