CSAT (General Studies Paper-II) Syllabus

CSAT (General Studies Paper-II): Syllabus and Right Approach

80 questions to be solved in 2 hr. (120 minutes) correct answer for the first 72 questions carried 2.5 marks each and a negative marking of 0.833 marks for each incorrect answer. 8 questions i.e. Q. No. 73 to 80 based on Decision Making and Problem Solving did not attract any negative marks.

In terms of level of difficulty, CSAT (General Studies Paper-II of Preliminary test) mostly questions are based on general competitive examination’s question but some of them are different i.e.

(1)   Questions related to Decision Making and Problem Solving

(2)   Questions related to Interpersonal skills and Communication skill

(3)   Some questions related to general IQ and graph related and needs basic understanding of different subject like Physics, Biology etc.

The questions related to Comprehension (in both medium) are huge in numbers which is helpful for Hindi medium students. Here my personal advice to all Hindi medium student that they should take help of Hindi Dictionary. UPSC uses difficult words in Hindi which is exact translation of English so if you’re Hindi is not excellent you will not understand the theme of question so please enrich Hindi vocabulary. People always prefer to enrich English vocabulary but if you really want to score good marks in Hindi medium you must be an excellent in Hindi. So please don’t blame UPSC. Do hard labor on your part.

Overview Total Duration of the exam (minutes)  120 minutes Total number of questions  80 Sections   No Number of choices per question  4 Marks per question  2.5 Negative marking (ONLY FOR 72 QUESTIONS)  0.833

Previous year’s  question paper of UPSC:  Follow the link given below http://www.upsc.gov.in/questionpaper/index.htm