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"What is RDX?" "What does BCAS stand for?" <br>Twenty-four security officials hired at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport could not answer these questions and failed the aviation sector (AvSec) test conducted by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) for Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) officials. <br>One of those who failed to clear the test was the chief security officer responsible for security at the airport. <br>Only two managed to pass the test, the results of which were announced last week.<br>         Security officials at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport failed a mandatory test<br>According to BCAS, this is a basic test necessary for every security official deployed at the airport. <br>The AvSec test of the 26 DIAL officials was held on January 17 and the staff had attended classes before sitting it.<br>A BCAS official said that due to a shortage of qualified staff, the agency is forced to deploy failed staff on airport duty. <br>"Not just DIAL officials, there are other senior officials, including DIGs and assistant commandants of CISF, who have also not cleared the exam but continue to head security at airports," the official added, requesting anonymity.<br>"This is the easiest test mandatory for security personnel posted at airports. If the staff is unable to answer such easy questions even after taking proper classes by trained instructors, then the aviation industry is not the place for them. In recent tests taken by DIAL staff, almost 95% examinees have failed. It shows the seriousness of the agency towards the test," a senior official in the Ministry of Civil Aviation told Mail Today. <br>According to BCAS, apart from DIAL, officials of many other airlines are also unable to answer basic questions related to the aviation sector.<br><br>In a separate test held for  [https://justpaste.it/6bbgb https://justpaste.it/6bbgb] Air India officials, two managers had failed to clear the test. <br>Meanwhile, DIAL is trying to do damage control following the poor performance of its staff. <br>"All candidates in the list have appeared for the test through GMR Aviation Academy (AA) which is the aviation training arm of the GMR group. Candidates having rank of security assistant are ‘Trainees' from DIAL. The said chief security officer is not a DIAL employee," a DIAL spokesperson told Mail Today. <br>DIAL has also questioned the veracity of the test result issued by the BCAS. <br>