PYQ Analysis for UPSC

PYQ analysis for UPSC

PYQ analysis for UPSC

The civil services examination conducted by Union Public Service Commission is a very comprehensive examination. The approach towards the exam is a key factor that must be prioritized by every fellow aspirant. RACE IAS discusses in this article, the trend of PYQ analysis for UPSC in the preliminary stage along with the detailed syllabus and marks distribution.

Previous Year Questions i.e. PYQs are a very crucial medium of communication between UPSC and the fellow aspirants. UPSC tell through the means of it PYQs, the nature of the questions, pattern on which the questions are generally based and the core themes from where the question has been raised. Hence the PYQ analysis for UPSC acts as a push factor for the aspirants.

As Prelims is the first step towards building a prestigious career in Civil Services of India, It becomes extremely important for the aspirants to not only prepare the concepts and subjects religiously but also map the idea and trend through PYQ analysis for UPSC in order to do both hard work and smart work preparation.

UPSC Prelims syllabus
General Studies Paper I –

  • Current events of national and international importance.
  • History of India and Indian national movements.
  • Geography of India and the world – Physical, Social, Economic
  • Indian Polity and governance – Constitution
  • Political system, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights issues, etc.
  • General issues on environment ecology, Biodiversity and Climate change – Do not require subject specialization
  • Economic and social development
  • Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Society
  • Sector initiatives
  • General science

General Studies Paper II –

  • English comprehension
  • Interpersonal skills including communication skills
  • Logical reasoning and analytical ability
  • Decision making and problem solving
  • General mental ability
  • Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, order of magnitude etc,) (Class X level)
  • Data interpretation
  • Charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. at class X level

 

The PYQ analysis for UPSC helps understand the scope of questions that come in the preliminary examination from each of the above topics. The complete preparation of each subject should be religiously followed by the PYQ analysis for UPSC from these topics.

Lets us now discuss the structure of UPSC Preliminary Examination in order to understand the time oriented preparation and PYQ analysis for UPSC.

Paper

Total Marks

No. of questions

Duration

Type

Negative marks

Nature

GS Paper I

200

100

2 hours

Objective

Yes

Merit ranking

GS Paper II (CSAT)

200

80

2 hours

Objective

Yes

Qualifying

 

Note – Aspirants must secure 33% in GS Paper II (CSAT) to be eligible for the evaluation of GS Paper I.

Aspirants make efficient preparation according to the UPSC syllabus but it is very important for the aspirants not only to go for PYQ analysis for UPSC but also to the practice sets of PYQ papers and mock tests for preliminary exam. It builds time management and productivity of aspirants as the continuous paper solving brings down and ends their anxiety, stress and exam hall fear.

UPSC Prelims reliable booklist

As the best educators of civil services examination who hold almost a decade of experience in their specific field suggest, The following is the set of trusted and authenticated booklist that can be utilized in order to prepare for the examination in a readiness manner and attempt effectively the PYQ analysis for UPSC.

SUBJECT

BOOKS

  • History
  • NCERT Class XI & XII
  • Tamil Nadu state board class XI & XII book
  • RS Sharma (Ancient)
  • Satish Chandra (Medieval)
  • Spectrum / Shekhar Bandopadhyay (Modern)
  • Indian Polity
  • NCERT class XI & XII
  • M. Laxmikanth Indian Polity
  • D.D. Basu
  • Geography (Human, Physical & World)
  • NCERT class 6-12th
  • GC Leong’s Geography (Physical & Human)
  • Indian Economy
  • NCERT class 9-12th
  • Ramesh Singh’s Indian Economy
  • Science and Technology
  • NCERT 6-10th books
  • Class XII Biology
  • Art & Culture
  • NCERT Class XI – Introduction to Indian Art
  • Nitin Singhania’s Art & Culture
  • Environment & Ecology
  • NCERT class XII Biology (Last 4 chapters)
  • NCERT Class 11th Geography
  • Current Affairs
  • Daily newspapers (Indian Express/ The Hindu for English ; Jansatta for Hindi)
  • Press Information Bureau
  • Monthly magazines like Yojana/Kurukshetra/Chronicle

 

The given booklist frames a competence preparation for all the aspirants and hence the preparation is required to be accelerated using the PYQ analysis for UPSC.

The above booklist if added with the exclusively prepared RACE IAS study material and monthly current affairs magazines “JIGYASA”, will boost up the A-Z preparation of students on both online and offline mode.

Further the PYQ analysis for UPSC has been uniquely represented by a graph of previous five years question papers that may help the aspirants achieve a mindset so as to how the analysis is don and how the PYQ analysis for UPSC can be utilized in the preparation.

Red – History

Blue – Geography

Yellow – Polity

Green - Economy