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.
Hi everybody,
which word was first included in the preamble SECULAR or SOCIALIST……
Bimal’s point # 4 holds logic.
which of the following is not money bill? answer is D, Financial Bill. as you all know that money bill deal with article 110 and finacial bill in article 117(i) and 117(ii). all money bill are financial bill but all financial bill are not money bill. only those finacial bill are money bill which has provision of aritcle 110. so answer is D. for reference see Laxmikant and DD basu. thanks. on question question no 54 answer is A that is limestone.
Hi subrata,
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I inquired on 10th , they said the papers will be available after bihu.
Here I have to clarify that the answer of question no14 will be D that is financial bill. as you know that article 110 of the Indian constitution deal with money bill while financial bill has mentioned in article 117 of the constitution. financial bill has two part; part I and part II. so all money bill are financial bill in one or other way but all financial bill are not money bill. only the part of financial bill which has inclusion of article 110 matters that only consider as money bill. so Money bill are financial bill but all financial bill are not money bill. according to the question no 14 the question is which of the following is not money bill? so obviously answer is financial bill. Secondly question no 40, minimum need program was introduced in six five year plan hence answer is C. Qustion no 54 answer will be A that is Limestone.
Kindly request to all not to follow the Santanu Kausik book for pre or mains. Due to following of his book i have incorrected more than 5 questions. there is many error in the book. not referable for competitive exam. the national park information has also error in his book.
I have going through all these comments for the last few days.Firstly I would like to thank Anurag for sharing the solutions link,b’coz like others I was also desperately waiting for the answers for a few questions.Anyway,I would like to share a few questions and as my set was C,I could not tally the questions in my set with set A.
1.Regarding Ranghar,I fully agree with Moon,as it was Rudra Singha ,during whose reign the Ranghar was started.later on it was given a concrete shape by Pramatta Singha.The Com may accept both the answers as correct.
2.On the Planning Commission question,Moon is correct,because along with a few ministers who do not possess any specific educational qualifications,there are other members for whom knowledge in the field of economics is a mandatory qualification.So,the option A should be correct.
3.Regarding the calorie based defination of poverty ,it was in the 5th Five Year Plan according to Arihants GK Book(Minimim Needs Prog and Def of Pocerty was given in the 5th Five Year Plan.)
4.Regarding the Maidan question,friends do you think that APSC would set such an easy question compared to the other questions in the GS paper.(it is known to everyone that Maidan means large fields).If the assumption of Anurag is correct and it should be Maidam instead of Maidan(could be spelling error),the answer is A-the elaborate burial tanks of the Ahom kings.
Regarding,the declaration of results,I would like to inform you all that in 2011 the exam was held on the 11th Dec & results were declared on the 30th Jan,12 (approx 50 days) So,I am not expecting the results before Feb,2014.
Regarding the no.of candidates to be shortlisted for the mains,I am sure that it will not less than 2650 at the minimum (241×11),as per the data of last exam,2011.
Regarding cut off,I agree with Anurag when he says that more number of candidates does not guarantee a high cutoff as competition is among only a handful of serious candidates.Friends,260(65%) should be the maximum cutoff in my view taking into account the GS paper.
Keeping my fingers crossed….hoping for the best…!!!
Admin, pl upload the previous years GS mains paper if you can. Thanks.
hi Tushar
plz give me the mobile no. of the book shop, Pan Bazar from where i can get the previous year apsc mains exam question paper………
Sorry I meant Tibet and not Bhutan. Typo is regretted.
sir when we will get our prelims results plz rply
gud afternoon sir, my optional subject was good but my g.s subject was not so good (i.e. 60-40) is there any scope for me to qualify prelims. plz rply sir, i m worried.
Now this is interesting. For Q. No 87 I was going with C as Goa is a state and the rest are cities. But now I see it. The correct answer is A.
Except A all the other options have an odd one out.
In case of B it is Bhutan as it is not a country.
In case of C it is Goa as it is a state and the rest cities.
In case of D it is Guwahati as the rest are capitals and it is not.
It is only A that is homogeous as all are countries. Singapore is a country for some who don’t know it.
Therefore the odd combination is A as it is homogenous and the others are not.
I believe the answer in the key is correct as Budget is not a money bill. money bill means where there is expenditure from the CFI or there is taxation of some kind. But in budget there are other issues as well policies that are discussed. Financial bills are of two types 1 and 2. Type 1 requires presidential accent and thus is like any money bill.
I have inquired about apsc mains papers , these are not available in pan bazar or in the footpath outside the commission office. pan bazar booksellers say the main papers will be available after bihu or atmost after pre result is declared. i have the tel number of book shop, if some one wants to inquire then i can provide it.
Is it sure that result will be declared in january. isn’t it too early.
i think cut of mark this time will be more than 270 mark. here i would like to draw your attention that all answer provided by you are not correct. for example FDI is highest in service sector not in telecommunication. secondly the financial bill is not money bill and hence the correct answer is D not budget as you stated. further the global warming question answer is A not C as you stated. on question no 87 the answer is B not any other option because the Tibet is not country other are country. in the rest some are city and other are country. these are my keen observation. hope you will clearify
IN ALL PROBABILITY, CUT OFF THIS YEAR WILL BE NOT MORE THAN 260 !!! (mine coming out to be 290….just keeping fingers crossed….hey join me at facebook abbas.mirza.71@facebook.com)
thnx anurag for uploading GS key answers.
what was the exact cut off marks in 2009 apsc prelim exam for general category candidates……..
anybody please upload political science paper of 2013 optional..
Thnks Admn for da forum. Can u pls upload previous year main papers, atlesst GS and English.
thanks anurag..