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.
APSC prelims GS paper-13 only 30/35 percent less tough than UPSC prelims paper-1(13).So I expect cut off will low as compared to the last year but it is not going to make huge difference in respect of cut off .Aspirant scoring 60/65 percent in both paper can expect to crack the prelims.
ans of opt history
1. Ans 0f history opt Question no13 should be “D” Nearchos as he was also a commander of Alexander and commended the troops during returing from india by se route.
Refer Prtiyogita darpan additional issue. or any other books.
2. Ans of question 30 is “A” refer Dr Malti malik Book specially issued for 11th standeard and also other books i.e. he realised that he could not control north from there.
3. Ans of Question 25 is “C” market control policy for which he is called by historian a economician or arthshastri for medival indian.
4.Ans of Question no 54 should be “D” as, as per ilbert bill indians judge can also trial for English man however before that bill in rule there was no inequalities i.e. equal for all for any crime . hence it should be “D” none of above .
5. Ans of Question no 60 should be ‘A’ as Toder Mall contribution in land tax reform
6. Ans of 65 should be “D’” as the main intention of british to divide the east bengal’s muslims to break the unity between both community and movement of congress will be suppressed easily.
all are requested to give comments on these ans with reference of of standard book .
One thing… Optional papers had no Series number on them.
I agree with Saurav..similarly if 12 times the no of vacancies clear the prelims from the open category…the no of candidates clearing the prelims from the OC will not be less than 1500(127 vacancy for OC X 12=1524)
@manjil…. for sc there r only 8 vac. not more than 100 wil clrar pt… i guess ratio will be 1:13 at most like upsc.
Kaushik u can changed optional 4 Main exam
sir, will held this year apsc exam again?
If 2892 is correct then may be selectn wud be as follows
1.Women res-867
2.OBC-780
3.STP-289
4.STH-144
5.SC-202
6.PH-86
7.OC-524
I hope 270/400 would be good enough to gt through prelims
can anybody provide the ans key of Education paper? please….
Thise year 2651 or 2892 qualifly for mains. Women rese
rved 748 or 816.for mains.
Cut off 2013 Acs (prlim)240/400 for Gen cate.230 for
OBC. 225 for Sc.220 for ST.
i went to apsc offce fw days back… thy told reslt wil b out by mid feb……
when will apsc declare result ?
Rashmi, Women reservation will be there in prelims, don’t worry!!
yes,computer cant scan it
was there official confirmation that using whitener will lead to cancellation.
Yes Jit. You are right. I think I made an error of judgement there. When substitution effect is greater than Income effect, the demand curve will slope upward. Sorry for the error.
I want confirmation regarding reserved seats for women? Will it be for the prelims? Admin pls rply….
2651 – 2892 will clear the prelims…(11-12: vacancy)