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.
Earlier i said my score would be exactly 258 then after i checked my answers with 2-3 sites and i found that my score is to be either 264 or 268 and i cleared the prelims today
APSC 2013 Prelims results are out. We hope all of you successfully cleared the examination. Now get ready for the next step of the battle! All the best.
DONE!!
I am In.. happy ..
IN
I m also in
result out… I’m in
@Bikromjit fully agree with you..there is no need to press the ‘tension’ button….just stay calm n hope 4 d best…………..
Babul thank you for your reply
My score will not be less than 275.
@Monika I am not really overconfident – just keeping fingers crossed—@Tushar not worried mate, just wish to have more time to prepare for mains provided if I qualify
thanx babul.
@BIKASH ROY as per as acs schedule that is mains will be in the mid of may then its time to declare the prelims before the 11 February and rest of the month for mains application and generally 40-45 days is the required time frame for APSC to declare the prelims result.
@Suhrid,
you have already appeared in int, so why are you worried. Only first timers like me should be worried. I think if the pre result is delayed to next month then we will have the mains after Lok Sabha polls else the mains will finish in may and for that to happen mains will start in april…in 2 months.
just hoping aspirants get enough time to prepare for the mains —ideally if it is held after April it will suit most of us provided results r out assuming this month…….(or this week)……….I remember in 2003 I had 2 precisely 2 months to prepare for mains – (mains started within 2 months of the date of announcement of prelim results)….not sounding overconfident but just hoping for the best–it it happens its fine or else move on………………what has to happen will happen anyway all d best to all n sundry
@monika if u have realy well checked all the questions n afterall ur round figure is 275 then u r in a safe zone but if ur score is only based on ur gueses then it will make a huge difference in ur expected score .But i hope u r in the safe zone alongwith ur 30% woman reservation.
@ Rajeh & @animesh,
When I called them they said next week. Is it possible they are meeting to discuss something else??
Animesh u r right nd ur infmtn channel also pacca tpday the membrs r met togthr nd reslt wl be declare evning or tomorrow
Total marks , no separate cut offs
admin n friends,can u tell me that there is any separate marks for optional and gs ?or they calculate total for cut off ?
rupam
there is no series numbr in optional paper.