KAS Main 2012 over.
KPSC conducted gazetted probationers Main exam from Dec 15th 2012 to Jan 6th 2013. The exam started with compulsory Kannada and English on 15th of December and ended with Kannada Literature (Other literature subjects) optional subject on 6th of Jan 2013. Around 6800 people were qualified for main exam this year. I heard 400 people were absent for main exam. Best wishes to all those who wrote main exam this time. I also wrote main exam this year, my optional subjects were "Public Administration" and "Rural development & Co - Operation".
There is information from string reliable source that result will be announced by second week of Feb 2013, and there will be fresh notification for 267 posts by March 2013.
About the exam papers in this year main exam : General studies was lengthy paper, could not cover 600 marks, many attempted only for 500 marks. Public Administration was a general paper, even though people wrote answers for 550 to 600 marks it wont be scoring subject this year* (It is my opinion ) . Rural development & Co - Operation was bit difficult this year than last year. There were many questions which were unfamiliar. Data was asked in many cases (NSSO data about poverty ) and there was a question about misconduct in some GramaPanchayath in Dakshina Kannada district which most of the people did not know*, so we could say there were many questions from out of syllabus in "Rural development and Co - Operation this year" :) ..
People have to write about other optional subjects that they wrote. I will update the blog once I get info about other optional subjects.
i also wrote same optionals, as u said pub ad wil be very less scoring, rd had around 50 marks tough questions, so it was a flop to opt for dis combination disw tym, any approximate cutoff?
ReplyDeleteYes Pub ad & RD combination was not good this time .. No Idea about cutoff but it would be lesser than previous year cutoff .. All the best :)
Deletehi prasanna, i want to take some suggesion from you that i work in software company as team lead QA and i have much work presure some times and plesae can you tell is it will be good i take up full time study the whole year for KAS 2013 and also can you suggest me that i am from cat 3A candidate,if i dont get the seat in 3A cat after the interview then i will be eligible in GM cat right because i will be taking the exam in cat 3A...
ReplyDeleteAll the way you will be eligible for GM, and for the other point of you : suggestion is like A______e every body has one, you should decide dude. I also thinking your point to be honest from past 1 and half year:).
DeleteRespected sir, I have opted for Rural development and co-operation as my optional for the upcoming KAS exam 2015. Can you please suggest an effective strategy to maximize marks in this optional.Also kindly inform me about your references for this subject. I am studying this subject for the first time and would very much need your guidance to do well in the exams. Thanking in anticipation.
ReplyDeleteRegards,
Amit.