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UPSC IAS PRELIMS 2022 EXAM ANALYSIS (5 JUNE 2022)
IAS (UPSC CSE) Prelims, popularly known as UPSC Prelims 2022, was conducted on June 5, 2022. The UPSC Prelims 2022 exam was conducted in two shifts for the two papers. The GS Paper 1 was held between 09:30 AM-11:30 AM and includes 100 questions in total. Whereas, the GS Paper 2 (CSAT) is conducted from 02:30 PM - 04:30 PM and comprised 80 questions.Let us have a look at the individual sections and the type of questions asked in the exam. This analysis will help all the candidates who have appeared in the exam or all those aspirants who are going to appear for the exam in the future.
Subject-wise Analysis
General Studies Paper I
Here is the topic-wise weightage of the UPSC Prelims Exam 2022. Check the number of questions asked and difficulty level in the UPSC Prelims Paper I :
1. Most of the questions asked were from Polity, Environment and Ecology, and Economics.
2. Questions asked were also based on the government Apps for citizen welfare.
3. Questions on environmental policies were also asked under Environment & Ecology.
| Subject | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
Environment & Ecology (Including respective Current Affairs) | 17 | Moderate |
Indian Polity and Governance | 13 | Moderate - Difficult |
India and World Geography | 12 | Medium |
General Science and S&T (Including Current Development) | 14 | Moderate |
Economics | 17 | Moderate - Difficult |
Ancient History | 1 | Difficult |
Art & Culture | 7 | Difficult |
Medieval History | 4 | Moderate - Difficult |
Modern History | 4 | Moderate |
International Relations | 11 | Moderate |
CSAT Paper II
As per the candidates who appeared in the UPSC IAS 2022 CSAT paper, the paper was moderate and time consuming. Check the difficulty level in the UPSC Prelims Paper II :
| Sr | Subjects | Difficulty Level |
1. | Mental Ability, Analytical & Logical Reasoning | Moderate to Difficult |
2. | Arithmetics | Moderate to Difficult |
3. | Comprehension; Interpersonal skills including communication skills | Easy to Moderate |
5. | Basic numeracy | Easy to Moderate |
6. | Data interpretation | Easy to Moderate |
UPSC IAS PRELIMS 2021 EXAM ANALYSIS (10 October 2021)
IAS (UPSC CSE) Prelims, popularly known as UPSC Prelims 2021, was conducted on October 10, 2021. The UPSC IAS Prelims 2021 exam was conducted in two shifts for the two papers- from 9:30AM - 11:30 AM and 2:30PM - 4:30 PM. According to the candidates who appeared for the exam and the expert analysts, the Prelims GS Paper 1 was easy to moderate in difficulty. All the sections had questions from varying difficulty levels.
PAPER I GENERAL STUDIES
The General Studies paper mostly consisted of questions from Polity. The questions were straightforward. The questions at the end of the paper were easy to attempt. Here's the overview of the paper:
| Sr. No. | Topics | No. of Questions |
| 1. | Art and Culture | 4 |
| 2. | Ancient History | 4 |
| 3. | Medieval History | 3 |
| 4. | Modern India | 9 |
| 5. | Post Independence | 2 |
| 6. | World/Physical Geography | 3 |
| 7. | Indian Geography | 5 |
| 8. | Science and Technology (Biotechnology) | 3 |
| 9. | Biology | 6 |
| 10. | Physics | 2 |
| 11. | Chemistry | 5 |
| 12. | Ecology and Environment | 13 |
| 13. | Economy | 15 |
| 14. | Agriculture | 4 |
| 15. | Current affairs | 3 |
| 16. | General Knowledge | 3 |
| 17. | Indian Polity | 16 |
| TOTAL | 100 | |
MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS
1. The questions from the field of sports were asked more for the first time. (For exp, ICC World Test Championship, Summer Olympics 2020, etc.)
2. Economy questions were based on current trending topics like: RBI, Recession, Urban Cooperative Banks, Black Money, etc.
3. Fair number of questions were asked based on conceptual logic and were analytical.
4. History questions included mostly Art & Culture.
PAPER II CIVIL SERVICES APTITUDE TEST
The detailed distribution of questions from various topics in the CSAT exam 2021 was as follows. This section is qualifying in nature.
| Sr. No. | Subjects | Number of Questions |
| 1. | Logical & Analytical Reasoning | 15 |
| 2. | Basic Numeracy & Maths | 35 |
| 3. | Data Interpretation | 1 |
| 4. | Reading Comprehension | 27 |
| 5. | Visual Reasoning | 2 |
| TOTAL | 80 | |
UPSC IAS PRELIMS 2021 EXAM OVERVIEW
The UPSC IAS Prelims is the first stage of the prestigious Civil Services Examination. General Studies and CSAT are the two papers that make up the exam. The Civil Services Aptitude Test, or CSAT, is a qualifying exam. To qualify for the UPSC Mains Exam, candidates must obtain more than 33% or 66 points on the CSAT paper.
1. The Prelims cut off marks is based on the score on the General Studies paper- paper 1.
2. UPSC Prelims GS paper includes questions from a variety of areas, including history, politics, geography, economics, the environment, current events, and so on.
UPSC IAS PRELIMS 2020 EXAM ANALYSIS (4 October)
UPSC conducted the Preliminary Examination for Indian Administrative Service through Civil Services Preliminary Examination on 4th October 2020.
PAPER I GENERAL STUDIES
The General Studies paper consists of questions across topics like Current Affairs, Polity, History, etc. The maximum weightage was Geography. Mixed/overlapping questions were asked more. Overall, the General Studies Paper was Moderate to Difficult.
| Topic | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Current events of national and international importance | 13 | Moderate to Difficult |
| History of India and the Indian National Movement | 16 | Moderate to Difficult |
| Indian and World Geography | 19 | Moderate to Difficult |
| Indian Polity and Governance | 15 | Easy to Moderate |
| Indian Economy | 13 | Easy to Moderate |
| Environment | 6 | Moderate to Difficult |
| General Science and Tech | 6 | Moderate to Difficult |
| Art and Culture | 5 | Moderate to Difficult |
| International Relations | 2 | Easy to Moderate |
| Miscellaneous | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
PAPER II CIVIL SERVICES APTITUDE TEST
CSAT paper is qualifying in nature, i.e. it is mandatory to score 33% marks in this paper. The score of this paper does not decide your merit ranking. Maximum Weightage was given to Comprehension & Basic Numeracy. Overall, CSAT paper was moderate.
| Topic | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Comprehension | 28 | Moderate |
| Visual Reasoning | 0 | Moderate |
| Logical reasoning and analytical ability | 15 | Easy to Moderate |
| Decision-making and problem-solving | 0-3 | Easy to Moderate |
| Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency, etc. from Class X level) | 1 | Easy |
| Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, etc. from Class X level) | 35 | Easy |
OVERALL ANALYSIS
| Name of Test | Difficulty Level | Good Attempts |
| PAPER - I GENERAL STUDIES | Moderate to Difficult | 65-70 |
| PAPER - II CIVIL SERVICES APTITUDE TEST | Moderate | (33 % Marks Required) |
MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS
1. Paper -I Key subjects were Geography & History.
2. Paper -II Key subjects were Comprehension & Logical reasoning and analytical ability
3. Current affairs questions were lower, as compared to previous years.
4. Paper-II of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination is a qualifying paper with minimum qualifying marks fixed at 33%.
5. Overall, the difficulty level of Preliminary Examination of Indian Administrative Examination is Moderate to Difficult.
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