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.
Swarali….thanks for the information…that’s what I was saying- besides a few political members in the Com,there are others for whom knowledge in economics is a mandatory qualification…..
-so,finally can we sum up the discussion and conclude that correct answer to be A – It is not defined in the Indian Constitution instead of D-All the above….???
ADMIN,
Do you know the marks obtained by the topper in cce-2009?
Which optionals are best for cracking apsc?
Thanks
Bimal,
as per the information that I have regarding planning commission
“the organisation of the planning commission is that the Indian Prime Minister is the ex-officio Chairman of the Commission and there is a nominated Deputy Chairman, who is given the rank of a full Cabinet Minister. Cabinet Ministers of India with certain important portfolios act as part-time members of the Commission, while the full-time members are experts of various fields like Economics, Industry, Science and General Administration. The majority of experts in the Commission are economists, making the Commission the biggest employer of the Indian Economic Services. The commission works under the overall governance of the National Development Council. The Deputy Chairman and the full time Members of the Commission, as a composite body, provide advice and guidance to the subject Divisions for the formulation of Five Year Plans, Annual Plans, State Plans, Monitoring Plan Programmes, Projects and Schemes. The Commission works through its various divisions of which there are a total of thirty in number.
Result is likely to be out on 3rd feb.
Q No.38-Planning Com…. According to he information shared by Swarali…The commission has four to seven full time expert members. They enjoy the rank of a minister of state…This means they do possess certain educational qualifications.. But in the question there was option C. Its members do not require any minimum educational qualification..So,the option D-All the above cannot be correct..Hence,.the correct option will be none other than A. It is not defined in the Indian Constitution…..your views,Enigma…???
Hello Admin,
Confused about Q 77 (GS, Series A). The question is ‘Maidans are…’.
Shouldn’t the answer be B (large fields)? Had the question been ‘Maidams are…”, the answer would be A (elaborate burial tanks of Ahom nobility and kings).
Please comment.
Thanks Enigma…so now can we assume that CSO will be correct answer although it was set up in 1951(not in 1950 as mentioned in the question…!!!
Q No.54-COAL/LIMESTONE-Adm I have gone thru d page but in Page No 27(last Para) & Page 28 (last para)..in Selvetta & Koilajan..limestone is found in adundance..Plz go thru the 2 para’s below….
A few scattered occurrences are also found in the
Karbi Hills. The Selvetta-Meyongdisa area (between
25º54′: 26º06′ and 93º10′: 93º41′) exposes 15 to 60 m thick
band within an area of 5 sq. km along the Jamuna valley.
This limestone is ferruginous and may be suitable only
for manufacture of “Ferroportland Cement”. Analysis
shows Fe2 O3 8.38%, CaO 42.38 to 51.9% and MgO
1.42%. The total reserve of cement grade limestone in this
area is estimated around 2 million tones. Similar occurrences
have been found in Chopping and Lengloi hill areas
about 19 kms north of Lumding
The largest deposit of limestone in Mikir Hills is
found in Koilajon area near Dilai. This deposit extends
over an area of 12 sq km, and has 5 different limestone
bands (with 47.2% CaO and 1.3% MgO) and is suitable
for cement manufacture. Inferred reserve for this limestone
band is about 31 million tonnes. Directorate of Geology
and Mining, Assam and Indian Bureau of Mines, investigated
Koilajon deposit in 1962 and estimated a reserve
of 30 million tonnes of cement grade limestone
Assam tourism website mentions the following areas:
Kaziranga: 858sq kms
Manas: 500 sq kms
@Assam
A/T Last Economic survey, Assam–
Kaziranga- 860
Manas-500
Dibru-soikhua-340
Nameri-200
Orang-79
Manjil,
For the National parks question, we referred http://assamtourism.org/wildlife.php and some other govt pages. But none of the options matches. We found that actual kaziranga area was 430. The value 858.98 sq km includes 6 separate (including proposed) additions. Or did they used value 950 sq km as area of Manas? That area is available in several websites, including one GOI site. As we don’t know the point of view of the person who prepared the question, we decided to go with B as the order of the last three of them (Dibru Saikhowa, Nameri, Orang) matches.
Requesting admin to provide reference regarding national park qns
Rgrdng q:45 I go wth @enigma
Bimal,
Refer 2nd para of page 25 in the document you mentioned. It clearly mentions “Coal exposures are located from Koilajan, Selvetta area, Khunbaman Range, Khota Arda, Garampani, Dithor Dishai nala and minor occurrences at a few places along Diphu nala, Nambar River and Daigurung River, Tisomgaon, Longlai, Lungi, Lataang Umrangshu, Dehangi, Khorangora and Hamagisim areas.”
@Manab… 290- I think a good score… But as the paper-1 was too easy many people score 170/180 without hard preparation (its like IIM people scoring 180 in CSAT!)… so paper-2 will make the difference. Those with hard preparation in GS will get good marks in Paper-2. Anyway 290 should be a safe score.
how they calculate the cut-off mark? some optional subject papers are more easier than others.
r they use comparative scaling methods? reply plzz…
hi bimal,
plz refer to the link:
http://mospi.nic.in/mospi_new/upload/nas_13.html
i m sure of getting around 290 marks .being a general category candidate what is my chance to clear the prelims ,plz reply friends .
Regarding Q.44-What was set up in 1950 for conducting large-scale surveys to meet the data needs of the country for the estimation of the national income and related aggregates—earlier I was also under the impression that it should be CSO,but as NSS was set up in 1950,I think that option B-NSS will be correct answer….Hi,Enigma can
you provide any reference which proves that the answer will be option D-CSO…!!!
Sorry The Q No.should be 54(wrongly mentioned as 38)