The prestigious Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) examination,which began on September 14,may come under scanner following allegations made by some candidates who appeared for accounting and finance Paper-1 exam on September 15. The candidates who had opted for accounting and finance,alleged that there were three mistakes in question one,which was compulsory and carries 20 marks. Some candidates who appeared in exam on September 15 (evening session) alleged that the part (a) of the question mentioned a figure of 8,00,000,which should have been 80,000. The staff present in the hall corrected the mistake more than 30 minutes after the exam began. After about another hour,a subject expert was called in and he corrected another mistake in the particulars of the same question, the candidates said. The closing stock printed in the question,the expert said,should be read as opening stock. It was a crucial point and due to this the very base of the question was changed, the students alleged,adding the repeated changes and mistakes led to wastage of time and a number of them could not write the correct answer of the compulsory question. We expressed our resentment in the hall but no one listened to us, they said,adding that there was yet another mistake in the same question,which was not corrected by the experts. Secretary,examination,PPSC,APS Virk could not be contacted despite repeated attempts.
