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APSC Prelims Exam 2013 Analysis, Cut-off mark etc.

On December 29, 2013 Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) successfully conducted the preliminary stage of Combined Competitive Examination. The Assam Civil Service examination was held at 155 centers spread across 23 districts in Assam. A total of 70132 students were selected for the preliminary examination. But the attendance was low – below 70%. APSC Prelims comprised of two papers – Optional Subject of choice and General Studies. The Optional paper was in morning while General Studies paper was in afternoon shift. Here we will discuss the patterns of the two question papers and also the possible cutoff mark.

APSC 2013 Optional Paper:

We talked to several students and examined some question papers. Majority of the students we talked to commented that the optional paper was easy. But it will be wrong to generalize it based on few comments. But we examined Agriculture, Economics, and Political Science papers. The question pattern was same as previous years. We rated the question papers – average. Students with good preparation can easily score up to 90% in those papers. What about your optional paper?

APSC 2013 General Studies Paper:

Several students complained that General Studies question paper was tough. So, we examined the question paper personally. Yes, the paper appears difficult. But it was not a tough question paper. And if an intelligent student carefully approach each question, it is not even difficult. Civil Service examinations in India usually carries questions related to Constitution of India, Indian Politics, Current Affairs, Reasoning / Mental ability and Regional topics. APSC CCE 2013 was no exception. The question paper covered Indian constitution, Indian economics, general knowledge, geography, Assam history, reasoning etc. We think about 70% of the questions were easy for students with good preparation.

The General Studies question paper carried several Assam related questions (about 30 nos). We found that 10 questions were already answered on our Assam Answers section. So students who followed our site definitely answered those Assam related questions correctly.

APSC 2013 Cutoff Marks:

The Combined Competitive Examination (Preliminary) is divided into two question papers. Each paper carries 100 questions with 2 marks for each individual question. So, the total mark of the APSC CCE (Pre) exam is 400. Then what will be the cut off mark of APSC 2013? As there is no official announcement related to the cutoff mark, we can only speculate. We believe that APSC Prelims 2013 cutoff mark will be within 260 to 280 marks.

1,139 comments in “APSC Prelims Exam 2013 Analysis, Cut-off mark etc.

  • What was the cut off for mains in 2009, does anybody hv any idea?

  • Bimal Kishore Barman. on

    Punjab State Service Commission uploads the marks secured by d candidates along with the results of CCE-Pre,regarding answer keys I m nt sure..???

  • Diganta Hazarika on

    To Assam.info, Sir, in mains exam thear is any qualifly marks each paper like Gen Eng, GS+optional paper.plz infm me sir.

  • @jyotishman….don’t worry bro…prepare hard…you will succeed. we all shall succeed eventually

  • I heard new prelims might happen again this year

  • I always look into the apsc preliminary result sheet..if somehow i see my no.in between :( .

  • Any idea about the cutoff for SC in apsc preliminary 2013??

  • Apart from UGC Net or SLET no body releases the answer keys. Never in history did any govt. organisation takes the pain to release the answer keys. Is it mandatory for them?

  • Oh! Finally i find a blog where i could share my confusion on the main exam as i have cleared the prelims. Good luck all the friends who has done great in the initial exam. Now its time to work hard on the upcoming battle to overcome,
    . Well, i would really feel happy if anyone of you share questions pattern on general English as well as general studies along with a few words on the mark distribution of how it takes…..

  • bikromjit kakati on

    May the truly deserving be selected.

  • Hey guys from few days i have seen that their is debate on outsiders appearing in the exam and bla…bla…bla… why you are concerning these things. study hard and defeat them in exam. there is no point of discussing these. useless to discuss these things here.

  • @bikromjit kakati,
    As per interview of chairman of APSC, around 4000 outsiders applied out of which 2000 paid the fee.
    Out of 2000 who got the admit card, I assume around 1000-1200 may have appeared in exam because long distance trains were running late in December and also due to general absenteeism which happens during such exams.
    Now out of 1000-1200 how many passed the pre, I do not know but will not be more than 200-300.
    How many of these will appear and pass the mains again don’t know.

  • Dont you think that recuirting agency should maintain transparency .apsc should publish the answe key and cutoff marks and marks of all candidate.
    Whats wrong if we ask about that. How you can justify that those asking fot the cutoff marks and answe key are supporting the delaying apsc main exam. Transperecy is also helpful for those who cleared prelimis in their mains and viva.

  • bikromjit kakati on

    @Tushar and Everybody, dear all, don’t worry nor bother about the outsider issue. Let the truly deserving get selected.

  • keshab nayan on

    @ Admin and all . Can you plz suggest books name with author name for sociology mains .?

  • @bikromjit kakati,
    So does APSC checks Domicile certificate during interview?I am new so do not know if outsiders are selected or not?Anyway why should we bother, I have to see first if I can clear mains or not??

    @Mili, Yes newspaper says so but I feel new vacancies will come up after mains.

  • Is it right that new vacancies are again coming up in @psc?

  • @Mridul…I believe that you point is correct but since you have cleared with you hard work there will have differing viewpoints and disagreements. Best of luck for your mains, you actually should not waste your time here,just give us guidance sometimes…@jitranjan…you have a point but let me assure you delaying means even our next CC Prelims is going to be delayed…isnt so?? Anyways, democracy prevails!

  • bikromjit kakati on

    @Tushar, anyone not from assam is an outsider. Anyone having a domicile of any state other than assam is an outsider. Have you ever heard of an outsider being selected to the services? Join me for discussion fellows to talk about the outsider issue. Lets all have a healthy discussion with facts.

  • This is a great discussion thread related to APSC. I have a little question. This is my first attempt & i cleared prelims. I have a question. What will be the application process for mains? I mean online, by post or by hand in office. Postal service here is pathetic.

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