Stating that the difficulty level was very high in the questions asked in the Group-II prelims (Screening Test) conducted by Andhra Pradesh State Service Commission (APSSC) on February 25 (Sunday), leaders of the AP Unemployed Joint Action Committee (JAC) have urged the government to direct the Commission to consider selection of candidates for the Mains examination in 1:100 ratio, instead of 1:50 ratio.
In a letter addressed to Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, the JAC State president S. Hemanth Kumar said 4,04,037 candidates wrote the test for the 899 posts available in Group-II services. He said the question papers were lengthy, and the addition of new components like “Indian Society” in the syllabus and non-availability of standardised books on the subject added to the woes of candidates preparing for the exam.
The questions given under ‘Mental Ability’, ‘Reasoning’ and ‘Arithmetic’ segments were complex and took almost five minutes to arrive at an answer, he said, reiterating his appeal to take up candidate selection in 1:100 ratio. He said in the 2019 elections, nearly 1.2 crore family members of the 40-lakh unemployed youth in the State voted Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s YSR Congress Party to power, as they believed in his promise to address the unemployment problem in the State.
