meerut after the regional transport office made the mandatory written tests for a driving licence computerized the pass percentage of applicants on the maiden day of the new system dropped from earlier 90 to a dismal 34 while licence seekers blamed their poor results on the complex system as well as lack of sufficient time to answer the questions officials said its a matter of time before applicants get used to the computerized test out of the 61 applicants who took the written test on wednesday only 21 a mere 24 passed while the pass percentage earlier was over 90 there are a total of 16 questions and one minute has been given to candidates for each question out of these applicants have to answer nine questions correctly assistant regional transport officer ranjeet singh said the official maintained that the new system will streamline the process and long queues at the office will soon be a thing of the past under the new system there is no gathering of people outside the computer room and because everyone is given a serial number according to their application there is no fight in queues too however since everybody is not very comfortable with computers the pass percentage has dropped to 34 on the first day we have deployed a computer assistant who is helping the applicants with little or no computer knowledge singh added an amount of rs 4 lakh was earmarked to purchase 10 computers for the licence office so far the written tests for driving licence were conducted manually and had to be done on paper but with the advent of technology we have been told to purchase 10 computers to ensure that the manual tests are no more carried out and the concept of middlemen finishes completely the arto said it should be noted that in march this year the facility of applying for a learners driving licence was moved online this initiative will not only put an end to the long queues that the applicants had to stand in at the regional and transport office rto to apply for a learners licence but will also make the process even more transparent with online driving licence facility already in place the applicants are given a time slot and a date to come and appear for the objective test