CSAT Paper-1 Analysis

Topic

2011

2012

2013

2014

History and Culture

13

20

15

21

14

Economy

18

12

18

13

Polity

17

25

18

13

13

Geography

11

11

14

15

14

Environment & Bio-diversity

22

23

22

21

10

Science & Technology

19

13

17

29

Current Affairs
Total

100

100

100

100

The exam paper, this year, showed diversity in the questions. Section-wise division of the
questions:
Geography-17,
Environment-6,
History-13,
Art & Culture-4,
Politics-12,
Government Schemes-6,
Economics-10,
Science & Technology-8,

2015

Current Affairs-16,
International Organisations-8

Environmental Ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change, World and Indian Geography.

Further, a number of questions were asked from Indian Nation Movement in History
section. Covering World Geography section, there were many oceanography related
questions. While a few questions were asked from General Science, there were many
questions from Indian Polity.
There was abundance of questions on oceonography and agriculture in Geography. Not
too many questions I found from General Science. Many questions were asked from
Indian Polity section, says Animesh from Delhi.

2015 UPSC PRELIMS PAPER 1

ANALYSIS MODERATE
DIFFICULTY LEVEL
Now that the 2015 Prelims is over, it is time to analyze the Prelims 2015 Paper. In
this post we will be looking at GS Paper 1 of Prelims 2015. At first glance the paper
seems easy and general in nature, but is it really so. Lets find out.

Topic-wise Questions and Marks Distribution

Lets first look at the number of questions asked from each topic in GS Paper 1.
Topic

Questions

Marks

History

12

24

Art & Culture

Topic

Questions

Marks

Geography

14

28

Polity

13

26

Economy

13

26

Envt & Ecology

10

20

Science & Tech

14

Current Affairs

14

28

GK

15

30

Total

100

200

Topics

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1choic 2choic 3choic 4choic 5choic 6choic
Difficulty Doab Tota
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level
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Pairs

HISTORY

HARD

13

POLITY

EASY

13

GEOGRAPH
Y&
10
AGRICULTU
RE

MODERAT
E TO
8
HARD

SCI & TECH 2

HARD

ECOLOGY &
ENVIRONME 7
NT

MODERAT
7
E

ECONOMY

MODERAT
12
E

16

15

9
13

21

ART &
CULTURE

SOCIAL
WELFARE
SCHEMES

MISC.
GK/CURREN 6
T AFFAIRS

TOTAL

13

21

56

MODERAT
2
E
EASY

10

MODERA
58
TE

100

Civil Services Aptitude Test, Paper- II was found to be much easier as compared to
that of last year. The surprising element was there in reading comprehension
questions. There were a few questions in the Reading Comprehension passages that
were quite easy and hurray, there were no decision making questions which makes
you go crazy pondering over.
This year, the questions asked in the Quantitative Aptitude and reasoning sections
of CSAT Paper-II was way easier than the last year. There were no setbacks in the
Paper except one incorrect question under Set Theory, which will be taken care of
the Commission.
Detailed Break-up and Analysis of Math and Reasoning Questions in CSAT
2015 Paper-II

Number of Questions

Analytical reasoning

12

Series

Figures

Percentage

Equitation

Set Theory

TSD % W

MODERAT
7
E

Civil Services (Prelims) 2015 CSAT Paper 2 Analysis

Topics

Ratio and Mixture

P&C

Graph

Numbers

Clock

Cubes

Geometry

Detailed Break-up of Verbal Questions in CSAT Paper-II

Topics

Type

Number of Questions

Single Question

19

Two question RC (2 passages) 4

Reading Comprehension

Three question RC (1
passages)

Four question RC (1 passages) 4

Critical Reasoning

Syllogism