Should CSAT be removed due to unscrupulous demand?

It extremely saddens me to see the news of the Govt. urging the UPSC to postpone the most coveted examination of the country – UPSE (Union Public Services Examination), conducted for recruitment to All India Services (IAS, IPS, IFoS), other Union Services.

Since I have been in this field for quite sometime, I would like to analyse the demands raised by a section of UPSE aspirants –

Firstly, for the people who are not aware of the scheme of exams: UPSC’s Preliminary Examination consists of 2 sections:

1.     Section A: 200 marks (General Studies, which involves History, Geography, Economy, Ecology & Environment, General Science, Polity and Current Affairs)

2.     Section B: CSAT (Aptitude Test) which has Reading Comprehension, Logical Reasoning, General Mental Ability, Decision Making)

Now coming to the main discussion-

Sr. No.	Contention of the Students demanding removal of CSAT	Counter Argument
1.	It is filtering out students from Hindi and Regional Language Background, ie., Less no. of Hindi Language and Regional Language Students are passing the exam	This Argument has been supported with statistics projecting that the number and percentage of students passing the UPSE from Hindi Language Background has actually reduced. However, only a part of the Statistics is being projected. The number of students appearing for UPSE with Hindi Medium of Instructions is also reducing. (Plus the number of students schooling with English Language Instructions is drastically increasing as compared to the students schooling with Hindi Language Instructions. So, the number is bound to decrease) As per 63rd UPSC Annual Report 2014 (Page 104), only 1950 of 12,200 students have appeared for the MAINS Examination (General Studies Papers) of 2012 in Hindi Language. That means only 16% students have appeared in Hindi Instructions. Out of the total candidates passed 13-15% belong to students of Hindi Medium. Further, a lot of students from Hindi Language Background are also appearing in English since they find the level of difficulty of Hindi Language in General Studies too high. So this ground for cancellation of CSAT seems to be out of order.
2.	Translations into Hindi Passages are wrongly provided	This is the main topic which should gain attention that it deserves. Many of the Questions are translated using software Programs, due to which the students from Hindi Language Background are suffering. The seriousness of this topic should be recognized at the earliest and appropriate measures should be taken at the earliest. By making unscrupulous demands (of removing CSAT), they are actually neglecting this important matter.
3.	Only Engineers / Doctors are passing	This argument is also baseless. The questions asked in Prelims Examination (General Studies or CSAT) is of Class X (10th) Level. Till Class 10th, no one is an engineer or doctor. Questions are based on Time- Distance-Speed, Area and Volume, Profit and Loss, etc. The questions are not at all based on Engineering Mathematics involing Trigonometry, Calculus etc. Plus Reading Comprehensions and Logical Reasoning help in understanding if the candidate is actually able to gauge the strong and weak arguments. The most important and beautiful part of entire Civil Services Exam is the Decision Making Questions which test the character of an individual. (Hindi Translations are provided) All this is not Engineering or Doctor Stuff. In fact Engineers and Doctors are from Non Humanity background and they work hard to brush up all the concepts and appear for the exam. If they can brush up their General Studies, People with Humanities Background should also brush up their Class X level Mathematics. In the end, UPSE is a complete package.
4.	CSAT is making the exam more clerical	If this argument holds true, UPSC should provide Calculators at the exam hall. Aptitude and Clerical are at extreme opposites. Aptitude is being able to know what is rational and logical (which is being tested by the current CSAT exam). This is one of the most important aspect of any Civil Servant.
5.	The students who have cleared the exams are not worthy of passing	I think only UPSC has the authority to decide if the candidate is worthy of passing. Such statements should be avoided

Above of all,
Can you think of any exam where the students 'demand' a particular format for Exam? Since when have we (students) become so irrational? 

If you find rationality in the counter arguments, I request you to please sign up our petition to the Prime Minister and the Government to not listen to such unscrupulous demands raised by the students –

http://www.change.org/en-IN/petitions/pm-shri-narendra-modiji-please-do-not-change-the-upsc-civil-services-exam

Also, Please help me spread the word. Please share this article. Thanks.

Regards,

UPSE Aspirant.

(P.S.: I know people might have different views, I request you to please propose your disagreements in non-filthy and non-derogatory manner. Thanks.)