UPSC Exam 2020 Paper 2 Analysis Released; Check difficulty level, answer key

NEW DELHI - The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has successfully conducted the CSE (Civil Services Examination) Paper 2 exam today. The GS Paper 2 was conducted from 02:30 to 04:30 in offline mode. The question paper was of CSAT (Civil Service Aptitude Test). Candidates from all over India appeared for the UPSC CSE 2020 preliminary exam for both the papers (GS 1 and GS 2). We are sharing here the UPSC IAS exam analysis for prelims paper 2 so that candidates who are preparing for the exam can know about the questions, weightage of topics, number of good attempts and difficulty level of the IAS exam 2020.

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Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, aspirants turned up in good numbers and UPSC also took great measures to successfully conduct the exam at the exam centres.

UPSC CSE 2020 Highlights

• IAS Prelims is qualifying in nature and candidates just have to get a minimum of 33% to be qualified for the Mains.

• The number of candidates admitted to Mains is about twelve to thirteen times the number of vacancies of UPSC CSE 2020.

• The UPSC CSE mains 2020 is scheduled for January 08, 2021.

UPSC CSE Prelims 2020 GS Paper 2 CSAT Analysis

• Second Paper was okay. It is qualifying in nature and consists of 33% marks.

• Candidates can score 33% on the basis of Maths and Reasoning as it was normal like.

• Comprehension and Maths were 50-50, both were easy, not very difficult.

Some questions from the UPSC Prelims 2020 GS Paper 2

Ques 1: A man walks down the backside of his house straight 25 metres, then turns to the right and walks 50 metres again; then he turns towards left and again walks 25 metres. If his house faces to the East, what is his direction from the starting point?

a) South-East

b) South-West

c) North-East

d) North-West

Ques 2: A person bought a car and sold it for Rs, 300000. If he incurred a loss of 20% then how much did he spend to buy the car?

a) Rs. 360000

b) Rs. 365000

c) Rs. 370000

d) Rs. 375000

Ques 3: Consider the following arrangement that has some missing letters:

abab_b_bcb_dcdcded_d

The missing letters which complete the arrangement are

a) a,b,c,d

b) a,b,d,e

c) a,c,c,e

d) b,c,d,e

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