Spot on in last points . The academics are biased. Did masters from jnu .Don’t know much about beurecrats and army personnel.Academics of india from any colur of political spectrum live in their own self righteousness shell . They are too rigid to reflect on their own biases and stereotypes. For example
1,Many Asspirants are worried about their handwriting. Surprisingly there sre many toppers with poor hand writing . But ,ones a senior professor from jnu ,told me about the test copies of jnu subjective entrance exam . She said we didn’t even use to read copies with bad hand writing just give poor marks . Whatever upsc does to keep process fair this attitude is what determines our marks .
2 .Ideological biases .Every thinking human being have some ideological tilt . In humanities subject if the professor evaluating your copies ,don’t agree with your ideas . For sure your getting less marks . There are always exceptions but this is the rule. Think of the IR questions or questions on impact of LPG .
