Home
About Us Our Philosophy Careers Our Offices Apply For Franchise Contact Us
Follow Us on Facebook Twitter Google plus Youtube
CIVIL SERVICES @T.I.M.E.
Home
About Us
Civil Services
Courses Offered @ T.I.M.E.
Careers @ T.I.M.E.
Send An Enquiry
Flash News:   Civil Services (Prelims) 2016 - Paper II Analysis -New
  Civil Services (Prelims) 2015 Results -New
  Civil Services 2015 Paper-II Solutions -New
   Free MOCK Test on the pattern of CSAT Paper - II - New !
CSAT-2011 Paper II Analysis

Finally, the much awaited CSAT 2011 is over !!. Paper II was broadly inline with the sample questions released by UPSC – No surprise element. If at all it was, it was a pleasant surprise. Paper II had 80 questions(one of the MOCK CSAT Tests -MT2151105 by T.I.M.E had 80 Qs) . The paper had NO ‘SECTIONS’. The questions from any of the seven test areas, as mentioned by UPSC in its syllabus, were not placed in any specific sequence. Each of the 80 questions carried equal marks of 2.5. There were 72 questions for which 0.833 marks was deducted for any wrong answer marked. The remaining 8 questions (on Decision Making & Problem Solving) did not carry any negative marking. Out of these 80 questions, there were 36 questions, which were based on passage – Comprehension (27 Qs from 8 passages) and English Langauge Comprehension Skills (9 Qs from 3 passages). Students, with non-vernacular background, found that the difficulty level of the paper was manageable. Students who read and understand English will be able to answer most of the questions. The remaining 44 questions were from different topics like Data Interpretation(Pie Charts), Numbers, Equations, Percentages, Time & Distance, Geometry & Mensuration, Counting Techniques, Counting Triangles, Number Series, Blood relations, Venn Diagrams, Situation Analysis etc. In order to answer these questions, good conceptual, mathematical and reasoning skills are required. Overall, the difficulty level of the paper was average. Most of the well prepared students did not have any problem in solving the paper. The difficulty level of the paper was much lower when compared with other aptitude exams like CAT. UPSC has not specified minimum marks for Paper I and II. There is no cutoff declared. UPSC may consider the grand total of the two papers for the cutoff. It is estimated that 75-80 marks in this paper will be a good score(By attempting around 45 questions -(30 easy + 15 medium), with 80% accuracy, a net score of 75-80 marks is obtainable). All those students, who had taken coaching from T.I.M.E and had written MOCK CSAT tests would have found this paper a real cake walk.

The table below gives the categorization of the questions difficulty level wise.

LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY

NUMBER OF QUESTIONS

EASY

30

MEDIUM

36

DIFFICULT

14

TOTAL

80


The table below gives the broad distribution of the number of questions area-wise.

TEST AREA

NUMBER OF QUESTIONS

MAXIMUM POSSIBLE MARKS


COMPREHENSION


27


67.5

DECISION MAKING & PROBLEM SOLVING


16


40

ANALYTICAL ABILITY & LOGICAL REASONING

GENERAL MENTAL ABILITY


28


70

BASIC NUMERACY

ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMPREHSNION SKILLS


9


22.5

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS INCLUDING COMMUNICATION SKILLS

-

-

TOTAL

80

200

Register to get a Free Sample test
T.I.M.E.'s Civil Services Courses Offered
Class Room Course
Correspondence Course
All India MOCK CSAT Test series
Media Reports Alumni News Our Centres
T.I.M.E. Footer 1
General Terms and Conditions Privacy Statement Refund Policy Reports Disclaimer on banner Ads
Copyright © Triumphant Institute Of Management Education Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved.
Best viewed at 1024 x 768 resolution