"44th Question in Korean 'Language and Media' is Ambiguous"… Total 120 Objections Filed for CSAT

Subjects with the Most Objections: Social Studies Inquiry

On the morning of the 14th, when the 2025 College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) was held, examinees were preparing for the exam at the testing site set up at Banpo High School in Seocho-gu, Seoul. Photo by Yonhap News

A total of 120 posts were made on the 2025 College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) objection board.

As of 9 p.m. on the 15th, the number of objections were 23 for Korean, 5 for Mathematics, 30 for English, 0 for Korean History, 55 for Social Studies, 6 for Science, 1 for Vocational Studies, and 0 for Second Foreign Language/Chinese Characters.

In the case of Korean, 11 objections were related to questions 42, 43, and 44 of 'Language and Media.' In particular, many posts pointed out question 44, which showed two pamphlets produced by the student council as the reading material.

2025 College Scholastic Ability Test Korean Language Section ‘Language and Media’ Question 44. Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation

The correct answer for question 44, which asks to choose the wrong answer, is number 1: 'It shows the procedure for each event through a flowchart.' Regarding this, Mr. Kim said, "The event times are also shown, and arrows are marked in chronological order, so I wonder why this is not the correct answer. The question is too ambiguous." Mr. Lee also filed an objection, saying, "I don't know the exact reason why number 1 is the correct answer. Isn't it well expressed as a flowchart? If arrows do not represent a flowchart, then what do they represent?"

Most objections in English were related to the listening test. Mr. Lee, who took the exam at Beomeo High School in Yangsan, Gyeongnam, said, "From the first question of the English listening test, the speaker volume was very low, and the voice sounded muffled as if underwater." He added, "Also, there was a static noise throughout all the English listening questions, so I couldn't listen properly, got the questions wrong, and my grade changed, causing me to miss the minimum requirement." Posts also reported poor sound quality issues at Sannam High School in Cheongju, Chungbuk, and Seongan High School in Ansan, Gyeonggi-do.

The subject with the most objections was Social Studies. In particular, the subjects of Life and Ethics and Society and Culture had 18 and 14 objection posts, respectively. In Life and Ethics, five posts pointed out errors in question 18. For Society and Culture, a total of 12 objection posts were made regarding questions 4 and 9.