Hyderabad, October 02: The qualifying mark in the Learner’s Licence test has been reduced by the transport department officials in consideration of ambiguity to answers in the existing question bank.
Officials said that out of 20 questions, the applicant is expected to clear 12 questions to get himself qualified for the next level. Till now a candidate had to answer 16 questions correctly or score 80 per cent to be eligible for the next round.
The decision which was implemented from the last couple of days has brought great relief to applicants. Ever since the pass percentage of LLR was increased, applicants had found it difficult to crack the exam. It also gave scope for alleged corrupt practices including impersonation during the exam. It should be noted frequent reports of impersonation have been heard and in some cases in alleged collusion with transport officials.
Speaking to Expresso, transport commissioner L Premachandra Reddy said this will be only a temporary measure. “In the existing question bank, there has been ambiguity in answers to some of the questions. This has put applicants in disadvantage in the past. So a decision was taken to improve the quality of the question bank by making sure the mistakes were addressed. The new question bank will be ready in couple of months,’’ Premachandra Reddy said. Besides, officials have decided to make changes in the syllabus by making exam questions more specific to Motor Vehicle rules, especially about signals and sign boards. Few subjects which were formerly a part of the syllabus will be removed. It is learnt that questions on subjects like HIV/AIDS and technical aspects in the Motor Vehicle Act shall not be asked henceforth.
Model questions for the test have been uploaded in the transport department website. Candidates can prepare for the exam using these questions. “Once the new question bank is prepared, the pass percentage will return to getting 16 questions answered correctly. It is always better to have a higher pass mark,’’ Premachandra Reddy added.
The much-hyped group LLR test proposed earlier could not take off since there were chances of impersonation. Officials realised it after it was inaugurated by the then transport minister Kanna Lakshminarayana. Subsequently, they made no serious effort to address loopholes and the whole infrastructure created in the Regional Transport Authority (RTA) at Khairatabad turned out to be futile.
–Agencies