Bhutan Civil Service Main Examination (General Category) case studies
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The Bhutan Civil Service Examination (BCSE) Main Examination is the second stage of the civil service selection process run by the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) of Bhutan. Candidates who clear the preliminary stage sit the Main Examination, which is organised around four equally weighted areas: General Knowledge, Dzongkha, English, and an Optional Subject. The Bhutan Civil Service Main Examination (General Category) case studies are 5 cases and about 2,108 words.
1The Gewog Irrigation Dispute at Harvest Time
A gewog extension officer in a dry southern gewog must allocate a limited irrigation channel across three villages during a two-week window before the paddy harvest. Upper village (42 households) has historically drawn water first; middle village (28 households) now reports that its fields dry out for three consecutive days each week; lower village (19 households) has already lodged a written complaint with the Dzongkhag.
445 words, about 2 min2Dzongkha Terminology in a Public Health Notice
A Dzongkhag health officer must issue a public notice in Dzongkha about a dengue outbreak within 24 hours. The draft was prepared quickly by a junior staff member and contains three problems: a borrowed English term ('vector control') left untranslated, a Dzongkha phrase that is technically correct but reads as archaic and formal, and a sentence that could be misread as blaming households for stagnant water.
415 words, about 2 min3Editing a Ministerial Speech Under Time Pressure
A junior English officer in a ministry is asked to edit a speech for a senior official to be delivered in 18 hours at a national youth forum. The draft is 1,400 words, written in dense bureaucratic English, and contains a factual claim that 'youth unemployment has halved since 2019' for which the officer can find no source.
418 words, about 2 min4Optional Subject: Field Data with a Convenient Gap
A graduate student in an optional-subject research methods course is analysing household survey data for a district study on remittance use. The dataset has 480 households, but 61 records are missing the income variable.
387 words, about 2 min5Allocating a Single Scholarship Slot
A dzongkhag scholarship committee has one fully funded slot for a year-long professional course and three shortlisted candidates. Candidate A scored highest on the written test but comes from the dzongkhag's most advantaged gewog and has family means to self-fund.
443 words, about 2 min