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Art of question paper leaks

(Following is based upon a real discussion which I had today morning)

As I was making efforts to keep myself afloat in the swimming pool, I overheard some conversations -

"Puraa paper pataa hota hai, wo to humein mil hi jaata hai ... tab bhi hum nahi padhte hain" ... and so on

The guy who did bulk of talking looked around 15 years old and seemed like quite a spoilt brat.

I chipped in with some expert comments and questions -

"Which board?"

"Kisi bhi board ka"

After a minute of chat I gathered that he had just given Class 10 exams in ICSE board and was planning to take science stream(PCM), and he studied in a school (say SKP). He had earlier managed to do the same at his previous school (say CRK).

Inquisitively, I tried to gather more information on how he manages to get the paper

"Bus kuch nahi, security guard ko paise do. 8th, 10th, 12th ke papers. Wo ek extra copy karaa leta hai. ICSE ke paper out karna sabse easy hai. Koi seal nahi hoti"

"Waise to CBSE and ..."

"Haan CBSE aur Chattisgarh board ke bhi paper milte hai na. But uska doosra tarika hai."

"Kaise?"

"Printing press mein mil jaate hain. Wo kya hai na ... usme seal lagi rehti hai so paper nikaal nahi sakte ... ICSE mein seal nahi hoti. Ye sirf Bhilai aur Durg mein hota hai. Waise milne ko to IIT ka bhi paper mil jaata hai. Lekin uske liye 25 - 50 hazaar maangta hai. "

(Half a minute of silence)

Waise aap kya kar rahe ho"

(I tell 2 lines about myself)

"Haan ek baar MBA kar lo to life mast ho jaati hai ... Meri mummy kehti hai ki tu dukaan mein baithta hai, tu to aadha MBA ho hi gaya hai. Bus ek degree ki kami hai. Kaafi to aata hi hai humein dukaan mein baith kar "

"Kaun si dukaan hai aapki ?"

"Saree ki dukaan hai hamaari. yahin pass mein hai. XYZ Sarees."

Again the boasting continues ...

"Main 10th board ke pehle roj Bhilai jaakar paper laaya hoon ... Har ek paper. Meri sister ke bhi saare papers jugaade the maine"

....

....

For a moment, I felt like an idiot having slogged so many years ... and the next moment I was inside the water, continuing to make efforts to prevent myself from drowning, after such a heavy dose!
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  2. Nefariousoutlook1:35 PM, April 23, 2008

    hahaha....well i guess we slogged it out for no reason!!!!

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  3. Macadamia The Nut6:59 PM, April 24, 2008

    Disgusting! This is the only thing I hate about our country... greased palms shaking hands with lack of integrity!

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  4. Nova3:59 PM, May 04, 2008

    Such a sad state of affairs!!!! :(((

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  5. Reema8:47 PM, May 12, 2008

    We spend most of the time in our life staring at blackboards...and some time later white boards....Just few days back I came to know of an organised "crime" of supplying question paper solutions to candidates in engineering semester exams spread over whole of Bhilai

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  6. Nikesh Rathi2:51 PM, June 05, 2008

    @ Reema -

    From that intellectual and knowledgeable discussion I had, it seems Bhilai is a big center for buying question papers!

    Totally off the track ->

    These question papers suppliers shouldn't define their business as "supplying question papers". Rather they could position themselves in service sector of the economy and be "End to End Admissions solution provider"

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