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.
Hey..frndz don’t b in a hurry to fill up d mains form which have not yet bn uploaded..sum unexpected news for u coming soon…just wait for a few days..!!!
Hello Pranjal Dewri
I got the following detail of iQ coaching centre, Nagaon from the newspaper article.
Address-B.B road; Amolapatty
Mukut Sharma chari ali
You can call at 98646 66194
Or 99570 12218
And ask the details as given in newspaper. It’s going to start some orientation class soon for all the students who have cleared Prelims from Nagaon. You can participate. In fact this is the only coaching centre in Nagon catering to mains preparation.
Hello Chandana.
Yes there is an “iQ coaching centre” in Nagaon. It’s good. In fact you can see about it in the Assamese newspaper ‘Agradoot’ on page 10 dated 12th feb.
plz people d fellow who r not craked d prealims stay far away from making baseless comments like cancelling or re conducting prealims and better they keep preaparing for next pealims to be held on december 2015.all the main aspirants are warm welcome and keep studing for main.all the best.
Coaching is for GS and english friends….but no residential facilities available
Chandana’ is coaching on humanity subjects available in aforesaid centre in Nagaon?
Within what period can we apply rti??? And in period do can we expect there reply to application
Mob and chandana if anyone of u have idea about apsc coughing centre in Nagaon please inform me in details about it .I am also going to………………..
Admin, what is this rumor going around that the prelims is going to be cancelled and re-conducted? Does anybody have an idea on this?
@Anand, is the prelims exam going to be cancelled and re-conducted?
Everyone knows that next prelims are scheduled in later part of this year…its an open secret
hei Mob,I heard one iQ coaching centre in Nagaon has given fantastic results.Do you have any information..??
people from nagaon has a great guidance source at iQ coaching
@JH79
WAS IT A CONCIDENCE OR SOMETHNG ELSE..SOUNDS FISHY….
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sorry for the typo just heard that APSC will advertise for ACS prelims again this February came to know from an APSC insider…hope it is not a rumour —-another opportunity for those who missed out n d very best to those who r going to appear for ACS mains later this year………………
H!!! Friends;;
I am not able to get reply from you . Well i can understand you are all busy with preparation for the main exam, but it would be really help for us if someone upload some of the previous questions paper on psc, sociology, general studies, general English, i would remain grateful to them, even i can,t find the syllabus on the general English, general studies,….. Looking for your suggestion… Please
thanks
one thing i would like to share even though many might oppose that i along with a friend of mine cleared prelims and both were expecting around 240(70-75 in optional & 45-50 in GS) marks,so all these pre-talks and after-talks of cut offs around 260,280 i am not sure,anyway best wishes for all the Mains aspirants and better luck for those who were disappointed.
While traveling by bus to my exam center on 28th, I overheard a lady talking about prelims to someone. Being curious, I turned towards her (who was sitting to my left in the single seat in the same row), and saw her reading copies of some hand written answer sheets (perhaps xeroxed copies). I casually looked over and remembered two answers – “Gomdhar konwar” and “51″ (by now we all know that these two are correct answers in GS paper). When she realized that I was peeping into her papers, she tried to shield those from me…
So, someone’s preparation was so good that she could even manage to practice the particular aptitude question with exact figures whose answer is 51 (let alone “Gomdhar konwar which would be known to many). Thus, I wouldn’t be surprised if someone has scored 392…
What baffles me is the fact that many of the question numbers in her notes were only carrying only one (correct?) option (like A or B) without the question itself !!!!!!
I just pray that what I saw was due to my inability to understand the way someone practices for exams and the exam itself was 100% clean.
I have lost my admit card of apsc prelim exam 2013 for which i could nt chek my result.can anyone suggest me any idea to chk my result
when the filling up of main application form will likely to be started ?
any recommendation book for education paper -I please with writer name plz…