Gender-biased question in BCS exam

Gender-biased question in BCS exam

I have had a chance to browse the English first paper question of the 34th BCS exam. Regrettably, the language of the question paper was found to be gender-biased. The first question that requires the examinees to translate a Bangla passage into English begins as: “Man is liable to troubles from which society cannot save him...” The passage is exclusionary in nature as it is full of masculine pronouns such as 'he', 'him' and 'his'. The other questions have also the same condition. It therefore, directly or indirectly, negates the existence of women as human beings. Ideally in an examination questions should be framed in such a way that examinees' knowledge can be truly assessed and they can learn from the inputs presented therein. Gender-biased language puts learners/ examinees into confusion and also affects the image of the highest recruiting agency of the government itself.  
Hamida Banu
Ganderia, Dhaka