Imphal, October 03: Close on the heels of detecting irregularities in conduct of the MPSC pertaining to alleged lapses in Manipuri and Chemistry papers in the recently held Civil Services Examination 2006, the Democratic Students' Alliance of Manipur (DESAM) has questioned the competence of MPSC authorities by picking out multitude of flaws in Physics Paper I & II of the same exam.

The defects in Physics papers apparently stems out from the fact that MPSC authorities did not follow any strict guidelines for selection of competent question setters of the subject, contended the student body and fumed that the lapses are full of 'fundamentally wrong and nonsense questions' some of which are beyond the purview of Physics syllabus.

While detailing the flaw filled questions in a five paged statement, DESAM desired that the Governor and State Government process for investigating lapses of the MPSC as the matter concerns not only public interest but also recruitment of the highest civilian officers of the State.

It is strongly felt that the lapses in the two Physics papers are extremely serious warranting re-examination of the said papers otherwise injustice would certainly be done to those candidates opting for the subject as they would be disadvantaged in competing with their peers who had opted for other subjects, expressed the statement.

While cautioning authorities concerned in case of inaction on the matter, DESAM also opined that question setters of both papers are bereft of proper knowledge in Modern Physics particularly in the areas of Quantum Mechanics, Atomic Physics, Solid State Physics, Nuclear and Particle Physics.

Nothing can be more serious that the fact that about half of the questions in the said papers are fundamentally wrong or out of context of the syllabus, decried the student body.

The wrongs highlighted by DESAM covers respectively second parts of Questions 1(a)/(b), Q 2(b)/(c), Q 5(b) and Q 7(b) in Paper-I whereas mistakes in Paper-II are said to be in second parts of Q1 (a), Q 2(b)/(c), Q 3 (b)/(d-i), Q 5 (c-i&ii), Q 6(b)/(c), Q 7 (c) and c-iii).

Besides the said defects in Paper II which bear a total mark of about 130 marks, there are other questions that are very fuzzy and lack objectivity, maintained the student body while reiterating its demand for appropriate measures.

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