Telangana: Nearly 50 per cent skip Group-III recruitment exam

A total of 536400 candidates registered for the examination, 76.4 per cent downloaded hall tickets and 269483 (50.24 per cent) candidates took the paper- III examination that was conducted on Monday.

Hyderabad: Nearly 50 per cent candidates skipped the Group – III services recruitment examination conducted across the State on Sunday and Monday.

A total of 536400 candidates registered for the examination, 76.4 per cent downloaded hall tickets and 269483 (50.24 per cent) candidates took the paper- III examination that was conducted on Monday.

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The paper – III Economy and Development examination was held in 1401 centres across the State. Questions on the HYDRAA, farm loan waiver, Gruha Jyothi, skill university and Indiramma housing scheme were asked in the paper – III.

According to students who appeared for the test, majority questions were covered from the union and Telangana government budgets, national economic survey, Telangana socio-economic outlook, Census 2011 and national family health survey.

Most questions were data based with some questions that were asked from the data dating back to 2004 and 2011, said Sharath, an aspirant. Overall, the exam was moderate on difficulty levels, he added.