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.
plz provide the key answers of optional paper Law
With different kind of permutaion and combinations like questions pattern / attendance/previous years etc. the CUT-OFF will not go 220, i.e. if some one has corrected 55 markd both in optional and GS, he is safe.
i think answer of question number 96 should be B…. http://www.winentrance.com/general_knowledge/miscellaneous/united-nations-organisation.html
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Waiting 4 a respone by anyone
Thanx
Thanks Anurag for GS answer keys.Can anyone provide answer keys for the optional subject EDUCATION?
can any1 can get me the computer science ans key
can anybody provide answer key of law paper.
Regarding the Political Science Paper,I would like to make a few corrections.
Q No.7-A ( Hobbes and Locke’s view of state of nature was pre-social & Rousseau’s was pre-political)
Q No.16-D ( Pol Sc is a social science)
Q No.31-B( According to Divine Origin Theory of State,State was created by God)
Q No.37-B ( Indian Constitution has been divided into 22 Chapters)
Q No.77-C ( UN Declaration of Human Rights was in 1948)
Q No 78-D (In the United States,the pressure groups make concentrated efforts to influence the Committees)
Q No.84-A ( Since the establishment of the Supreme Court in the UK in 2009,SC is the highest court of appeal..earlier it was the House of Lords)
Can anybody provide me the history answer keys?
Hi Rjyoti,
Thanks for posting the answerkey. Some of the options, in my view, are not correct. Here are they with explanations:
4. According to Doctrine of divine right of king, King is not subjected to any earthly authority neither any will of the people but to the will of the God. In case of catholic states, in medieval period, the state was a religious entity subjected to the authority of Pope but he is also considered as representative of God. Hence correct answer in my opinion is A.
10. A dictator state is not responsive to the will of the people as it is afraid of popular democracy. But some of the political and civil rights can be conferred with much more restriction in a dictator state (just like a federation becomes unitary under article 356 and 358). But whenever will of people comes into the scene, the tendency of the state ‘barometer’ tilts towards democracy. Hence correct answer should be D.
16. Aristotle, the father of political science considered political Science as the master of all sciences. If political science is considered only as natural science like Physics, Chemistry where natural world is exposed through experiments and quantitative measures the humanistic approach would be neglected. Hence Political science is both science and arts i.e. option A.
31. http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Theory_of_divine_origin_of_the_state Option B i.e. State was created by the God.
77. Option is C. The universal declaration of human rights was adopted by General Assembly on 10 December, 1948. Ref http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights
84. Option is A i.e. SC. In UK, the highest court of appeal is The Supreme Court which was established by Part 3 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 and started work on 1 October 2009. Before that it was the judicial committee of House of Lords. Ref http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom
Rjyoti,
Thanks for the APSC answer key. We really appreciate your work.
Here I am providing the to all the apsc optional political science answer key. hope it will help to evaluate
Q1. Answer. D.
2. A
3. A
4. D
5 C
6. B
7. B
8.A
9.C
10.C
11.B
13.B
14.B
15.C
16.C
17.B
18.B
19.A
20.B
21.A
22.B
23.B
24.A
25.B
26.A
27.B
28.C
29.D
30B
31.C
32.D
33.D
34.D
35.A
36.D
37.C
38B
39.A
40.D
41.A
42.B
43.D
44.A
45.C
46.A
47.B
48.B.
49.A
50B
51.A
52.B
53.B
54.B
55.D
56.C
57.B
58.C
59.A
60.B
61.B
62.D
63.C
64.D
65.C
66.B
67.A
68.C
69.B
70.A
71.D
72.D
73.A
74.C
75.B
76.C
77.B
78B
79.A
80.C
81.B
82.D
83.D
84.C
85.D
86.C
87.B
88.A
89.A
90.A
91.C
92.A
93.C
94.B
95.C
96.D
97.C
98.C
99.C
100.C
can i change my optional in mains,apart from the one chosen for the prelims?
Tushar,
thanks for uploading the mobile no. of the book shop. I am trying to get the mains paper.
subrata,
did you inquired about the main papers from the book sellers
pari,
apsc mains general english and general studies syllabus will be provided by apsc in their website after pre result.
Can anybody provide apsc mains general english and general studies syllabus?
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Subrata,
Both Secular and Socialist words were added at the same time, during 42nd amendment. The 42nd amendment states “for the words “SOVEREIGN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC” the words “SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC” shall be substituted”. That question is incomplete and both B & C should be considered correct.