[throwaway2203]

My friends who studied for the Pakistan Civil Service exam told me you can get questions like:

When did Gen Musharraf visit India on so-and-so trip?

A) Oct 10th 2004 B) Oct 8th 2004 ...

(I made the answers up, but I distinctly remember the days being 2 days apart)

[tdeck]

The Indian Railway exam has questions like this too. Here are some examples from previous years:

https://prepp.in/rrb-recruitment-exam/practice-papers

> 1. In Computers, what does ALU stand for?

> 5. BJP had won how many seats in the Lok Sabha election 2019?

> 20. In which of the following states of India is the Moatsu festival celebrated?

> 51. Who among the following was the first cricket player to win Arjun Award?

> 62. Which is the shortest part of small intestine?

I have heard that the only way to pass is to know someone who can give you the questions in advance.

[dxbydt]

> only way to pass is to know someone who can give you the questions in advance

RRB is remarkably transparent. You can download past papers going back two decades & study them. There are multiple youtube channels that solve all of these problems & tell you the strats explicitly. Current events & GK culture is a thing in India. Lots of common folk pride themselves on knowing the answers to these questions. I wouldn't consider this gatekeeping by any means.

[0cf8612b2e1e]

Is cheating rampant? I do not understand how a “test” like this can work where any irrelevant piece of trivia is fair game.