UPSC Prelims Exam 2021 Paper 1 Analysis - Polity and history questions dominate, overall difficult
Richa Kapoor | October 10, 2021 | 12:18 PM IST | 1 min read
Paper 1 of UPSC Civil Services prelims exam 2021 has concluded and candidates found the biology questions easy while most of the questions were from history and polity. Current affairs was moderately difficult. Check the expected cutoff here.
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NEW DELHI- The first shift of UPSC civil services 2021 prelims exam has concluded and most of the candidates found the questions on biology as easy. According to the UPSC Prelims exam analysis, candidates were of the view that most of the questions were from history and polity. In the UPSC CSE exam 2021 question paper, current affairs was moderately difficult. It is likely that the UPSC prelims 2021 cutoff will be on similar lines as last time.
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UPSC Prelims Exam 2021 Paper 1 Analysis
Candidates who appeared in Paper 1 of UPSC exam , they can check the topic wise UPSC exam analysis so that they get to know what was the difficulty level of the UPSC prelims exam question papers
UPSC Civil Services Prelims 2021 Exam Analysis
|
Subjects |
Difficulty Level |
|
Current events of national and international importance |
Moderately Difficult |
|
Indian and World Geography-Physical, Social, Economic |
Easy |
|
History of India and Indian National Movement |
Moderately difficult |
|
Geography of India and the World |
Difficult |
|
Indian Polity and Governance-Constitution |
Easy |
|
Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc. |
Easy |
|
Economic and Social Development-Sustainable |
Difficult |
|
General issues on Environmental ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change – that do not require subject specialization |
Moderately difficult |
|
Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector Initiatives, etc.
|
Moderately difficult |
|
General Science
|
Difficult |
As per the UPSC exam analysis there were around 10-15 questions that were asked from the Indian History and culture. Most of the questions that were asked in the UPSC IAS prelims exam 2021 were from polity and current affairs.
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