Editor,
I wish to highlight the concerns faced by physics aspirants in the PGT written examination held on 11 February, 2025.
The examination followed a question-cum-answer booklet pattern, but the arrangement of pages was not appropriate for a subject like physics. Several lengthy questions that required derivations and calculations were provided with only one page, while some short questions had two or three pages. Physics answers often require step-by-step derivations, diagrams, and numerical workings, making adequate space essential.
Many candidates also felt that the physics question paper was significantly tougher compared to other subjects. As seen in previous recruitments, 3-4 physics posts often remain vacant because candidates fail to qualify the written examination.
A similar pattern is observed where, to our knowledge, no candidate has qualified with physics as an optional subject in state civil service examinations. Excessive difficulty and improper answer-space arrangement may be contributing factors.
While the past examinations cannot be changed, it is important that such issues do not recur in future examinations, so that physics aspirants are not placed at a disadvantage.
Aspirants