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.
@manas do u hv any idea about the cut off marks for prelims 2013?if you do, please post it
@ Hitanga,For details u cn c todays asomiya pratidin newspaper.page 14
Dear Bhanita Nath what did court say ?
He can appear main exm as per high court result.
Dear Bhanita Nath why are you congratulating manash pratim baruah
Congratulations manash pratim baruah.
Dear manas what is the status of your writ petition,what did court say,when will be the next hearing
Yes Admin , Plz let us know any idea about Pre 2014 exams dates ?
Admin,any idea about prelims 2014 dates?plz let me know.
thanks admin ..
@Partha,
We are not associated with any court proceedings. So, unable to comment on that. But we did contacted APSC office. According to them, there’s no plan to postpone the examination.
Sir, I want to give the exam of APSC. Does anyone know if there is any negative marking for wrong answers?
Will the exam be postponed for the court case ? For APSC I am not giving SBI PO and many more exams. All will be in vain.
According to the instructions sheet, use of calculators is permitted inside the examination hall. Needless to say a big sigh of relief !
I received the admit today. Did anyone read any news regarding postponement of the mains exams in the Assamese daily, “Amar Asom”? I sincerely hope the exams happen on due date.
I got the admit too. It can be both downloaded from the website (not yet available) and also sent to everyone who cleared prelims, individually. So, all those candidates who cleared the prelims congrats and best of luck for the mains.
probably it wud be sent to home or the address that is been gvn, i got it
mains may be postponded ,i heard.does anybody has any info regarding this
dear admin,
any information regarding the court proceedings ? will d mains be cancelled or post-poned ? provide an update on this please!
Does anybody have idea whether the mains admit card would be sent to home or we have to download it from the website?