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 arun,
Thanx for For correction.I have a doubt on inferior good question(10).normally when price falls and real income rises consumer buys less inferior goods and substitute superior goods.hence demand curve seems to slope upward(fall in price leads to less demand & vice versa).can u throw some more light on the question..
there is reservation policy in prelims……..
in these days, we are hearing so many comments, views regarding cut off… don’t know actually wht will be happed.. but everyone can predicts………but the important thing is that some people are saying that there is no reservation policy in prelims.. is it true? kindly someone plz give the actual information regarding reservation…….thnks!!!
could anybody provide me the last two years official cut off marks for open category
is there any chance of selecting more female candidates than male bcos of the reserved seats for women???
Whats d date of declaration of result??
Hi, Jit. Thanks for the of economics answer keys. Agree with most of your answers barring a few-
8. B (must be demand deposit. time deposit is for a fixed term, so can not be converted to money instantly)
10. A ( in this special case for inferior goods demand curve slopes downward)
22. D (zero)
47. C (fisher- cash balance equation, keynes- real balance equation)
56. B (if we can measure utility in quantitative terms, it must be a cardinal measure)
60. B (stagflation)
69. C (from a pure economic definition it must be C. B- ‘an activity’ can not be a definition of method of production. So we can rule out B and thus D also.
78. A
86. B (Direct tax- because it can not be shifted to another person)
99. D (17.64%)
Thanks a lot!
Thank u very much to all for updating your views, comments and ans keys..Can anybody post the ans keys of optional Education paper?
@sazid there was only one set……by mistake I wrote Series D….actually that was my GS series …..
Jit,
Thanks for posting APSC 2013 Economics answer key. We really appreciate your work.
CAN ANY ONE PLEASE SHARE education PAPER? most candidates had this as a subject.
Hi Bimal,as per your comment you have corrected minimum 65% in prelims which is almost confirmatoru for ACS aspirants.Just wait and see.
hi,
i m providing the answer keys (went through standard text,input from friends) to Economics optional ..
1. A
2 C
3 D
4 D
5 D
6 D
7 C
8 D
9 A
10 B
11 D
12C
13B
14C
15A
16C
17D
18A
19D
20D(both b & d are correct but D is more prominent)
21A
22A
23A
24 B(both A & B are correct since both inferior and essential good decreases as income increases)
25A
26A
27C
28C
29D
30C
31D(GNP CANT BE CONDITION OF PRODUCTION AND EMPLOYMENT)
32C
33B
34A
35B
36B
37D
38D
39B
40C
41D
42B
43C
44B(D. M MITHANI BOOK)
45B
46A
47B
48A
49A
50A
51B
52A
53C
54A
55B
56C
57A
58A
59D
60D
61A
62A
63B
64A
65A
66C
67C
68D
69D
70A
71C
72C
73C
74A
75C
76D
77D
78C
79D
80B
81B
82D
83C
84A
85C
86C
87A
88B
89C
90C
91A
92B
93A
94B(since economic survey also collects information about unemployment C may also correct)
95A
96C
97C
98D
99C
100B
Hey Abbas and Rupam,tum dono key muh pe ghee chakkar…(regarding your comments about the cut off)…as b’coz I m going to get a score between 260-270..any more such comments within my range are STRONGLY & DESPERATELY AWAITED…(at least for d dil ka sukoon for d next 15 days)..!!
Hi Chiranjeev,
Can you provide slight reference of the answers laid down by you so that candidates who answered other sets can tally ?
Swarali,
No they are different. General English syllabus is different from that of English language Optional. The General English paper contains precis writing, essay, comprehension and grammar (sentence creation, antonym/synonym, sentence rewriting etc) questions.
Chiranjeev,
Thanks for posting the APSC 2013 History Answer key. We really appreciate your work.
Hi,
I am little confused regarding the Main examination pattern. Are general English and optional English paper the same or 2 different subjects? I have pol science as one of the optionals and planning to take sociology as the other one. do i study gen English or as per the English syllabus under optionals list. Please help.
Series D History
1 A
2 D
3 C
4 B
5 C
6 D
7 D
8 A
9 A
10 D
11 D
12 A
13 C
14 B
15 D
16 B
17 D
18 A
19 B
20 C
21 C
22 B
23 B
24 C
25 D
26 C
27 B
28 C
29 B
30 D
31 A
32 C
33 B
34 D
35 c
36 A
37 C
38 D
39 A
40 A
41 A
42 B
43 D
44 A
45 C
46 C
47 D
48 C
49 B
50 C
51 C
52 B
53 B
54B
55 A
56 C
57 D
58 B
59 B
60 B
61 C
62 D
63 A
64 A
65 C
66 B
67 A
68 A
69 A
70 B
71 A
72 D
73 D
74 D
75 C
76 A
77 D
78 B
79 D
80 C
81 B/D
82 A
83 D
84 A
85 A/C
86 D
87 B
88 A
89 C
90 D
91 D
92 D
93 B
94 B
95 B
96 B
97 C
98 D
99 B
100 A