Psychological Assessment of CSS Candidates 2007
Posted on November 23, 2007
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This post will give you an idea of the Psychological assessment test administered by FPSC at
My group
We were five members, two doctors, two already civil servants and one a government servant in some post office.
Day one (1)
On day one my dress code was trousers, shirt and black shoes. No need to worry a lot about it since dressing the way you use to dress for your office will work.
First of all, we were given different tasks measuring our abilities and personality. As soon as we reached the center, we were asked to submit or original documents for scrutiny along with a set of attested photocopies. Latter, we were returned with those document same day.
Having signed the attendance and submitting documents, we were taken to a class room sort of place where a sheet was placed as per our seat numbers. The sheet was carrying our data that we submitted while filling up but this form was more detailed. We were asked to review the sheet, make alterations if any and add some more details. The details were like where I was brought up till 16th year of my life and after 16 years? My schooling, type of school, medium of instruction, fees structure and how fees were financed? The other questions were related to my family date of birth of mother and father, job, the property with the family, annual income, number of brothers and sisters, their ages and occupations. Some details about blood relations who are in public services were required.
Apart from this the other questions in sheet were about our interests, publications, trainings, research, hobbies and interests, co-curricular activities and affiliations.
After that another form was given to us and in that form they had asked us to register some details about ourselves. The main details were:
1. Good and bad habits of parents both mother and father and their effect on us.
2. Our strengths and weaknesses and how they effect us.
3. Two books that we have read in past five years and we would like to recommend to our friends.
4. Our two wishes that we want to see coming true.
5. Two favorite living and renown personalities.
6. Issues on which youngster use to disagree with parents
7. Strengths and weaknesses of FPSC
8. Major events of 2007 and their real significance
9. Any decision that I had made and was made to revise and how I dealt it.
10. Major disappointments and how you coup with them
And so on….
After getting this sheet filled, we were administered a test. This test was there to make an estimate of our I.Q. The time for this test was 40 minutes and questions were numerous. The questions were related to simple mathematics (series, percentage etc) making relationship among words etc. Here you are with sample question (wording may vary):
This is a series with two sets, what is in middle of the greater one:
(1)Cup, (2) Ocean, (3) Jug, (4) Strait, (5)
So if we will see we will find to sets and bringing them in order will give this:
After that we were given a sheet carrying some 134 statement and you were to decide if they are true or false about you. Three options were given and we had to put cross on the option that suited us. We had to complete it in 30 minutes
Latter, we were given a test to gauge our problem solving skills. We were given six paragraphs and from each paragraph we were asked 4 question so total number of questions was 24 and time was 30 minutes. These problems were technical in nature and I am quoting an example for you:
In a company, when ever some one is promoted, he doesn’t use to get paid the salary according to new job till manager gets satisfied with the performance. After a satisfactory response by manger he is given the minimum of that salary scale provided he is not taking it already. If his new pay is less then or equal to the pay he was getting earlier, he ought to get the 10% increase in first week after 7th month.
Q1. Aslam is promoted to new scale; he was earning PKR10/hr and the minimum pay for the new scale is PKR 15/hr and maximum PKR 20/hr. What will be his pay after 7 months?
Such other questions were there.
My father is …………..
I am sorry……………..
If you are offered bribe…………….
I regret that………………….
I hesitate to admit that……………..
Above test was followed another one with statements about us and we were asked to mark them true, false or “?” incase we don’t find the proper answer. It was carrying negative statements like:
Are you afraid of darkness?
Do you feel shy to open up with a stranger and things like that!
I completed it in 6 minutes and it offered me to minutes to ponder over some technical statements.
One of the tests was writing stories after seeing pictures. Each candidate was given 4 pictures and 5 minutes each to write the story. I got the following pictures:
Picture no. 1: A lady was talking to a young man. She was sitting on bad and boy was facing her sitting on the chair. There was an open window and an old man was passing by.
Picture no. 2: A boy is sitting with his chin on knee seems like thinking something. He is sitting on door of a room that is dark inside and the door is open
Picture no. 3: Two man are sitting face to face one with his elbows over table, seemed as if discussing something and a young boy is standing seems like paying attention to what they are doing
Picture no. 4: A bald man with mustaches like Hitler, with his cuffs up and another man whose face is obscured is standing behind him
Day two (2)
On day two three tasks were given. Two group discussions, one in Urdu and one in English.
In Urdu we were given a topic, “Mulk ki maeesheat (economy) ki tasweer haqiqat pa mabni nahi ha”.
After that we were given command tasks. We were asked to study the task for 15 minutes and 8 minutes were for discussion and conclusion. The problems we were given are given as under:
1. I was an official on a committee of Ministry of Culture and sports. In order to renovate the museums we were to sale a sculpture. An Indian visiting
2. Cyclone has hit
3. Land revenue and few people are evading taxes plus the real ownership of the cultivated land is different from original. Now how to deal this situation?
4. Cases of abduction of girls were reported in posh area of
These were the problems that we discussed.
Last but not least….interview with psychologist, here you go:
We were called one by one. They psychologists asked me to tell something about me. They asked about my research. They asked about my family. They asked about my schooling. This was very short. The major time that they took was a discussion about the current situation of country with special reference to events related to Benazir’s come back. Moreover, she was interested in knowing about my views regarding General Musharraf.
In last, I would say, I have tried to put all the points from my memory and understanding. There might be some difference in your opinion but at least this write up will offer you the basic idea. Feel free to put forward your queries.
I wish you good luck!!!
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Thanks a million Dr. Farrukh! It’s indeed a great help knowing in advance what to expect. Just can’t thank you enough!
Hope your test went great and I pray your viva voce goes superb.
I must say, your blog is an invaluable resource for css aspirants.
Really admire your noble effort and wish you success.
Hopefully, we meet at CSA, Lahore…
Dearest Hassan,
I am glad that you stopped by and took sometime out of your schedule for reading my stuff. Thank you for admiring my small effort to facilitate the aspirants. I in fact need helping hands like your good self who can enlighten me in order to improve this. Please keep visiting this site and help me grow as a resource. I am planning few things and I will definitely need you as a friend and guide.
Keep coming back!
hi
where is answer to my queries?
@Adnan Khan:
Thank you very much Adnan for appreciating my blog moreover, thanks for wishing my luck for my interview. Yes my interview is on Nov 28, 2007.
Here you are with my replies to your queries:
Yes you can use markers in the written portion of CSS. I used them and in fact it will earn you few extra points as well so in your paper take blue and black markers. Don’t use red in any case.
About your time management issue, I am glad that you are thinking about it and in my point of view it’s really a key issue and to me a good time manager is a successful candidate since I have seen many individuals failing due to this time management thing. As you have asked, it shows you are intelligent enough to go smart. I will tell you my strategy of approaching the similar issues. According to you, the task in hand are:
1. Time for practice of composition.
2. Time for last remaining subject.
3. Time for revisions.
4. Time for reading newspaper.
5. Time for discussion with friends.
6. Time for reading magazines for essay, right?
Dear, you need to think critically and prioritize these issues. Keep your composition and subjects to read on high priority. Discussion at this stage will not offer you any helping hand so keep it at lowest. Newspaper must be your second priority, so stick with it and as for as magazines are concerned, I think newspaper is enough to give you material for essay paper provided you read it with enough concentration. During my preparation, I used to read newspaper for around 2-3 hours early in the morning, say you start at 8:00 am and read the news paper. By 10-11 am you will do away with it. Take a break and restart by analyzing the news. Here your practice of composition starts. Go ahead and write the newspaper review of important news items till 2:00 pm. So you are done with your three main tasks (i.e. Reading newspaper, getting material for essay and composition practice). Moreover, it will work as your notes. Now you are having two more task regarding subjects. Give first priority to your subject that you haven’t read in first place. Set a target and complete it. If you are planning to appear in 2008, start now and complete the last remaining subject by Dec 2007. If you will do it, you will be having 2 months and 15 days for revision. About discussion, rely on newspapers, BBC, CNN etc. To me in preparation for CSS written, company acts as negative factor (my personal point of view, you can disagree).
I had this strategy and I achieved my targets, I don’t know if it’s true for you as well. Any more queries, you are welcome.
If things went well, I am planning to start a service for aspirants to gain access to my notes online but I need to get hold of some money to do this activity.
I wish you good luck!
P.S. Adnan, in last I want to point one thing that in world of internet writing in all capitals is considered against manner it amounts to shouting and I know you don’t meant to shout at me so please avoid this in future. Thanks.
CSS 2007 written qualifiers Hassan Hote asked the following question:
“Please could you tell me if there were any shapes or figures questions
in the psychological test? e.g. what shape comes next etc… coz in
Peshawar there weren’t any of the sort.”
Here you are with my answer:
Hassan there were no such shapes given to us here at Karachi too. Moreover, thank you very much for visiting my blog and offering help. We really need friends like you. Keep coming back!
Thanks for the prompt reply Farrukh sahib.
@Hassan:
You are welcome!
dear Furrukh sahib
salam and appreciations for you effort here on the web.its really gr8
sir can you reproduce situational tests that you had in psych…i will be thankfull 2 u….what ever u can remember plz publish ….
thanks
Dear Dual personality,
Thanks for the appreciation. I want you to please describe to what do you mean when you say situational test only then I will be able to write about them.
yaar tell about medical tests
it is said that they make you strip naked to check your whole body and females are no exception
and this is an army style medical exam
whar r your comments
@BOSS KA BOSS:
Well I don’t know about females much but as for as I know they don’t do it with them. It is not that strict as they do in Army and yes they ask you to strip naked. What else you want to know???
Hawwww!!!
@Hassan:
What happened sir???
@ Farrukh
Oh nothing, sorry sir I was just being immature at ‘naked’…
@Hassan:
Well nothing wrong with it!!!
have you gone through the medical tests
if it is so tell me about the whole proceedure
regards
@Boss ka Boss:
I have gone through, the procedure is simple, they ask you to get your self test. The tests required will be specified in a letter they will send you after you qualify your written. The will specify the day on which you will have to appear before the board. Then they board will take reports from you, will test you for ear, eye, any hernia, hemorrhoids etc. Thats it!!! You don’t need to worry, if you have qualified, you might have already gone through it or scheduled already, if not concentrate on your written because written is the main hurdle and you need to cross it before going for medical exam.
Any more queries, do let me know. I wish you all the best!!!
What’s this last post trying to say…
@Hassan:
I was spam and I deleted that comment.
Ohh ok. Thanks!
Thanks Dear………………….
dear sir,
can hepatitis B inactive carriers go through the medical test for css? or he will be rejected in medical test?
@Faisal:
Yes they can be selected. Any further assistance, do let me now. Thanks for coming to this blog keep coming back!
Nice work Farrukh bhai. U r doing immense service to CSS candidates thr this blog. I think u must be cited as oracle as far as CSS is concerned. It will be highly appreciated if u help the candidates by ur hand written notes, especially of Compulsory subjects.Wish u gud luck and Godspeed.
@Jani Abro:
Thanks for visiting this blog and appreciating this small endeavor to such a great extent. I feel I do not deserve that much. Keep coming back!
hi iwana join it