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.
@Anand … yeah ! I feel out of bad luck he / she must have missed those 8 marks :)
CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME WHEN NEXT APSC PRELIMS EXAM WILL BE CONDUCTED PLIZ?
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the person getting 392 nt fit fr acs… he is over smart n over qualified… i think he/she will nt join even if selected…
@sunita….luck by chance :)
392 … phew !! dats robotic :)
Information given by Hitesh is correct. But this is not official announcement.
Anyone with anthropology optional for mains? I am looking for someone with anthro to share d preparation.
@ Hitesh, from where you have come to know the cut off marks…………. source plz….
Hitesh ! Is this cut-off info official ?
Thanks a lot Hengul.
Cut Offs (TWO CATEGORIES ONLY) of CCPE 2013: Gen- 238, OBC-212, Highest Marks obtained: 392
I am a first timer and I found Jatin Baruah book on Education quite good. U can purchase this book.
Also If u know books for political science paper please let me know. I m clueless in this subject.
Is there anyone in this forum who could help me out with “Education” related study material links and / or suggest good books for the same ?
Admin
U r ofline 4 smtme,itz a nice platform 4 all d aspirants,i request admin to share all d info,as mains ll b held from may.it must b hard luck those who havnt cleared.as books on sociology is dearth i request some info.paper 2 sociology book is there but 1 st paper is not available.i cleared mains last time bt sociology 1st paper let me down..in d final selection.. thgou it was easy 2 score in paper 1…
@Bhargavi,
In APSC Mains each optional is covered in 2 question papers (Paper I and Paper II). That means total 4 optional papers.
Find details here: http://www.assams.info/career/apsc-combined-competitive-examination
I have some confusion regarding the pattern of APSC mains exam, it says 2 pprs each for both the optionals, i.e. each optional wud consists of two pprs. Clarify pls? I am a first timer.
This thread is one of the very few sources of information available on APSC. I am staying in Bangalore right now , so dont even access to the information available to those who are in Assam right now . My firts optional is Chmeistry, but a little bit confused with the 2nd optional between Geology and Sociology !!! Please put some light on the following points ::::
1) A good book where the entire mains syllabus of Sociology is covered.
2) How can i get previous years question papers of General studies, English and optional paper (other than filing RTI)
3) Which is the most scoring optional paper in APSC main (if anyone has filed RTI on this and have relevant infos ),
i cn giv pol sc book 4 mains by N D ARORA(RECOMMENDED BY upsc xpert, highly useful for state civil service) 2014
it was 603 for OBC and I think it was 675 for general….