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.
srry so lame of me of not providing my email,my id is brewwart.avi@gmail.com. thanks a lot in advance @simanta
wHAT IS YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS AVI?
ya simanta pls email me the scan copy of challan
Friends, any idea when the commission will publish the dates of the Mains in their website?
Vote counting commences in May..and results are scheduled to be out on May 31.. so high probability that our honourable exams will be held after all the election formalities are completed, including vote counting and result declaration.. hence, its gotta be June !! … cant imagine myself studying in those months of May-June amidst the intense soaring heat and irritating power cuts. . . lookin forward to burn a lot of midnite oil ;)
@tushar, thanks bhaiti, then it seems alop less time aase.
@bikromjit kakati,
Mains may start from may mid or may end and run up to june just like last time. Elections in assam are scheduled on 7,12,24 April so APSC can start the exam anytime in may.
Hey friends, any idea when mains will be held? I guess most probably in June because elections are till end of May. What do you people think?
Avi will scanned copy of challan do? I can scan it and mail it to you. Are you an outsider?
avi,
catch d first saturday flight to assam . dats d only option u r left wit i feel . else m afraid u r a tad too late .
@avi,
An UNFILLED treasury challan will be difficult to find because everyone got it filled in SBI guwahati. So those who have it will have filled up challan form.
pls smeone upload an unfilled treasury challan(triplicate)
does anyone have an unfilled treasury challan,cn anyone attach the same here or email me,tht cn serve the purpose for me.
yaar i cn courier it,DTC courier reach in 1and half days,i got the form thru courier in same time.
and there is a reason i can’t travel ryt now,i hav a interview on 16th january of nicl at delhi.i am pressed against the wall where i can’t do anything.
@avi,
Even If you send the form today (14th) before 3:00 by speed post then it will take at least 3-4 days to reach guwahati. 16th and 17th are holidays. So it may just reach on 20th. There should be some time left for fee deposit also as SBI and APSC work till 3:00 or 4:00 only. Thus all these will be too close for comfort. Suppose your speed post gets delayed then what?? So the best option will be to go to guwahati and submit the form personally. This way you will be 100% sure.
Seems i won’t be able to submit the form now.there is only one way tht it can be done…if any fellow aspirant of apsc who is in guwahati/assam who can give his address to me today so tht i cn fill my form and send it to him,and the kind soul can collect the treasury receipt on my behalf and take the pain to submit the money and then the form.Is this possible??cn anybody pls do me this favour and am really sorry for sounding desperate and illogical .
oh i see,seems the person who sent me the form missed collecting the treasury receipt.can’t blame him though as my friend(whom i befriended at exam centre) himself was in shillong and askd one of his friend to collect and send me the same.thanks for the info tushar as i have been to 6 banks till now and asking them about the receipt form made me hear the same answer tht apsc shud hav provided it and this was confusing me.
Seems i won’t be able to submit the form now.there is only one way tht it can be done…if any fellow aspirant of apsc who is in guwahati/assam who can give his address to me today so tht i cn fill my form and send it to him,and the kind soul can collect the treasury receipt on my behalf and take the pain to submit the money and then the form.Is this possible??cn anybody pls do me this favour or maybe i m sounding too illogical.jst remembering the pains i took to go to guwahati by 25hr delayed train(almost 50 hr journey) .damn my luck
Treasury Office :
Raj Nagar, Ghaziabad – 201001
This is one option.
@avi,
Ideally the person who sent you the mains application form should have collected the treasury challan from apsc office (in triplicate), should have deposited the fee in SBI bank (the bank will keep one copy) and hand over the remaining two. Thus you will be left with the original and duplicate copy. Now you could fill the form and attach the original treasury challan and send it to APSC. Keep the third duplicate copy for yourself.
I guess the treasury has to be assam govt’s treasury not delhi govt. Now time is less, I do not know how you will complete the process. If possible go to guwahati and complete the submission.
guys i need an urgent help.i am residing in delhi.can anyone tell me how to get treasury challan hardcopy in new delhi.do i need to directly go to sbi bank or i need to download the form from somewhere.has apsc provided the form?i couldn’t locate tresury office in delhi.pls help its urgent as i dnt hav much time left for submission.i received the mains form only yesteray.