UPSC Exam/ CSAT Syllabus The main IAS reason behind introduction of these questions is that the 21st

century challenges before the bureaucracy is much different from PCS CSAT paper 2 Syllabus Paper II(200 marks) Duration: Two hours the last century. This shift has brought about a greater emphasis on theUP 'aptitude' of candidates than their subject knowledge ea.

It Comprehension Paper II (200 Marks) Duration: is argued that specialists or experts in any particular subject might not necessarily be good civil servants. As a Two result, hours we now have CSAT which Interpersonal skills including communication skills; knowledge Comprehension is more inclined towards assessing ones aptitude than the subject alone. The Logical reasoning and analytical ability Interpersonal skills including communication basic phases of a decision making processes are: Decision making and problem solving skills 1) Generate criteria for and develop alternative solutions. General mental ability 2) Evaluate the alternative solutions, and choose from among them. Logical reasoning and analytical ability Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of 3) Plan, implement, monitor, and evaluate the selected alternative(s). Decision making and problem solving magnitude etc.) (Class X level), Data interpretation 4) Determine if tables, the problem exists, and decide on (charts, graphs, data still sufficiency etc.Class X future action. General mental ability Decision making questions, though do not have negative marking but can to be very scoring with proper prove Elementary mathematics up to practice. class X levellevel) questions for practice: Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry and statistics Some English Language Comprehension skills (Class X 1. A group of people have jammed the National Highway protesting against the killing of a boy byto a speeding General English up class X truck levelin a district town. The level). people are demanding immediate arrest of the truck driver who is absconding after the incident and payment of a huge compensation to the General Hindi up to class X level Questions relating to English Language victims family. skills The DM the district should Comprehension of of Class X level will be tested a) Talk passages to the Chief Secretary on language as to how fast the government can pay the compensation. through from English only without b) Talk toHindi the Superintendent of Police how fast he paper. can arrest the absconding driver. providing translation thereof inon the question
c) Make a personal visit to the place and offer assurance to the people that appropriate action would be taken in due course of time. d) Order the SP to get the National Highway cleared immediately. 2. A senior govt. official has called an yearly review meeting of the field level functionaries. A junior officer has decided to bring to the notice of senior officer, the difficulty, the field level officials are facing. He should: a) Bring into notice some of the genuine difficulties the field level functionaries are facing while discharging their duties. b) Tell that it is very difficult to work in the field because in field one has to show result. c) Say that senior officers should frequently visit the field to experience the difficulties. d) Request that field level functions deserve better facilities and resources. 3. A Senior Minister during the course of his visit of the district has instructed you to send him a proposal for suspension of two of your subordinate officers. As a senior Civil Servant, you will: a) Immediately send the proposal and in turn the Minister will praise your action. b) Ask for the explanations of your subordinates and will send along with your own comments. c) Strongly oppose the direction of Minister and take up the matter with Chief Secretary of the state. d) Ask the two subordinates to make a 'pairvi' and watch the outcome.
4. MPs/MLAs are public representatives and they should be treated with courtesy and respect when they visit govt. offices. A district level official has to make this point understood to his subordinates. He will: a) Explain the repercussions of not treating MPs/MLAs well and warn his workforce for severe consequences. b) Tell clearly that there is no option but to extend courtesy and failure will be seriously viewed. c) Make them clear that in democratic setup, people are sovereign and their representatives occupy some special position and hence deserve respect. d) Govt. has issued instructions that MPs/MLAs should be respected and treated well.

PROBLEM SOLVING AND DECISION MAKING

1. Assume that you are busy in a meeting with your senior officers. During the meeting, your immediate boss

is asked about the progress of some work whose answer he doesnt have. He was supposed to do that work but he had forgotten it due to some reason. He puts the whole blame on you in order to avoid his embarrassment and scolds you in front of all in the meeting. What will be your reaction in such situation? Choose the best option: (a) Will remain quiet at that point of time but will express your apposition later when alone. (b) Will Express your apposition openly in front of all (c) Will give your explanation politely but firmly in front of all but will not blame him directly. (d) Will leave the meeting quietly without saying anything for expressing your anger on false blame. 2. You have differences of the opinion regarding the final report prepared by your subordinate that is to be submitted urgently. The subordinate is justifying the information given in the report. You would a. Convince the subordinate that he is wrong b. Tell him to reconsider the results c. Revise the report on your own d. Tell him not to justify the mistake 3. You are competing with your batch-mate for the prestigious award to be decided based on an oral presentation. You have been asked by the committee to finish on time. Your friend however, is allowed more than the stipulated time period. a) Lodge a complaint to chairperson against the discrimination. b) Not listen to any justification from the committee c) Ask for withdrawal of your name d) Protest and leave the place 4. You are handling a time bound project. During the project review meeting, you find that project is likely to get delayed due to lack of cooperation of the team members. You would, a. Warn the team members for their non-cooperation b. Look into the reasons for non-cooperation c. Ask for the replacement of the team members d. Ask for the extension of time citing reasons 5. You are a chairperson of a state sports committee. You have received a complaint and later it was found that an athlete in junior age category who has won a medal has crossed the age criteria by 5 days. You would a. Ask the screening committee for a clarification b. Ask the athlete to return the medal c. Ask the athlete to get an affidavit from the court declaring his/her age. d. Ask the members of the committee for their views 6. You are handling a priority project and have been meeting all the deadlines and planning your leave during

the project. Your immediate boss does not grant leave citing the urgency of the project. You would a. Proceed on leave without waiting for the sanction b. Pretend to be sick and take leave c. Approach higher authority to reconsider the leave application. d. Tell the boss that it is not justified. 7. You are involved in setting up a water supply project in remote area. Full recovery of cost is impossible in any case. The income levels in the area are low and 25% of the population is below poverty line (BPL). When a decision has to be taken on pricing you would. a. Recommended that the supply of water be free of charge in all respects b. Recommended that the users pay a onetime fixed sum for installation of taps and the usage of water be free c. Recommended that a fixed monthly charges be levied on the non-BPL families and for BPL families water should be free d. Recommended that the users pay a charge based on the consumption of water with differentiated charges for Non-BPL and BPL families. 8. As a citizen you have some work with a government department. The official calls you again and again; and without directly asking you, sends out feelers for a bribe. You want to get your work done. You would a. Give a bribe b. Behave as if you have not understood the feelers and persist with your application c. Go to the higher officer for help verbally complaining about feelers. d. Send in a formal complaint 9. You have been made responsible to hire boats at a short notice to be used for floods. But the lowest offered price was approx 3 times what the government had approved. So you would a) reject the proposal and call for fresh price b) accept the lowest price c) refer the matter to government and wait d) threaten the boat owners about possible cancellation of licence 10. You are the DM. Sarpanch elections are going on. During the election in a village, 2 leading parties have a conflict. So you would a) direct the police to control the situation b) threaten the parties of cancellation of candidature c) go there and try to mediate in the situation d) write to the election commission about the incident