11,000 appear for CATE exam, some find it tough
Around 11,000 aspirants were subjected to a comprehensive literary examination as they today wrote Delhi University's common entrance test for entry to the popular English (honours) course through which 21 colleges will admit students. While, the examination conducted across 25 centres went out smoothly, some students felt the questions posed were a tougher than previous years. A little less than 11,000 students appeared for the test this year against the last year's figure of 9,000 and the examinees were competing for 1,000 seats in the University. Some students coming out of test centres said they found the analytical section of the paper a little hard, especially the essay section. They were asked to write on globalisation and its impact on culture. "Yes, the feedback which we got from some students was that they found the questions tougher. But what they call tougher was meant to test their backgrounding in literary and cultural areas," said Sumanyu Satpathy, Head...